--- title: "8 God Imagined Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 God Imagined quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best God Imagined sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/thomas-merton-231_darkness_if-nothing-that-can-be-seen-can-either-b_7412.jpg" --- > [If nothing that can be seen can either be God or represent Him to us as He is, then to find God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/if-nothing-that-can-be-seen-can-either-be-god-or-represent-him-to-us/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/thomas-merton-231_darkness_if-nothing-that-can-be-seen-can-either-b_7412.jpg) > [God, once imagined to be an omnipresent force throughout the whole world of nature and man. has been increasingly tending to seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corliss-lamont/god-once-imagined-to-be-an-omnipresent-force-throughout-the-whole/) [Corliss Lamont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corliss-lamont/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/corliss-lamont-24504_atheism_god-once-imagined-to-be-an-omnipresent-f_93650.png) > [God was something I did not understand the way kids who went to church did. They said God was a man in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-coleman/god-was-something-i-did-not-understand-the-way-kids-who-went-to/) [Melissa Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-coleman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/melissa-coleman-56784_beard_god-was-something-i-did-not-understand-t_399489.png) > [Percy imagined what that would be like: getting an apartment in this tiny replica of Rome, protected by the legion and Terminus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/percy-imagined-what-that-would-be-like-getting-an-apartment-in-this/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/rick-riordan-27_annabeth_percy-imagined-what-that-would-be-like-g_1441551.jpg) > [“God is imagined as a rich, old gentleman who is very happy that things are going so smooth here on Earth that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/god-is-imagined-as-a-rich-old-gentleman-who-is-very-happy-that-things/) [Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/irving-stone-3288_god_god-is-imagined-as-a-rich-old-gentleman_1594353.png) > [“I sigh into her and give up the fight. My fingers thread through her hair, pulling her closer, knowing I'll never get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacey-jay/i-sigh-into-her-and-give-up-the-fight-my-fingers-thread-through-her/) [Stacey Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacey-jay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/stacey-jay-9953_love_i-sigh-into-her-and-give-up-the-fight-my_1723980.jpg) > [My biggest problem with organized religion is that God has been imagined as a human being with emotions. I feel if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-durang/my-biggest-problem-with-organized-religion-is-that-god-has-been/) [Christopher Durang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-durang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/christopher-durang-22423_emotion_my-biggest-problem-with-organized-religi_1792803.png) > [If God imagined you at birth, what makes you think He's stopped imagining you now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erwin-mcmanus/if-god-imagined-you-at-birth-what-makes-you-think-he-s-stopped/) [Erwin McManus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erwin-mcmanus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/erwin-mcmanus-4838_birth_if-god-imagined-you-at-birth-what-makes_2959158.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-imagined/#itemlist", "name": "God Imagined Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If nothing that can be seen can either be God or represent Him to us as He is, then to find God we must pass beyond everything that can be seen and enter into darkness. Since nothing that can be heard is God, to find Him we must enter into silence. Since God cannot be imagined, anything our imagination tells us about Him is ultimately a lie and therefore we cannot know Him as He really is unless we pass beyond everything that can be imagined and enter into an obscurity without images and without the likeness of any created thing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Merton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/if-nothing-that-can-be-seen-can-either-be-god-or-represent-him-to-us/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/thomas-merton-231_darkness_if-nothing-that-can-be-seen-can-either-b_7412.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/thomas-merton-231_darkness_if-nothing-that-can-be-seen-can-either-b_7412.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/thomas-merton-231_darkness_if-nothing-that-can-be-seen-can-either-b_7412.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If nothing that can be seen can either be God or represent Him to us as He is, then to find God we must pass…” — Thomas Merton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God, once imagined to be an omnipresent force throughout the whole world of nature and man. has been increasingly tending to seem omniabsent. 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