muslims believe the same - understanding god is beyond our comprehension. the real issue is you can't prove there is a god and you can't prove that there isn't.

I tend to agree with Dostoevsky who said: 'Without God all things are possible' and also with Nietzsche who wrote extensively about organised religion.

Interesting as it may be...there are more important things to worry about I think.

You've just sparked an interesting discussion between my friend and I about God and gender. We're Christian, so we believe that if all people are made in the image of God, then God must be both male and female, rather than neither. Not sure why, traditionally, Christians call God "He" - I think in Greek (the New Testament language) the words for "man" and "person" are the same, rather like they used to be interchangeable in English - that probably confused people.

God bless, Jenni xx

I don't think it matters what gender GOD is. The Christian view (as I was taught)is that god is perfection, truth, goodness and love etc. He (it/she) is perfection of all things. In a sense God, as it says in the original post is existence itself. The difference between the major religions is how this God interacts (if at all) with his creation. To a certain degree most of us believe that there is - hence praying, belief in miracles and (more commonly) blame.
Sure, enjoying life is important - the Catholic Catechism's answer to the question (to be learnt by under 10 year olds) Why did God make you? is God made me to Love him, to Serve Him and be happy with him in this world and forever in the next. Don't get me wrong, i'm not a bible puncher, but that sounds pretty OK. Then again, if you look closely at most religion's core beliefs, there's always a nugget of truth.

going back to the origial post then, the dude is right, if we cannot define perfection, than wecannot understand god.