What is God to you?

[tinujatinpatel]

This is the hardest question posed. To everyone GOD represents what they need. To Christians God represents a loving father who forgives all sins and pays for them himself. Knowing that you are sinless in the eyes of GOD helps you move forward and be all that you can be.

To hindu's GOd represents an antique something which is passed down from generation to generation. My parents were hindu can claimed they are hindu because their parents were hindu. Even more they worship the Gods of there parents. Thus they do not choose of their own free will.

To muslims GOD is a person who has mercy on them for all the good works they commit.


Obiously all religions cannot define the one true GOD except perhaps christianity. This is due to the fact that no other individual had such a profound affect on the entire world. But more than this, no other individual is more simple to understand than christ.

 

[zenzero]

God is a *Concept* to understand existence.

 

[Ben Dhyan]

Yes YmirGF, very intuitive,.. 'god' is an idea,

And a very astute observation Zanzero,.."God is a *Concept* to understand existence."

The idea that 'god' is an idea, is not to imply that the reality of God is non-existent, quite the contrary, one must go beyond the concept of the idea to realize the ultimate Truth of the idea.

 

[Riverwolf]

Yes YmirGF, very intuitive,.. 'god' is an idea,

And a very astute observation Zanzero,.."God is a *Concept* to understand existence."

The idea that 'god' is an idea, is not to imply that the reality of God is non-existent, quite the contrary, one must go beyond the concept of the idea to realize the ultimate Truth of the idea.

No debating, please!

 

[Azakel]

I believe I have come to see the Gods somewhat like Great Spirits that are gods all there own in a way. When it come to a creature I'm not sure really how I see that, really just an all creating force.....the force ^_^(lol) Not sure on creature.

 

[dance-above]

To describe him...He gives life to that which is not...and Mercy to an ungrateful world.

 

[vidnasa]

I think that God is the universe and an energy within it. But because God is the universe, it's hard, even impossible to know what that thing is or isn't like. Ultimately, it's up you to come up with a definition. After all, the waterfall has no need to know about the ant, but the ant has a life and death interest in the waterfall.

 

[Atman]

God is both the substance behind everything, and every being in existence, as well as a personal entity who surveys all of this existence. To me, he/she is also a father, a mother, a friend and my Sadguru.

 

[Ant0nio]

You are God

We are God

 

[Bhairava]

Transtheist here. I view god as myself; a fuller version of myself. This is one of its dreams, I am one of its dream characters and if I have the will I can realize my fuller self which is the one the only Paramasiva. Siva is consciousness/bliss. Energy is the substance of this consciousness/bliss. Everything is made of its consciousness and when you learn through meditation to be aware sufficiently of a certain threshold of energy/consciousness you experience bliss which is the experience of Siva. Trika Shaivism sees god as (nara) objectivity, (shakti) energy which the objectivity is made of and (Siva) consciousness which is what energy and objectivity really are. You experience a certain level of consciousness and you rise to the level of Siva; blissful unaffected by the manifestations of consciousness.

 

[syo]

I see Gods as our mother and father.

 

[FutureFaith]

I believe there are two types of divinity - the spatial and the spiritual.

Spatial - relating to the physical, material and quantifiable levels.
Spiritual - relating to the living, mental, and qualifiable levels.

Spatial divinity includes infinite time, infinite space and infinite energy.
Spiritual divinity includes infinite goodness, infinite wisdom and infinite uniqueness.

Time, space and energy are pretty easy to calculate.
However benevolence, knowledge and inimitability aren't.

I do not see divinity as an "all or nothing" game like most theists.
I see divinity as a spectrum of qualities possessed in small quantities by lifeforms.

There is also a seventh divine quality - adaptability.
Being versatile is both a spatial and spiritual quality.

Time, space and energy are inanimate tools nature, or spatial divinity, uses to establish the spirit.

Benevolence allows the action of kindness.
Wisdom allows the action of knowledge
Uniqueness allows the action of experience.

Something that is larger than the Universe could potentially possess spatial divinity.
Nothing possesses any large degree of spiritual divinity.

Humans have the ability to create an anthropocentric Universe.
This is the closest thing humans will have to possessing a divine spirit.

Of course there is always the ability to speciate...

 

[Sha'irullah]

Theists only, please! (poly or mono, doesn't matter)

I've noticed a trend that I find very interesting, and correct me if I'm wrong. Christians see God as a parent, Muslims see God as an artist, Jews as a King, etc...

So how do you view God, however you see him/her/it/them?

For me, I'm polytheistic. so I have many gods, but the ultimate sentient being for me is The One. It is described best in my signature, but basically it isn't "above" anything, but simply is everything. It had no beginning, and has no end. It didn't "create" anything, because in my belief there is no "beginning" and no "end." It's among us, inside us, surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the galaxy toge- ... ... ... :thud: I think you get the idea.

I view gods as an existing concept that would have arisen with or without mankind. The concept of agency and the biologically production of what we call consciousness seems to provide a need for other conscious things to recognize other conscious things.

Gods are something man defines and worships in order to experience greatness. Man has a natural tendency to create hierarchy even if arbitrary and not needed. On top of this is the need for order in the world and order in one's life, gods are just a practical way of doing so since give human qualities to the inhumane allows for relatability.

As to how I view god, I view him/her as a cosmic monarch. Someone to be feared, someone to be respected but by no means should you think you are his/her equal.