We all have some sense of "something more." Some force which exists all around us at all times which is inherently interactive in everything which exists. This "force" has not been verified, but it's coherent bind within us all leads us psychologically to personify it via the concept of God.
Is the concept of God merely a psychological mark for some interconnectef force in the universe?
2007-02-10 00:31:06 · 8 answers · asked by The Wizard 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Maybe we have defined the force but we just haven't recognized it for what it is yet. Like, perhaps its the same force that atracts protons to electrons and the moon to the earth and mother to child. Whatever you want to call it, I think its enough that you don't deny it. Keep up the good work.
2007-02-10 00:42:10 · answer #1 · answered by Hans B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. The word God is a representation of that energy of good and evil, the energy of infinite possibilities, that concept being defined and limited by our own barriers.
I gave up on my catholic religion for several reasons. Instead, I am in tune with the energy in the universe. Religions can still be a good thing when not practiced in extremely extremist ways. It can be a reference for moral code of conduct in society.
The 10 commandments is my moral code of conduct. To limit oneself to a single religion is a way to refuse the many opportunities to grow as a human being and citizen of the universe.
2007-02-10 08:46:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The force is not always identified with God (which refers to the Christian God) or even Gods or Goddesses at all. Some cultures and religions attribute it to other things.
Some argue that one reason for religion is that it gives hope in a sometimes bleek world or hope for a life after death.
2007-02-10 08:42:20 · answer #3 · answered by Mienk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the process of our evolution in Africa, our distant ancestors saw lightning strike trees, setting them alight, or members of their tribe, killing them. In their dreams, parents, family members or friends, long dead in this world, would apparently return and talk to them. As a result, they developed a belief in a spirit world beyond ours. This was later extended and embellished to a belief in the god of lightning (Thor or Zeus), of the sea (Neptune or Poseidon), of strife (Discordia or Eris), beauty, wisdom. etc. Eventually they were all unified into one god. Study footage of chimpanzees reaction of awe at the force of water in a waterfall, and their panic and fright during thunderstorms. All religions are no more than creation myths, like that of the Australian Aboriginals, who believe that the land was created by the Rainbow Serpent during the Dreamtime. Hindus have theirs, and the Jews/Christians/Muslims theirs. They can't all be right, can they? The truth is: they're all wrong. There is no god. No Santa Claus or Easter Bunny or Tooth Fairy or afterlife, heaven or hell, either. I was brought up to believe in such superstitions, too, but as a scientist, I no longer do, and have lost that feeling of "something more", and do not miss it in the slightest degree.
2007-02-10 09:19:43 · answer #4 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you explored the Jungian concept of the "collective unconscious"? Instead of thinking about our interconnectedness as being related to God, I prefer to think of it as all things being tied via the collective unconscious.
The collective unconscious "is the reservoir of our experiences as a species, a kind of knowledge we are all born with. And yet we can never be directly conscious of it. It influences all of our experiences and behaviors, most especially the emotional ones, but we only know about it indirectly, by looking at those influences." (http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/jung.html)
2007-02-10 11:23:42 · answer #5 · answered by ms_lain_iwakura 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is God. You're making a simple concept complicated.
2007-02-10 08:57:54 · answer #6 · answered by rico3151 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that the idea of a GOD is something to make us strong when we are weak. For us to admit our weaknesses and errors in life is quite embarrassing. And to admit to a icon that to them exists, they think that someone is actually listening to them. It is easier for them to accept It's like writing in a journal, its easy for us to write in a journal our deepest darkest secrets. And we feel better about our situation once that has been done.
2007-02-10 11:01:16 · answer #7 · answered by izzitonme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are forces in this world that we do not yet know.
2007-02-10 08:40:53 · answer #8 · answered by Lynnemarie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋