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Do you believe in a (personal) god or gods?

Do you believe in a (personal) god? (Or gods)

  • Yes

    Votes: 15 40.5%
  • No

    Votes: 22 59.5%

  • Total voters
    37

Muffled

Jesus in me
My God is very personal. We talk all the time. As for other gods, I don't believe that there is a likeliehood and that most often demons will masquerade as other gods. Then there are spirits who just like to be interlopers and never were gods. My guess is that the former gods are doing something else at the moment and may not even remember being gods in the past. As Isaiah said about the idol gods, maybe they are sleeping. I think there was some tongue in cheek to that statement.
 

Luminous

non-existential luminary
maybe, i wouldn't know; but its a great feeling that comes over me some times. i get inspired or get random insight. probably just my subconscience.
 

frg001

Complex bunch of atoms
I believe in Prime Creator (female entity), who created the Creator Gods (male and female), who in turn, through their own evolution of knowledge gain and encouraged by Prime Creator, created vast numbers of civilizations (our known knowledge of the Universe and beyond what we dont know), including us.

We are all a genetic experiment made by the very hands of the Creator Gods. Jesus (aka Immanuel), is the son to a specific Creator God chosen to teach Earth man in those days the necessary knowledge to evolve more.

Jesus did infact do many things that the Bible tells us but not all or not exactly how it was written. For example, when Jesus went into the desert to be tempted by Lucifer; not so. He went to the far side of the world (for those days)...a place closer to Russia actually. There, he met with his Godly father and the other Creator Gods and they were the ones who gave him the immense knowledge of life which would help Earth man more knowledgable about life. But because his teachings were not in favour of the local leaders as with other reasons, he was done away with.

'God' simply means 'great knowledge' and that was Jesus's biggest weapon but he was too early for people to accept it; thats why he died. There are more biological reasons why people didnt believe him.

One of our biggest problems, is that we are so spiritually low in nature and there is so much that we are missing out that we are dragging ourselves backwards instead of forwards. We need to improve ourselves spiritually, not religiously. Religion has been a mind control and profit organization since it began. Jesus didnt create Christianity, the early Christian's did. Jesus simply tried to bring in knowledge and spiritual wisdom. His miracles of healing the sick (blind people, leprasy, crippled people) are all very possible today through spiritual healing, we just have to evolve ourselves in spirituality to achieve such abilities.

For example, those people who do not get sick often have high energy levels within them that keeps their immune system strong and fights off most sickness. These people are able to heal others and correct their chakra energy centres that keeps them healthy. I am one of these people.

We brag about high technologies but we have 2/3 of the world's population in poverty.

Can I borrow that for a scifi book?
 

Doodlebug02

Active Member
Yes, I, as a Christian, believe in a personal God. That God being God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit.
 

Runewolf1973

Materialism/Animism
I don't believe in any Gods, but I do believe in existence and I do believe in "animate" energy which can also be called "spirit". I believe all things have spirit. All things are animate and have some level of consciousness.
 

Muffled

Jesus in me
maybe, i wouldn't know; but its a great feeling that comes over me some times. i get inspired or get random insight. probably just my subconscience.

I believe the sub-conscious and spiritual mind are one and the same. There is no doubt in my mind that meditation is meant to tap into the spiritual mind. There are problems involved with that which is probably why the Silkhs advise not to meditate without an experienced guide. The greatest problem of course would be to encounter a demonic spirit.
 

Luminous

non-existential luminary
The 'demons' in meditation are a manifestation of your own subconsciousness. If you didn't believe in demons but believed in evil telepathic aliens you might encounter them instead.
 

AllanV

Active Member
Demons are fixtures of the mind, today we could call them mind sets. In a process of being purified with a goal to be energized by God and to have the indwelling of God these present as a barrier. They are set on aspects of a rebellious nature and are put there in a life time of interacting with other people with what is in their minds.
 

frg001

Complex bunch of atoms
Very interesting, so out of 30 people who answered, 19 do NOT believe in a (personal god).

As I suspected... the 95% someone claimed in another post is almost certainly way wide of the mark...

Humanity is indeed progressing.
 

Storm

ThrUU the Looking Glass
Didn't the poster who said 95% say "some kind of a God"? That's not what you're asking.
 

MoonWater

Warrior Bard
Premium Member
Very interesting, so out of 30 people who answered, 19 do NOT believe in a (personal god).

As I suspected... the 95% someone claimed in another post is almost certainly way wide of the mark...

Humanity is indeed progressing.

I'm curious as to why you feel that having a greater number of people who don't believe in a personal god means humanity has progressed? I ask because that could easily be taken as a "slap in the face" to those who DO believe in a personal god as it implies that to believe in a personal god is to "move backwards" or "not move forward at all".(maybe that wasn't your intention but it could easily be taken that way). I'm just curious as to your point of view on why "no personal god"= "human progress".
 

frg001

Complex bunch of atoms
I'm curious as to why you feel that having a greater number of people who don't believe in a personal god means humanity has progressed? I ask because that could easily be taken as a "slap in the face" to those who DO believe in a personal god as it implies that to believe in a personal god is to "move backwards" or "not move forward at all".(maybe that wasn't your intention but it could easily be taken that way). I'm just curious as to your point of view on why "no personal god"= "human progress".


It is entirely meant as a slap in the face... in the terms of "Wake up!". I entirely believe the less belief in the paranormal is a good thing, and a progression. The sooner we as a race release ourselves from the ridiculous shackles of blind faith...perpetuated mainly by childhood indoctrination and brain-washing, then the sooner we can get on with sorting out the real problems in the world.

Take that how you like. I am increasingly less and less respectful or tolerant of any religion, the more I read and learn about their devastating effects on humanity.
 
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frg001

Complex bunch of atoms
Didn't the poster who said 95% say "some kind of a God"? That's not what you're asking.

I regard pantheism as atheism. I have flirted with the idea myself, but prefer not to use the word "god" - it becomes much clearer then.
 
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