2007-06-02 21:02:14 · 15 answers · asked by ? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good ( and very subtle ) question. :-)
Reading the answers so far is quite revealing of it's own formation of an answer independent of the individual's personal beliefs.
The whole thing hinges on one's personal definition of what 'God' is. If one is stuck in the intellectual 'aspic' of a grey-bearded old guy, sitting up there on some Michelangelic cloud, and spearing unsuspecting proto-species with bolts of 'Life' through his primary digit, then I don't think that most people currently manifested on this planet are buying that anymore. Handing out 'Supreme Power' on that basis, and especially to an entity who is historically portrayed as heavily psychotic, is a highly risky business.
My understanding of the 'God-Force' allows both the all-powerful element, and that we are equal components of that power. A couple of the answers have touched on this, and I guess that those answerers are thinking along similar lines to myself, that we, individuated humans, are each carriers of the 'God-Force', and that it is us, through our ability to manifest through our thought-processes, who are creating the Universe in which we are manifested. Each one of us a representative, and, essentially, a manifestation of that 'Force'.
2007-06-02 22:09:39 · answer #1 · answered by cosmicvoyager 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not powerful enough to get the religions to agree on God.
2007-06-02 21:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't agree with that. I think the image of god is there to give you something to believe. If you really believe in him, I don't think he would want you to fear him, so no I don't think you should think of him as all powerful but, but someone who is just a higher power.
2007-06-02 21:17:01 · answer #3 · answered by Mimi 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a God who is not omniscient (all knowing), omnipotent (all powerful), not just (no sides, no biases) and not forgiving (otherwise of no use) is a demi-god, not God. While I believe in several gods and other species, I believe all of us come from that One who has no names but responds to many names, has no shape but takes many shapes etc.
2007-06-02 21:08:53 · answer #4 · answered by Swamy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How do you follow a wonderful answer like DazMaz's?
I'll just add this, it's a quote from a modern Zen Master when asked did he believed in God.
He said, "I'm sorry but there is not a God. But there's not No-God either"
Jon C.
2007-06-02 23:46:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes ... but we are all an expression of God's thought and created in God's image, giving us more power than we presently realize. This is our purpose on earth - to attain self-realization, learn who we really are ... then god-realization. That is to fully comprehend the meaning of being created in God's image.
2007-06-02 21:10:29 · answer #6 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My belief in God insists that he is all powerful. Add not just omnipotent, but omniscient and omnipresent.
2007-06-02 21:07:21 · answer #7 · answered by allonyoav 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. God is all powerful. There is nothing He cannot do. There are many things He WONT do because of his character, But there is nothing He cannot do.
2007-06-02 21:09:30 · answer #8 · answered by out of the grey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Absolutely.
2007-06-02 21:08:45 · answer #9 · answered by Kaliko 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is all powerful whether you believe or not.
2007-06-02 21:07:44 · answer #10 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋