Is “The Infinite” a metaphor for god?
I feel this is an edge case, because like the “Absolute” it refers to a quality of God, but “Infinite” even if it’s a quality of God, sounds sketchy at best. What do you think about the poll?
What is called a “Tennessee”?
I’ll play devil’s advocate and Answer: Yes. What would be the pros and cons of writing poems that make a metaphor work?
Imagine a novel like Hemingway. Write in very loose, concrete language. Few metaphors. In such a case, dropping ‘The Infinite’ into the narrative, will not conjure a picture of God.
Why? Imagine a novel about an alien culture and the alien’s mind. What does it mean? They live all day and communicate through dance. Is there a human genetically equivalent to humans? Who called life’s celebration love as Communion? ” They refer to food as “The power”. What is their job as “The Definition” or “The Hours of the day”? ” And to God as “The Infinite. Two
extreme cases here (hopefully illustrating the point that ‘The Infinite’ can refer to God in a fairly obvious manner depending on your execution). Imagine one being saying to another, “Pray to the infinite. The universe has nothing., or even just one universe.” I get the meaning easily, especially if we already know that something like “The Red” means an injury.
How do you choose between these two extremes?
As a scientist, “Infinite” wouldn’t mean “God” to me, it would refer to an opinion about time. Which some people consider infinite, and some people
don’t.
Does God exist? The answer is yes but the answer is not perfect. Is there any knowledge of God? Jesus Christ in the television series “Joan of Arcadia” Mary passes out after learning a small part of God’s Plan and arrives about three hours later, having forgotten any element of it. Even in the Bible, Mose asks if he can see God and God responds that Moses cannot see God’s face, but lets him gaze upon God’s back, which causes Moses’ face to glow brightly from the energy for several days, forcing him to wear a cloth over his face until it stops glowing, and the Angels’ catchphrase greeting “Fear not, For I am Angel of the Lord” was due to the fact that the Angels weren’t humans with wings (this occurred after Christianty
It is common for rabbi to refer to God as all things in rituals and God’s capacity for forgiveness is often described as infinite, although there’s no proof on the validity of the verb. Why does alien people refer to God as the infinite in their language than humans is more metaphoric and linguistically appropriate?
