(In other words, that which is not a Being, or of-a-Being - is unknowable.)
What we think of as 'objects' are actually 'abstractions' - abstractions which exist in the thinking of Beings.
So we can oppose God-as-a-Being, versus God-as-an-Abstraction that has either been derived from our-selves (who are Beings) - or else an abstraction deriving from other Beings.
God as an Abstraction is wrong, because such a conceptualization does not seek a relationship between Beings; which is what Christians (ought to ) believe.
It is confused; because we are first making an abstraction, then trying to relate to that abstraction as if it was a Being...
But an abstraction is not a viable and relatable Being, but only a model of a Being (simplified, distorted, incomplete).
Doing this with God is analogous to trying to have a good/ alive/ ongoing personal relationship with your wife while regarding her primarily as 'a woman'; or with your son while he is being considered as essentially 'a son'.
If we try to relate to (the-Being-of-) God as if he actually, truly was a collection of abstract attributes; then we will Not be able to relate to God as the person, the Being, that God truly is.
Derived from a comment I made at Francis Berger's blog.
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