This paragraph serves a very useful purpose in helping persons who may be troubled over the concept of God as principle. The word principle, as commonly used, denotes an unfeeling set of rigid rules or formulas. However, this is not the meaning when the word is used as an aspect of God. God as principle is not an unfeeling force. The word, principle, as connected with God, pertains to the perfect and unchanging nature of God. God is the principle of Absolute Good. This is quite different from principles of mathematics, chemistry, or pathology. We are a step nearer when we speak of music and art, but that is not quite it. Absolute Good is the only accurate statement, because Absolute Good cannot be defined, and God is always beyond formal definition. Ed Rabel - Metaphysics 1, What Is God?, God As Principle
This paragraph serves a very useful purpose in helping persons who may be troubled over the concept of God as principle. The word principle, as commonly used, denotes an unfeeling set of rigid rules or formulas. However, this is not the meaning when the word is used as an aspect of God. God as principle is not an unfeeling force. The word, principle, as connected with God, pertains to the perfect and unchanging nature of God. God is the principle of Absolute Good. This is quite different from principles of mathematics, chemistry, or pathology. We are a step nearer when we speak of music and art, but that is not quite it. Absolute Good is the only accurate statement, because Absolute Good cannot be defined, and God is always beyond formal definition. Ed Rabel - Metaphysics 1, What Is God?, God As Principle