Blog #9

Who is God? This question has lingered over mankind for as long as existence. Within the Old Testament, God is referred to by the name of Yahweh. For the all-powerful (omnipotent) being to be described given the few instances across mankind’s timespan that God has shown himself to his creations has not made this question any more clear that possible. Ratzinger displays a very educated attempt to answer this by saying, “God is where man is and where man lets himself be found by him.” Interpreting this, I find myself taking this quote as a way of saying that God is here all around us, but man must put himself in the situation and have the belief to be able to find him. Ratzinger also states that God is not bound to one spot. If God is not bound to one spot, then he has the ability to be present everywhere at the same time, all the time. Within Exodus, Moses asks God who he is talking to. God replies with “I am who I am.” This quote is God’s way of saying he is whoever an individual needs him to be. Him being all-powerful allows him to do such a feat. Foster’s description of God says that even with all of the different religions and ideologies that reside on Earth, all agree upon an inexplicable unity on Earth. Is that unity God among us, everywhere at once, boundless? Ratzinger calls this phenomenon “sign of acquaintance.” Although it is universally agreed upon, it is impossible to prove. Proof is not required though. What is required to feel God all around and within is faith. Faith is the key to understand God. Faith will guide you to the answers you seek, and most importantly, will guide you to the truth of the question, “Who is God?”