All gods exist, or none of them do?

Question

How can just some of them exist, the real question is, did we create another 'dimension' or realm with our beliefs, or was the other 'dimension' here before we got here?

Answer 1

It's called "imagination."

Answer 2

There is one Divine force. People have different ideas of how that Divince force is represented. For me, the Divine split into two, the Goddess and God, and all lesser Goddesses are the one Goddess and all lesser Gods are the one God. They're broken down so it's easier to work directly with the aspect of the God/dess you need assistance from, but they are all facets of the main God/dess, which are the two halves of the Divine force. A Hindu recognizes many aspects of the Divine force as well, while a Christian, Muslim or Jew recognizes only he masculine aspect of the Divine force, which is unfortunate but not "wrong". Whether or not you believe in the Divine has very little bearing on how your life will play out after you die. How you live your life has more bearing on that.

I believe the other dimension was there long before we got here.

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Answer 3

Personal belief (so don't be too harsh on me): all Gods and in turn religions are a social construct i.e. man made. I believe this because there are far too many different denomonations of religion in the world for any one of them to have any basis in reality. When you worship God, you actual worship your society you were born into. That's why most people born in Ireland are Catholics, in Israel Jews, in Saudi Arabia Muslim and so on. The geographical separation of religion alone shows that it is a social construct.

My two cents.

Take care people x

Answer 4

Hi...

Firstly you are entitled to your own beliefs and I personally think everyone should have their own beliefs and respect eachother for it.

My view-point of this is...

That there are and have been many other dimensions, we are in one of them, people whom have crossed over (or 'ghosts') are in another etc etc etc.
The many religions of the world believe in their own God, but all of those Gods are the one and only same God, but the religions have put different names, values and characteristics to him etc.

I don't see how we could have created another realm with our beliefs.

This was an interesting and thought provoking question to get people to open their eyes, thanx.

Cheers (",)

Answer 5

Douglas Adams wrote a book with that as the plot. It was pretty funny.

None of them exist anywhere except human imagination.

Answer 6

Well over the centuries gods have died out, like the roman and Greek gods and new ones have been worshipped like Muslims and Christians..... Doesn't that answer your question?

Answer 7

There are many gods and goddesses that exist in many realms. Well, that's what my faith says, anyways. There are some monotheistic Asatruar, but they don't worship the middle eastern god; that would be silly. We're not middle eastern. We're mostly Germanic/Scandinavian. The monotheists in my faith worship Odinn, usually, but any Germanic/Scandinavian God or Goddess is up for 'grabs' so to speak.

~Morg~

Answer 8

It does not have to be 'either', 'or'. If any god is merely the figment of our imagination, that god does not actually exist. However, that in no way prevents the True God from existing, whether we believe in him or not! So the answer to your question might turn out to be, "There are millions of false gods that do not exist, but the True God is from everlasting to everlasting."

Answer 9

Well sure they do man! Hallelujah! My favorite part of them is the leprechauns and unicorns they made! I regularly use communications through the tooth fairy and Santa because they can fly so the gods and I can talk all the time. In fact, every night before I go to bed, I pray to peter pan because he's the manager of the holiday spirits. He never grows up! And of course, their all connected through the one true god,.. the Almighty Doller.

Answer 10

What are the main traditional arguments for God's existence?
The doors to God’s existence are open to everybody, provided that they sincerely intend to enter through them. Some of those doors—the demonstrations for God’s existence—are as follows.

Contingent nature of the creation
Whether as a whole or separately, all things are contingent, that is, it is equally possible for something to come into existence or not. Also, it is possible for any thing to come into existence at any time, in any place and in any form and with any character.

We see that nothing or no-one in the world, whether conscious or unconscious, living or non-living, has any role to determine the way, and the date and place of its coming into existence, and its character and features. So, there must be some power that chooses between the existence and non-existence of any particular thing and gives it its distinguishing, individual characteristics. This power must be infinite, have absolute will and all-comprehensive knowledge. Necessarily, this power is God.

Finite nature of things
Everything in the universe is changeable. Anything changeable is contained by time and space; it has a beginning and end. Anything which has a beginning needs a beginningless one who brings it into existence. For the one who has a beginning cannot be the originator of things, since such a one will, evidently, need another originator. As an unending regress through the originator of each originator, is unacceptable, reason demands one who is infinitely self-existent and self-subsistent, who undergoes no change, namely God.

Life
Life (*) is a riddle but transparent. It is a riddle in that scientists, who cannot explain it with material causes, are unable to discover its origin. It is transparent because it shows or reflects a creative power. Through both its transparency and its being a riddle, life declares: ‘The one who creates me is God.’

Orderliness in creation
From tiniest particles to huge spheres and galaxies, everything in the universe and the universe as a whole display a magnificent harmony and order. Not only in things themselves but also between all things there is a harmonious relation, so much so that as the existence of a single part necessitates the existence of the whole, so also the whole requires the existence of all its parts for its existence. The deformation of a single cell may lead to the death of a whole body; similarly a single pomegranate demands for its existence the collaborative and co-operative existence of air, water, earth, and the sun and a well-balanced co-operation between them. This harmony and cooperation in the universe point to a creator of order, who knows everything in all its relations and with all its characteristics, and who is able to put everything in order. That creator of order is God.

Artistry in creation
The whole of the creation exhibits an overwhelming artistry of dazzling worth. Yet it is brought into being, as we see it, easily and in a very short time. Furthermore, creation is divided into countless families, genera and species and even more smaller groups, and each of these exists in great abundance. Despite the variety and abundance, we see only orderliness and art and ease in creation. This shows the existence of one with an absolute power and knowledge, who is God.

Finality in creation
Nothing in the universe is for nothing, pointless. As ecology in particular shows, everything in creation, no matter how apparently insignificant, has a very significant role in existence and serves a certain purpose. The chain of creation up to man, the last link in creation, is evidently directed to a final purpose. Just as the purpose for growing a fruit-bearing tree is to obtain fruits and the life of that tree is directed toward the fruit, so too the ‘tree of creation’ has yielded as its final and most comprehensive fruit. So, nothing is in vain in the universe. There are many purposes for every thing, every activity, and every event in it. Since this requires a wise one who pursues certain purposes in creation, and since nothing in the world—except for man—has the consciousness to pursue those purposes, the wisdom and purposiveness in creation necessarily point to God.

Answer 11

They exist. All of them. As long as there are people who believe in them, the gods exist.