Question:
Is God a known unknown or an unknown unknown?
Rumsfeld My Common Sense
2006-06-03 07:58:58 UTC
As we know, there are known knowns, there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns, that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know.
Eighteen answers:
Don S
2006-06-03 07:59:47 UTC
He is known.



This I believe; http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm
JesusFreak
2006-06-03 15:03:36 UTC
A known unknown because i know hes always here but hes unknown because he is unknown noone knows what he looks like or sounds like. only the people who met him way back when.
lonely as a cloud
2006-06-03 15:07:27 UTC
LOL - i would say he is an unknown because we know - he is known, we dont really know that he is known and so he is an unknown that we dont know.
2006-06-03 15:03:28 UTC
For me he's an known unknown but I guess he could also be an unknown unknown for science hasn't figured him out yet, but there's still time. :)
Dear Old Dad
2006-06-03 15:07:28 UTC
Neither.



Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them.

Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,



Dad
ddead_alive
2006-06-03 15:03:41 UTC
One does not know till one seeks to know. One can not get to know God unless one seeks knowledge. The Bible is God's inspired Word. Read it slowly and mediate on what it means. Start with the Gospel of John.



Then you will know what was unknown... and be smarter than the rest of the people who don't know what you know at this forum.
Sweetgal
2006-06-03 15:02:24 UTC
I don't know if I know. But I know that there is a no in the alphabet. It's unknown if it's known that I know. You know?
2006-06-03 15:06:19 UTC
I belive he would be a known unknown.
2006-06-03 15:03:07 UTC
yeah

that quote from rummy blows my mind



i think god is a known unknown
aquarian
2006-06-03 15:02:20 UTC
God is the known unknown,obviously.We know he is there.We know him.Yet we havent seen him,never spoken to him.We pray and think of him,we feel him.We will know him when we met him,till then he remains known,yet unknown to us.
iforeveryone
2006-06-03 15:08:59 UTC
Till now God is the known Unknown. I know, what most of the people in the world does not know about God. After knowing what i Know, u decide for ur self, whether what i know about the worlds unknown is true or not. After knowing what i know u'll feel the known unknown is no more unknown.

Who is God?

Who has been remembered as the Ocean of Love, the Intellect of the Wise, the Almighty Authority, the Comforter of Hearts, the Truth, The Living Being and the Blissful One?

God Says:

I am the Ocean of Love;

I show you the path of love.

My love remains unbroken and constant.

I cannot forget even one of you.

I have so much love for you,

and My love is unconditional and unlimited.

I am the Beloved.You have been calling out to Me for a long time.

Who Is God?

We are used to knowing things by seeing them, hearing them, tasting them, touching or smelling them. Most of us have grown up in a ‘seeing–is–believing’ and ‘hands on’ culture and we are used to perceiving things in that way. Because we can’t see, hear, taste, touch or smell God, the question arises – is God for real?

One can reach out to God with pure thoughts and be connected to Him. The soul experiences the response of pure feelings and spiritual strength. God is truth itself and thus can be recognized with the eye of truth.

God: The Supreme Soul

Like us, God is also a soul. Unlike us, He is referred to as the Supreme Soul – the only soul who never takes a body (gross or subtle, human or angelic) of His own. He is beyond the effects of actions and is never subject to the dualities of birth and death, pleasure and pain, success and failure. Being beyond the limits of time of this physical world, He retains absolute knowledge of the universe and all its dimensions.

Where is God?

God lives, not everywhere but somewhere. A thought of God almost always takes the eyes upwards, as though one is perhaps expecting a face to miraculously appear from behind the clouds or to beam down from the moon. Thoughts are powerful. They link one soul to another. If they are properly channelled, thoughts can even go where only the soul can travel – beyond the moon and stars to a dimension of golden red light, the original home of all souls. Immersed in the experience of the warmth of this light, the soul feels as though it is truly at home at last, and with God.

God – The Spiritual Sun

Like the physical sun, which gives light and life indiscriminately to all beings, God is the Spiritual Sun, giving light to all, whomever and wherever they may be. He serves altruistically, without any selfish motives, reminding each one of their innate qualities of love, peace and happiness. This is why He has been remembered in some countries and cultures by the name Shiva, The Benevolent One.

God’s Wisdom, Love and Power

People may wonder why, if God exists, He doesn’t wave a magic wand and fix things, making or at least influencing everyone so that they do exactly what they ‘should’ do. But God never takes away anyone’s freedom of choice. God’s wisdom is to recognize and respect each soul’s individual identity, freedom and inherent goodness. God shares knowledge – a profound understanding of the dualities and dilemmas of love and hatred, happiness and sorrow, victory and defeat, etc. – but He does not make our choices for us. The soul is free to choose ‘to be or not to be’, ‘to love or not to love’. God’s love strengthens the soul’s will to free itself from the distresses caused by vices such as selfish desire, anger, fear, ego and attachment. God’s power helps the soul to recognize its highest potential and to aim for perfection by practising the art of simple living and high thinking. Such practice by a significant number of souls eventually brings about positive change in the whole of humanity.

When you learn to tune your mind in meditation to the mind of God, then whatever the situation, you always have a source of help and strength to draw upon – an infinite reservoir of power and virtues that is only a thought away
tabla girl
2006-06-03 15:04:44 UTC
an unknown known cos we know he exists n the stuff we know abt him but there r also stuff abt him we dont know
greeneyedijay
2006-06-03 15:02:21 UTC
What are you talking about I unknown you know what you are unkowning about.
lover of Jehovah and Jesus
2006-06-03 15:03:03 UTC
Jehovah is known.
2006-06-03 15:02:07 UTC
For your information God Lives. DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Ray
2006-06-03 15:00:28 UTC
It depends on what you beleive.
DELETED ACCOUNT
2006-06-03 15:00:43 UTC
I just don't know.
paradiseemperatorbluepinguin
2006-06-03 15:03:05 UTC
not really. you know morrow, thou, you don't know to-morrow?.


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