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Post by aquarianstar on Sept 27, 2005 10:19:04 GMT -5
Hi guys, I was just wondering how you all think of God, Buddha, Allah, or whoever else it is you believe in?
For me, I guess God isn't a person, or anything that resembles a person. It's the power all around us. It's an essence more than anything, a prescence. Something great and wonderful that knows us all as much as he/she/it is a mystery to us. It's a being that is always unfathomably, inexplicably- there.
I guess with religion, I don't follow all the rules to the letter. I mean, a God that is hard to believe in is the God that, if we do wrong, sends us all to hell. Or the God that wants to be praised and exalted all the time. Isn't pride one of the seven deadly sins? So I guess with religion, I have my own beliefs and centre a lot around that.
What about you guys, how stringent are you?
Sarah.
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Post by Lisa Arnold on Sept 27, 2005 16:38:33 GMT -5
I have my own sense of faith too, I am not overly religious but as I said in another post, I do believe in a higher power and for me God is a supreme being, more of a spirit than a person. I do not buy into God being a punisher of sins and what not, I truely believe God is a giving and loving being/spirit that gives mankind the ultimate freedom of choice and it is up to us to make our lives better.
Great question, Sarah:)
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Post by icee on Sept 28, 2005 18:35:19 GMT -5
good question:)
I see him more as a guiding spirit. I do not feel He is vengeful in anyway, that is man's spin on things, not God's:)
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Post by mojo666 on Sept 28, 2005 19:18:26 GMT -5
I find that there's barely enough room inside my own skin to entertain this concept called me, let alone fit one of some holistic God!
What I do wonder though, is why and how people genderise these God things which no-one's ever seen?
(No insult meant whatsoever ... religion is a very personal choice which I respect as such)
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Post by mojo666 on Sept 28, 2005 19:30:01 GMT -5
Consider:
We refer to nature as being of a Mother's Nature ... (Only a woman can (and should always) gestate and nurture human life genetically)
I've no doubt whatsoever that Mother Nature even puts God (social polity) back in its place when it's out of alignment!
PS: the chicken and the egg argument can't exist nor proceed logically without both being present and equally the first of their one and only true nature!
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Post by Lisa on Sept 29, 2005 4:11:23 GMT -5
I agree it is odd that most people always refer to God as Him, no one can be sure, I guess. I was gonna say him or her but shyed away from it for some reason:)
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Post by mojo666 on Sept 29, 2005 5:16:27 GMT -5
Cool... so why is it that no-one seems to disagree with Satan being a Man?
PS: and if Eve was created from Adams rib, where'd the image of woman come from?
PPS: She now costs an arm and a leg (JOKE)
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Post by aquarianstar on Sept 30, 2005 11:31:15 GMT -5
I believe that God is neither male nor female, they are mortal categories. God is androgynous is how I think of it.
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Post by aquarianstar on Sept 30, 2005 11:32:21 GMT -5
PS: and if Eve was created from Adams rib, where'd the image of woman come from? PPS: She now costs an arm and a leg (JOKE) LMAOOOOOOOOO Mojo.....  |
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Post by whisperpoems on Sept 30, 2005 14:33:14 GMT -5
When I was little (like 4 years old) I thought of God as a man with long black hair, a beard and a very low voice...a lot of children seem to have that image, kinda funny isn't it?
But right now I don't have an image of God at all, because I'm still trying to figure things out for myself.
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Post by stan on Sept 30, 2005 17:27:50 GMT -5
I don't have one, but it's interesting to read about other people's images of God. Interesting question. Oh and Kam, you're right...a lot of kids have that image of a man with a beard...I never thought about God like that though. When I was that young I was afraid of God, because at school they told us that he is everywhere and I probably didn't like that  Now I just don't believe in God, at least not in the way he is described in the Bible. |
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Post by stan on Sept 30, 2005 17:33:21 GMT -5
No offence to others who do believe in Him btw!! I respect everyone's choices and religions...
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Post by mojo666 on Sept 30, 2005 21:08:49 GMT -5
OOOO ... did someone mention God is androgynous with a beard???
MMMM....Boy George would look so cute in a goatee'
I was brought up in a very asexual Catholic environment which imbued a Christianity begins at home policy. As I got older I refuted God and Church but maintained the christian charity and mercy edicts. Mind you thought, I still feel a bit guilty about feeding the chickens in public places way back then ...*smile*
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Post by aquarianstar on Oct 2, 2005 10:45:51 GMT -5
OOOO ... did someone mention God is androgynous with a beard??? MMMM....Boy George would look so cute in a goatee' ---- ROFLMAO at u .... You crazy, boy, but I like it! Stan, when you think about it like that, I'm not so sure I want God lookin at me the whole time... *looks around furtively* Hey Kam, about the blackbeard theory, I don't know, but I always imagined a white beard?? and long white hair. So mojo, how about boy george with a WHITE goatee?? |
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Post by whisperpoems on Oct 5, 2005 14:21:36 GMT -5
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Now I just don't believe in God, at least not in the way he is described in the Bible. 
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echoes, hope you all are doing well 
