Is God an energy force of impersonal thought?

Question

I believe there is a Creative energy involved in our universe, which is not personal but impersonal. Yet we humans strive to better ourselves, is this an evolutionary trait?
Or does this energy influence us?

Please don't talk about "Jesus", as he is irrelevant to this discussion.

Answer 1

I believe that God is the force that interfaces with
energy bits to produce creation.

However, I don't believe this force is an energy
form, or consists of quarks. I also don't believe
in true evolution or domino theories, which to me,
are wild goose chases. We might come through
our parents. It's not likely we come from our
parents, just as we know today, that planets
aren't really chips off of stars.

My guess is that all energy forms have two
stages, quantum and particle. And, when energy
becomes particle, it produces the time and space.
Therefore, we are a constant. It's the time and
space that comes and goes.

I also believe that Godly forces are the invisible side of
life, which brings us back to your point, which is
well made.

Is God personal?

Albert Einstein said, "No."
Leading religious figures say, "Yes."

It just might be that each of us carries the answer
to that in our own consciousness

Answer 2

The answer to your question is a simple, no, because an "impersonal energy force" cannot audibly speak. Since many historical accounts by multitudes of witnesses have documented the audible spoken Words of God, including the isolated accounts of ordinary people today, then God is, in fact, a Real Personal Being.

If God has not audibly spoken to you, then you are not connected to the Divine Super Nature, but instead to a pseudo doctrine that has no basis in True Reality. It is void, empty and misleading.

The "impersonal energy force" was identified by the ancient Hebrew prophets, i.e. Daniel, as "the god of forces, the god that our fathers knew not", being a false source that is to be reviled. Hence, the belief in an "impersonal energy force" is erroneous and is authored by the "god of forces" (the malevolent entity called by many names, i.e. "Satan"), who is in opposition to the True One, Humankind, and the Divine Order of the Trans-Universal Superstructure.

Answer 3

My friend you are missing the answer to your question if you refuse to enter Christ into the equation. Jesus is not irrelevant to the discussion, He is your answer to it. Here is what I mean.
If you deny Christ, then God WOULD be an impersonal energy as the philosopher Plotinus stated. Plotinus called God the One. The One diffuses its goodness but is unaware of anything that is shaped, responds, and reciprocates from that goodness.
However, since the One, God did come to us in flesh (Jesus) then obviously God is not merely an impersonal energy force, but a being that is knowledgeable of His children. And the terms "made in His image and likeness" is more appropo to the dignity of our being than saying it is instinctual or evolutionary. To say instinctual or evolutionary is to say that we are fated and have no freedom to refuse His influence, which obviously some people do.
May the Lord Jesus bless and keep you. May He let the light of His face shine upon you.
God's and your beast of burden
Fr. john

Answer 4

When Paul visited the Thessolonians (Greeks), he found they were worshipping all manner of gods, and even had a statue in honour of an Unknown god.

23-For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you. - Acts 17:23

I realize the above information may not have any relevance to your question, however in my experience, where people seem to be perpetually striving to find reason to better themselves either educationally or morally or whatever, it comes to a point where we must find a reason. Naming an "unknown" god (energy, person, thing, rock, nature, whatever) seems to cover it.

It is interesting and worth serious contemplation as you quest for knowlege.

Paul told the Thessolonians at that time that the unknown god they worshipped was indeed the One and Only true God.

Answer 5

I would suggest contacting this church: http://www.religiousscience.org

They share much the same vision of God as an impersonal force, a creative energy beyond human comprehension or qualification. They do not try to speak for God, only to try to understand and strtengthen the human connection to it.

Answer 6

This is a far more intriguing thought than that of "our magical daddy in the sky who murdered his son for us."

A theory you might enjoy would be that of "universal consciousness." Check it out on the web. They discuss the idea that there is a connecting energy among all living things, and that this energy is what could be labeled god.

Answer 7

God is a Person says that in the Bible when in Genesis 1:26 says And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Answer 8

My beliefs are similar to yours. I think that the energy can influence us if we seek it out. Otherwise - it remains very impersonal. I do think that the strive to improve ourselves is somehow in our innate nature. Otherwise I don't think we would have progressed beyond hunting and gathering.

Answer 9

I see god as an energy force, yet not impersonal, but more at detached.

Answer 10

Evolution...

An organism that has the trait of wanting to better itself is more likely to survive and pass on it's DNA. The more this trait surfaced the more likely the organism would survive and therefore, at this point we are an organism that is almost completely worried about itself.