His short writing in the book, Enlightened Mind, was very good and he seemed clam, sincere and comes from the heart. He is right about God being on earth way longer then us, God created us and even though we can't see him, we can. "His essence, use the help of sounds and names and pictures, of beaten gold and ivory and silver, of plants and rivers, mountain peaks and torrents, yearning for the knowledge of him, and in our weakness naming all that is beautiful in this world after his nature."
What God created is beautiful, each living thing is beautiful and unique and thats what God wanted it to be.
Maximus of Tyre does not judge anyone, he accepts everyone and everything for what they are. He explains how everyone has an image of God."If a Greek is stirred to the remembrance of God by the art of Phildias, an Egyptian by paying worship to animals, another man by a river, another by fire."
He does not show anger or forces people to believe God as a certain image. He only wants them know, let them love, let them remember. The Greeks have many Gods and Goddess and you can choose whatever one you want to worship.I think thats pretty cool having many Gods and Goddess. You can choose which one you want to pray too and believe in that God or Goddess; its very interesting.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Maximus of Tyre
Posted by Springy at 9:48 PM
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I also blogged on Maximus of Tyre. I agree with what you said about everyone having their own image of god. I also liked his message about not passing judgement.
I totally agree with being able to see God in his creation like a reflection of who He is. I don't agree that worshiping the creation is a way of worshiping the creator. Marveling in awe at the beauty that was made is a different story. however worshiping the creation seems to me like holding the creation as high as the creator which does not make sense.
I like how he expounds on the point of how each person has the ability to worship who they want and how they want to. Most people are quick to point out that another person is worshipping the "wrong" God, or are worshipping the "wrong" way. In reality, isn't it God who does the judging? And isn't he really just concerned about finding a sincere heart?
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