People believe that we will live forever after death, but who's to say we haven't lived forever before birth? Who's to say that life is just a dream in the vast scheme of the universe? Who's to say that Earth isn't hell? Who's to say that we aren't capable of creating life and death and all the things that you think god is capable of?
Is it really too hard to grasp that we are really gods? Or must you believe the words of a book to truly understand spirituality?
2006-12-27 05:04:30 · 22 answers · asked by Jerse 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are describing basic Buddhism.
2006-12-27 05:20:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You raise an interesting philosophical point with the consideration of life on Earth as analogous to Hell and the eternality of life in both directions of "time" in relation to a human life. However, it would be disheartening to believe in Earth as Hell; I see it more as a crucible than a lake of fire that burns without consuming. Change does occur on Earth, albeit too slowly or invisibly for many to grasp. I don't believe the Eternal can truly be equated with Unchangeable.
To say that we are gods is stretching it, though. It reeks of an inflated ego that sees the individual as the center of the universe, without understanding the necessity to interact with something outside the individual. It is the beginning of megalomania and has nothing whatsoever to do with spirituality. To equate ourselves to what humans define as "gods" is to misunderstanding the meaning of the word "god" and to deny that anything greater than Man exists. I have never seen a perfect man, and it would be frightening to think that that is all Man could aspire to. I'd rather attempt to understand the mysteries of the Universe without pretending to be superior to them.
Religion is a manmade system based on the belief that something greater than Man exists. That part I do not mind; it is when Man pretends that he knows all about what that entity or concept is (or is not) and then designs the ONLY way to get to the promised ultimate level that I begin to have problems with religion. Social laws are one thing, but free will of thought is something I won't give up.
2006-12-27 13:23:36 · answer #2 · answered by Black Dog 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You say we could have been living forever before birth. Let's just stop and ask ourselves exactly what that means, shall we? Obviously we don't still have our memories from before birth. And genetically we're a product of our parents' genes, and they're alive at the same time as us. So if we're genetically different to our previous life, with different experiences, how are we actually the same? Everything that makes you who you are is specific to this life. It doesn't exist until you're conceived and doesn't continue to exist after you die. To suggest otherwise is illogical.
2006-12-27 13:12:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
John 10:34-36
Jesus said, I called them gods to whom the word of God came.
Heb.4:12; The word of God is powerful
2006-12-27 13:08:23 · answer #4 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are many reasons that I believe the Bible and trust it as the very word of God, but one of the most compelling reasons is that I have tested it and have found it to be true and trustworthy. That's why I trust when it says there is only one God and that you and I are not gods and that Satan's original temptation to sin was to tell Eve that she could be like God.
You trust in your own reasoning and imaginings to discover spirituality, but God says that his ways are not our ways. I choose to trust instead in what God tells us about himself and the universe. Should I believe in a book that I have tested and believe is truly God's words to us, or should I believe instead in your own ponderings and reasoning out of your limited wisdom and knowledge? I choose to trust God.
Blessings.
2006-12-27 13:15:30 · answer #5 · answered by happygirl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No - Man is weak and imperfect and has needs (for food, sleep, drink) and is limited (he doesnt know everything) and has corpreality
Allah (God) has no weaknesses , is perfect free of need and knows everything and doesnt have a physical space - nor does he exist in time and space since these are his creation
So man cannot be God- this shows why Prophet Jesus (pbuh) could never be God - he had needs (food, sleep etc) and didnt know everything (see the fig tree story in the Bible) and was a corpoate physical being
2006-12-27 13:09:49 · answer #6 · answered by jewish n proud 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
We are part of God, so you could say that we are gods. We do create, we aid in the creation of everything around us (look into quantum physics). We are on our path, on our way to becoming One again, and this is the level we're all experiencing together right now.
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2006-12-27 13:08:02 · answer #7 · answered by twowords 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most of them will openly admit that without their book, they would be rapists, murderers, and generally just uncool people to be around.
Shh. Let them continue to believe. Let them have their collar and leash, may it serve to keep them tame and not monsters, and may it remind the rest of us of the monsters religion keeps in check.
2006-12-27 13:08:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"ye shall not surely die, ye shall be as gods" ~ Serpent
sorry, but you don't live after death, but there is a resurrection..
I'm an adventist. That means I go to church on saturdays and I believe Christ will return. I don't believe that we can live on after death without the resurrection of the body and one can't live forever without the body made immortal. I don't believe that we are eternal self existant souls that need not of God to live on.
I know, very controversial topic
2006-12-27 13:06:42 · answer #9 · answered by Cyber 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
To those who believe that they are God, start from scratch get your own materials! Make your own water and air, make your own universe, complete with planets and life forms using nothing..then make light from scratch....Don't use anything that was here before or during your life on earth..... You can then make the claim.
2006-12-27 13:16:56 · answer #10 · answered by Stormchaser 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Life is the natural consequence of carbon based organic chemistry. There is no consciousness before birth and none after death. This is it. Life is the bizzare situation you find yourself in just before you die.
2006-12-27 13:10:44 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋