I think it is us (humans) that have attributes of God.
I think there are many concepts of God, from many people. But what is the scriptural definition of God. That is the question.
Regardless of our beliefs, I think we should put aside our ad-hoc conceptions, at least for the duration of trying to comprehend who and what God is, via scriptures.
When you say spirit do you mean ghost's, or aliens?
My comprehension of ''spirit'', is that it is a nature, one that is the opposite to material nature. For example, matter comes into being, whereas spirit does not. Matter will eventually disappear, whereas spirit does not.
The finite spiritual entity cannot act in the material atmosphere without a body (suit). This make a living entity, both spiritual and material natures.
We do differ both in language and in meaning of spirit. Ghosts, from what I gather from movies, are not like spirits who look like humans but are not. They are, in fictional terms, without any form. Like Casper, I guess. Aliens, well, that makes me think of the movie
Aliens. Completely outside the ball park of
how who not
what a spirit is.
Without using biblical and any other holy scriptures, I base my definition off of personal experience both my experience and those my family and friends even tell me. I find that what we read in books are not the same as what we hear from people. I can read about Martin Luther King and his "I have a dream" speach but
nothing beats actually talking to or even being there when he made it in front of hundreds.
I can't talk to people in any holy text nor can I talk to people in those text who have literally witnessed their god. All I can do is go off of what believers today; and, you see how varried their definitions are.
Spirit, to me, has two meanings. I guess I'll use lower case "spirit" and upper case "Spirit." A spirit is the breathe of life. It is what makes us go. This is put nicely in this quote I posted when I first came:
"God is in the food they ate, the water they drank, the air they breathed, the earth they trode and died on. He is in the speech they spoke, the dreams they dreamt, in the everywhere and the everything." The author says "some cultures don't even have a word for God; because, God is assumed. God is self-evidence. God is so present that
God IS life itself"
That is spirit. Not to be deified but to be lived. (Not a God)
Spirit, upper case, is who we are. It is
part of our human body. Our flesh. Our make up. When we pass away, our Spirit remains on earth. They are not ghosts. They stay on the land they passed or in the environment they passed. They stay to help family, to help friends, and to help all people willing to not only believe they exist (which is not needed) but to experience their existence.
Just like my family today, living. During our family get togethers (whenever we finally have them), they become me and I become a part of them. There is no separation because we are all blood.
Spirits are just the same. They are not defied. They are not gods. They are not worshiped. The are people.
No scripture I know talks about Spirits in this manner; and, that does not mean it isn't true. Many scriptural text talk about God being life from the Holy Spirit to Ka. Regardless, that seems pretty universal in the religious text from nivanna (the experience/one hundred percent understanding of rebirth) to the Tao. It's also seen outside of religiou context, from what is defined as wholeness, being one, love, and state of unity (which one does not need to be religious nor claim a religion to experience).
God is an experience. God is life. Why worship (get down on your knees, ritual, prayer
To someone or something) life? Live it. Bow on your knees, ritual, and prayer to be One with God. Spirit is not a heirarchy experience. It's like a marriage. We don't worship our wives or husbands. Why do we God and Spirits?