tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post8875074854912029731..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: The OneKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-78000505629798380062017-04-29T16:42:05.112+01:002017-04-29T16:42:05.112+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Unsurprisingly, I fear, I disagree wi...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Unsurprisingly, I fear, I disagree with your definition of the One. I argue that God is the infinitely transcendent Other Who existed from all eternity. And God is simple (in the theological sense), all sufficient and happy, omniscient and omnipotent. Yet He does care about the universe He has created and the rational beings living in it.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-67882200913912098922017-04-29T16:07:18.353+01:002017-04-29T16:07:18.353+01:00"'The One was not conscious 'In the b..."'The One was not conscious 'In the beginning...'" Unless, by "the beginning," we means the first moment of consciousness that was not mere bodily sensation. The One, which pervades all space, necessarily appeared to itself as an external environment with empty spaces between discrete objects and other environment features like a sky above and a ground below: "In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth..."paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.com