What About Bob? and the Transcendence of God
Yesterday at the college group I taught on the character of God. One thing we talked about is that God is transcendent, meaning that he is far above and other than us. Last night, we were watching the movie What About Bob?, in which Bill Murray plays Bob, an obsessive-compulsive who follows his beloved psychologist on vacation. At one point, Bob made a comment about his doctor that made me laugh out loud while also reminding me of God’s transcendence:
We can’t even try to understand him. He’s so much higher up than us. We’re like ropes on a Goodyear blimp!
