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Posted by Collin on October 02, 1999 at 00:19:40:
Uh-oh. I had a big post on the whole God without boundaries, but it seems it never made it here (not a computer wiz, can you tell?)
Okay. I'll try and be brief (since I'd like to go to bed soon.)
The idea has been tried, but congrats you rank up there with Plato and Aristotle.
Aristotle had more refined theory, so I'll just skip to him.
He believed that there is a hierarchy of existance. On top was the Unmoved Mover, which Aristotle had as comparable with God. This was a pure being, eternal, immobile and spiritual. God was pure thought, he was the thought and the thinker at the same time. Since all material is fundamentally flawed, God was not matter, indeed a consuming energy of thought. The Unmoved MOver causes all the motion and activity, since everything must have a cause. He activates it like a magnet, through attraction. Everything moves at it is drawn to him, yet he physically touches nothing. His existance is the power that propells everything. So what the heck am I getting to...
This Unmoved Mover, had no contact with humans, he was above and beyond them. While free will gave us a link to him, he was too busy thinking to acknowledge it. He didn't answer prayers, he hadn't hand-made the world, it just kinda happened and there was no heaven. There were no rules. In essence, the Unmoved Mover, thus meant nothing. Why worship a God who has no rules, rewards, punishments for us. It's like behaving when you know your Dad doesn't give a hoot what to do. Because of this, Aristotle's god never caught on.
God, then, also made a wise move in being a part of our everyday lives. Aristotle's God 'died out'. By setting ground rules, enforcing them and being an active force in our lives, our God ensures His name will not be forgotten.
Make sense?
Collin