What is God? - Page 5

mooomooo · #41 (**permalink**) 14th April 2008, 01:40 AM

Believing and following a safe Religion is okay because we all die anyway . And places of Worsrhip have plenty going on for parents and children and they are neat and you can just walk in any one of them as they welcome friendship .

"Let it be "

" And leave Britney alone " ,, oops lol .

Aaron · #42 (**permalink**) 14th April 2008, 09:10 PM

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So, for anyone who cares to address the question, when you use the name "god," what exactly is it that you mean?

IMO, god is "the One", "the Absolute" "everything and no-thing". All manifestations and the formless unmanifested potential of future manifestations.

**Travis Clementsmith** · #43 (**permalink**) 15th April 2008, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by evangelicalhumanist

Still getting nowhere. It's an "impossible" question. It depends on "context." A "universal idea" unconnected with religion.

What if God is perspective?

-TC

cardero · #44 (**permalink**) 17th April 2008, 08:53 AM

WHAT IS God?

G.O.D stands for goal-orientated-deity and it doesn't have to be designated to one specific BEing or entity, it doesn’t have to qualify to any gender or be described as any form spiritual or physical. It could very well apply to any soul that expresses or desires to impart purpose.

Storm2008 · #45 (**permalink**) 19th August 2008, 06:03 PM

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But if "God is the universe," then why do we need two names, unless it is so that we can deliberately have a god, as well as the universe, even though they are coincident entities. If "God is energy," then it seems to me that we can find god in a teaspoon of gasoline. That's got energy to burn.

Well, first off, let me mention that the word "God" isn't actually my preferred term. It's a convenient shorthand that avoids subjecting the uninterested to lengthy explanations on my beliefs.

That said, I believe that our universe is a living, sapient being. That's the difference.

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Really, to use the word "god" in the sense of energy or all or the universe etc. doesn't make the concept of god wrong as much as it makes it unimportant.

And who wants an unimportant god?

Well, it depends on what you mean by "important." Assuming for the sake of argument that my theology is correct, if God were to die, reality as we know it would cease. There would be nothing but dead matter, no thought, no movement, no energy. A lifeless corpse of the cosmos. That strikes me a fairly important God.

Storm2008 · #46 (**permalink**) 19th August 2008, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by evangelicalhumanist

So let's ask a few simpler questions:

OK.

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[*]Is god a "being" that exists in this or any other reality?

Yes.

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[*]Does god have intentions and purposes?

It depends on what you mean. I don't presume to know the mind of God. However, I do believe that God is in the process of maturing, coming to understand Godself. That could be considered intention and purpose.

Also, as we are all aspects of God, all our own intentions and purposes are ultimately God's.

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[*]Does god make those intentions and purposes known? If so, how?

See above.

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[*]Does god expect and/or care about belief in him?

Yes and no.

Does God dis/approve of any worldview? No.

However, as I said above, God is seeking to understand itself. Our collective search to understand God is a manifestation of that.

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