Does God reside amongst us ..?

Question

is he a down to earth fella
or
does he have castles in the air
or palace's on on other galaxies, or what

most answers here were pretty heady
expected something more light-hearted

now, let the community choose ...

thanks again to everybody who participated

Answer 1

A cosmic God might well permeate all things in the universe.

What if God were one of us?
Just a Bozo on the bus
la di da di da di da

Answer 2

fella?

God is not in the universe She is the universe.

She created the universe from the only thing that She had available, Herself. There is no point where God stops and something else starts.

You and the most distant star from you in the universe both exist within the idea of God. God is experiencing through all of us all of the time.

This is a difficult concept for most people to comprehend because they have been taught nonsense about God. Like the idea that God lives far away on a cloud called heaven. God is not a raindrop. Raindrops live in clouds Not God. This is foolishness.

Jesus told us that the kingdom of God is within us. This is true because each and every one of us exist as a part of God. We live and move within our loving source. There is no moment or possibility that we can ever be apart from her.

Forget the silly stories that you have been told about a distant God that lives in the clouds. Look around you. Everything and everyone that you see is God.

Love and blessings.
Don

Answer 3

To quote the prophet Lennon: "God is a concept"
A concept is a general idea formed in the mind; something conceived in the minds such as a plan, a design, a mental image or a thought. Often a concept is comprised of more than one idea. This can explain the plethora of religious beliefs about where God is. Though God is always present, He is never tangible and we can never consult with Him. One person can look at a pigeon and see a bird, while another person will see God, or his proof of existence here on earth. If your concept of God is a gray-bearded fellow on a throne surrounded by clouds and angels, then that is where He lives. If you believe He works at the neighborhood McDonalds, then He does. Your concept can be completely different than mine of God, yet both can be correct. God is everywhere, and God is nowhere.

Answer 4

True Christians (such as Jehovah's Witnesses) believe the bible to teach quite plainly that Jehovah God is not a man. God is a spirit being who exists in heaven, which is a realm entirely different from the physical universe.

(1 Samuel 15:29) The Excellency of Israel...is not an earthling man

(Numbers 23:19) God is not a man

(Acts 7:48-49) The Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; just as the prophet says, ‘The heaven is my throne

(1 Kings 8:27) “But will God truly dwell upon the earth? Look! The heavens, yes, the heaven of the heavens, themselves cannot contain you; how much less, then, this house that I have built!


Interestingly, the Scriptures seem to comment on those who suggest that God might occupy a corporeal presence.

(Romans 1:22-23) They became foolish and turned the glory of the incorruptible God into something like the image of corruptible man


Here is more from that passage:
(Romans 1:18-25) God’s wrath is being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who are suppressing the truth in an unrighteous way... Although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God nor did they thank him, but they became empty-headed in their reasonings and their unintelligent heart became darkened. Although asserting they were wise, they became foolish and turned the glory of the incorruptible God into something like the image of corruptible man... Therefore God, in keeping with the desires of their hearts, gave them up to uncleanness, that their bodies might be dishonored among them, even those who exchanged the truth of God for the lie and venerated and rendered sacred service to the creation rather than the One who created

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_05.htm

Answer 5

Based on his inability to to show up and intervene during the decades while priests were destroying the lives of so many children, it looks like God is just a creation of the religion business.

Answer 6

god technically is in heaven
he is infinite
what cant fully understand that because we have finite minds

is he amongst us? god is everywhere, he is a spririt, doesnt have bones and flesh

there was a time that god came to earth as man, it was jesus , as can be read in the bible philippians 2:6
so now, he doesnt reside amongst us but being infinite and powerful, he is with us all the time, yes he is in heaven, but his infinite power makes it possible that he be in heaven and at the same time here, in spririt, on earth

he is everywhere, on other galaxies etc
everywhere, remember he is infinite, without limit
if u say god is not in this place then u put limit on god, u limit him with regards to space and it will contradict what is written in the bible that he is everywhere and infinite

Answer 7

yeah He resides in our conscience and is that still small voice that sometimes tells us to or not to go ahead with some things we do.

God as it were is an omini present Being which is absolute and is every where. He is like the air, we don't see it but it exist and fills the whole earth.

Answer 8

God reside in Christians as their bodies are the temples of the Spirit of God.

Answer 9

He's a down to earth fella. Look at Jesus, he rode into the city on a mule, never wore fancy robes and hung out with societal rejects. You couldn't get more down to earth.

Answer 10

Yes, in (at least) two important ways.

The first is the Incarnation. God became a human being, was born, grew up, lived, and died. This story of Jesus Christ is the basis for Christianity. The answer to Alanis Morissette's song "What if God was one of us?" is "Yes, he was."

Second is the Christian belief in the Communion of Saints, that all Christians are the Body of Christ here on Earth. We are instructed to look for Christ in all people.

Then the King will say to those at his right hand, ’Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’

Then the righteous will answer him, ’Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink?’

And the king will answer them, ’Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of my brethren, you did it to me.’

With love in Christ.