Single Idea 22089

[catalogued under 28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism]

Full Idea

Am I a God afar off, and not a God close at hand? Do I not fill heaven and earth?

Gist of Idea

Am I a God afar off, and not a God close at hand?

Source

Jeremiah (24: Book of Jeremiah [c.570 BCE], 23:23), quoted by Clare Carlisle - Kierkegaard: a guide for the perplexed 3

Book Reference

Carlisle,Clare: 'Kierkegaard: guide for the perplexed' [Continuum 2006], p.54


A Reaction

I assume this was often quoted by eighteenth century divines, against the rise of deism.