[soc.religion.christian] DOES GOD HAVE A BODY

hudson@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Hudson Jr) (05/26/91)

Jesus said fin John 4 that God is a spirit.  We know that Jesus has a
body, but other than that, we are told that God is a spirit, not that
he has one.

Link Hudson.

gowj@gatech.edu (James Gow) (06/03/91)

In article <May.26.01.34.42.1991.13298@athos.rutgers.edu> hudson@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Hudson Jr) writes:
>Jesus said fin John 4 that God is a spirit.  We know that Jesus has a
>body, but other than that, we are told that God is a spirit, not that
>he has one.
>
>Link Hudson.


God has a body and God doesn't have a body. This is the is and is not logic
of God. After all a much smarter man than me said there is a higher power in
the universe but he is unkowlable. IF we look at this aspect of God his
logic structure is unknowable. For him is an is not is not a contradiction.
For us it is but agian he is infinite and we are fininte. God existed in a
body as Jesus he exists in a spirit as no body. He is and he is not. Who
shall I say sent me? "tell them I am sent you" Who is "I am"? God of
course. What kind of name is I am? Its not a name but a declaration. HE is
past future and present all at the same time. God's time is unknowable ours
is measured by relative motion. So why should we even try to understand
God's logic? I guess we marvel at his ability.
linc
james