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All the Hebrew Prophets, Jesus, Mohammad, The Buddha, The Gurus of the Sihk Religion, The Baháu'lláh, Joseph Smith, Aleister Crowley, Neale Donald Walsch, Me...
In short anyone and everyone who has every written a holy text or transcribed a conversation with the divine entity known as God. How do you account for those prophets who have a different understanding of God?
You see, there are only a few different options... You can claim that some were close to the truth, but did not grasp it fully, while others were delusional. The problem with answering this way is that there is nothing to prove that you are not the delusional one. You could claim that your revelation of God's truth is just the latest in a long line of revelations. The problem with this is that you open the door for further revelation, even if you say that yours is the final revelation; just ask the Muslims. You could claim that your truth is a personal truth, in which case we are all experts and need not take your word as final. Finally, you could claim that yours is the only truth and all prophets before you are liars, madmen, or fools. *That* my friend, would destroy your credibility completely.
The problem with claiming to have all the answers is that you are expected to produce solid understandable... answer. If you have those answers, I'm all ears. Yet, you can not expect that these answers will go unchallenged. You make yourself a target by saying you have the skinny with God.
I'm not trying to say you didn't have an experience - I'm merely asking you how you go about reconciliating that experience with the experiences others have had. How you answer that question is a very good indication of serious you truly are.
So this God you speak of has invisiblity and can become corporeal at will. Sounds like a super-hero.
I was wondering how can you answer questions about God if you are not religious? Perhaps you mean not a representative of any formal, exoteric faith?
Dear TruthaboutGod,
Did God create life?
What occupied God before He created the Universe?
What occupied God before He created the Universe?
Honestly, I have no idea, this was never discussed.
Discussed? With whom?
Let me ask you this then. To whom was God talking when He said, "Let there be light" and why the need say it at all?
But how could God have created life? If life did not exist till God created it, would it not mean that God was dead till then? Do you mean God created Himself? But that is also not possible; because the sine qua non of God doing anything is that He must be alive. Therefore, surely, your answer is wrong. Isn't life, whether we know it or not, life? Furthermore, are you equating life with soul? Please explain.Yes, the life that we know, and the life we do not know.(The Soul)
"Let there be light" was used in a manner to explain to mankind how creation had started. If items like this were never explained, you would have quite a few people today claiming God does not exist because He created everything, but it did not say who created light. Although the Bible does state that God said this, it is the "Will" of God that actually created the light.(The same Will that caused the "Bang" to actually happen) It does not matter if God actually verbally stated this or not, it is explained this way to mankind, to let him know that God created light. Some may ask who created darkness, however truly there is no such thing as darkness, there is either light, or an absence of light. It is the same as heat, as there is no such thing as "cold", tempature is based upon how much heat is present.
I thought it did.... that didn't answer the question.
But how could God have created life? If life did not exist till God created it, would it not mean that God was dead till then? Do you mean God created Himself? But that is also not possible; because the sine qua non of God doing anything is that He must be alive. Therefore, surely, your answer is wrong. Isn't life, whether we know it or not, life? Furthermore, are you equating life with soul? Please explain.
You have the right idea, Truth, by starting a dialogue about God. And its good to wait and listen to the voice inside, but that's just the begining of the path. That voice is the begining of the realization that you are God, and so am I , and everyone else in the world, and everything in the cosmos. But I sense there is still a little uncertainty there, so you may not be sure all the time that its really yourself you are talking with, you may still be hanging onto the idea that this is really a separate person, this God fellow.
Here's a link which may help sort it out:
YouTube - The Spirituality of Tomorrow
Are you co-creator of the world, along with God?
Does God suffer?
Peace,
Mystic
Here is a question: How do we differentiate real, authentic voices from God from delusional, schizophrenic voices in our head? How can we trust such things and not risk deception? Does God get a cut of the prophets made from selling this book?