From the Wikipedia entry on the divine: "In the ancient world, divinity was not limited to a single deity or abstract ideal but was recognized in multiple forms: as a radiant attribute possessed by gods, as a vital force cushioning nature, and even as a quality glimpsed in extraordinary humans, laws, or acts."
The divine suggests itself but seldom speaks; it is hidden to us.
The faithful want answers, and the ponderous, precise questions.
Fortunately for a follower of Iblis, his narrative can adjust itself to different views of the motives of Iblis, whether creed, fealty, or blood. In addition, the same narrative is compatible with a variety of views of the nature of divinity, whether as a deity, the providence of laws governing nature, or highest ideals of a caste.
Fortunately for a follower of Iblis, his narrative can adjust itself to different views of the motives of Iblis, whether creed, fealty, or blood. In addition, the same narrative is compatible with a variety of views of the nature of divinity, whether as a deity, the providence of laws governing nature, or highest ideals of a caste.
"Vere tu es Deus absconditus."
"Truly, you are the hidden God."
"I was a hidden treasure; I loved to be known. Hence I created the world so that I would be known."
[The narrator of the above review]: "The Knight wants to know, not just believe, that God exists. He fears the silence of God means God isn't there and his life, lived mostly in crusade, is therefore meaningless."
"Truly, you are the hidden God."
- From the Nova Vulgata text of the Catholic Churchکنت کنزاً مخفیاً فأحببت أن أعرف فخلقت الخلق لکی أعرف
"I was a hidden treasure; I loved to be known. Hence I created the world so that I would be known."
- The Hadith of the Hidden Treasure [a hadith qudsi]"The words of Scripture suffice; in the face of mystery, I’m content to stay silent."
- The Ballad of Midnight and McRaeBelow are extracts from a promising review of No Country for Old Men:
[The narrator of the above review]: "The Knight wants to know, not just believe, that God exists. He fears the silence of God means God isn't there and his life, lived mostly in crusade, is therefore meaningless."
The Knight tells Death: "I want God to reach out His hand, show His face, speak to me."These commentaries on culture evoke painful questions. If divinity is embodied in a god, the faithful wonders how it can act. If divinity is embodied in a natural cycle, a law, or ideal type, we purvey it without grasping its essence.
Death, rather than crushing the Knight with dismissal, responds by saying: "But he is silent."
