Tell me your thoughts on God

[Ostronomos]

God or gods are a convenience for those who simply cannot live without any such concept. For those that can - welcome to life along with all the rest of the non-human world - and as to such, seem to manage fairly well, especially before humans came on the scene.

This is a personal opinion of yours.

It has nothing to do with the sake of convenience. This is merely an attempt to dismiss what you cannot see. Such a Being is only imperceptible to the vast majority because they've never been privileged to witness the supernatural world.

This hunch of yours that the supernatural world, because it has not been experienced or witnessed by you, is false, is pure speculation.

It is actually God that is the only thing that is real and the rest of existence is an illusion.

 

[Ostronomos]

God exists in two ways.

1. Something that could have started the big bang or before and has had nothing to do with the universe since.

2. When humans evolved consciousness and needed help to understand their world, they made up 'god' in their highly developed, creative brain.
(God didn't exist until we developed consciousness)

Pretty simple, really.

1. is the correct answer.

But do not be so quick to overlook the possibility that this God can intervene given the appropriate conditions (i.e. the observer's quantum brain). Do not forget mind connection.

 

[Mock Turtle]

This is a personal opinion of yours.

It has nothing to do with the sake of convenience. This is merely an attempt to dismiss what you cannot see. Such a Being is only imperceptible to the vast majority because they've never been privileged to witness the supernatural world.

This hunch of yours that the supernatural world, because it has not been experienced or witnessed by you, is false, is pure speculation.

It is actually God that is the only thing that is real and the rest of existence is an illusion.

Yes, your belief. Not part of my world as experienced - so far. Or God is doing a very poor job.

 

[RestlessSoul]

I am part of a book club and this year we are reading books with fathers as central characters, so I asked people what their relationships were or are like with their fathers - I thought it would be interesting and would offer some insight into their relationships with God the Father (they all profess to be Christians). Wow! I got an earful! Very complicated relationships FOR SURE.

Mine was great with my dad, and in fact we were very close, but no one asked about my mom - she was mentally ill and my dad was a massive enabler with her. I asked him one time why he didn't divorce her and he said something along the lines of "Well, what would she do? She would end up on the street." Which was probably true but wow.

Presumably your dad took a vow? That's what an old friend replied when another friend asked him why he stayed with his wife despite her being a (seemingly) hopeless drunk.

 

[Kathryn]

Presumably your dad took a vow? That's what an old friend replied when another friend asked him why he stayed with his wife despite her being a (seemingly) hopeless drunk.

I guess so. Plus he was crazy about my mom till she was a lot older.