I know, in many religions, you're not supposed to (no idolatry, no graven images, etc), because any representation would be less than the glorious whole (and would thus be an untruth), so please don't bother telling me all that. I know.
I'm curious, from a philosophical/psychological standpoint, how various people in various places and various situations think of God (whoever their god may be) when they think of him, her, or it.
Do you picture him as a person? Do you think of it as an object? Do you imagine a force? A field?
When praying, do you pray toward something in particular? A direction? A mental picture of an entity?
And, by the way: Please don't tell me to read the Bible. I have. And please don't tell me I'm going to burn in hell for questioning God or committing idolatry or whatever. I haven't indicated anywhere in this question my personal beliefs, so you don't know yet if I'm Christian, Hindu, buddhist, Muslim, or what. The question is about you.
2006-07-23
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