Who is GOD?

Question

Is GOD the same GOD that is mentioned in both Christian and Islamic texts? If so, why are there so much fighting, arguing, about who GOD is. Why can't we believe that GOD is GOD no matter who leads you to HIM. I wish that there were no religion except THE RELIGION OF GOD!!!!!!

Answer 1

37: THE DIVINITY CAN ONLY BE COMPREHENDED THROUGH THE DIVINE MANIFESTATIONS

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Question.—What connection has the Reality of Divinity with the Lordly Rising-places and the Divine Dawning-points?
Answer.—Know that the Reality of Divinity or the substance of the Essence of Oneness is pure sanctity and absolute holiness—that is to say, it is sanctified and exempt from all praise. The whole of the supreme attributes of the degrees of existence, in reference to this plane, are only imaginations. It is invisible, incomprehensible, inaccessible, a pure essence which cannot be described, for the Divine Essence surrounds all things. Verily, that which surrounds is greater than the surrounded, and the surrounded cannot contain that by which it is surrounded, nor comprehend its reality. However far mind may progress, though it may reach to the final degree of comprehension, the limit of understanding, it beholds the divine signs and attributes in the world of creation and not in the world of God. For the essence and the attributes of the Lord of Unity are in the heights of sanctity, and for the minds and understandings there is no way to approach that position. “The way is closed, and seeking is forbidden.”
It is evident that the human understanding is a quality of the existence of man, and that man is a sign of God: how can the quality of the sign surround the creator of the sign?—that is to say, how can the understanding, which is 147 a quality of the existence of man, comprehend God? Therefore, the Reality of the Divinity is hidden from all comprehension, and concealed from the minds of all men. It is absolutely impossible to ascend to that plane. We see that everything which is lower is powerless to comprehend the reality of that which is higher. So the stone, the earth, the tree, however much they may evolve, cannot comprehend the reality of man and cannot imagine the powers of sight, of hearing, and of the other senses, although they are all alike created. Therefore, how can man, the created, understand the reality of the pure Essence of the Creator? This plane is unapproachable by the understanding; no explanation is sufficient for its comprehension, and there is no power to indicate it. What has an atom of dust to do with the pure world, and what relation is there between the limited mind and the infinite world? Minds are powerless to comprehend God, and the souls become bewildered in explaining Him. “The eyes see Him not, but He seeth the eyes. He is the Omniscient, the Knower.” 1
Consequently, with reference to this plane of existence, every statement and elucidation is defective, all praise and all description are unworthy, every conception is vain, and every meditation is futile. But for this Essence of the essences, this Truth of truths, this Mystery of mysteries, there are reflections, auroras, appearances and resplendencies in the world of existence. The dawning-place of these splendors, the place of these reflections, and the appearance of these manifestations are the Holy Dawning-places, the Universal Realities and the Divine Beings, Who are the true mirrors of the sanctified Essence of God. All the perfections, the bounties, the splendors which come from God are visible and evident in the Reality of the Holy Manifestations, like the sun which is resplendent in a clear polished mirror with all its perfections and bounties. 148 If it be said that the mirrors are the manifestations of the sun and the dawning-places of the rising star, this does not mean that the sun has descended from the height of its sanctity and become incorporated in the mirror, nor that the Unlimited Reality is limited to this place of appearance. God forbid! This is the belief of the adherents of anthropomorphism. No; all the praises, the descriptions and exaltations refer to the Holy Manifestations—that is to say, all the descriptions, the qualities, the names and the attributes which we mention return to the Divine Manifestations; but as no one has attained to the reality of the Essence of Divinity, so no one is able to describe, explain, praise or glorify it. Therefore, all that the human reality knows, discovers and understands of the names, the attributes and the perfections of God refer to these Holy Manifestations. There is no access to anything else: “the way is closed, and seeking is forbidden.”
Nevertheless, we speak of the names and attributes of the Divine Reality, and we praise Him by attributing to Him sight, hearing, power, life and knowledge. We affirm these names and attributes, not to prove the perfections of God, but to deny that He is capable of imperfections. When we look at the existing world, we see that ignorance is imperfection and knowledge is perfection; therefore, we say that the sanctified Essence of God is wisdom. Weakness is imperfection, and power is perfection; consequently, we say that the sanctified Essence of God is the acme of power. It is not that we can comprehend His knowledge, His sight, His power and life, for it is beyond our comprehension; for the essential names and attributes of God are identical with His Essence, and His Essence is above all comprehension. If the attributes are not identical with the Essence, there must also be a multiplicity of preexistences, and differences between the attributes and the Essence must also exist; and as Preexistence is necessary, 149 therefore, the sequence of preexistences would become infinite. This is an evident error.
Accordingly all these attributes, names, praises and eulogies apply to the Places of Manifestation; and all that we imagine and suppose beside them is mere imagination, for we have no means of comprehending that which is invisible and inaccessible. This is why it is said: “All that you have distinguished through the illusion of your imagination in your subtle mental images is but a creation like unto yourself, and returns to you.” 2 It is clear that if we wish to imagine the Reality of Divinity, this imagination is the surrounded, and we are the surrounding one; and it is sure that the one who surrounds is greater than the surrounded. From this it is certain and evident that if we imagine a Divine Reality outside of the Holy Manifestations, it is pure imagination, for there is no way to approach the Reality of Divinity which is not cut off to us, and all that we imagine is mere supposition.
Therefore, reflect that different peoples of the world are revolving around imaginations and are worshipers of the idols of thoughts and conjectures. They are not aware of this; they consider their imaginations to be the Reality which is withdrawn from all comprehension and purified from all descriptions. They regard themselves as the people of Unity, and the others as worshipers of idols; but idols at least have a mineral existence, while the idols of thoughts and the imaginations of man are but fancies; they have not even mineral existence. “Take heed ye who are endued with discernment.” 3
Know that the attributes of perfection, the splendor of the divine bounties, and the lights of inspiration are visible and evident in all the Holy Manifestations; but the glorious Word of God, Christ, and the Greatest Name, 150 Bahá’u’lláh, are manifestations and evidences which are beyond imagination, for They possess all the perfections of the former Manifestations; and more than that, They possess some perfections which make the other Manifestations dependent upon Them. So all the Prophets of Israel were centers of inspiration; Christ also was a receiver of inspiration, but what a difference between the inspiration of the Word of God and the revelations of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Elijah!
Reflect that light is the expression of the vibrations of the etheric matter: the nerves of the eye are affected by these vibrations, and sight is produced. The light of the lamp exists through the vibration of the etheric matter; so also does that of the sun, but what a difference between the light of the sun and that of the stars or the lamp!
The spirit of man appears and is manifest in the embryonic condition, and also in that of childhood and of maturity, and it is resplendent and evident in the condition of perfection. The spirit is one, but in the embryonic condition the power of sight and of hearing is lacking. In the state of maturity and perfection it appears in the utmost splendor and brilliance. In the same way the seed in the beginning becomes leaves and is the place where the vegetable spirit appears; in the condition of fruit it manifests the same spirit—that is to say, the power of growth appears in the utmost perfection; but what a difference between the condition of the leaves and that of the fruit! For from the fruit a hundred thousand leaves appear, though they all grow and develop through the same vegetable spirit. Notice the difference between the virtues and perfections of Christ, the splendors and brilliance of Bahá’u’lláh, and the virtues of the Prophets of Israel, such as Ezekiel or Samuel. All were the manifestations of inspiration, but between them there is an infinite difference. Salutations!
1. Cf. Qur’án 6:104. [ Back To Reference]
2. From a hadíth. [ Back To Reference]
3. Qur’án 59:2. [ Back To Reference]

Answer 2

Yes, and you probably wish to be able to sit on the throne and spout all kinds of rubbish to the masses, don't you.

Check this... Go to school and learn all the languages of the world, one at a time. Then, and only then can you possibly hope to achieve your goal which might be spreading some particular idea. In most countries they will throw garbage on you. In other countries you will be arrested and thrown into prison for life, or executed as an infidel.

Before you dream that you have had an "original idea", go back in history and see if maybe you were not the first with the same idea. If someone has already been there and done that, drop it and move on.

Don't forget to eat lots of bacon.

Answer 3

God is the Creator of all things. The Bible, which is God's letter to humans, tells us what God is like;
Exodus 34:6,7--"The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty--."
1 John 4:8--"He who does not love does not know God, for God is love."
Psalm 37:28--"For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off."
God has a personal name as shown at Psalms 83:18--"That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth."

Answer 4

Why believe in gods at all? There is no evidence for any of them.

The current gods will eventually end up on the religious landfill along with Zeus and Odin. I just wish it would happen sooner than later.

Answer 5

genuinely!!! It grow to be some thing greater formal, yet I used to speak to Him besides the fact that the clarification and because I stored forward to my very own ambition and desires, whilst He gave me avertisements I stored none and did my way going into further and further trubles! Into an end, interior a deep depresion, He stored my life (!!!) the very 2d I left away of all my deep desires... There, empty heart, i grow to be packed with God's gentle and Peace and Love - an entire New life, a clean physique, a clean innovative and prescient over the final and the destiny :) :) :) confident, he's my Saviour!!!

Answer 6

George Burns

Answer 7

No, they are totally different, just like the god of the OT and the god of the NT.

God is a mythical character to which people can apply whatever characteristics they want.

Answer 8

We humans always have to complicate. God is only one. for all. Different people see same thing in different ways. And that's OK, cuz we're all different. But the problem is that there are people who think only their eyes can see right. And want to convince others, that their way is the only right way to see things. WHY? We are different, and there will always be disagreement who sees what. Our ego makes us do horrible things for what!? Worship one God, MY God. It's stupid. Why shouldn't we all love our God, everyone in their own different way.

Answer 9

the bible isn't right because it is diffrent than allah revealed it then islam countains all good thing in all his previous boook +more good things ..
after day of judgement you will live for ever either in pradaise where you can have what ever you like or in hell where you never die .
there is in quran some signs of the judgement day and some of them are already happend .. one of the signs that didnt happend yet that jesus will come from up and call people to become muslims

Answer 10

The biggest question in humanity! Well for me , God is faith. God is love. And yes God is the guiding light within urself and no where else!

Answer 11

As long as human beings are limited by the perception of their five senses, no one will agree on the function of God and the impact he/she has on the universe.