Re: Richard Dawkins and Karen Armstrong

eugene wrote:

I have often wondered about God knowing every single thing
that was happening in the universe at every moment.

You might enjoy this, it's from Frank Sheed in Theology and Sanity which I'm
currently reading:

"But this logical monstrosity apart, there is something marvellously
inviting to the mind in an infinite being of whom we can know some-
thing, but whom we cannot wholly know; in the knowledge of whom
we can grow, yet the truth of whose being we can never exhaust:
we shall never have to throw God away like a solved crossword
puzzle. And all this is contained in the concept of Mystery.

Thus a Mystery is not to be thought of as simply darkness: it is
a tiny circle of light surrounded by darkness. It is for us so to use
our own powers and God's grace that the circle of light will grow.
It means using the mind upon what reality may be made to tell
us about God, and upon what God, through His Church, has
told us about Himself; it means praying for more knowledge, and
using the knowledge one gains to enrich one's prayer. Thus the
circle of light grows; but it is always ringed round with darkness:
for however our capacity may increase, it remains finite, and God
remains infinite."


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