What if god was one of us?

Question

What if? Is! Just not what you might expect.

Answer 1

IVE FIGURED IT OUT! Jay S is god! Everything makes sense now!

Answer 2

God is every time with us but we live in past or future but God is always in present. If we go in search of Him we will never find Him anywhere. He is within us.
"One psychologist in an American school asked small children what they thought about God. Children have clearer perception: they are less cunning, more truthful. They are more representative of the human mind, they are unperverted. So he asked the children and the answers were collected. The conclusions were very ridiculous. Almost all the children depicted God something like this -- an old man, very tall, bearded and very dangerous. He created fear. If you didn't follow him he would throw you into hell; if you prayed and followed him he would give you paradise and all the pleasures. He was sitting on a throne in the sky watching everybody. You couldn't escape him; even in your bathroom he was looking.
"The outgoing mind projects everything outside. This is YOUR God too. Don't laugh, don't think this is a child's conception -- no, this is you.
"This is how you think about God -- as a cosmic spy, always searching to condemn, to punish, to throw you into hell... as very ferocious, revengeful. That's why all religions are based on fear. Religions say if you do this you will be appreciated, rewarded; if you don't do this, you will be punished. The base seems to be fear. God just seems to be a very powerful emperor sitting on a throne in heaven. The whole concept is foolish but human; the human mind is foolish. The whole concept is anthropocentric.
"In the Bible it is said God created man in his own image. In reality, it seems to be quite otherwise: man created God in his own image. We have projected God in our own image; he is just a blow-up of the human mind. He is a bigger human mind, that's all. Remember, if you think God is somewhere outside you, you have not even taken the first step towards being religious.
"In the East religions transcended this anthropocentric attitude very long ago, in the past. Eastern religions are non-anthropocentric. They say "you cannot encounter God, you can become God. They say "When you reach to the ultimate point of existence, there will be no God to receive you and welcome you. Only you will be there in your godliness. So this can be said, and I go on insisting: There exists no God -- existence is divine. There exists no one like a person, a super-person, no one. God is nonexistential, godliness is existential. The moment I say godliness... it becomes something inward; the moment you say God, you have projected it."

Answer 3

Wow, I am amazed at the lack of basic and I mean basic Biblical knowledge. Jesus is God. Father, Son, Holy Spirit, duh the Trinity? Anyone? And hello, he was on earth about 2000 years ago. So, I guess you would expect, miracles, healings, salvation to the masses, the Holy Spirit coming into the lives of the believers. Yea, that's what I might expect.

Answer 4

Wow. A couple of people are responding with the song lyrics. Didn't see that coming. That is witty. Where did you guys get such a brilliant, unique, creative idea?

By the way, that's one of the stupidest songs I've ever heard. Shallow, mindless drivel, and a pointless question for a subject.

Answer 5

I see Jesus in all the people that share a sense of love with other people and the God of this world looks down on us and smiles

Answer 6

He was/is in the sense that He lived here, worked here, suffered here, prayed here, and died here. The man, Jesus. And then He was lifted up to rule and reign.
There is a scripture that says something like, "entreat strangers for you know not that they be not angels". Something like that. The point is that there are spiritual beings all around us all the time. I for one appreciate the help!

Answer 7

If God had a name, what would it be
And would you call it to his face
If you were faced with him in all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

If God had a face what would it look like
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like heaven and in jesus and the saints and all the prophets

And yeah yeah god is great yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
He's trying to make his way home
Back up to heaven all alone
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in rome

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if god was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Just trying to make his way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to heaven all alone
Just trying to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in rome

Answer 8

If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that
you would have to believe
in things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints
and all the prophets.

Answer 9

If god is rational, then s/he would need a reason to be 'one of us' (human).

If an almighty being has a reason to become a human (ONE human), then s/he is unable to achieve his/er objective in the form of a god.

If some objective is so big that god cannot achieve it in his/er divine form, then the objective is beyond his/er almightiness.

So, if god is one of us, s/he can't be almighty.

:-)

Answer 10

an yeah yeah god is great
yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
what if god was one of us
just a slob like one of us
just a stranger on a bus
tryin to make his way home
just tryin to make his way home
like a hole in rollin stones
back up to heaven all alone
just trying to make his way home
no body calling on the phone
except for the pope maybe in rome

Answer 11

Just a slob like one of us. Just a stranger on the bus. Trying to make his way home.