{"id":121,"date":"2006-10-05T19:25:16","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T19:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/ge\/90014-summation-of-section-90010\/90014a-divine-attributes\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T21:12:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T21:12:50","slug":"90014a-divine-attributes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.summametaphysica.com\/ge\/90010-contraction-of-divine-consciousness\/90014-summation-of-section-90010\/90014a-divine-attributes\/","title":{"rendered":"900.14a Divine Attributes (pps.138-139)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">hard cover page 138<\/p>\n<p>Jewish philosophy is on the wrong track when it first attempts to provide a detailed delineation of the attributes of the Divine,<sup>540<\/sup> and then tries to provide a construct explaining man&#8217;s relationship with the Divine. Rather, Jewish philosophy should first try to outline the parameters of man&#8217;s relationship with the Divine, being bound only by core concepts regarding Divine attributes. Only then should it even consider trying to provide a more detailed delineation of Divine attributes, and<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">===================================<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d- NOTES \u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d-<\/p>\n<p><sup>540 <\/sup>See Kaplan, <em>The Infinite Light,<\/em> p. 27.<\/p>\n<p>~continued~<br \/>\n<!--COPY THIS ENTIRE CODE TO START TABLE--><\/p>\n<hr width=\"80%\" size=\"1\" align=\"left\" \/>\n<table width=\"314\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">CONVERSION TABLE for this multi-page unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>you are currently on hard cover p. 138<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/ge\/90010-contraction-of-divine-consciousness\/90014-summation-of-section-90010\/\">< BACK<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50px\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/ge\/90010-contraction-of-divine-consciousness\/90014-summation-of-section-90010\/90014a-divine-attributes\/2\/\">NEXT PAGE><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width: 125px\"><strong> \t\t\t\tPages pointer<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50px\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\"><strong>hard cover page<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"left\" style=\"width: 125px\">1<br \/>\n2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"left\" style=\"width: 50px\">><br \/>\n><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"left\">138<br \/>\n139<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--END OF TABLE--><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">hard cover page 139<\/p>\n<p>then only insofar as attributes are mandated by the Divinemortal interaction.<sup>541<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>In general, when attempting to delineate the Divine, one is on much safer footing positing what the Divine is not, rather than positing what the Divine is.<sup>542<\/sup> To take Maimonides a step further,<sup>543<\/sup> we would add that one is on surer footing positing what God does not always do, rather than positing what God always does. Therefore we posit that the Divine does not always exercise here-and-now omniscience.<\/p>\n<p>Who is like the Lord our God<br \/>\nWho is enthroned on high?<br \/>\n-Psalms 113:5-6<\/p>\n<p>For My thoughts are not your thoughts,<br \/>\nNeither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord.<br \/>\nFor as the heavens are higher than the earth,<br \/>\nSo are My ways higher than your ways,<br \/>\nAnd My thoughts than your thoughts.<br \/>\n-Isaiah 55:8<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To whom then will ye liken Me,<br \/>\nthat I should be equal?&#8221; Saith the Holy One.<br \/>\n-Isaiah 40:26<\/p>\n<p>Can we conceptualize a Divine of various levels of contracted consciousness? Can we live with a post-<em>churban<\/em> II God of severely contracted consciousness? While we posit a rational morality of God, should we not posit a more conventional Divine omniscience?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">===================================<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d- NOTES \u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d-<\/p>\n<p><sup>541 <\/sup>&#8220;Do not try to measure the immeasurable with words, nor with the plummet of thought to sound the unfathomable.&#8221; Saying of the Buddha, cited in Kaplan, <em>The New World of Philosophy,<\/em> p. 242. (One might cite this proposition to challenge our entire endeavor; to which we reiterate, that our primary purpose is not to demarcate the Divine, but rather to explore the relationship between the Divine and man.)<\/p>\n<p><sup>542 <\/sup>Maimonides, <em>Guide<\/em> 58 (Dover ed., p. 81). &#8220;Then I will show that we cannot describe the creator except by negative attributes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><sup>543 <\/sup>See Bleich, <em>With Perfect Faith,<\/em> p. 109. &#8220;It remained for Maimonides to assert the complete denial of all attributes. For Maimonides. all attributes, insofar as they purport to describe God, rather than His effects, involve a plurality. The only attributes which may be ascribed to God are negative ones. 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