To be near unto God - pagina 175
God is great, and we know him not. The most we can do is to kneel in worship before the unknown God." This is what the doubters meant, who at Athens had reared an altar to the "Unknown God." They did not mean that besides the manygods, whose altars had been reared, there was still another God, whose name they did not know and to whom they brought their offerings as to an unknown god. No, that altar to the unknown God stood for a system and a viewpoint. By altar they meant to say, ''Our fellowcitizens in Athens, who kneel before Minerva or
that
are mistaken when they accept the about the gods. All that is said to be known of God is founded upon self-deception. Of the Infinite himself nothing can be known. There is an Infinite One, or at least there is something Infinite. Who or what it is, is an impenetrable mystery. Worship this Infinite as
Jupiter
stories
the great Unknown. Do it with the confession of ignorance. Candidly confess that all knowledge of God is withheld. And then mysticism will work wholesome effects. But let us not confess to have what we have not. Let us not pretend that we are introduced and initiated into the
knowledge of God.
For
It will only priest-craft.
others and
deceive
this
is
self-deception. is
the
key to
This was the thought of that small group of in Athens. And among the ablest and noblest of our race there are many who think so now. From choice they call themselves "Agnostics," Their aim and purpose is to have it imderstood that they are by no means godless,
men
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Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1918
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 620 Pagina's
Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1918
Abraham Kuyper Collection | 620 Pagina's