Johannes Scotus Erigena

The other reading that stuck with me this week was by Johannes Scotus Erigena. I totally agree with Johannes Scotus Erigena when he wrote “we ought not to understand God and creation as two things distinct from each other, but as one and the same.” I agree with this statement because of the belief that God created the Earth and all that is on or around the Earth, therefore one can conclude that without God there would be no Earth or universe for that matter. It can also play in the part with the belief that God is in and around us all, that he is everywhere and nowhere, “invisible making himself visible.” By this I mean how some religions believe that God is the Earth or his essence is a part of the Earth. “God is the source, the well of creation…the mother of the universe: unknowable, unthinkable, unnamable, yet at every moment inexhaustibly present.” I think this can apply to what happened when humans went up to space, in the past people believed that past the clouds lived God, then people went into space and some people began to doubt God. And I think that the introduction deals with these doubts very well when it states that to believe God is in only one spot is to “already stirred up mud in the clear water.” There is no one spot for God he is everywhere and if we try to think otherwise we are mudding up the clear water. I guess that is the main reason for this reading to stick in my head. The introduction really got me to think and its viewpoints can be connected to many different religions. The last part of the introduction reminded me of the Hindu and Buddha religions (mainly the Buddha) about stepping out of oneself and recognizing God everywhere.