The argument is made that naming God is never really naming God but only naming our understanding of God. To take our ideas of the divine and hold them as if they correspond to the reality of God is thus to construct a conceptual idol built from the materials of our mind. Peter Rollins
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The argument is made that naming God is never really naming God but only naming our understanding of God. To take our ideas of the divine and hold them as if they correspond to the reality of God is thus to construct a conceptual idol built from the materials of our mind. As Christians, we do not claim to know everything about God. Instead, we claim to know what God has made known to us through His revealed Word, His written Word, and the witness of the Holy Spirit.

We believe that no human mind can ever fully understand or grasp the totality of what God is like or how God thinks or communicates. The point is that our understanding of God is never identical to the true nature of God. Thus, when we name God, we are not claiming to have grasped Him in all His fullness.

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