When Paul was in Athens perusing the Greek’s polytheistic paradise, he noticed a pedastal dedicated to “The Unknowable God.” When the Athenian and Stoic philosophers tapped Paul to address their contingent on Mars Hill, Paul remembered this pedestal and seized an opportunity.

Isn’t it easier to talk to someone about God who really has no preconceived ideas concerning Him? A blank slate is easier to write upon than one cluttered with unfounded facts.

Paul actually credits the Athenians for recognizing a Deity that, to them, must be so high as to make it impossible for mere humans to grasp Him. No toga-clad pedagogue that day could have imagined what the little man from Tarsus was about to tell them.