How You Can Become a Believer in God or Help Others to Become Believers
Most atheists find it difficult to believe in God because they do not believe that anything is invisible and beyond the ability of our senses and powerful instruments. Thus, they want to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste everything. Other atheists are made, for instance, by institutions such as mathematics, physical science, and logical reasoning. These institutions view the universe as a purely physical thing. Thus, they reject the existence of anything spiritual beyond the physical bodies of the universe. And, logicians do not accept the coexistence of opposing symbols. Let me show how you can become a believer or how you might help a friend overcome the rejection of God.
Just before his death, Nicholas of Cusa sought an answer to the question, ‘what is that most of all gives us knowledge? His answer is ‘definition’ because it defines everything including itself. He says, “that which defines everything is ‘not other than what is defined.” Thus, ‘the sky’ is not other than the sky; ‘other’ is not other than other; and ‘not-other’ is not other than not-other. As seen, not-other is defining itself and everything else. But, he does not say that not-other is the name of God. He merely says that not-other is the most accurate way to direct our sight to God, who is named often in history as the First or Beginning. Thus, when atheists direct their sight only to ‘other’ things, they do not recognize not-other and the origin of all beings.
If we see that ‘not-other’ and ‘other’ coexist, then we see that God is the Beginning of all beginnings, the First of all firsts, the Good of all goods, the Other of all others, ... etc. If we see these relations between not-other and other, we also see that all ‘other’ things have a beginning, middle, and end, that ‘other’ is the terminal end of vision and knowledge, and that ‘other’ is thus not the beginning of seeing because ‘other’ things are changing continuously. Since not-other and other always coexist, they are eternal and tell us that God is creating ‘others’ continuously, just as a flower grows from a seed is put into soil and given light, water, and nutrients. So, when the atheists rely on sensual data about ‘other’ things, they remain ignorant of the Beginning of all beginnings, the Essence of all essences, ... etc. And, they remains ignorant of human life, which is constructed by free humans with symbols that coexist. So, teach potential believers how to drink from the living water that Jesus Christ gave us.
Just before his death, Nicholas of Cusa sought an answer to the question, ‘what is that most of all gives us knowledge? His answer is ‘definition’ because it defines everything including itself. He says, “that which defines everything is ‘not other than what is defined.” Thus, ‘the sky’ is not other than the sky; ‘other’ is not other than other; and ‘not-other’ is not other than not-other. As seen, not-other is defining itself and everything else. But, he does not say that not-other is the name of God. He merely says that not-other is the most accurate way to direct our sight to God, who is named often in history as the First or Beginning. Thus, when atheists direct their sight only to ‘other’ things, they do not recognize not-other and the origin of all beings.
If we see that ‘not-other’ and ‘other’ coexist, then we see that God is the Beginning of all beginnings, the First of all firsts, the Good of all goods, the Other of all others, ... etc. If we see these relations between not-other and other, we also see that all ‘other’ things have a beginning, middle, and end, that ‘other’ is the terminal end of vision and knowledge, and that ‘other’ is thus not the beginning of seeing because ‘other’ things are changing continuously. Since not-other and other always coexist, they are eternal and tell us that God is creating ‘others’ continuously, just as a flower grows from a seed is put into soil and given light, water, and nutrients. So, when the atheists rely on sensual data about ‘other’ things, they remain ignorant of the Beginning of all beginnings, the Essence of all essences, ... etc. And, they remains ignorant of human life, which is constructed by free humans with symbols that coexist. So, teach potential believers how to drink from the living water that Jesus Christ gave us.
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