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God and You
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PoetPhilosopher
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I imagine not. They may not even necessarily look 100% human.
God is all races, and none. And yes, probably not human....yet human, too...
I don't think we can just slap a label on God that fits into our own perceptions. While there are some manifestations of God that may reflect race or species, or something else in those descriptive categories, these are more reflections of the way a group of people have experienced God at a certain time and place. This doesn't mean this is the way all people everywhere, and at all times, see God. That is my opinion, anyways.
I don't think we can just slap a label on God that fits into our own perceptions. While there are some manifestations of God that may reflect race or species, or something else in those descriptive categories, these are more reflections of the way a group of people have experienced God at a certain time and place. This doesn't mean this is the way all people everywhere, and at all times, see God. That is my opinion, anyways.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
No. God likes marathons, where I'm more of a sprint man...
ecco
Veteran Member
Almost all gods are the same race as the people who created them.
This guy...
...was not created by these guys...
Yup. We watch NASCAR together every Sunday.
Secret Chief
Veteran Member
That's terrible.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Good on you...I couldn't figure out how to work in a NASCAR reference.
syo
Well-Known Member
No. The Gods are universal. The races, if they exist, are not universal. What's a race anyway???
The question has no meaning to me. It strikes me as just a string of words like "why a mouse when it spins".
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Actually I believe the quote is "Buy a mouse when it spin".
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
I'd agree with one exception, that exception being...
For religious people who think they should only associate/be fair with people of their own race, you could indeed probably make them think by asking, "Is your God the same race as you?"
But other than that... well there are some much deeper questions to delve into about the enigma that is God, in my opinion.
epronovost
Well-Known Member
The representation of deities are always consistent with the culture they stem from for obvious reasons as does their stated attributes, powers and edicts.
Why a mouse when it spins?
Short story: humorous story with protagonist talking in riddles
Now are you ready to agree with my political ideas?
epronovost
Well-Known Member
Not much surprise there to be honest. Christianity, a religion created and transmitted almost exclusively by older white men, pictured God as an older white man in art and various media. Homophilia fills in the gap between leadership, power and divine attributes.
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
I have no God, but what I have is for all humans, animals, vegetation and inanimate substances. In his domain, there is no discrimination, neither of living nor of dead, neither of good nor of evil, neither of large nor of small.
chinu
chinu
MonkeyFire
Well-Known Member
Race is a race that nobody wins.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
God not only is not a human being, he has no form -- no hands, no feet, no face... so he is not of any race. Quite honestly, I thought your question was ridiculous.