We all know that there are spiritual books how there, and there seems to be an inert feeling in all of us to find out why we exist, and the purpose of life. So wouldn't it seem, that if you threw all this out as foolishness, and lived your life as YOU saw fit, that you in essense are making yourself God?
2007-06-10 12:01:27 · 27 answers · asked by Lance 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree!
Also I think that those who are not willing to submit and take the truth seriously are running from the fear of damnation! Because they are choosing to not accept the faith they will face the judgement and then it will be too late!
2007-06-10 12:09:03 · answer #1 · answered by Jenblossom 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
We all know that there are North Pole books out there, and there seems to be an inert feeling in all of us to celebrate holidays. So wouldn't it seem that if you threw all of this out as foolishness, and celebrated holidays as YOU saw fit, that you in essence are making yourself Santa?
This is how ridiculous your question sounds to me. Not trying to be mean, but not believing in a god does not make me god in my mind or in the mind of anyone else. Only lunacy could make me think that I was a god.
You seem to have the idea that the being with the most authority in one's life must be their god... and you would be wrong.
2007-06-10 12:08:29 · answer #2 · answered by Snark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i look at the books as a metaphor, so if i generally play the lead character or Jesus, who or what is god supposed to be in the analogy? I thought for a while on this. He often plays a patriarchal role but is also the lightning, storms and earthquakes.
God then is everything (a pantheism), he is not me, i'm jesus. or any other title character that i'm supposed to identify with. God works through others but they are independent individuals. The animals earth and rain are powerful forces that effect us, guide us, and are responsible for all things in the world.
Everything is the concept or analogy of God. This is obvious because even a christian will tell you "god is everywhere" and everything.
2007-06-10 12:10:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. I think you meant "innate", not "inert."
2. Not all of us have this feeling; some people believe that the meaning of life is as defined - "to live." Period. No big questions, no big mysteries.
3. If by "making yourself God" you mean becoming the arbiter of your own destiny (instead of following, intentionally or by His will, "God's path for you") then yes*
*But, only God of yourself - one would have to be incredibly narcissistic, or insane, to imagine themselves to be the creator or master of all humans, or of the whole universe.
2007-06-10 12:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by PurrfectPeach13232 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
1. By writing about God, writers try to put God into words and into a human context. That alone is making oneself God.
2. If we pray to God, we ask God to help us. We cannot rely on prayer alone and must partially rely on ourselves. By that thinking, we say that God is imperfect and incapable of giving us everything, whether we have to work for it or not.
2007-06-10 12:05:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This throws out the traditional concept of God. You haven't really provided a definition of God per se, so I can't answer it.
But I think Buddhism might have the answer.
2007-06-10 12:07:27 · answer #6 · answered by Skye 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a way, but only over your own life. You are not claiming to have created the world, or have the ability to save those in it by your blood or anything.
2007-06-10 12:04:24 · answer #7 · answered by Greg L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I'm not a God, just taking responsibility for my own actions. I don't need to blame or pass the buck to any unseen, unheard myth.
2007-06-10 12:03:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
To which of the over 20,000 gods in the known history of man do you refer?
Some don't believe in the christian god. Some don't believe in the Jewish god (yes, they are two separate entities). Some don't believe in Horus, some don't believe in Thor. Some don't believe in Brighid, Diana, Hecate, Isis, Astarte, etc...
So, if I don't believe in yours, but I believe in another one, does that exclude me from your statement or are you targeting people other than atheists, who believe in one less god than you do?
2007-06-10 12:07:57 · answer #9 · answered by Kallan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because I didn't create the universe, nor do I punish and threaten people for not doing what I want them to do. I don't force people to believe in me and I don't ask anyone to worship me (except my boyfriend).
2007-06-10 12:08:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I am making myself responsible for my own actions and not using an imaginary ghost as an excuse to do things like murder, rape, or commit genocide.
2007-06-10 12:10:38 · answer #11 · answered by seattlefan74 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋