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God Is a Problem
- Thread starter SalixIncendium
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The thread is not about god, but about God. Proper noun as indicated in the OP.
Yes, probably, although it could be argued there are two languages ... Sanskrit, and Tamil. The best anybody has done for a short version is "Siva is immanent love and transcendent reality".
In Hebrew, just how many roles (and words explaining them) are there? But back to the topic, it certainly seems to me that 'God' does an injustice to a lot of religions. In Islam, I think they use 'Allah' only, and never 'God' although I could be wrong.
I do not see it as a problem, just a chance to grow. The Godless may always have an issue with "God".
As God has many Names and Attributes, many come to see an individual name and attribute as "God", which is not entirely incorrect.
Regards Tony
Why do you make gods up?
That is when God does become an issue, when we make a God from our own image.
Regards Tony
I know what @Link said.
If he meant something different, he probably shouldn't have included me and him as the one's making up gods.
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Gotcha. He's the biggest dude there is. What else do you want to know?
It may be the key thought that answers your OP, it may be the key self reflection we all need to pursue.
Regards Tony
The OP was about the word 'God' and how it is troublesome because it means so many things to so many people.
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I see It is impossible to separate the meaning of the name from the name itself.
When the name God is evoked, it is calling upon one's concept of a power beyond ones own capacity or an elementthat we are not in control of.
It is most likely the misuse of the Name that has become an issue.
Regards Tony
The reason I made up my concept of God while I was a Deist/New Age person (more of the latter since I believed in guardian Angels/Spirits), was that it was all too easy, just to attribute what I wanted towards God as he is unseen and build what I desire of the Creator.
It was foolishness. I would say God won't punish anyone, would forgive everybody, etc... Came up with my own concept since I wanted everyone I knew to enter paradise and not go to hell.
It's easy to look away from God, travel a different sky/spiritual reality as there are Jinn/Genies/Spirits who do the same and attribute their direction to God and say they worship the true Creator.
These Jinn can make it seem spiritually uplifting to believe in their direction as they channel their energy. To me, it felt like I was travelling and enlightened.
Ahlulbayt (a) and Prophets (a) and close Angels (a) may have appeared ugly if I died in this condition on death. Satan would probably become my master after being questioned by Angels, and I would probably see the Angels bringing me torment as evil after death.
Then on day of judgment, I would be proven the truth, but it would be too late.
It's upon God to guide the way and from it are misleading ways, and if he wished, he would've guided us all together (paraphrasing a Surah Nahl verse).
The paths travelled away from God truly lead away from God.
Based on my own vague understanding of what the term "god" means and ignoring any cultural context, I probably would say that the Trinitarian godhead is three gods, and that Satan, angels and demons/jinn in the Christian and Muslim traditions are gods.
Both of these points get strong obections from believers, so you tell me: do I know what the term "god" means?
Why you still didn’t bother reading the OP.