FAQ 2: How can we, finite created beings, expect to know and un¬derstand God, an eternal, infinite Being?

The development of this type of question has also been documented by the authors quoted.  They have told us that the thought of the day was that God is in­comprehensible, unable to touch material things, un­able to communicate to mankind directly, and im­passible in His nature.  This teaching was ingrained into the minds of people seeking to know God throughout history.  They were condemned for obeying the Word of God.  Eternal life is dependent on our knowledge of God.  John 17:3.  Yet they were denied that knowledge.

How easy it is to understand that so many people fall into the trap of believing in a doctrine that they cannot un­derstand.  They have been programmed by history and the very institutions from which they seek help, to believe that God cannot be understood.  This is as far from the truth as the doctrine of the Trinity itself is. 

While it is true, we cannot know everything about God, He will show Himself to us if we seek Him.  Does the in­fluence of philosophy end now?  I am sorry to say, “It has only just begun.”

Few Trinitarians will agree with mt conclusions.Is this because I am wrong?  Or could it be that Trinitarians have 1700 years of tradition and mis­takes to protect?  The majority of sources that I have quoted from have been Trinitarian authors, with the exception of the philoso­phical works.  Why is it that the philosophers are so confident in their statements con­cerning the impact of philosophy on Christianity whereas the Church downplays its influence?  Could it be because the influence of pagan philosophy is greater than that of the Bible?  Such an admis­sion would be a most difficult pill for the Christian ortho­dox church to swallow, but that is the medicine necessary if the Church is to return to orthodoxy.