Well, I am not one to ev'r back down from a line of inquiry, so thusly I shall answer the question that thee reflected back towards me.
❝How can Divinity be explained?❞
It's rather the point that Divinity cannot be explained, no? The Tao which can be named is not the eternal Tao. Lǎozǐ is considered such a brilliant sage (an understatement that I hope causes no strife to other Daoists) for a reason.
Similarly, I find it impossible to approximate true Divinity. In the same way that a singular piece of art, in any medium, can have nearly countless interpretations and retellings, so too is each and every explication of Divinity but the inherently flawed understanding of what is still but a feeble mortal's mind. Not to say that it being flawed detracts at all from its beauty — it is exactly its flaws that make it be so beautiful.
Now while I can wax poetic until the cows go home and fill this post up with empty words that do naught but say nothing at all, I do think I should get to the core of what my message is attempting to be. That is, the Divine are both perfect and imperfect.
It is quite cliché to use the comparison between us and Divinity as to be equivalent to the comparison between ants and us, but it is a good enough framework for my argument:
To ants, we impossibly incomprehensible giants must be without flaw. We hold power so vast knowledge so profound that we could entirely eradicate them if we so wish, and their insignificant size makes those of us without compassion, lost in thought or in a hurry not even consciously process the ants' presence. Does this, then, mean that humans are omniscient and omnipotent? Obviously not, and it'd be folly and downright hilariously wrong to use such a line of reasoning.
Similarly, Deities are out of our skill bracket when it comes to knowledge, power, presence, and even perhaps what dimension They live in. We currently cannot (and I assume will never truly) comprehend Them, and attempting to grasp onto complete understanding will only lead to confusion. They are, however, not infinitely powerful nor can They do much in the terms of finality — in my view They are still mortal, even if Their lifetimes are counted in aeons rather than decades.
Does this mean They should be ridiculed or belittled? I do not think so. To agree that humans are mortal shouldn't be taken as inherently humiliating or insulting (though context can certainly make it so). It might cause some dread or unpleasantness, yet it is an undeniable part of our lives. Nobody can cheat death, and in the end we all will meet it.
A) I have been studying theology for barely a year, perhaps two at most, so I have a very superficial and rudimentary understand of such complex topics.
B) Like I have stated, this view is inherently flawed and most likely incorrect, doubly so because I am trying to apply such human experiences and concepts to what are decidedly not humans.
Hopefully, however, my answer will have been ample enough to satisfy thy curiosity. I am always happy to pen even more paragraphs to answer further questions, however~
Blessed be, dear mutual. <3
~ Themodoros ˚₊‧꒰ა 𓂋 ໒꒱ ‧₊˚
