REL 2001 Chapter : Honest To God
Document Summary
A) god: in the biblical accounts, god calls the world into existence over against himself. He is in touch with his creation, judges it and sends it prophets and a redeemer. Bible writers explore the concept of god with varying results, often making. Luke writes of jesus being "lifted up" to sit at the right hand of the most high (acts 1. 9-11), who is god. While god "out there" has generally replaced god "up there", according to tillich many see this as a sophisticated version of the old man in the sky which is a distorted image of the christian god. God is neither "up there" nor "out there". Anthropomorphic language does not have to be taken literally but in the popular mind it frequently is and causes offence to those who observe that it is. Questions remain unasked about the meaning and origin of such expressions not least in the time of roman and greek mythology.
