The Search for God Page 4.2.2
I previously argued in “What is the Purpose of Communication?” that communication from God should be old, based on the purpose of communication itself. When we speak and provide knowledge and instruction, we are best off if that communication is done early in the conversation.
Why Would Communication from God Be Old?
I view the whole history of the human race as one big knowledge experiment. We are growing as a society in the knowledge of how we treat one another and care for one another. I can honestly say I love living at this moment in time.
Where does communication come from?
So many of my thoughts and so many of the things I have learned would not be possible without the previous giants: Watson and Crick, Kant, Aquinas, Socrates, and so, so many more. We have the benefit of all this accumulated knowledge.
When we think of communication, where does it come from? Where does the drive, the impetus that forms the thought then the motivation to utter those words come from?
There is some internal response to stimuli, there is the contemplation from previous experience, there is the rational consideration of competing impulses, and there are the emotional considerations.
In short, communication arises from our nature. How and what we say is a culmination of everything we know and everything we are at that moment in time. My response today to my daughter’s fit is different than 20 years ago.
| 1. | He is immutable. | That is, he does not change |
| 2. | He has all-knowledge | So he does not gain the knowledge that we must learn |
| 3. | God is timeless | He has no need to rush and knows the implications of His decisions in the human river of time |
| 4. | We expect God to be a good, righteous being | Must set a standard of right and wrong and place that moral knowledge in the intangible substance of human beings |
| 5. | He created us |
Logical conclusions
These thoughts pushed my mind; these were the logical conclusions I developed based on what humans know. So if my communication arose from my changing knowledge, my time on this earth, and my “good, kind” nature, how would I communicate with my children?
I would do my best to instruct them. I would start early in development. Everything in my nature tells me I should do this—that this type of communication is right.
I might scold, I might spank, I might sit down and teach, but I am going to communicate. I might reinforce the child’s “good” behavior, but I won’t ignore them.
Some humans ignore their children, but that is out of selfishness, shame, pride, greed, all different natures we associate with evil behavior. But God would not possess those attributes.
God might get angry, but would that anger be from knowing what “good” behavior should be? Yes, of course. So while I cannot guess how God might respond or what he might say, I expect that God should speak early in human history.
Therefore, communication from God should be old. That should be in his nature.
What Next?
- What is the crucial concept?
- Communication from God should be old because he has a purpose in talking to His creation and His nature wants to communicate that purpose.
- Why is that significant?
- The first communication from God should be very early in human history.
- If you agree, the next steps.
- If you disagree, please consider reading.
References and Links
- Medicine LibreTexts – Purpose of Communication
- Naxlex – Logical Conclusions