Q&A: God's Corporeality
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God's Corporeality
Question
Hello, is it possible to prove that God is not physical?
Why do we believe that He is not physical? Is it written in the Torah? By way of philosophy? Thanks!
Answer
It says, "You saw no form," and the like. More generally, the revelations are not described as something visual. Beyond that, matter is perishable and not eternal. And especially since He created matter, it is not reasonable that He would be made of it.
Discussion on Answer
Probably. Though it is possible that there are physical objects that are not within our experience (like quantum particles).
With all due respect, Rabbi, why didn't you answer that the main proofs for the existence of God show that He is not physical (that He is "not within our experience")?
Anyone who believes because of the cosmological proof or the physico-theological proof has to believe that God is not physical, no?