2007-02-01 08:36:37 · 44 answers · asked by Daniel O 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
an imaginary friend for grown-ups.
2007-02-01 08:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 7⤋
I live in Fiji Islands,where Rugby is a big sport.
One of the most fascinating things about the sport here is ( from my perspective that is ),how much religion ,God ,is involved in the sport.
Some time ago Fiji was on the a long losing stretch with the other international teams. Then someone decided that "Hey,Lets put a bible verse on the players t-shirt, then they will win for sure". For sure Psalm3:16 appeared planted in the center,sponsors logos pushed aside and Fiji was once again winning again.
But after sometime then God grew tired of Fiji ,abandoned it for some other poor team. The logos have disappeared now replaced by sponsor logos of local bread/wheat manufacturers who are content with putting Nike boots on the winning try score player .
Before every game though,the players would hurdle ,and pray with great vigor " Pliz Jezzu(Jesus) ,help us to win,help my country to win, put power into me blah blah ". The game is on.
Now if they win , Its praise be Jezzu, "First of all I would like thank Jezzu,without whose help we would not have won, uhh ...next i would to thank .....",all the while the other team hurdles together for the coach to scold them.
Now if Fiji had lost its " Oooo...well our boyz played well....the other team was better .....blah blah",no mention of God,Jezzu. Just a quiet hurdle, mumbled prayer and disband before the cameras can get a view of the clouded,tearful eyed disbelief that THEIR God had forsaken them for another team,well God works in mysterious ways huh.
It then makes me wonder on a quote i read somewhere, which i think said ,that man's greatest invention or was it excuse is God.
2007-02-01 16:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by parish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"God" is a concept which is a placeholder for something that cannot be symbolized or abstracted in language. The word "ineffable" describes this condition. Some people mistake the placeholder concept for an actual "thing" that "exists" "out there" somewhere, which thinks and wills things just like an ordinary human -- but I like to think most people know that when they mention God they are referring obliquely to something about the nature of the world that transcends empirical material reality, time, thought, etc. and can only be personally experienced.
2007-02-01 10:19:31 · answer #3 · answered by zilmag 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God, without the indefinite article 'a', is normally used to refer to the God of the Old Testament, the Hebrew god Yahweh, and one element of the Trinity in Christianity (Father, Son, Holy Ghost). A god is undisputably a concept, a vehicle to help individuals and societies make sense of the world and organise themselves according to a common set of values and controls. In primitive societies one or more gods are invented to explain, or take advantage of, natural events for social or socio-political advantage.
2007-02-02 07:46:48 · answer #4 · answered by chartres52 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god is an idea created by the first humans who felt their suffering was unjust, and wanted to blame somebody. soon, people were wishing that life would be better, and when invariably it did, because the rainy season, or summer, or crops, or animals that were easy to kill, they attributed this to the god, and decided it was their wishing and praying that had done the trick, and the whole idea of god took off from there.
an interesting thought. what if animals had gods? imagine of there was a god of monkeys? or a god of mice? i imagine the mice devil might look like a cat.
2007-02-02 00:16:46 · answer #5 · answered by whynothugsomeone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As many have said above God is our creator and is our only "true" friend, who loves each and every one of us as equals.
God is also the life force that runs through every living thing, that enables us to look at something and say "That is beautiful".
2007-02-02 00:07:24 · answer #6 · answered by Adam D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is Love.
2007-02-01 08:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Caste, creed, family and linage do not exist in God.
God is neither name nor form, transcends merit and demerit, is beyond time and space, and the objects of human sense experience. God is beyond the power of speech to express.
Such is God, and "Thou art That".
meditate upon this truth, grasshopper!!!
2007-02-01 11:36:27 · answer #8 · answered by HeyDude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is the origin of all life and all power. He is LOVE and a part of his Love is Justice and Purity. His holy spirit are the eternal laws in creation and this laws are interwoven in everything.
As humans we have free will and we can decide to follow our deep intuitive perception, so our conscience or to follow just intellectual reasons. Our intuition lets us know what God`s will is and we can listen to GOD`s guidance if we listen to our conscience.
The laws in Creation which we see in nature are also applicaple for our spiritual inner life. So same attracts same. If we develop hate we also attract hate. If we develop love we attract love. On this earth people from all attitutes live together. This is different in the beyond, where the law of gravity makes sure that only similar will meet on the sphere of similar gravity.
There is also this law of that what we sow we will reap. It also applies to our spirit and also earthly well-being, as our will is able to form our surrounding, if we want that or not.
So GOD does not personally occupy himself with all the small and little problems we have, as it is not necessary. The divine laws will without doubt always bring us back what we sow and our current existance is a mirror to our own attitute.
Knowing that we can use this for our advantage and in that also for our neighbours advantage.
God in his love seperated part of him and incarnated into the body of a man named Jesus, to bring to humankind knowledge about how God`s will is, and about his eternal laws and the meaning of our life. Unfortunately men took the simple words of Jesus and cramped and distorted much of them in making a religion and several churches around it, telling people that they only come to heaven when they join this or that church. This is bushit as every person stands for himself and does not need a church to be connected to the heavens. The key for that lies in his free will and in the two major laws God gave to us.
First: "Love your God with your heart, your mind, your soul, and your strength."
Second: To love your neighbor as yourself.
Everything coming from GOD is connected with his love.
We are surrounded with love. If we open up for the good, if we want to understand, if we need help, this help is always there, for everyone.
We should just listen more to our intuition instead only to our brain (so let your intuition be the guide and the brain your servant, not the other way round) , then it would be easier for so many people to access this help.
2007-02-01 10:12:55 · answer #9 · answered by I love you too! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is everything that is good in the world god is love god is the core of your being, if you believe in god if you don't then you lose.
2007-02-01 08:43:15 · answer #10 · answered by sandyjean 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1)The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
2) deity: any supernatural being worshiped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men"
3) idol: a material effigy that is worshiped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
2007-02-01 08:43:53 · answer #11 · answered by Rmprrmbouncer 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋