matthew wrote:God is pure "to be" or "esse" or "einai", galanter. I hate to remind you of that which I'm pretty sure (judging by what you have written thusfar in these forums) you already know. In this statement of yours that I have quoted, you are essentially saying that God IS in fact limited in that He has not actualized an "ability" He qua God has, namely "making it so that we can know [H]im.". I say this much: God is pure "to be" or "that which is"...therefore He cannot have ANY abilities. If He had "abilities", or to use the old Aristotelian/Thomistic terminology "potentialities", then He would not be God.
Look..........God just IS- He's "Pure Act" and therefore any imaginations you might have about this very subtley anthropomorphic Deity which you have, again, imagined which lead to the conclusion "God's existence is unprovable" are erroneous. Any limitation we might try to paste upon God is merely a projection of our own sensory and intellectual limitations.....and sometimes pride. After all, God is "to be" and we merely "are".
God does indeed exist.
Matthew. Like many others here (I imagine), I have studied philosophy and theology. Though I consider myself in no way an expert on these vastly complex matters, I feel that I know enough to be able to fight my way through your grandiloquent jargon to recognize that what you are saying is pretty much incoherent. Don't be fooled by this man's usage of obscure terminology, people. It is nowt but intellectual sophistry.
Matthew, quit with the showings-off and concentrate on making your writing vaguely comprehensible. Take your cue from this Galanter fellow for example. He wrties intelligently and insightfully, without wanking over his dictionary of philosophical terms. He's running rings around you, old boy.
matthew wrote:I say this much: God is pure "to be" or "that which is"...therefore He cannot have ANY abilities. If He had "abilities", or to use the old Aristotelian/Thomistic terminology "potentialities", then He would not be God.
This is goddamned clown shoes philosophy, son. What does it even mean?