I believe God used to be imperfect but progressed to Godhood.
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Do you see God as bad ?
- Thread starter Spirit of Light
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Nimos
Well-Known Member
I see the character of God, not God. Like I can see the character of Gandalf being a certain way
Orbit
I'm a planet
First a person has to believe that God exists in order to have an opinion. If they don't believe that, there is no opinion about it. The second way to approach the question is whether a person believes that bad things are done and justified by those with a belief in God. To the extent that that happens, they may judge the belief in God to be bad. The third approach to the question assumes that a person does believe in the Abrahamic God, and then the answer will depend on their personal beliefs.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I understand your answer
Should a non believer have an opinion about a God they do not believe in? they can have an opinion about those people from a religion who do wrong according to the religious teaching, or?
This was a question, not a critique
Orbit
I'm a planet
I understand your answer
Should a non believer have an opinion about a God they do not believe in? they can have an opinion about those people from a religion who do wrong according to the religious teaching, or?
This was a question, not a critique
I think the non-believer doesn't have an opinion about a God they don't believe in, but they do have opinions about what believers do in God's name, if it is harmful.
The Crimson Universe
Active Member
I don't see God as bad because (as per Hinduism) we suffer because of our own past sinful actions.
But I do believe that He is somewhat incompassionate towards his children.
I mean even if we suffer due to our past karmas, that doesn't mean He should turn his back on us and leave us in our miserable condition. Instead He should be merciful and forgiving.
But I do believe that He is somewhat incompassionate towards his children.
I mean even if we suffer due to our past karmas, that doesn't mean He should turn his back on us and leave us in our miserable condition. Instead He should be merciful and forgiving.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
To have an opinion about a person who clearly do a criminal act that is something everyone can do.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I do not know Hindu Gods, but do God turn away? or is it we humans who do not hear Gods answer? and when we suffer we think God have left us to suffer?
McBell
Unbound
Even if said "person" is a god....
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
In my understanding of God, God is not a human being. the closest we get to God in human form is through prophets
McBell
Unbound
Then simply change "a person" to "an entity"...
Problem solved.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
Maybe it solve it for you
Allah to me is something so far above me in understanding and wisdom that i have no reason to tell Allah what he should or should not do. I critique my self but not Allah or the prophet
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
That depends on the type of God a person has invented.
It's never a God as it cannot ever speak or do anything unless there's a person there, so it's always people themselves, not God.
The Crimson Universe
Active Member
It is true, that its us humans who ignores God's messages and then we go on and do things which are forbidden in the scriptures, like sodomy, rape, murder etc. Then we suffer the consequences either in this life or in the next life and blame God.
We have to understand that there is a reason why we are suffering. There is always a cause for everything that happens in our lives. Whatever the cause or reason maybe, we are His children after all and we expect our dear Father to be forgiving. But in most cases we see that His punishments are just too severe. That is why, i said in my earlier comment that He needs to be more compassionate.
God (at least in Hinduism) doesn't really turn away completely from his children. He gives us many chances to rectify ourselves. We are being reincarnated again and again (as per our karma) in both good wombs/environments and bad wombs/environments. Reincarnation is a learning process. We keep on reincarnating until we give up our sinful ways and walk on the path of God.
McBell
Unbound
Fair enough.Maybe it solve it for you
Allah to me is something so far above me in understanding and wisdom that i have no reason to tell Allah what he should or should not do. I critique my self but not Allah or the prophet
It's just that I have not seen anything that convinces me that there is such an entity out side imagination.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I am maybe strange but i see sign of Allah all over the place
But yes i know many see suffering and other negative things in the world and say, God can not exist because we suffer. Life has both good and bad, both pleasure and pain,
Audie
Veteran Member
Never mind.
Dave Watchman
Active Member
Does this mean the thread is over?
I see god as a human creation -- and thus, like all human creations, something that they can use in whatever manner suits their purposes.
Nuclear fission can be used to create energy to warm millions -- or it can be used to blow up millions, whichever we choose. The wast products of nuclear reactors can be used in medicine to detect and eradicate cancer, or it can be used to poison people -- totally up to us.
God is, in my view, just another one of those things that we make for whatever use we wish to put it to.
Dave Watchman
Active Member
God is not bad.
Satan is bad.
God's just letting Lucifer's leash out a bit too far in time.
I would gain what I wish for if I choose to do as God asked of human beings.
It's all going to come out in the wash.
Every knee will bow.
"Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!" - Revelation 5:13