“Increasingly, the history of philosophy is making it obvious that all philosophy now has either a reference point in man as ultimate, or in God as ultimate. It is apparent also that if the Scripture is right in asserting that "the heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork" (Ps. 19:1), then every fact in creation witnesses to man concerning God. Man thus is not in a world with a neutral witness nor is he himself a neutral observer. If he fails to acknowledge this witness of creation it is because he deliberately suppresses that witness. And since he himself is a created being, he suppresses also the witness of his own nature and arrogates to himself an independent principle of interpretation, one in which he becomes his own god. Instead of recognizing that he is created, man assumes that he is ultimate; as such, he refuses to tolerate an independent and ultimate being such as God: God can at best exist only as another god among gods, with a senior status perhaps, but an unquestionably emeritus rank.”
[R. J. Rushdoony, By What Standard?]
Quite insightful and again and again we do try to describr 'GOD', it gets slipped out of any parameters. it's a nice post here :)
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