Why complicate it by using a term that implies separateness and means something much different to the majority of people who use the term. I had this argument with a new age friend today, who was trying to tell me that he believed in God and that God was the universe after I showed him the movie "the elegant universe" which is about string theory. I asked him, then why doesn't he just say he believes in the universe, instead of confusing the matter with a loaded term like God?
2006-08-22 09:46:55 · 12 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I knowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
2006-08-22 09:53:48 · answer #1 · answered by Atheist Eye Candy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The universe was created by God and is separate from Him. New Agers use the term "universe" mainly because they don't want to speak of God.
2006-08-22 16:54:37 · answer #2 · answered by freelancenut 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You didn't confine your question to adherents of any particular belief system, so I opted to voice my opinion.
I DON'T believe that the universe is God.
The word "universe" is broken down as follows:
uni - indicating one only, a reference to a single item.
verse - a spoken sentence.
The universe is called the universe because it originated as a result of a single spoken sentence by God.
The universe is not God, God created the universe.
2006-08-22 16:55:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God created the universe hes not THE universe hes much bigger than that.
2006-08-22 16:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by ekcool 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it is innate in humans to want to worship something and the term God is a a comfortable fit for worship. Your friend probably wouldn't know what to do with universe....How do we interact with it? Talk to it? Look at it? Bow down to it?
2006-08-22 17:16:48 · answer #5 · answered by Denise W 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All religions pronounce the name of God in their particular langauge. As a rule it is better for a man to name God in his native tongue rather than in one that is foreign to him. Me I believe all gods and godess are the same I refer to mine as the Universal Mind
2006-08-22 16:57:02 · answer #6 · answered by flower wanda 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is love and Hope not universe and God loves and wants to help all people
God bless you
2006-08-22 16:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why complicate the uncomplicated. All this because you do not understand God. But want to criticize those who do.
2006-08-22 16:56:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
GOD isn't the universe........ God is in the univers and God created the universe....... though he could be the univers if he wanted to be... it is two different things...
2006-08-22 16:56:20 · answer #9 · answered by panda 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because people are afraid to step out of the bounds of traditions and the dogmas of the things they have been "taught" are "right".
I like your philosophy here, and the fact that you expressed it in such an amicable manner.
:)
2006-08-22 16:56:48 · answer #10 · answered by southyrn_belle_4ever 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I just say "higher power". Skips the connotations of that white flowing hair and a beard crap.
2006-08-22 16:53:54 · answer #11 · answered by Allison L 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋