Q&A: Whether God Can Be Understood
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Whether God Can Be Understood
Question
Hello, I want to ask whether it is possible to understand who God is—the First One, who created the universe. For example, when someone rules a country, someone gave him that power in his hands. Who gave God that He is God? Where did He come from, and why is He God and not someone else? I hope you understand the question.
Answer
You ask similar questions in different threads and phrase them very unclearly. It is not true that a king receives from someone else the authority to rule. Usually that is really not the case. But that is not relevant to our issue. The Holy One, blessed be He, has authority by virtue of the fact that He created the world. Search here on the site for my article on philosophical gratitude.