tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968119896288127912.post7774083831928982394..comments2023-08-23T08:27:09.890-07:00Comments on Writing in the Spirit: The Non-Disappearance of GodGerald Schiffhorsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16657701771312055596noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968119896288127912.post-51900817529029484262013-04-21T13:48:30.183-07:002013-04-21T13:48:30.183-07:00Chris: Thank you for this. I, too, believe in a pe...Chris: Thank you for this. I, too, believe in a personal God and did not intend to indicate otherwise in my inevitably rambling post. This loving, caring God, however, does not control our lives but gives us freedom, and this personal God is also beyond nature (storms, diseases); so we cannot blame God for evil. God is transcendent yet immanent: a basic idea in Catholic theology, both indwelling and close yet not limited to any one idea since God transcends space, time, human understanding, etc.Gerald Schiffhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16657701771312055596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968119896288127912.post-31891670032897761432013-04-21T03:10:32.160-07:002013-04-21T03:10:32.160-07:00These thoughts about God are interesting, Jerry, b...These thoughts about God are interesting, Jerry, but perhaps my understanding is limited by my reading on the subject, which includes Merton and other Catholics and some "New Age" thinkers, and recently the LDS "Mormon" Church. It seems to me a personal God who understands and has compassion for my suffering and limitations, and is unconditionally loving is the best idea I can come up with...<br />Chris McClellandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06433955287128215940noreply@blogger.com