Re: The personification of the Shekhinah
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2015 2:03 pm
Which concept to drop?
God is unknowable and utterly indifferent in many enlightened theological systems .In those systems ,God has no attributes and he is remote , but people do not love that God.
In Judaism
http://www.jewswithquestions.com/index. ... -emotions/
In Hinduism
in Christianity ,
The mystical theology of the Eastern Church
Vladimir Lossky
page 25
Religions invent gods with human characteristics to sell its mercy and rule. People seem to need a human god as their friend and master.
God is unknowable and utterly indifferent in many enlightened theological systems .In those systems ,God has no attributes and he is remote , but people do not love that God.
In Judaism
.G-d has no emotions. Zero. Nada. G-d is totally Simple. An emotional reaction - love, hate, loneliness, excitement - would mean, chas v’sholom, that… All of this means that believing that Hashem has emotions is avodah zorah, since by saying that you are making Hashem into a finite, composite, and measurable being
http://www.jewswithquestions.com/index. ... -emotions/
In Hinduism
http://luthar.com/2009/04/05/what-is-sa ... -k-luthar/Nirguna means “without attributes”. The term “Nirguna Brahman” implies that God as the Absolute Spirit and Pure Consciousness has no name and form or attributes.
in Christianity ,
the only way is the apophatic or negative theology , in order to draw near to the Unknown in the darkness of absolute ignorance.
The mystical theology of the Eastern Church
Vladimir Lossky
page 25
Religions invent gods with human characteristics to sell its mercy and rule. People seem to need a human god as their friend and master.