Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i (in Wade-Giles romanization) or ki (in romanized Japanese), is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese culture. Qi is believed to be part of everything that exists, as in “life force” or “spiritual energy”. It is most often translated as “air” or “breath” (for example, a term meaning “weather” is tiānqì, or the “breath of heaven”). It is pronounced something like "chee" in Mandarin Chinese but the tongue position is different. (See Media:Difficult Sounds.GIF.)
The etymological meaning of the qi ideogram in its traditional form 氣 is “steam (气) rising from rice (米) as it cooks”.
References to qi, and similar philosophical concepts, as a type of metaphysical energy that sustains living beings are found in many belief systems, especially in Asia. Philosophical conceptions of qi date from the earliest recorded times in Chinese thinking. One of the important early figures in Chinese mythology is Huang Di, or the Yellow Emperor. He is often considered a culture hero who collected and formalized much of what subsequently became known as traditional Chinese medicine.
Although the concept of qi has been very important within many Chinese philosophies, their descriptions of qi have been varied and conflicting. One significant difference has been the question of whether qi exists as a force separate from matter, if qi arises from matter, or if matter arises from qi. Some Buddhists and Taoists have tended toward the third belief, with some Buddhists in particular believing that matter is an illusion.
By contrast, the Neo-Confucians criticized the notion that qi exists separate from matter, and viewed qi as arising from the properties of matter. Most of the theories of qi as a metaphor for the fundamental physical properties of the universe that we are familiar with today were systematized and promulgated in the last thousand years or so by the Neo-Confucians. Knowledge of the theories they espoused was eventually required by subsequent Chinese dynasties to pass their civil service examinations.
God is the deity believed by monotheists to be the supreme reality. He is believed variously to be the creator, or at least the sustainer, of the universe. [1]
Theologians and philosophers have ascribed a number of attributes to God, including omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, omnibenevolence, divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence. He has been described as incorporeal, a personal being, the source of all moral obligation, and the greatest conceivable existent. [1] These attributes were all supported to varying degrees by the early Jewish, Christian and Muslim scholars, including St Augustine, [2] Al-Ghazali, [3] and Maimonides. [2] Freud regarded this view of God as wish fulfillment for the perfect father figure, [3] while Marxist writers see it as rooted in the powerlessness experienced by men and women in oppressive societies.
All the great medieval philosophers developed arguments for the existence of God, [3] attempting to wrestle with the contradictions God's attributes seem to imply. For example, God's omniscience implies that he knows how free agents will choose to act. If he does know this, their apparent free will is illusory; and if he does not know it, he is not omniscient. [4] Similar difficulties follow from the proposition that God is the source of all moral obligation. If nothing would be right or wrong without God's commands, then his commands appear arbitrary. If his commands are based on fundamental principles that even he cannot change, then he is not omnipotent. [5]
The last few hundred years of philosophy have seen sustained attacks on the ontological, cosmological, and teleological arguments for God's existence. Against these, some theists (particularly fideists) argue that faith is not a product of reason, but requires risk. There would be no risk, they say, if the arguments for God's existence were as solid as the laws of logic, a position famously summed up by Pascal as: "The heart has reasons which reason knows not of." [6]
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2006-09-10 20:48:20
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answered by danielpsw 5
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The world is not the way that God created it and because of that, all are vulnerable to the affects of sin in the world. Why does one person suffer and another does not? Why do catastrophes happen to some and no others? It is because sin is in the world. But there will come a day when the Lord will return and cleanse this world of all sin and all suffering. as for Isaiah 45:7 ? In the Old English Tounge of 1611, The Old English used to word Evil in their King James Translation as a way of descibing Calamaity, such as disease, Tornadoes, Storms, Earthquakes,, Old English people used the word evil to describe natural disasters
2016-03-27 03:18:29
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answered by ? 4
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Apart from asking about God, you are asking the wrong questions. These questions will get you into trouble in the spirit realm.
There is only one true God. The God of the Bible. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, He is the One Who was and is and is to come, the Almighty. He is Love.
He wants everyone to come to the knowledge of Him, and fellowship with Him as His children. But there is an adversary, Satan. He was the first created angel of God. But he fell from heaven because he because prideful and thought that he was God. Now he takes pleasure in killing stealing and destroying. He is doing everything to stop you from getting close to the Lord and now he has confused you greatly.
Let me break it down for you plain as day.
If it doesn't give glory to God, it is not of God. Then it is of the devil.
This includes all other religions, new age, occult, witchcraft, christian science, scientology etc, etc. They are all counterfiets of the power of God.
You may think that God is boring and He is not alive today.
But you are greatly mistaken. He is doing miracles left right and center. Not only healing miracles, but people are getting visitations from angels, people are getting transported in the blink of an eye to another country, and flawless 50 carat diamonds are falling from heaven in church services from the treasures in heaven that the Lord has stored up for His children.
To find out more, go to www.extremeprophetic.com.
But please dont dabble with the things that you are trying to find out about. That opens doors for demons to torment you physically and mentally. Instead, run to the heavenly Father. He will be your covering, your shield. Trust me, everything you are looking for, you will find it in Him. The hole that you have inside, is a God shaped hole and only he can give you complete inner peace and provide for all your needs.
He is an awesome God and i love Him with all my heart. Let Him in and you will too.
2006-09-08 11:40:29
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answered by Anonymous
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You will find all the answers you can ever want in the "Concept of Rational Spirituality", and on the page "What is Spirituality" on the Dhaxem website.
Good morning,
You will be awakened!
2006-09-09 07:52:19
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answered by ? 4
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There is only sin and no sin, all the rest is garbage, as for the Hindu,Buddhist, etc, deities? there dead and they ain't coming back.
2006-09-08 11:26:10
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answered by Anonymous
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Within GOD'S realm only. Together in a group speaking of the truth of GOD'S wisdom.....peace & love~p~
2006-09-08 16:16:13
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answered by silhouette 6
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It`s all in YOU
2006-09-08 11:16:32
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answered by Dvplanetwaves 3
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One question, please.
2006-09-08 11:15:55
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answered by mikemckewl 2
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