Reality Cafe

In relation to being known

Map
  1. Worldview
    1. Ontology
      1. supernatural
        1. God
          1. God’s being
            1. Attributes common to all members of the Trinity
              1. Amoral attributes
                1. In relation to other gods
                2. In relation to knowledge
                3. In personhood
                4. In blessedness
                5. In power / ability / need
                6. In relation to time
                7. In value
                8. physical attributes
                9. In relation to all other things
                10. In relation to life
                11. Other possible attributes that we don’t know
                12. In relation to being known
                  1. God cannot be known without His self-disclosure
                  2. Cannot be known fully
                    1. “unsearchable”
                    2. Unknowable because of divide between Creator and creature [or is this, rather, an aspect of us rather than God?]
                    3. Unknowable because of His holiness (?)
                    4. Unknowable because of infinitude
                  3. Can be known
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cf. what is in Grudem, Berkhof, & Hodge chapter 1 and chapter 4

 

What do with scriptures like 1 Corinthians 2:9?

 

Not sure about including this in ontology since:

  • it has to do with a relationship between God and not God.  And is this area of the ontology only about God?

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