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Where exactly is God?

sandandfoam

sandandfoam

Veteran Member
robo said:
On ''http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/religious-debates/134407-if-god-omnipresent-he-also-hell.html'' thread some of the theist members on RF ended up saying that God is not in hell.

So, I am opening a thread to know from theists the following:

Where exactly is your God now? Where was he before creation? Where will he be after the Day of Judgement starts?
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God is right here.
Before creation? You ask about something which I cannot concieve. What comes after infinity is a similarly meaningless question.
Day of Judgement? I don't believe in a literal, Monday the 21st, 2.15pm sort of set up.
 
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robo

Active Member
stephenw said:
Everything I experience is in my mind. For me, it's all 'right here'.
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Does that mean that God is in your mind? Is he then not in your hair, for instance? Is he not in the car you drive? What about my mind? Is your God in my mind also?

Is God EVERYWHERE?
 
Aquitaine

Aquitaine

Well-Known Member
robo said:
On ''http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/religious-debates/134407-if-god-omnipresent-he-also-hell.html'' thread some of the theist members on RF ended up saying that God is not in hell.

So, I am opening a thread to know from theists the following:
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robo said:


Where exactly is your God now? Where was he before creation? Where will he be after the Day of Judgement starts?
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The where-abouts of the traditional Monotheistic "God" resides strictly inside the heads of Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Hope that helps,

Paul Rusco.
 
sandandfoam

sandandfoam

Veteran Member
robo said:
Does that mean that God is in your mind? Is he then not in your hair, for instance? Is he not in the car you drive? What about my mind? Is your God in my mind also?

Is God EVERYWHERE?
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My hair (what there is of it) is in my mind, the car is in my mind, you're in my mind......From my perspective, everything is in my mind.
 
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robo

Active Member
stephenw said:
My hair (what there is of it) is in my mind, the car is in my mind, you're in my mind......From my perspective, everything is in my mind.
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That means your God is in your hair, your car, my mind, etc yes? What about things that are not in your mind?

Also, please define ''mind''. How is it different from or related to your brain?
 
sandandfoam

sandandfoam

Veteran Member
robo said:
That means your God is in your hair, your car, my mind, etc yes? What about things that are not in your mind?

Also, please define ''mind''. How is it different from your brain?
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By definition my mind cannot grasp anything beyond itself.

My brain is a couple of lb's of biological matter floating in my skull. My mind is that which thinks, perceives and acts.
 
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robo

Active Member
stephenw said:
By definition my mind cannot grasp anything beyond itself.
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By which definition?

My brain is a couple of lb's of biological matter floating in my skull. My mind is that which thinks, perceives and acts.
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This is not answering the question. The question was:

Also, please define ''mind''. How is it different from or related to your brain?
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Please provide DETAILS. :)
 
BobbyisStrange

BobbyisStrange

The Adversary
Well I agree, the concept of God only exists inside the mind of people...However, this concept doesnt exist independent of the mind. People made God and said God made people.
 
Storm

Storm

ThrUU the Looking Glass
BobbyisStrange said:
Well I agree, the concept of God only exists inside the mind of people...However, this concept doesnt exist independent of the mind. People made God and said God made people.
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Really? Got anything to back that up, or would you like to edit in a few 'imo' caveats?
 
Madhuri

Madhuri

RF Goddess
Staff member
Premium Member
If you ask a Hindu, then yes God is everywhere including the hellish planets.
 
Reverend Richard

Reverend Richard

New Thought Minister
robo said:
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So, I am opening a thread to know from theists the following:

Where exactly is your God now? Where was he before creation? Where will he be after the Day of Judgement starts?
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From my perspective as a New Thought minister, your question cannot be answered by saying, "God is here, or God is there."

In New Thought, there is no place where God is not. It's very similar to a panentheistic view of the Universe. A pantheist might say that God is in everything, but a panentheist would turn that statement inside out and say that everything is in God.

There is no dogma in New Thought, however the majority of New Thought adherents do not believe in a personified devil, and we do not believe in a physical place of eternal torment called hell, therefore God cannot be in hell since that place does not exist.

We also do not believe in "sin" in the traditional sense. To "sin" mean to simply "miss the mark" of treating our fellow human beings with the compassion and love we are each due.
We do not believe we are punished FOR our sins, but we do believe we are punished BY them - think of it as a form of karma - what you reap you will eventually sow.
 
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thau

Well-Known Member
robo said:
On ''http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/religious-debates/134407-if-god-omnipresent-he-also-hell.html'' thread some of the theist members on RF ended up saying that God is not in hell.

So, I am opening a thread to know from theists the following:

Where exactly is your God now? Where was he before creation? Where will he be after the Day of Judgement starts?
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If God can cognitively listen to the prayers of 10 million human beings at once, you can pretty much assume He is everywhere. IOW, he knows your every thought.

The one place God is not in all of the universe and all dimensions, is hell. He may visit there with some mortified soul (lucky enough to be given a glimpse to change his ways before it is too late), but the very definition of hell prohibits God's presence. God is Love, and and hell is the absence of God and any capability of kindness or love. It is one of another cursed punishment those unfortunate souls must endure, they have lost the capability to think good thoughts of anyone.
 
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