I have an imaginary God, and I am perfectly content with the one I got; but recently some church people were energetically cajoling me and asserting that their God is real.
When I informed them that I have an imaginary God they said "Why have an imaginary one when you can have a real one?"
But this begs the question, just thinking your God is real doesn't make it real; and why can't you be just as happy if you acknowledge that yours may possibly be imaginary like mine? Why can't we all be reasonable? Then again -- I would be amenable to looking at some of their scientific evidence, if they have some, showing that their God is indeed real.
I think we call all get along.
2007-01-01 12:56:51 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They are all imaginary
2007-01-01 13:01:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Instead of searching for the answer, there are also some people who chose to simply brush the question aside and ignore it unfortunately. This is the easy way out of what appears to be a very difficult, mysterious question which may seem to have no final solution. Most of these people are unaware of a very powerful message which completely and unequivocally establishes the correct path to God. This message squares with both the mind and the heart, and it has no equal since it comes to us straight from God Himself.
The message comes in the form of a book. In fact, God has given us several Books of guidance through the years, but each one was ultimately corrupted and changed by dishonest people. Each Book essentially contained the same fundamental message as the previous Books. Mankind was expected to guard these Books from harm, but unfortunately failed to live up to this expectation. Slowly but surely, each Book was edited and tampered with, destroying its authenticity. This is partly why God kept sending us more revelations.
However, almost 1400 years ago, God sent us another Book with the same basic message as the earlier ones, but with a small but very important difference. This time, God decreed that this Book would be the last Book sent down to us because God would protect it Himself. Regarding this Final Book, God said,
"Behold, it is We Ourselves who have bestowed from on high this reminder: and behold, it is We who shall truly guard it" [Chapter 15, verse 9]
Today, if we compare the 114 chapters in every copy of this Final Book with each other, we will find they match perfectly word for word - from the oldest copies made 1300-plus years ago to the ones printed just a few hours ago. No human hand has changed it.
The rational person has every right to be doubtful, of course, if he or she has never read this book. For such people, here is a small sample of what the Final Book contains. Suppose we wanted to ask God several questions about Him and about ourselves. Short of Him speaking to us directly (such a privilege has been granted to only one person out of all humanity), the Book has the best answers one can find. It is on the strength of these answers that an honest person may be struck with the conviction that the Final Book is from none other than God Almighty. Again, here is only a small part of the information one might find.
2007-01-02 09:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by BeHappy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol, good point.
Pretty much every religion goes off of a higher power, so the question is not "Which God is real?" but "Which veiw point of God is correct?" And what I believe is that this higher power we have designated as "God" is so loving and infinite that it probably doesn't really care which point of veiw you accept, or even dream up on your own. The Greek and Roman pantheons, Allah, Shiva and Jesus are just masks we put on the infinite that we might see it more clearly. So, I'd say your made up God is also real, in the same way that there's no wrong way to look at a perfect sphere, even though you'll only be able to see half of it no matter what you do.
2007-01-01 21:07:33 · answer #3 · answered by Gothic Shadow 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What I believe is that all these religions may be based on the same thing, just different ways. Right now, I don't disagree with you. I mean, maybe your imaginary God is actually Jesus Christ there talking to you, just as something different. God works in mysterious ways, and He's not somebody who lives in Heaven. He lives inside us, and your God is my God, just through a different way.
2007-01-01 21:01:00 · answer #4 · answered by Ironica 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
God is an industry. Send me your credit card details now and buy my 'word of God' CD for the low, low price of $25.95. Call now and receive a free set of rosary beads!
God is a drug. When Pentecostals praise Jesus and clap their hands while singing God songs in a communal frenzy they get 'high' in the same way a junkie gets high as he injects heroin.
2007-01-01 21:03:05 · answer #5 · answered by Ashley 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is a lot of information that proves that God is but there is information that states that he does not .if any man wants to know the true and living God he must be willing to let the love of God into his heart. The day that i knock on the door of your heart hard it not and let me in.when was the last time your statue hugged you.
2007-01-01 21:21:36 · answer #6 · answered by keilahkowb 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess in the end we'll all find out who was right and who was wrong!
I believe in God, I believe Jesus Christ was the son of God!
God said thou shalt have no other God's before me! This was one of his commandments...he said it was a sin to break one of his ten commandments...therefore it is sin to have other Gods.
What if you're wrong???? You will be judged by a God you never believed in and he will be angry because you worshipped other Gods, or in some cases some of you never believed in God period!
The bible says to get to heaven you must believe in God and believe that Jesus is the son of God...if you do not believe how will you go to heaven? You can't! It's impossible!
So those of you who do not believe in God or his son God gives you that choice...he allows us to chose our own destiny...someday all of mankind will stand before him on judgement day! You will then wish you had believed in the one and only living God and his son Jesus!
2007-01-01 22:28:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Respect bro.. it's not that their (religious people) god is not real, it's the concept of god that they hold on to that's not real. Thus they will always have a hard time proving that it is.
Kudamah
2007-01-01 21:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by Nuwaubian Moor 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You got a good point there.
Evidently thsirs is as imaginary as yours or else they could produce him.
2007-01-01 21:02:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All gods are imaginary if the truth be told.
2007-01-01 21:01:26 · answer #10 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know why people have to overly complicate things. It is realy a very simple thing. Either ALL gods are real or NONE of them are. You can't have it both ways. You can't pick and choose which gods exist or don't. Either They ALL exist...or NONE of them do. It really is that simple.
2007-01-01 21:01:52 · answer #11 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋