2006-11-15 06:35:03 · 13 answers · asked by fryedaddy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I only asked you to use your words because so many times people paste scripture, and honestly I could just read the scripture for myself. I want to know from your passionate beliefs, not from words that have been regurgitated over and over. But your words, a new perspective. Sorry if that offends you. I would think that it wouldnt
2006-11-15 07:11:03 · update #1
So, we cannot use the very thing that informs us about God to answer your question.
Why is this? Is it because you don't really want the Truth? Or is it that you want to see people attempt to use their own frail words or concepts to explain the unexplainable?
I would like to see you describe water without using words like "wet," or "clear," or "liquid."
That is essentially what you have done to the believer with this question about the nature of God.
2006-11-15 07:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So you are asking how do we know that God exists apart from the Bible? Try creation. Does anyone really believe that this creation just "happened"? The Bible says in Romans 1:20 "For since the creation of the world God's invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse."
2006-11-15 14:41:17 · answer #2 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Frydaddy,
Dont'cha know there's just something not right about asking a question and then tell folks how to answer?
The living God is the Creator of the universe and all that it contains. There's so much out there...we can't fathom it. You know, wrap our human minds around it. We (you and I) are His image bearers. His glory is in beauty and also nature...the sunrise and sunset.
Listen to what you are asking, "why can't God be more than one God?" Why would He want too?
There is only one living God.
Either you choose Him or you don't.
Just remember, your eternity hangs in the decision.
2006-11-15 14:47:52 · answer #3 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think God is reflected in everything around us. Every tree, every flower. God exists in life itself and is the power or force that created it. To say that God is one or many implies that God is an individual entity. I prefer to think of God as a power over life that I cannot understand yet as a living being it rests within me.
2006-11-15 14:39:06 · answer #4 · answered by Patrick B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is the creator of everything. He can present himself to us humans in multiple forms (human, angelic, burning bush, etc) because according to his own law, truth can only be verified by two or three witnesses. Therefor a lot of people think there are multiple gods, but there is not. There is only one true God and he is a united one. (kind of like the united states; together we are but one country but are of multiple parts)
2006-11-15 14:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by Tripper 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is a being of flesh, bone and spirit. He is the Father of our spirits. He is the literal Father of Jesus Christ. He is Omnipotent. He does work within natural law. He is a personage of order and has created and ordered the universe according to natural laws.
2006-11-15 14:48:15 · answer #6 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is many things depending on who you ask. If you asked me, I'd tell you that my god is the force behind the power of nature. But there is no right answer to your question, unless you were able to get an answer from every person from every religion.
2006-11-15 14:47:16 · answer #7 · answered by lavos1412 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If God is Everything than he has to me multiple Gods,
Although this is a paradox, Hindus believe all Gods are one and that their forms are comparable to divine masks.
God, to me, is the combined faith of all creation in the universe.
God, to me, is eternity, infinity, and forever, and all that is unfathomable
God, to me, is as intimate and personal, as God is distant and profound.
God, to me, is free of morals, and rules, and while he may have relayed useful guidelines for certain societies, they are not universally applicable.
Gods Universal Laws are obvious in the physical laws of creation, like Gravity, although they may not be fully understood.
For example, perhaps he created gravity to hold the universe together, but also to challenge man to fly.
God, to me, speaks no more through one individual than he speaks through every last person.
God, to me, is just. He has sentanced us all to die, until we overcome our war, hatred, limited knowledge of medicine, and greed. All are punish'ed untill all are free.
God, to me, favors diversity, or he would have retained the universe in the 0-dimension (a single point) or homogenous matter.
God favors change.
God abhorrs a vaccum, in nature and in our lives.
God speaks in mysterious ways.
God is an artist, so profound, he created a painting that paints itself freely.
God is NOT an old white man who has bigot views and a non-forgiving attitude. He wishes for us all to redeem ourselves, personally and socially.
God is Love, Light, and Peace.
But he may also be hatred, darkness, and war.
God is...
2006-11-15 14:54:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God transcends the concept of number.
2006-11-15 14:38:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is only one God in what ever form it chooses to take
2006-11-15 14:37:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋