You ask a lot …
what could the word “God” possibly refer to
contrasting 2 ways of looking at God
one attempt to answer a similar question
What I believe flows from the reasons I believe:
reasons to following the logic to conclusions
Everything.
- God is the person we experience behind the totality of our experiences.
- God is the ultimate creator, thus everything is an expression of His character and will.
- Direct revelations are problematic: on the one hand, it is only through human beings (having language) which God can communicate to us directly, on the other hand, we are the one creation of His who have perversely been contrary to His will. Thus it is difficult to know what to trust of things which come to us through the efforts of sinful human beings.
- By self-identifying as Christian, I implicitly accept the authority of the Bible for what Christians believe.