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What is your belief in regards to God?
- Thread starter Gambit
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Forgemaster
Heretic
I was a Christian, I believed in God. But nothing ever happened no matter how much I tried to please him, I just wanted to know he was there and that his love is real. But it's not. I'm not so sure he is. I'm looking for answers and am finding them, but I do not believe in Christ
I'm a Panentheist, but I'm also agnostic. If there was an "other" option, I would choose that one.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Well, I believe God is both transcendent and immanent.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
There is now.
Desert Snake
Veteran Member
An agnostic isn't a theist.
Yes, they can be. Just like an atheist can also be agnostic.
From the all-knowing Wikipedia:
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
I am an atheist. I believe no god-entities exist.
I picked "other" because what others as a whole define as God, I define as life. I took out the personification of life and our interactions with it and just leave it at its bare bones.
I see life as god because I am a part of life. We make up what life or the natural world is. I am a part of god. When I love life and living it, I interact with people better and Im myself. When I am a part of god and live in god, I interact wih people and myself better. The word god makes conversations easier where I live. But if I had a choice in terms, it would be life.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Yep, that's panentheism
I'm happy to see that makes you smile.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Well, you can believe without knowing. So, it is not inherently contradictory.
Exactly.
In fact, I would even go as far as to say that agnostic a/theism are the only real logical conclusions, but that's neither here nor there (and can be a controversial statement depending on who listens).
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Well, someone might identify as a "gnostic" (as someone who knows).
That's true. However, in my perspective, while we may or may not believe, no one can truly know.
Again, this is just my POV.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Is that what Vedantism teaches?
I don't want to derail your thread further, so I'll say this:
It depends on the tradition and the individual. Based on what I've been personally taught, and from what my tradition teaches, I fully believe in God, but I still cannot be 100% sure.
Another pantheist here. It wasn't in the voting options so I picked 'Theist'.
Gambit
Well-Known Member
Interesting.