stvdv
Veteran Member
People claim that God has these 3 omnis: Omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent. Projecting human feelings onto this seems a big stretch to me
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Don't You Get it?
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People claim that God has these 3 omnis: Omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent. Projecting human feelings onto this seems a big stretch to me
BSM1
What? Me worry?
So a god is the reflection of its believers?
I think that would be a fair way to put it.
Tazarah
Well-Known Member
Yeah, because God totally cares about all of the other religions that have nothing to do with him.
For all we know, God could be the one causing them to conflict.
“Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?” [Amos 3:6]
JoshuaTree
Flowers are red?
Hmmmm. What do you see when you look into the mirror?
Not God; I'm an atheist.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
So your 'reflection' (pun intended) still holds true.
JoshuaTree
Flowers are red?
sealchan
Well-Known Member
God is only known through our conscious experience. In the absence of direct evidence of a non-human being to fill the role, God is what our minds perceive Him/Her/It to be. What has evolved is a diversity of images/understandings of God. I would include Buddhism to the degree that it still, in practice, references mythical beings.
JoshuaTree
Flowers are red?
Cool. What do you see when you look in the mirror?
Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
Uh... No, I believe He's just our Father.
sealchan
Well-Known Member
Toothpaste drool running out of the corner of my mouth as I brush my teeth.
It's true that not all religious groups attack others. But Buddhists are attacking Muslims. Hindus attacked Muslims. Hindus attacked Sikhs 1984 anti-Sikh riots - Wikipedia
People project themselves as they are onto Divinity not the other way around.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Well, yeah. That's why we have so many inane comments like "God feels..." or "God wants..." or "God's mad as Hell...".
From time-to-time, I look at Abraham Lincoln and continue to find him truly exceptional in many ways. He understood this when he said or wrote:
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
Well that's all well and good. But why? Why would a higher being be capable of feeling pain?
Technically that's anthropomorphising God. People like to do that. I question such an interpretation not because I think it's wrong or anything. But because I think we should try to be free of limiting ourselves when it comes to God. Placing our limitations upon him/her/it is to claim that God is limited.
I was being flippant. Perhaps a God just shakes it's head and goes back to watching soap operas. I can't claim to know the nature of a God, I don't exactly hang out with any in my free time.