Who or What is God?
In religious and spiritual discussions, as well as in daily conversation, we refer to God. We might comment on how God has blessed us, or we might speak about God’s plan for someone’s life. There are countless instances when we use the word God.
But we rarely, if ever, talk about what God is. What is the nature of God?
So, I am inviting you to answer the question: Who or What is God?
Assume an adult alien landed on earth from another planet. The alien walks up to you and says, “I hear people on earth continually referring to God. Who or What is God?
How would you answer?
To say something like, “God created the world” or “God is our Heavenly Father” does NOT, in my view, answer the question of who or what is God.” That might be something God did, or a way we describe God, but that does not explain the nature of God.
Can we know anything about the nature of God, or is it a complete mystery?
Is God a feeling, an energy, some type of special being?
I’m struggling here, because it’s a difficult question. Yet I’d like to get your views.
Who or what is God?
– Jeff Keller
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