Marcus J. Borg Quote
If, when you think of the word God, you are thinking of a reality that may or may not exist, you are not thinking of God. Tillich’s point is that the word God does not refer to a particular existing being (that’s the God of supernatural theism). Rather, the word God is the most common Western name for what is, for ultimate reality, for the ground of being, for Being itself, for isness.
Marcus J. Borg
If, when you think of the word God, you are thinking of a reality that may or may not exist, you are not thinking of God. Tillich’s point is that the word God does not refer to a particular existing being (that’s the God of supernatural theism). Rather, the word God is the most common Western name for what is, for ultimate reality, for the ground of being, for Being itself, for isness.