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God
(part IV)
- Text below is an excerpt from The Spirits'
Book -
(Book First - Causes. Chapter I)
God is unchangeable. If he were subject to change, the laws which rule the universe would have no stability.
God is immaterial, that is to say, his nature differs from everything that we call matter, or otherwise he would not be unchangeable because he would be subject to the transformations of matter.
God is unique. If there were several Gods, there would be neither unity of plan nor unity of power in ordaining the universe.
God is all-powerful because he is unique. If he did not possess sovereign power there would be something more powerful or no less powerful than himself. He would not have created all things and those which he had not created would be the work of another god.
God is sovereignly just and good. The providential wisdom of the divine laws is revealed as clearly in the smallest things as in the greatest and this wisdom renders it impossible to doubt either his justice or his goodness.
Is God a being distinct from the universe or is he, according to the opinion of some, the result of all the forces and intelligences of the universe?
"If the latter were the case God would not be God because he would be effect and not cause. He cannot be both cause and effect."
"God exists. You cannot doubt his existence and that is one essential point. Do not seek to go beyond it. Do not lose yourselves in a labyrinth which, for you, is without an issue. Such inquiries would not make you better. They would rather tend to add to your pride by causing you to imagine that you know something while, in reality, you know nothing. Put aside systems. You have things enough to think about that concern you much more nearly, beginning with yourselves. Study your own imperfections, so that you may get rid of them. This will be far more useful to you than the vain attempt to penetrate the impenetrable."
Unshakable faith is only that which can meet reason face to face in every human epoch. (Allan Kardec)
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