What do you think of Gibran's God?

[sandandfoam]

This is what Gibran said about God

GOD



[SIZE=+3]I[/SIZE]n the ancient days, when the first quiver of speech came to my lips, I ascended the holy mountain and spoke unto God, saying, "Master, I am thy slave. Thy hidden will is my law and I shall obey thee for ever more."
But God made no answer, and like a mighty tempest passed away.
And after a thousand years I ascended the holy mountain and again spoke unto God, saying, "Creator, I am thy creation. Out of clay hast thou fashioned me and to thee I owe mine all."
And God made no answer, but like a thousand swift wings passed away.
And after a thousand years I climbed the holy mountain and spoke unto God again, saying, "Father, I am thy son. In pity and love thou hast given me birth, and through love and worship I shall inherit thy kingdom."
And God made no answer, and like the mist that veils the distant hills he passed away.
And after a thousand years I climbed the sacred mountain and again spoke unto God, saying, "My God, my aim and my fulfilment; I am thy yesterday and thou art my tomorrow. I am thy root in the earth and thou art my flower in the sky, and together we grow before the face of the sun."
Then God leaned over me, and in my ears whispered words of sweetness, and even as the sea that enfoldeth a brook that runneth down to her, he enfolded me.
And when I descended to the valleys and the plains God was there also.

What do you think of it?

 

[BSM1]

Kahlil was definitely a silver tongued devil.

 

[Koldo]

I think that Gibran's God is .... a sphinx!
Did i get it right?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Gibran's god appears to reflect Gibran himself, much like everybody else's gods.

 

[Starsoul]

well... it doesn't make much sense to me...perhaps tis his own perception ..

 

[Riverwolf]

Makes sense to me, but then, I'm already quite familiar with this conception of God.

 

[AmbiguousGuy]

This is what Gibran said about God


What do you think of it?

Poets make the best prophets.

 

[Koldo]

Poets make the best prophets.

Interestingly i think the exact opposite.

 

[Falvlun]

I think it's a beautiful image of God, and certainly seems a more healthy one than its precursors.

 

[Gjallarhorn]

God becomes an ideal self. How Nietzschean.

 

[AmbiguousGuy]

Interestingly i think the exact opposite.

I'm not much into doctrine and belief about God; more about using words to try and paint God. Abstract art, as set against realism, maybe.

But we all have our preferences.

 

[Koldo]

I'm not much into doctrine and belief about God; more about using words to try and paint God. Abstract art, as set against realism, maybe.

Yep. That's exactly how i understood what you had said.

 

[Alceste]

Poets make the best prophets.

I hope that compensates them for making the worst profits.

 

[Me Myself]

Sounds like my kinda god.

Wait, it Is!

 

[AmbiguousGuy]

I hope that compensates them for making the worst profits.

I sell my poetry by the pound, but 10 pounds of sugar sells for about the same price, so most everyone goes for the sugar.

 

[oldbadger]

And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles.
Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.
And look into space; you shall see Him walking in the cloud,
outstretching his arms in the lightning and descending in rain.
You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in trees.

Kahlil Gibran The Prophet