Everything That God Is Not
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
1. God is not ruining your life
2. God does not kill people randomly
3. God is not going to wait around forever
4. God is not going to let you breeze through life
5. God is not looking for you to point out the wrong in others, He can see it already.
1. God is not humorless.
2. God is not giving up.
3. God is not racist.
4. God is not offended by dancing.
5. God is not predictable.
God is not me. (Like I would have liked to think in my olden days)
God is not waiting for me to change.
God is not amused with my sarcasm, well sometimes...
God is not worried with how my prayers sound just that I pray.
God is not pulling puppet strings...
1. God is not a fan of David Lee Roth... sorry Diamond Dave.
2. God is not spiteful.
3. God is not looking forward to meeting Larry the Cable Guy, he will live a long time.
4. God is not doing yoga at the moment, but check back later and he may be.
5. God is not interested in your excuses... nor does he care that you're late for work.
God is not something people will all agree upon.
God is not seeking to find your faults.
God does not belong to anyone.
God is not leaving.
God is not going to stop loving you just because you don't love him.
1. God is not of any one religion
2. God is not patriarchal
3. God does not belong to any one culture, country, or planet
4. God is not vengeful
5. God is not deceiving
God is not real
God is homophobic
God is racist
God is jealous and proud of it
God only loves us if we completely follow him blindly and segregate none believers
God is not judgemental
God is not humorless
God does not control us like puppets
God does not sentence people to eternal damnation (or any other form of it)
God is not perfect
1. God does not hate people or things.
2. God did not write the bible.
3. God doesn't have the personalities or physical characteristics of humans.
4. God is spiritual.
5. God doesn't care about the decisions that you made in the past, but cares about the ones that you are making right now.
God DOES exclude (ie: Satan, come one now, we all knew that)
anways.
God is not ignoring you.
God is not oblivious to what you are going through.
God is not on vacation.
God is not the cause of all the bad in the world.
God is not mad at you, or the world.
1. God is not exclusively male.
2. God is not white (& neither is Jesus).
3. God is not vengeful.
4. God is not dead.
5. God is not prejudiced against any person, no matter what.
Describing what god is not would place a limit on what god could be. Since god is not able to be understood, no limits can be placed on it.
God is not a joke
God is not something we can understand
God is not a waste of time
God is not ignoring us
God is not concerned with worldly things
God is NOT evil
God is NOT a lie
God is NOT self-obsessed
God is NOT judgemental
God is NOT ever too busy for any of us
God is not a concept you can grasp
God is not easygoing
God is not the warm and fuzzies
God does not exist for just one reason
God does not care about the outcome of a sporting event
God is not perfect.
God is not looking to punish but improve.
God is not tangible.
God is not all-powerful.
God is not a guarantee.
1. God is not foolish.
2. God is not looking for perfection.
3. God is not ignoring us.
4. God is not one who plays favorites between religions.
5. God is not logical to us.
1. God is not a vending machine.
2. God is not a pansy.
3. God is not boring.
4. God is not concerned with numbers, he is concerned with heart.
5. God is not happy with people using his name for evil.
God is NOT dead.
God is NOT evil, for evil is the absence of God
God is NOT a phantom of imagination
God is NOT below anything or inferior
God is NOT powerless
1. God is NOT concerned with whether we think he created the earth in a week or a 1000 years.
2. God is NOT concerned with how we think he created us.
3. God is NOT dead (sorry, Nietzsche).
4. God is NOT Chuck Norris.
5. God is NOT vulnerable.
God is not hatred
God is not malice
God is not the longest running joke in history
God is not silent, we are deaf
God is not dead
God is not God.
God is not Jesus.
God is not Salvation
God is not Existent
God is not.
Stuff that in your pipe and smoke it!
1. God is not necessarily at fault, not necessarily faultless.
2. God is not picky about how you choose to honour him.
3. God is not too generous, not too stingy.
4. God is not a giant shoe and we are not ants.
5. God is not rooting for any one of us to fail.
God is NOT the true source of any religious texts - they are human constructs.
God is NOT behind the Ten Commandments - they are simply sound principles.
God is NOT any more real than the flying spaghetti monster.
God is NOT external - we are each masters of creation in our own right.
God is NOT judging any of us - there is no judgment - only actions and consequences without prejudice.
God is not an asshole
God is not human, thus he does not possess human traits or emotions. He knows them well, but he does not possess them.
God is not to be understood completely
God is not the little voice in your head
God is not able to lose
1. God is not human, nor does God have human emotions.
2. God is not something I can understand with my brain.
3. God is not a vending machine for stuff.
4. God is not a separate entity from life.
5. God is not judging anyone.
God is not a person or cognitive being.
God creates and destroys.
God is not listening.
God is life, love and nature.
"God" elsewhere in a sentence should not be capitalized.
God is not to blame for everything, people are
God is not wreaking vengence on you, you're not that important
God is not the reason people go to war, greed is
God is not the product of an ancient storyteller, why else would the story endure?
God is not dead just because you have issues.
God is not a good crutch.
God is not watching over you.
God is not a kindly being.
God is not fair.
God does not exist.
God is not a noun.
God is not moved by prayer.
God is not somewhere.
God is not static.
God is not invisible.
God does not hear prayers.
God does not "care" about individuals or groups of people.
God is not kind.
God is not real.
God is not.
1. God is not far from me... ever.
2. God is not interested in beliefs.
3. God is not interested (at all) in religion.
4. God is not happy about killing in his name.
5. God is not responsible for disasters or accidents of any kind.
god is not the answer to every question
god is not angry
god is not who one person says he is
god is not worth killing each other over
god is not exclusive
GOD is not definable
GOD is not a thing
GOD is not an excuse
GOD is not a punisher
GOD is not concerned about cuss words
ha ha my mom told me the last one
1. God is not a punch in the face
2. God is not me
3. God is not my possessions
4. God is not found in drugs (at least I didn't find him there..maybe he was hiding.)
5. God is not twittering...yet
1: God is not as kind and cuddly as people want to think.
2: God is not concerned with how YOU feel.
3: God is not considerate.
4: God is not taking shit.
5: God is... not. maybe. Who knows.
God is not Santa Claus.
God is not judgmental.
God is not limited.
God is not vengeful.
God is not ever unavailable.
And my husband adds, God is not a Cubs fan.
@nicoleshubby
Thanks for this .. especially #4 on list 2, well-written!
God is not for everyone
God is not easy to understand
God is not a reason for humans to judge others with different beliefs
God is not one of my Facebook Friends (yet?)
God is not someone/something I have defined for myself yet
God is not ostentatious.
God is not predictable.
God is not stuffy.
God is not hands-on.
God is not less competent than I.
God is not a punisher
God is not magic
God is not going to do my work for me
God is not too busy to hear me
God is not boring
God is not a man
God is not allowing Satan to exist
God is not responsible for evil acts
God is not a respecter of persons
God in not limitable to the conceptions of man
God is not vengeful.
God is not mad.
God is not judging.
God is not male or female.
God is not unfair.
ps- sweet video
God is not possible to imagine
God is not angry at any of us
God is not a white man
God is not responsible for your bad choices
God is not going to let you take any shortcuts
1. God is not so insecure that he/she/it needs to be worshiped.
2. God is not so vindictive that he/she/it will punish people because they did not adhere to certain rituals.
3. God is not so inaccessible that he/she/it will only appear in extravagant churches.
4. God is not so accessible that he/she/it can be boxed into one definition.
5. God is not humorless that jokes about him/her/it will be offensive.
1. God is not unfaithful.
2. God is not just for one country/people.
3. God is not a meddler.
4. God is not a 'declare-er' of war against any nation/people anymore.
5. God is not ugly.
1. God is not evil.
2. God is not hate.
3. God is not weak.
4. God is not visible.
5. God is not easy to find.
@hispaniktitanik ignoring your list point, which kind of makes the rest less powerful, what do you mean by "god is not asexual"
God is not a Christian.
God actually has no religion period.
God is not a specific race/ethnicity.
God is not spiteful.
God is not going to send you to "hell", period.
God is not white
God is not AngloSaxon
God is not a Protestant
God is not heterosexual
God is not a capitalist
http://thunkedandbefuddled.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/what-god-isnt/
God is not the bad guy.
God is not a trend or fashion statement.
God is not a wishing well.
God is not a worry wart.
God is not an excuse for hatred or violence.
God is not false.
God is not worthy of us.
God is not the Santa Claus of the spiritual world.
God is not hateful.
God is not ignorant.
God is NOT lacking imagination.
God is NOT afraid of heights.
God is NOT unemployed, but self-employed.
God is NOT fan of turtlenecks.
God is NOT a noun. (which makes my last four answers pointless)
God is not an old white man with a beard.
God is not asexual.
God is not to be used as a signature at the end of letters. (aka God bless)
God is not a good reason for declaring war.
God is not real.
God is not anti-gay.
God is not necessarily a man.
God is not a cocktail waitress.
God is not vengeful.
God is not sending you to hell just because you don't follow the Bible to the letter.
God is not boring.
God is not dead.
God is not that into fast food.
God is not a Dog.
God is not a chain smoker.
p.s. I think it's interesting that the title of this post is not GOD IS LOVE (as the song says) but EVERYTHING THAT GOD IS NOT (as the song also says)
God is not American
God is not religious
God is not conservative
God is not pro-choice
God is not distant
1. God is not an excuse to sin because forgiveness is free to those who repent at the back of our heads.
2. God is not an almighty vacuum who listens to our rants because he is a loving Father who wants an intimate relationship with us.
3. God is not a slave driver who sits back and watches our daily toil in his heavenly throne because he is a God who wants to see faith in action before he blesses us more.
4. God is not unreachable or so far out because He created man in order for us to love Him back, commune with Him, and be in His presence. I believe that He delights in my sincere seeking of His presence.
5. God is not guarantee that life will be flawless but His grace allows a finite being to see through His challenges. Thus, a relationship with Him is deepened.
1. God is not a cure-all answer to any question.
2. God is not an excuse to harm any person.
3. God is not an invention of our own imagination.
4. God is not a lucky rabbits foot.
5. God is not an old man sitting in a cloud that is entertained by us.
@Augustine @Augustine i hear ya, and i agree with you about "fairness" from our human perspective... but the Divine perspective is much different, and what i understand to be true about God is something that only seems unjust when you don't see the entirety of it- (which we can't possibly comprehend)
of course we want to know the Universe is just- and because of this, we imagine how it must be...and we want those who hurt us… to hurt even greater than the hurt that they have caused…
we like to assign God our own attributes, and we can't seem to imagine how the Divine could possibly be greater than us…
I suggest this- the difference between a human perspective and a Godly one is- Unconditional Love and Unlimited Forgiveness.
i know i am not going to change your mind about your beliefs...i just wanted to explain another perspective, since you asked about it.
reincarnation is a key to this understanding...and well, if you don't buy that, the rest won't make sense. The point of reincarnation is exactly what I have explained before- to Ascend…to Evolve…
I ask do you agree that we grow and evolve as a spiritual being throughout our lifetime now? Well imagine adding upon that growth and understanding for multiple lifetimes…it makes complete sense to me..
karma is not easy to explain, and saying that people who experience a difficult life (such as the ex. you gave) deserve it because of a past life seems harsh and cruel- unless you understand the larger truth- that we enter into these lifetimes with a goal in mind…we are not victims, but knowing and willing participants in our own ascention..
we each have been it all- the sinner and the saint, the pauper and the king, the evil one and the savior..whatever we needed to learn at a particular time, we agreed to incarnate as--- again reincarnation is key here
i also just want to say that these unspeakable evils that we spoke of, are not the sole responsibility of one man's darkness- ie hitler rose to power >>>and was not contested! he was allowed to commit horrors while other "good people" stood by and did nothing. it was a collective evil, a collective unconsciousness that was responsible...and this happens a lot in the world- many horrors happen because not enough ‘good people’ stand up. I just want to point out the interconnectedness of life- of us, and our collective responsibility..
also many terrible things are done in the name of God- you don't have to go searching too deep to find the horrors of the Christian church, or any religious group.
I suggest that this darkness is the source of the same feelings in us that says- “we need vengance!” “we need to know that the unjust are paying the price!” this impulse is what humanity as a whole must overcome.. each and every human being has their own individual battle with the this darkness.
Anyway- my wish is to share another perspective..that’s all…peace
1. God is not containable.
2. God is not forgetful.
3. God is not dead.
4. God is not dependent on humanity.
5. God is not describable.
one - God is not thinking about whether it exists
two - God is not gonna throw the book at you
three - God does not have a book to throw at you
four - God is not different than the person reading this
five- God is not similar to the person reading this
@nicoleshubby
What an interesting progression....your #5 is almost a direct quote from several documents that are almost 2700 years old! Please check out a book called Isaiah & chapter 58 - it'll only take 3 minutes to read (try it in the New International Version). This speaks volumes about social justice, equality between 'classes', and living a counter-cultural life in a me-first world.
God is not Santa Claus (making a list....)
God is not a televangelist (send $$$$...)
God is not against you (He loves us all)
God is not out to 'get you' if you don't believe in Him
God is not a bumper sticker
It said 5 things Perez, you fail the challenge!
God is not natural
God is not helpful to a progressive culture
God is not a useful way to spend an evening
God is not a delicious Banquet for 4 (including bacon)
God is not a "get out a debate with a winning smile on your face" free card.
God is not
white, or red or yellow or black; he is neutral
God is not
walking the streets of America, looking for Elvis flipping burgers,
God is not
in charge of my future, I am.
God is not
hiding in mosques or fancy brick buildings, he is everywhere and nowhere
God is not
angry over what we've done to our planet, but Mother Nature is pissed as hell....
God is not uninterested
God is not kind
God is not cruel
God is not listening or watching
God is not necessary (which, if he exists, is just how he should have planned it)
@schmabigail The incomprehensibility of God is part of the fundamental nature of God. The fact that everything else in universe can have another thing be like it; even though there can be no snowflake that is exactly the same as the next, they are all water crystallized at high altitudes. There is nothing like God but God.
The only way something can be totally understood (even mostly understood) is by looking at a thing is and taking our knowledge of other parts of the universe and bringing it for a comparison, only to learn what a thing is, whether it be in terms of history, science, culture, or even love. There only descriptions of what we can try to understand of what God is, and they're only names and aspects, numbering 7, 10, 72, 100, or 108 (and more) depending on who's counting.
This relates to the main question, or my interpretation of it: how can a being/a thing unknowable - 'ineffable', as the true name of God is referred to as - be anything more tangible than the moon in the sky. Something that's there but not really necessary. The movement through life and living won't diminish whether the moon is new or full, if God is or isn't.
God is... I feel profane going further because who among is qualified to? Here's how I used to think when I when to a church that used the Bible as the infallible manual to life:
1. God is not going to save everyone from hell.
2. God is not into gay people.
3. God does not accept anything less than orthodoxy of belief
4. God doesn't miss anything
5. God does not stop bad things from happening because they are part of his plan.
Here's what I think now:
1. God is not a giant human with our emotions and values, perhaps it's a little narcissistic to view him as such.
2. God didn't really kill all those people in the Old Testament.
3. God is not as scary as I used to think.
4. God is not present in a tangible way to me.
5. God is not interested as much in our rituals as in our actions.
1.God is not the one to blame.
2. God is not fashionably dressed.
3. God is not impressed.
4. God is not worried you haven't called.
5. God is not watching reality television.
a) God does not answer all questions, "Yes." What's the fun in that?
b) God does not need to explain.
c) God does not take a day off.
d) God doesn't need to put up with your shit... but he does anyway.
e) God doesn't condemn you for eating meat on a Friday of Lent, Catholics (myself included).
God is not:
~as unforgiving and judgmental as some people will claim
~partial to one person or group of people over another
~a man sitting on a throne on a cloud
~responsible for your messed up life or the things that are wrong in the world
~going to apologize for the tornado that blew away your trailer park
~My God is not Christian. God is not Jewish, or Muslim, or Hindi. God is of all and in all.
~My God is not able to be contained in a book written BY the hands of man.
~My God is not pissed off by someone saying they don't believe in him. He's pissed off at people who do untold horrors in his name.
~My God is merciful. He values love between people, no matter what the sex or orientaion.
~My God is not your god. My God understands that statement, and yours doesn't.
@Michael7843853 who said incomprehensible? i think thats a terrible choice of words, God is not incomprehensible...we can definitally think about what God is...we'll just never get to the end of said thought because God is unending. so i think i kind of agree with you.
+God is not caused.
+God does not exist because of human necessity.
+God is not unable, but he may be unwilling.
+God is not amused by our failures and problems.
+God is not the reason for suffering.
God is not ~
~a physical entity
~represented by judgmental people
~a something to fight over
~explainable
~worried about religion
1. God is not a weapon, tucked away inside your fist.
2. God is not an ideal you to which you only hold your enemies.
3. God is not a suitable explanation.
4. God is not admissible as evidence.
5. God is not going to throw you in Hell for critical thinking.
@Augustine they got away with it in this life but I think God's judgment in death is where they receive their punishment.
@marchballad I never said I liked it but I believe the Bible and it says that God will judge us in the end.
@zenmb Thought provoking sentiments Zenmb. Honestly, I don't think an eternal reincarnation cycle is fair punishment for holocaust.
Also, how is one evolving and ascending spiritually if they just keep dying, forgetting what they learned and then reincarnating all over again (for eternity)? What's the point?
With regards to karma, are you saying that the victims of atrocities somehow merited the evil practiced against them due to "sins" they committed in previous lifetimes? I don't think African American children being stripped naked and lynched in the early 20th century south endured that crime due to previous mistakes they made in past lifetimes. They suffered those crimes due to the sinfulness and evil of their tormentor's hearts.
@Augustine is vengence and unending punishment the only retrebution you can imagine for people who commit injustices?
i believe all souls are eternal, and all souls grow from spiritual infancy to spiritual maturity...i'm not saying that there aren't consequences to our actions...we all have to reap the sometimes painful stings of karma, in order to grow and evolve...just wanted to suggest to you the idea that all evil and injustice was created by the choices of our past, and perhaps we get the chance to redo those choices as we learn from, grow, evolve and ascend into the future...
not to make light of such horrific evils like hitler or any murderer--but i suggest the idea that life continues and God's light shines upon the just and the unjust...and because God is eternal, and so are we- we have the opportunities to experience all of it- to be on both sides, to evolve and ascend upwards. can't you imagine the most powerful rehabilitation program? {God's Love}
now noone gets away with anything, as you suggest- but as i imagine and understand it, we have plenty of lifetimes to switch roles and learn the lessons we need to learn. this makes sense to me- not that anyone deserves bad circumstances in life- but that we all were in and will be in each others shoes...and we all in a sense are--- One. Karma insures justice and ascension for eveyone.
@squarerootofnine No, that's the point. We have no idea what God is. At least, that's what I think.
God is not defined by our thoughts on god
... is not indifferent to our attitudes about him
... is not surprised by MJ's death
... is not a man
... is not a stupid cartoon with corny lyrics
God is not static...
...homogeneousness...
...egocentric...
...the word...
...confined to the box of any definition
Interesting...I keep reading a lot of comments that say "God is not vengeful" or "God is not judgmental" and I think I have to disagree with these sentiments. If God is not vengeful or judgmental then basically every tyrant in history (for the most part) got away with it. Hitler pretty much got off scot-free if God does not practice justice after this life (suicide is not justice when the systematic genocide of 11 million people are one's crimes). Serial rapists who molest dozens of children and never get caught get away with it. The ancient Assyrians (who were more brutal then the Nazis) got away with it too. If God is not vengeful, then God can not be loving, good, or holy. I hope I do not come off as insulting or belittling, it is not my intention to be that way. I just want to kindly disagree in respectful fashion.
I would also like to recommend Tim Keller's The Reason for God, for more insight upon this subject (God being required to be just/vengeful in order to be good/loving).
1.) God is not a limp-wristed wuss who caters to the wishy-washy ideals of culture.
2.) God is not impersonal
3.) God is not bound by this universe or the laws that he set in place to govern it
4.) God is not small
5.) God is not a means to an end, rather he is the end himself.
@henderson88 I agree with everything that you say. You have really good points.
1. My God is not vengeful.
2. My God is not a specific person, place, or thing.
3. My God is not unloving.
4. My God is not unattainable.
5. My God is not weak.
(I say "my God" because I think everyone's notion and understanding of God is different in their own way.)
1. God is not answering my emails, phone calls or SMS messages.
2. God is not the word dog to dyslexic folk, but more the word good for people who can't spell.
3. God is not so mean as to not allow two people to love and be loved in return. (AND HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS TO LOVE)
4. God is not the recipient of my $5 donation to the person running up to my car with a bucket.
5. God is not a fan of the Yankees.
... god is not a list of things that god is not - god is the list of everything that is ...
1. God is not exclusive
2. God is not a Fairy Godmother
3. God is not unreachable
4. God is not unforgiving
5. God is not an avenging angel
1. God is not predictable
2. God is not what people think He is
3. God is not distant
4. God is not your own personal gumball machine/hitman/ATM/witch doctor/Cupid
5. God does not just want you to "be nice"
1. God is not as prolific as he used to be.
2. God is not a double-negative.
3. God is not required to have a hall pass.
4. God is not a fan of Was Not Was.
5. God is not made in his own image.
1. God is not orange juice.
2. God does not listen to me, or at least immediately.
3. God is not straightforward.
4. God is not finite.
5. God does not look away.
1) God is not: One person, thing or idea. He, She, It...is whatever we create it to be, if we chose to create something at all.
2) God is not: A definite. We, human beings give life to a being, and give it (or, again, He, She It...ect...) human attributes, qualities, again, we create what we want to believe, and call it what we want.
3) God is not: Something that should scare us into acting one way or another. Live life for joy, not fear.
4) God is not: An excuse to persecute, mock, condemn or judge others. It is not an excuse for death and war.
5) God is not: Something that should ever be enforced on anyone...God is NOT an absolute, though people can chose to make it an absolute in their lives.
God is not money, or fame, or people liking me
God is not very concerned with half of the things I think are important
God is not going to do me wrong
God is not relative, changing, dependent or otherwise defined by me
God is not oblivious to this conversation
@marchballad see, i don't know that that makes sense. because, i believe that God is not unknown, and you're claiming God is unknown. if we are the source, how can we both be correct?
@squarerootofnine I just used the bible, which is the manual, as I understand it.
Great! That was really well made, glad I got to see it. What is God NOT? --
God is not crazy about vegetarians. (Rom. 14:2)
God is not a feminist. (1 Tim. 2:11-15)
God is not soft on crime. (Ex. 21:15)
God is not marching in your gay pride parade. (Lev. 18:22)
God is not in favor of allowing non-Christians to be alive. (Deut. 13:6-10)
@squarerootofnine No one knows what or who god is, so these are claims, just like any other claim about god, that we thought up. It is what we are believing at the moment. We are the source. They are our creativity and our beliefs.
1. God is not judgemental.
2. God is not a time keeper.
3. God is not a talker.
4. God is not a set of silly rules.
5. God is not one to leave you be.
God is not unknown.
God is not nameless.
God is not short of cash.
God is not a liar.
God is not me... or you.
I have a question. On what authority are we making these claims about God? Is there a source or are these just the things we think that make us feel better?
1. God is not vengeful.
2. God is not outside of us.
3. God is not attainable to only a few.
4. God is not a man.
5. God is not a capitalist.
When you say that God is incomprehensible, doesn't that render anything else you say about him spurious?
God is not an institution
God is not judgmental
God is not racist
God doesn't care if you're a believer or not
God is not evil
1. God is not the only answer.
2. God is not always listening.
3. God is not just a prisoner's redemption.
4. God is not your best friend.
5. God is not tangible.
1. God does not lie
2. God does not fake love
3. God is not unjust
4. God does not make mistakes
5. God is not far away
God is not mean
God is not vengeful
God is not something to use for guilt
God is not public
God is not something we'll ever know for sure about
1. God is not a fundamentalist
2. God is not a racist
3. God is not a censor
4. God is not expecting a return on his/her investment
5. God is not a creation
God is not a puff of smoke.
God does not smell bad.
God does not hate.
God is not only a lion.
God is not only a lamb.
God is not physical
God is not separate from us
God is not angry
God is not anthropomorphic
God is not funny
God is not vindictive.
God is not judgemental.
God is not supernatural.
God is not a peeping Tom.
God is not real.
1. God is not your magic 8 ball.
2. God is not your spiritual fire insurance.
3. God is not your "holy crap" concierge service.
4. God is not responsible for someone's passing away.
5. God is not going to wait on you forever.
1. God is not my personal assistant...
2. God is not my problem...
3. God never held me back...
4. God does not make me do anything...
5. God is not my enemy...
God doesn't tell you what to rather he/she/it lets you make those choices yourself
God doesn't belong to one country
God doesn't belong to one religion
God is not in some book that is read at church
God doesn't care whether you eat meat or don't
God is not a wishing well.
God is not up in the sky.
God is not an old jewish man with a robe and a beard.
God does not kill people.
God does not fit in my head.
Your daddy.
Your mommy.
Your principal.
Your boss.
Any other in loco parentis.
-God does NOT exist within time but rather outside
-God is NOT BORING
-God is NOT a list of do's and do not's
-God is NOT about comfort here and now
-God is NOT against laughing, dancing, or creativity, he created those things
Concerned,
Displeased,
Unhappy,
Angry or otherwise,
Taking him/her/itself seriously.
@Mad_Dog_Milo Very true. I didn't give enough thought to my reply, and I got called out on it. Well done.
1. God is not a picnic table.
2. God is not in my heart right now, but he might be later.
3. God is not a stoner.
4. God is not okay with fur coats.
5. God does not want to be fair.
- not safe
- not predictable
- not boxed
- not constrained by our feelings
- not constrained by our pain
This is based on my definition of god then!
I don't believe that god is an entity.
I don't believe that god has feelings, moods, desires or any anthropomorphic qualities.... except i suppose for existence?
I don't believe that god can see the future nor can s/he control it.
I don't believe that god lives in "heaven".
I don't believe that i can have a relationship with god. But i believe i can have a relationship with the universe.
@Rasputnik I don't think that is necessarily true. A practicing Hindi could just as easily answer this question, as could a Muslim, a Zoroastrian, a follower of any traditional deity, or a Wiccan. In fact, one could argue that because the Judeo-Christian God revealed the name of God to Moses as "I Am" or as it is being translated recently "I am that which I choose to be" it is more difficult for the Judeo-Christian to answer this question becasue God is that which God chooses to be.
Hard to answer this question without a belief in the Judeo-Christian God.
1. God is not a creation of Man but rather, the other way around
2. God is not a cosmic nanny, stepping in to eliminate the 'bad' things in life for our good pleasure. So many such events are of our/humanity's own making -- and those that are not bring with them lessons and wisdom that can come no other way.
3. God is not a cruel tyrant, but is righteously just. Some processes and actions pursued long enough, inevitably have a bad outcome.
4. God is not bound to change the rules of cause and effect mentioned above just because you happen to think you're nice and deserve a break.
5. God is not "unknowable". His vastness is incomprehensible, but one can still know someone they cannot totally comprehend. Think of when you were young and knew your working parent, but couldn't fathom the idea of going to a job that took you away from home and that you didn't always like just so you could pay for tonight's dinner out at McDonalds.
1. God isn't afraid of what we think of Him.
2. God isn't holding lightening bolts waiting for us to screw up.
3. God isn't chaos.
4. God isn't ever too busy.
5. God isn't anything like we expect Him to be. (Thankfully!))
If God is not comprehensible, which I agree with, then is it not folly to attempt to define what He is or what He is not?
When you say He's incomprehensible, and then you say He does not exclude, you contradict your own thinking.
So to me, there's only one thing, not five, that God is not:
1. God is not comprehensible to me.
As it says in Corinthians, God's foolishness is stronger than human wisdom, and His weakness is stronger than human strength. That's one to contemplate. God's not us.
God made us in His image, but in vanity so many of us remake God into an image of humanity, then become frustrated and trash him when he turns out to be inadequate.
I really like this. My favorite part of the song is God is not a Republican and he's not even an American. I think God is for everyone and all religions and that he reaches out to us through many different avenues/religions. We don't really know his name at all.
God is not Michael Jackson
God is not Rainn Wilson
God is not funny
God is agnostic
God is not watching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God is not intervening.
God is not typing.
God is not a white man with a long beard in the sky.
God is not here.
God is not helping my disbelief.
God is not a control freak
God is not responsible for the bad choices people make
God is not a bully
God is not a force to be reckoned with
God is not changeable
1. God is not apathetic.
2. God is not cruel.
3. God is not angry that people question Him.
4. God is not the old man up in the clouds with a big beard.
5. God is not the statues people worship.
God is not yourself.
God is not everything, everywhere.
God is not exactly what you want all the time.
God is not imperfect like us.
God is not your homeboy!!
DISCUSSION TOOLSET
1. God isn't a prick. Even though, we all think he is.
2. God isn't a musician.
3. God isn't pretty. (not meant to say it in a bad way)
4. God isn't everything.
5. God isn't a pancake.