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Originally Posted by ajmargarine
Well, certain traditions teach us that God is out there, somewhere, apart from us.
And that we are separated from him from birth because of our ancestors and remain separated from him because of our actions.
Perhaps that idea ingrained into the consciousness of humanity for centuries also plays a part in hindering oneness.
No, I think that's a false impression.
Christians have also had a contemplative tradition though it may not be as well known as the Buddhist one.
You only know more definitively about the nature of God because He chooses to describe Himself to us through words. Words are the only way humans can form mental pictures at all that we can relate to. They're also a tangible way in which God can send people's actions in a moral direction.
In the NT God says He's most present in our weakness. He delights in showing His strength in our weakness and what a mercy that is. One day everyone will experience the greatest of all weaknesses: death. Won't it be wonderful to be able to surrender all to God's strength and get carried on into eternity?
Without God telling us He delights in showing His strength through our weakness we'd never know that we win by surrendering our all to Him. All we'd be left with are false appearances to judge things by like there isn't a God in charge in the most terrible of times.