by Karen Armstrong and the God she describes is very different from the God I believed in as a child. As a Mormon, I believed in a God who was human in form, our Heavenly Father, literally the father of our spirits. Mormons believe that God was once a man and that as his offspring, we have the potential to attain exaltation and become like him ourselves. (See this chapter of one of the Church's lesson manuals for more on this.)Armstrong describes God as more of a complex and ambiguous concept in the human psyche, rather than a concretely definable being. I could get on board with that. I like complexity and ambiguity, open possibilities for interpretations and speculation. I have to say, I'm enthralled with the book so far, can't wait to read more.
For those of you who did or do believe in God, what was or is your understanding of the nature of God?
