God is eternal. The actions of men and women cannot diminish God. God does not require your worship or your acknowledgment to exist and flourish. God existed before there was anything else, and will surely not cease to exist because of anything we could do or not do.
God’s existence is independent and eternal. We do not influence it. We cannot bolster it. We cannot weaken it. God does not exist for us, or because of us, or for our sake. God exists because God exists.
God does not require your validation to exist. God has no need, as some religious leaders suggest, to go running after worshippers begging for their allegiance and making bargains of what he/she will trade them for their worship.
It is the worshipper who requires God, not God the worshipper. Though, it may be a blow to your ego, you are not the cog on which the wheel of the Universe turns. You are not a sale made in a celestial supermarket war between good and evil.
2006-12-03 12:34:43 · 6 answers · asked by Witchywoo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not a soldier in an army to protect God’s throne. The Universe does not hang on the actions of your life. That is an appeal to your vanity. No matter what you do, the Universe will be just fine. It always has been. There is no Divine civil war. There never could be. The Universe is and always has been firmly under God’s control and God’s reign is no wise endangered, least of all by us.
Only the quality of your life is affected by whether you seek out God or not. Not even the fate of your Immortal soul is affected, for all roads will ultimately go to God, by however circuitous a path. Only the quality of this one life, and whatever effect it may carry over to the next life, is affected.
Discuss…
2006-12-03 12:35:01 · update #1
Now would it interest people to know that the above quote is from the Correllian WICCAN tradition? I just wanted to see people's viewpoints BEFORE telling you where the text comes from...
And MenK 3000 - it says ETERNAL not external lol!
2006-12-03 13:03:17 · update #2
I agree.
In addition I would say that it doesn't make sense to think that God required to perform any action in order to be fulfilled. Therefore the Creation must be something intrinsic to the nature of God and not an action in time. Which means that the Creation is an eternal evolving process, although it must be all as present to God, as He is eternal. (We perceive the universe in evolution only because we are subject to Time).
2006-12-03 12:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by PragmaticAlien 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So your question is... alternative perspective? I think this is a lot of mental masturbation. Think about the language you're using: does god REALLY flourish? In order for that to be even remotely true, his influence would have to GROW. So, you probably mean to write something else. God's influence should already be everywhere if you believe in this stuff.
Next, what do you mean "independant and external?" My dog is also "independant and external." In fact, most of these statements could apply to my dog. In fact, I'm gonna stop answering because this is obviously a person looking for confirmation of their belief, not an answer to a question.
2006-12-03 12:47:12 · answer #2 · answered by subhuman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was with you until the last paragraph. All roads do not lead to God. There is one that is very wide that leads to hell.
2006-12-03 12:39:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Makes plenty of sense to me. (Actually, I'm kind of writing God this way right now. If my novel ever gets published, I'll let you know... ;)
2006-12-03 12:38:30 · answer #4 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is non-existent.
2006-12-03 12:38:04 · answer #5 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well said! Very well said!
2006-12-03 12:45:17 · answer #6 · answered by Lone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋