Language and Theology: "What do you think is the language that God use/speak?"
Does God speak English? Chinese? Spanish? Hebrew? Latin? Etc. P.S. This is theoretical and theological question.
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I think the idea of what language God speaks is a bit beyond us, since God is often seen as beyond human limitations. In many traditions, like Christianity, Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek are seen as sacred languages because of scripture. In Islam, Arabic is considered the holy language of the Quran. But ultimately, I believe God communicates in a way that transcends any specific language, reaching people no matter what they speak.
Which god? There are thousands of them.
Hi God speaks all languages in the world an more Best Regards
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Amazing. He knows all the languages for sure.
In my POV, God does nor speak, but he understands very well [all of the languages].
During the first 17 centuries of human existence, up until some point after the global Flood, everyone spoke just one language. (Genesis 11:1) The Bible indicates that the language later called Hebrew was that original “one language”. This doesn’t mean that all the other languages stemmed from and are related to Hebrew but that Hebrew preceded all other languages. Then came the rebellion of Nimrod’s day. Contrary to God’s instructions, disobedient humans gathered at what later came to be called Babel (meaning confusion), determined to remain in one location. They started to build a massive tower, not to give God glory but to “make a celebrated name” for themselves. So God confused the original language and caused them to speak various tongues. Thus, they were scattered over all the surface of the earth. The New Encyclopædia Britannica says: “The earliest records of written language, the only linguistic fossils man can hope to have, go back no more than about 4000 or 5000 years.”
In my opinion God's communication goes beyond words it is more like pure understanding or feeling enabling each person to hear in their own language or perception.
God does not speak any one human language; rather, He communicates through revelation in various forms and languages significant to different cultures and faiths.
He speaks all languages and dialects there is everywhere.
Hey interesting . So from my understanding God is the creator of everything including language as well. So God speaks his language ( the heavenly language) the same language we call utterances here on earth or tongues as some might say but when his word comes to man it translates to their language the one they understand. If you look at Acts 2 when the holy spirit was made manifest the disciples spoke in heavenly language but when it came to the ears of those that heard it, it was translated to their own languages in which they were born that is why there's no confusion. As the bible would say "For God is not the author of confusion ".Hope this helps
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