God is Beyond Belief

Think of some of your math facts. We apply the word FACT to indicate a concept that exists regardless our our beliefs about it.

It's interesting, as a grade school teacher, to watch the reaction of different young humans to math facts.

• Some kids instantly grasp the relevance and importance of the facts, and set about learning them.

• Other kids seem to already have the math facts internalized, more like an instinct rather than something they've learned.

• Yet others seem to not believe that facts are important. They act like the facts aren't there, or they actively resist learning them.

And yet, the facts continue to be facts. Doesn't matter how an individual kid feels about them, they're still facts. Doesn't matter if an individual uses them or not, still facts. Doesn't matter how quickly they are learned, still facts.

This is one example of the Fact of God. We might define God as Ultimate Fact. That which exists regardless of human involvement. Whether we view God a relevant or not, still God exists. Useful or not? Doesn't matter. Learned or instinct? Doesn't matter. Nothing in human consciousness matters a bit to the Fact of God.

Some might say that by defining God this way, that I'm making God sound more like a Concept and less like a Being. To those I respond: "Yeah. Let's do that."

What's wrong with a concept?