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Religion

edhopper

(35,010 posts) Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:55 AM Dec 2018

Except the most expansive institutions on the planet are predicated on knowing exactly what God has said and wants.

Do I have that right?

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We can never truly know or understand God [View all] edhopper Dec 2018 OP

You've got it right PJMcK Dec 2018 #1

another good question edhopper Dec 2018 #8

Which one? Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #15

Maybe they're all the same thing? PJMcK Dec 2018 #16

Those two things edhopper Dec 2018 #21

God's will is unknowable Major Nikon Dec 2018 #2

Now that's not true. trotsky Dec 2018 #13

Conversely Pope George Ringo II Dec 2018 #14

Now you're getting how this works! trotsky Dec 2018 #17

Well the DU Religion Group is its own special place marylandblue Dec 2018 #18

Well, one thing is definitely clear. trotsky Dec 2018 #19

Of course we can. Here's a summary: MineralMan Dec 2018 #4

yes and JenniferJuniper Dec 2018 #6

Pretty much zipplewrath Dec 2018 #7

Yet our entire life edhopper Dec 2018 #10

Something like that zipplewrath Dec 2018 #11

That would be more urgent edhopper Dec 2018 #20

WRONG ! I know. 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #9

"We can never truly know or understand God... trotsky Dec 2018 #12

I'm thinking of a song... uriel1972 Dec 2018 #22