Less is More
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
God believes in you, even if you don't believe in him. (in doesn't count as a word right? :D)
I truly find that amazing, God believing on what people that don't believe in him can do for others, without them noticing it.
God: a real, omnipotent, unconditionally loving friend -- mine and yours.
@wakeNbake Aren't we all? The great thing is He forgives. The real test for me has been deciding whether or not to continue trying.
Forginess cannot be achieve through simply asking. One must atone.
@Skippy
I think you are trying to box God into linear time, which is only the way humans perceive reality, not God. I would say multiple realities/universes branching from every conceivable choice is actually pretty likely, so in that case, free-will and God can co-exist quite easily. You're also predicating everything you say on the idea the material universe really exists in a concrete way, and isn't just an illusory dance of energy. Check out Plato's cave allegory if you haven't already.
God is there whether you feel Him or not
God is the truth in a land of deceit
God is the reason I get this breath, and the reason I breathe
God is the incomparable.
God has a plan for the ones who care to distinguish it.
God's policy "dont ask, dont tell" so these answers are no surprise to a lover of God.
God is understanding, forgiving, and like Money said because I love this one
"God is standing within you, Mighty, Powerful, and Self-Subsisting."
God deserves me, all of me, for all of me, is He.
@wakeNbake this is one of the best i've read. it's raw, honest, and i'm sure many people can relate.
God is who everyone blames for their problems.
Let's be honest, He takes a lot of crap.
@eric33190 Find out... Seek... Its better to ask "who am I"? Than to ask who is god. The first question will eventually bring the answer of the second...
@Ryshuga
Yeah Scientific Journals are tight like that - always after memberships and fees etc. I get access to them through my University though so if you're interested I can email you the article in .pdf form easily enough.
If I see that DVD anywhere around I'll definitely check it out if you think it's worthwhile.
"I don't think for a second I can tangibly explain my faith in God. When you believe... you don't search for evidence. That's where faith and trust come in."
Fair enough. While I don't personally subscribe to a higher power I certainly understand what it is to have faith and trust. Especially trust.
Trust is as central to the life of a scientist as faith is to the life of a priest...
@Loves2Laugh God created all we are His creation, did the sculpture of David Know Leonardo? I think we all know the answer to that. I love and He loves me. cheers
@Skippy I haven't checked the links yet... only because I was stopped by the ever so inconvenient "LOGIN & PASSWORD" Damn that always takes the steam out of a good link!!
I do however believe this. Because something can be explained by science, does not omit the fact that God is behind it.
There is a great DVD called "Everything is Spiritual" by Rob Bell. If you check it out. I will check out a DVD you think I should see.
I'm a musician man.... I don't think for a second I can tangibly explain my faith in God. When you believe... you don't search for evidence. That's where faith and trust come in. And when I know he has been ever present in my life, beyond all doubt. I don't go through a list of who what when where or why...
@Ryshuga
The concept of free-will is in contradiction with the concept of God's omnicscience.
If God does (and always did) know everything - then God knew what the outcome of his creation would be before the act of creation.
That is, the 'choices' we make were pre-ordained by God's knowledge of them. Free-will can therefore be nothing more than an illusion conjured by the minds that God has created.
I suppose you could marry the two precepts if you want to introduce the concept of alternate realities or some such, but without such a device it's impossible to escape the conclusion that that either God is not omniscient (in which case the major religions have got God wrong) or free-will is an illusion (which belittles the whole idea of 'choosing' to follow God or not and 'choosing' to sin or not).
And just on the topic of Anxiety/Depression vs. God-experience, there actually is a significant subset of the field of neuroscience that studies such experiences.
Here's a reference for and example (of many) studies on the topic:
Boyer (2003) Religious thought and behaviour as by-products of brain function, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 7, Issue 3 Pages 119-124.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VH9-48HPK1K-3/2/044843d79e1dbc337f94ada8fc5da10a
@Skippy The parent is therefore complicit in, and responsible for, the outcome.
That is where free will comes in. As a parent we do what is best for our kids. they still have the choice to make though. be obedient... or not. So I four child misbehaves and we punish them... is it our fault? I'm still trying to figure out my taxes dude... I can't explain God to you??
I will agree with you. Today, or 500 years ago. We've always been on a decline I think. The world just seems so much more immoral and desensitized as a whole now.
More reason for GOD!!!
I have had the debate with many people on this website, and though I have tried to argue in a worldly, tangible way I have come to this conclusion. When God has revealed himself to me... it was real and beyond all doubt and comprehension. I just knew it.
You know... they have no way to test for anxiety or depression... it's all based on symptoms and generally based on what a person says they are experiencing. Nobody ever questions it. Not science, or the medical profession... they just dole out drugs like hot cakes! But if somebody says they have experienced God. t's just shut down... like the symptoms they felt were not real. God tell us that we will be persecuted the closer we get to the end and more and more people will deny his existence.
@Ryshuga
"Now lets say that chils at a certain point in life says... the hell with you parent! You don't exist, you know nothing, You're made up!!! and that child goes on to deny everything that parent ever said and goes through life making bad choices that lead to hurt, pain, stress... cruelty...
Is that the parents fault?"
Point taken.
But if the parent was omniscient (as I assume you believe God to be) then the parent knew what the outcome of the way it raised and taught the child would be.
The parent is therefore complicit in, and responsible for, the outcome.
"Today we have the education, the knowledge and the technology to be "better" people. But we aren't. ... if people 500 years ago had all this... they would just destroy it too. That's our nature"
And that's my point. The fact that we have more knowledge and technology, and therefore the capacity to do more good now then could have been done back then does not who we are and the choices we (on average) make.
And so we are no better or worse than people who lived 500 years ago. (i.e. We are on the whole immoral and greedy like you said. Collectively we fail.)
@JamesMcdougal first: let me state that i am not religious, but i do believe in God.
second: yes, religions DO attach a lot of conditions to God's love, which is the reason i'm not religious.
third: i don't think of love, when applied to God, as a simple human emotion. i think of it as an omnipresent positive energy force. God being love and vice versa. love is just the word used to describe this energy, for lack of a better word.
What isn't God? He is everything in this world and has a part of it all. Good or bad.
@Skippy People will always be immoral and greedy. My point is. Today we have the education, the knowledge and the technology to be "better" people. But we aren't. We have all the advantage today to litterally change the world in a positive way... but we don't. I agree though... if people 500 years ago had all this... they would just destroy it too. That's our nature.
@Skippy lol... I see how my wording could state that. That however wasn't what I was saying.
Look at it this way. If a child has a loving, caring parent who knows everything that child has gone through, is going through, and will go through. Let's say that parent has a pretty good idea of what is best for that child... maybe has some suggestions on decisions that child should make throughout their life.
Now lets say that chils at a certain point in life says... the hell with you parent! You don't exist, you know nothing, You're made up!!! and that child goes on to deny everything that parent ever said and goes through life making bad choices that lead to hurt, pain, stress... cruelty...
Is that the parents fault?
@xmikereinhartx Wow. I just saw you also compared to a crutch. I noticed this after posting mine, just so you know.
@Ryshuga
"Like I said... technically and scientifically better.... as people.... far far worse."
How are we, as people, worse than those that lived 500 years ago? You think they weren't all "immoral, greedy, selfish and just plain ignorant"?
They would have been equally as immoral and greedy as us, and a hell of a lot more ignorant (about pretty much everything).
God is a crutch for the lost to stand on.
http://mikereinhart519.blogspot.com/
@JamesMcdougal Today, people still die of famine, disease and violence. The only difference between today and 500 years ago... we now have to money, power and science to eliminate almost all of that... yet we don't, because humans are far more immoral, greedy, selfish and just plain ignorant. That is why we are not any better off than we were 500 years ago. Like I said... technically and scientifically better.... as people.... far far worse. As for illiteracy... I make the same argument. Still a problem. We human beings have devalued ourselves in the name of money, power, science and technology.
@Tervetuloa If it is during our lifetime. We'll know. I'm pretty sure it would make CNN.
@PatriqueVosges Thanks for letting me know. :) Not a lot of people agree with me on that and it's the only way I can think of to interpret Him.
John Lennon said: "God is a concept, By which we can measure, Our pain"
Since we are the creation, much like an unfolding work of non-fiction, we can not comprehend the Author. Therefore God is the Unknowable Essence and we glimpse "His" attributes through the lives of the "Suns of Divinity" sent down to illuminate the way for us. eg. Zoroaster, Moses, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, the Bab, Baha'u'llah (The Glory Of God)...these perfect "Mirrors" reflect God's light...as Lord Krishna stated,"There is no limit to my Manifestations, for I am life..."....progressive "lamps" but one light/sun....
God is good. God is fun. God is surprised. God is surprising. God is inside me. God is outside me.
I'm sorry that the word "God" has gotten such a bad rap. If we say "The Universe," "Cosmic Pulse," "Oneness," "The Force," or many other terms, people don't seem to get as freaked out. The word "God" has become synonymous with "Father" or "All Powerful Being Other than Ourselves," - probably due to numerous languages and translations and evolutions, and I am not sure that is an accurate description. Actually, I am quite certain that even if we all put our heads together (which would be pretty cool) we could not come up with even a small percentage of what "The Universal Reality" (I like that one) really is. I find I get closest when I am quiet, and listen and wonder.
How did god get to be a HE? if i believed in god my god would be without sex or female but definitely not male. Something has to biologically occur for a fetus to develop as male and if that very specific thing doesn't happen then the fetus will continue on to develop as female. every male was XX before becoming XY which means every man was female at one time. i'd feel (slightly) better about people's religious beliefs if they would drop the ridiculous notion of the all mighty male god.
XTC said it best, "Father, Son and Holy Ghost is just somebody's unholy hoax."
God is equally likely to be yahweh, allah, zeus, apollo, ba'al, osiris, or ra.
(less is sure more responses! Maybe soulpancake can throw out more very short challenges!)
God is who I talk to when I'm all alone.
@coolhandjohnny. why do you believe that god loves us unconditionally? All religions indicate that there are many conditions. If you don't believe in religion, why would you attribute a human emotion to God?
God is a being above everything, the creator of the universe.
Gah, this is hard to do. I agree with @CraigDavidson500, defining God is limiting Him.
I have heard turning to God described as 'The only socially acceptable nervous breakdown.'
My jury is out on that one.
@JamesMcdougal ...if that's the line of thought you choose to subscribe to. i believe in a God that loves unconditionally.
'To define God is to restrict God.'
If indeed he is the omnipotent and eternal being that all his marketing seems to indicate, then simply by describing him, we are trapping him within human words/concepts.
Therefore, he is 'indescribable.'
All that being said, Jebuz makes me berry berry happy.
i didnt see the whole comment sorry, ill reply to the rest now : (newby me):
uhmmm well i you can call it an insult, ofcourse, it is, but still, how serious should you take it. how "insulted" should you be? it's just some guys opinion. and OR let it go, OR say why you don't agree. I just dont think its really worthy of a complaint about the fact that he makes a critical remark on believers. if he chooses to, thats fine, its his right.
i totally agree on the fact that its way to easy to flame others by the internet. but as long as there are no real heavy things said, you cant stop it, its an opinion. where do you draw the line? let people say what they feel like there should be said, and let us all build up our own shield to protect us from what we dont like to read.
God is that force that becomes evident only when one person does something completely selfless and kind for another for no reason. He's glimpsed just in that instant and is quickly hidden again.
god is watching you...
[& dont you think that he wont turn this car around and go straight home if you all keep on fighting on this board!]
@santinj well i mean that if you were to be a believer, let's call it christian, you would have chosen a life that you find meaningfull and right, and if all goes well, you wont go to hell.
non believers do not have that lifestyle, therefore are probably heading to hell, and you should pitty the fact that this poor lost soul will not have the blesings you as a christian have.
Unified consciousness or life force of the collective being everything. :/
@feliciaijsthee "by a non-believer who you should really pitty if you think about it"
How do you figure? Say more about that, if you would. I'm not making the connection between someone's unbelief and the automatic need to pity that person. I would guess that xtian666 would find such pity an insult in it's own right, or at least patronizing--but I'd rather hear from xtian666 him-or-herself on that point.
"and if you choose to be offended . . . that is your problem, not his."
Likely a true statement, and one that I accept. I need to "own" my reaction, after all. But, look at the post and tell me that there is nothing there to be offended by. Are we so submerged in post-modernism that we can't call an insult and insult when it's actually there?
I would feel much the same if a so-called Christian pulled the same shenanigans on an Atheist. To me, it's an issue of discourse over the internet, and how easy it is to flame others, no matter what they believe, than to engage with someone who has different beliefs/values/opinions/whatever.
an idea people believe in when they need answers (or lost theirs.)
his actual DUTCH phone number by the way: 0031 644244901
god isnt impressed with twitter shout-outs.
[for example: heidi montag's praise god & ilove jesus tweets]
@xtian666 wrote: "god is a construct of people with little to no critical thinking"
I'd like to make a point: there's a difference between making an observation, stating an opinion, and making a not-so-veiled insult. There. Is that critical enough for you?
The ability to shoot people down must be the product of this "500 years of advancement" and evidence that "things are better now than in the past" thing that so many people have mentioned here. Rather than engage in actual discussion, which involves occasionally asking a question, I can just slam people for no apparent good reason. Wonderful.
unsuspecting linear victim of man's exponential technological power and growth.
twitter blasted this one and got a bucketload of responses. here's a snapshot:
* In a single word: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
* petty, vindictive, unjust, misogynistic, homophobic, racist, genocidal, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, nonexistant
* God is awesomesauce.
* God is not lonely.
* God: not my mom, not my dad, possibly my cat
* God is the Infinite Light Love and Mystery of Life.
* Buddha
* God isn't a respecter of persons.
* God is a result of science. Humans fearing worthlessness.
* God is dog spelled backwards.
* God is the soul's chameleon comfort-blanket, real or otherwise.
* God is interested in believers being his hands and feet
* I can do it with no words: [ ]
@JamesMcdougal you wrote, "There is no evidence for any religion, and as a scientist and physician, believe me I know what evidence is."
Tell me more about what evidence is; your comment really made me sit up and take notice, and I'd like you to write more--specifically from your experience as a physician.
God is with us. http://bit.ly/Y8N0e (and we are encouraging people to share who God is to them through video)
God is the ultimate of every industry. CEO. healer. creator. giver. life-saver. environmentalist...etc...
simply magnificent.
@JamesMcdougal Well, according to God's word. Jesus will come again... I'm sure if he intended on a second person instead of Jesus to come back... he would have stated so? These are all great questions to which... believe me... I don't have all your answers. I'm still stumbling my way through life with a whole bunch of "why?" questions.
One thing that has been revealed to me in a very real way is God's presence in my life. And the power of provision he has. The beautiful thing is... I can keep questioning... he keeps answering.
@cyclefiend2000 In the immortal words of God, "John Lennon is dead."
@JamesMcdougal I think people attach more strings to God's love when God doesn't, a parent may know what's best for a child but if the child disobey's, that child won't lose the parents love (in a healthy family) that parent will love that kid whether he listens or not. Because it's not earned it just is. I think the idea of unconditional love is hard to grap, but I'm still convinced religion/people attached strings -not God.
@JamesMcdougal I believe our world is far more technically and scientifically advanced. As far as people go... I dissagree that we are better off than we were 500 years ago.
@JamesMcdougal I dunno, I think alot of the NT has either been misinterpreted through the various translations its endured, or has been twisted by those who stand to benefit. Don't personally know as much about Qu'ran, however I believe it is intended as a message of love, rather than violence as the NT is. But regardless, I still continue to question....
@JamesMcdougal When Jesus stepped into the scene, he ushered in the "New Law". I agree the old testament has alot of stuff that is not relevant to us today... however, there is also a ton that is still relevent.
@Ryshuga. Our world is far better than it was 500 years ago (crusades, inquisitions). Improvements are exclusively to be attributed to Reason. That is, believing in things insofar that there is evidence to support them. Religion is one of many examples of believing in things (and acting upon them) in ways that are irrational and often injurious, despite the complete absence of evidence
@JamesMcdougal More evidence point toward it's truth than anything. Science continues to show the truth, nature continues to reveal it's truth... it will never be disproven.
@JamesMcdougal I would safely say a very small percentage of the world try to live by it... Our world is in the state it is in because we continue to do what "we"want... day in and day out. Clearly "we" don't have a clue.
@tohuvabohu
If you don't need it as a crutch, and there is no evidence that is true, why do you believe in it?
One Consciousness Creating And Experiencing Itself Eternally Through Infinite Perspectives.
@JamesMcdougal Those ancient rules are exactly that.... ancient rules. It's pretty common knowledge that anything in the "old testament" for the most part was intended for the people of that day who, had no law or moral law to live by. You should read the rest of the book... alot could be clarified for you!! :)
@vietcongcowboy I completely agree. But now the OT (and NT and qu'ran) are hopelessly backwards. They remain the only ideas from that era of human history that we insist on holding on to.
@JamesMcdougal OT Law was revolutionary for its time, however. Hygiene, sanitation, etc.
God is unnecessary. Reality is awesome.
@TankHughes that's one of the greatest bits of graffiti i've ever come across. it's the whole point, isn't it? stop waiting for the next life and live THIS one!
@zebrapedestrian i got a good chuckle out of that one ;P
God (YHWH): the supernatural creator and overseer of the universe. From Wikipedia.
@JordanPatterson God has a very strange way of showing his love for people (plagues, natural disasters, birth defects).
God demands proof of our love? I demand proof of his existence. (Proof, not scripture, not "miracles")
@tohuvabohu I grew up in a family of believers actually. I've found that people use god as a crutch. Not just in my family, my friends, people on the news. People tend to blame god for everything that happens to them. God did not make you get that promotion, your hard work paid off. God did not give you cancer, sometimes life just sucks. I believe in taking responsibility for my own life, working for the things i get and living for myself and in the moment. I don't blame my misfortunes on somebody else and I don't worry about the afterlife. The here and now is all we have, and I don't plan on wasting it.
@whatsadickdew Caustic behavior is absolutely essential to open discussion, especially on a subject so filled with passionate viewpoints. It helps some to express strong feelings, it helps us realize how strongly people disagree with our viewpoints, and it helps us learn to react to those strong opinions more appropriately. If this guy was a constant troll, I say have at him. But his opinion is valid, as is his chosen attitude in expressing it. As is yours.
And I'm sorry...as this is not meant to be an attack, but the most frequent answer to your implied question, "whatsadickdew?" is "fuck you.". In the literal sense, of course, not necessarily in the pejorative.
@MichKiv Is God a crutch for people like me who are launched into service of other because God in Jesus gave everything for me? You mustn't know many believers. We don't lean on a God-crutch. We offer crutches to those who can't walk and food to those who don't have enough to eat. Because God sends us, we live a deeper service than even our own basic human compassion moves us to do.
God is NOT an idea, a policeman, white, distant, obsolete, or controllable.
God is not what everyone thinks, and not what the early sages wanted us to think he was, God is merely what was used to maintain control of early civilizations, and the bible is just one family's genealogy, IMHO
God is a homeless traveler. Always on the move and hopeless to locate.
Creator, Abba, Truth, Love, Life-giver, Eternal, Holy, Freedom,Saviour.
@gorillo The idea of what can and cannot be answered. Agnosticism is usually redundant stance.. To say "I don't know" because we cannot know something 100% is a cop-out. Philosophically of course we cannot know something 100%, that is existence...ie. "I don't/cannot know" is a given/redundant. We can know something to be true/false up to that line which is pretty damn good... 99.999999% is 100% because we are human. I am sure there are some people that honestly wrestling with the issue, but I would imagine there aren't many that don't lean one way or another on the subject.
A: version 5.1...another version will be coming soon.
God is a concept, an evolving myth.
@TankHughes "There was graffiti on the side of a church in Granada, Spain 2 years ago that said 'Dios no existe, pero tú, sí'"
I like how that puts the onus for living where it should be. Nice.
@whatsadickdew besides being outspoken...we depart somewhat from what has been posted so far...
A: would live in a relativist universe...
@RtPt I'm not sure what you're getting at. I'm not asking if we CAN know. I'm asking why people choose the non-answer they do. I'm in the "I don't know" camp, but I'm wondering why some people choose to opt-out of reasoning and curiosity by saying "god did it". What makes "god did it" the better answer for those that choose it?
Four more words on your three more words: It does to some.
@whatsadickdew I suppose it is ironic I commented...but I often comment when I see illogical behavior. Now back to the question.
More answers to question: Fairy-tale..myth..meta-narrative..
@gorillo There are no absolutes...we can go up to the line of absolute but no further...I don't know means an individual really doesn't know...there aren't many people that "don't know" if we take away "absolutes" which results from existence itself...
Three more words on the question: does not matter.
god is: incomprehensible. "a love that is unending wasn't meant for comprehending." - jason gray
@maryrua @everybody
How is "god did it" better than "I don't know"? Either way you're admitting that you don't have an answer.
The downside to "god did it" is that some people are satisfied with it and stop looking for more answers. What's the downside to "I don't know"?
I wrote a few. Take them separately or together or mix and match.
God isn't surprised that non-believers are so vocal about it.
God is amused when non-believers find out otherwise.
God is not paying attention to sporting events per se.
God sometimes wishes we knew what the Result will be.
God has a great imagination.
If God put out an album it would sell.
There was graffiti on the side of a church in Granada, Spain 2 years ago that said "Dios no existe, pero tú, sí"
This is a picture of it: http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/QuiereMaaPaa/Granada/?action=view¤t=e1cb6654.jpg
@whatsadickdew Is this even worthy of discussion? You know how some people feel about religion, so why waste your time and effort over what you see as a breach of discussion board etiquette? Go talk to Admin if you got a problem.
To say "is" or "isn't" gives the idea of God some credence which is illogical.
God is:
A force whose actions are not directly discernible except in retrospect.
God is our Heavenly caring father, he is not a mean old man waiting to punish you
god is not. He is not real. And where do you wind up if you follow nothing? Nowhere.
@cincibohemian94 I agree god is how one interprets the feeling of love
I believe God is an energy force that lives in all of us, we are all part of this force. We are all the spirit of God having human experiences. When surrendering to this energy, you attract abundance. When you try to tell yourself not to attempt something or do something for ANY reason, that is your mind trying to suppress that spirit. With God, all things are possible. Why do you think people say, "You can do ANYTHING you want to do" and "Don't worry, it will all work out for the best"? Because that is the force of God and with God, all things are possible.
To those who say "God is love", you are right, but it's not how I would describe Him primarily. His primary characteristic is holiness, so a better statement would be, "God is holy". It's the reason He loves good and must punish evil. Most of the people spouting "God is love" are merely looking for a God who will overlook the sin they commit. That simply isn't love- it is accommodation. Wow, that was WAY more than 10 words.
@mackiec Soul Pancake isn't completely free in it's speech, in that it asks us to keep it "above the belt". All opinions are accepted, or ought to be, but the manner in which they are conveyed are not, or shouldn't be.
Just to clarify, I have no issue with the point of view of an atheist, or those who deem the existence of a God or Gods as a fairy tale, but I was taking issue with the statement "get over it" which seemed to indicate that the OP of 'fairy tale' wasn't looking for discussion and was being unnecessarily abrasive in his/her assertion that 'God is a fairy tale'. That is the opinion. That was what the question sought. The 'get over it' was unnecessary and inappropriate for this forum, IMO. He/she should have just said "God isn't... it's a fairy tale" and then I'd have no issue whatsoever.
I come here for open discussion with people of all different religions including those that hold to atheism as there means of understanding the universe, but it bothers me when slight and insult are thrown around, even when they are only alluded to in sarcasm. That's not, in my understanding, why SP exists... nor does it seem to be why most people participate here. That was the only issue I was trying to take.
1.In Korea, God is English.
2.In Korea English is Religion.
3.In Korea Americans are their prophet.
4.In Korea, people who can't speak english are evils.
P.S Even Myth has a reality to some extent although it is overexaggerated.
God is all-powerful, all-present, all-knowing, all-loving, and all-good.
@whatsadickdew Just to clarify, are you saying SoulPancake shouldn't be about free speech and opinion? Your reply to @WoolMoon certainly seemed to suggest so.
I'm sorry that you don't agree with the atheist point of view, but an increasingly large number of the population do believe that God is fairy-tale (and a hateful, spiteful and divisive one at that.) Saying so isn't necessarily hateful towards others, and the opinion has every right to be heard as loud as the religious voice is.
God isn't something that anybody can define. Personally, God is something that I am completely ignorant of, and that being said, God could even be something existent, non existent, or even existent but in a completely different form or identity from what 'we' 'know'.. I'm so ignorant in defining anything so vague that it's more comforting that telling myself I know things, that of which I obviously don't.
God is dog spelled backwards.
God is whatever you want him/her to be.
God is energy.
God is another word for __________.
hey @whatsadickdew: that's more than 10 words. :-)
God is. And God isn't. Completely. Word.
@peszo To which of the many Gods in the many fairy tales do you refer, and what is the need you feel to help those who take comfort in the tales to "get over it"? In what way does your being caustic aid in what is supposed to be an open, respectful discussion on religion(s) and belief? Do you feel threatened by those who choose to believe, or are you merely threatened by things which cannot be proven? And before you answer with "I'm not threatened..." please realize that if you were not, you would not feel the need to suggest anyone should "get over it".
If what you were trying to add to this forum was your unbelief in a God, you could have simply used two words: "God isn't" and everyone would've understood your position without necessarily feeling attacked in their own. Something you might wish to consider before posting again.
creator, father, ruler, friend, mystery, paradox, hope, peace, love
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@Winchester307 me too!