What do you feel for God..?
2007-07-24 19:37:00 · 30 answers · asked by Dya - The white Angel 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Gratitude and love. Gratitude for creating me, giving me many helps, moments of blessings and grace in my life, and for opening the way to heaven for all peoples.
Love, because He loved me first and has sustained me so I can love him back.
2007-07-24 19:44:28 · answer #1 · answered by Autumn 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Which one? I'm nominally a polytheist, although I suspect I'm really a pantheist.
My primary goddess stands in New York harbor: The Goddess Liberty, as you can see from my avatar. Then there is Venus, Goddess of Love and Beauty, and Apollo, the sun god who is also about love and beauty from the male side. Minerva (Athena) is the Goddess of Wisdom, and very important to me.
I am also fond of the gods and goddesses of other cultures, and have two Hindu statues I find significant. But mostly, I feel we all embody various gods and goddesses when we strive to be the best that is within us, to reach in our souls to that which is beyond mere human conditions. And in that context, I tend toward the pantheistic view that everything is God and there is nothing which is non-God. Not even the stuff I flush down the toilet; it is full of living bacteria and would become part of nature if I was back in the world of my ancestors.
And then I realize that my principle goddess is really Mother Nature.
Thanks for the question. You got me thinking.
2007-07-25 03:14:32 · answer #2 · answered by auntb93 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Longing
2007-07-25 02:40:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Both love and fear.
I love God for making me, me. I love that I have something to believe in that truly makes sense to me, and not because my parents pushed it on me etc. Or when I look outside and I see everything that I can be truly grateful for. For giving me family that I can love, and making me a reasonable person.
I fear God because I believe that there is going to be a final judgment day where I will have to account for my sins. Not so much a fear of God, but more a fear to be a better person.
2007-07-25 02:53:12 · answer #4 · answered by colormebrown 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pity. Before you disagree with me, I'll tell you why.
1) I feel sorry for God that the whole message of love and compassion got entirely lost by angry zealots who would sooner kill you than listen caringly to your problem.
2) I feel sorry for God that almost IMMEDIATELY after the formation of each major branch of western religion, SOMEbody had to pee on the parade by turning it into a shouting match with somebody else (even during the acts of the apostles, for your Christians, check your Bible for references to Simon Magus, which are veiled references to early heretics who were among the actual apostles).
3) I feel sorry for God that so many people do such violent, idiotic and simpleminded CRAP that people who haven't had a profound experience of divinity will NEVER get past the stupidity of the religion's practitioners to get anywhere close to God.
4) I feel sorry for God that his voice cannot be heard among all the people who supposedly speak for him. Hey people, how about shutting up and letting God do his OWN talking (not you, questioner, I mean people in general).
5) I feel sorry for God that nothing is considered a miracle any more because we have relegated that role to someone else.
I truly feel that if God were to set foot on earth in human form, AGAIN (if you believe the Christian mythology) we would spit on him, kick him, beat him, try him, and hang him because he didn't agree with our politics or some other venal part of our human natures.
And that is -- to put it simply -- not only pathetic, but lamentable and bittersweet in its sheer boneheadedness.
I think very few of us were made in his image. ESPECIALLY not those who are pretty sure they are.
Sorry, I know you were fishing for some sort of god-is-love type of answer, but honestly, though I search for truth and love, mostly what I find are hot-headed bigots who spend their lives telling other people how to live theirs.
peace
2007-07-25 02:53:16 · answer #5 · answered by Don M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is the paramount figure in my life. My personal relationship with Him, through Christ, is the most important factor of my life. Through all of my experiences in life, especially the very low times, I would be alive today if it wasn't for the mercy, grace and love of God.
2007-07-25 05:38:35 · answer #6 · answered by gone 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, to paraphrase a prayer:
Here I am Myles three two five
Please be merciful to me, Lord God,
As I would do If I were God,
And you were Myles three two five.
And here's another one I paraphrase;
And the Lord said, and the Lord said...
"The temples that they build for me
crumble into the sea -
I take away their children
and they say 'How blessed are we!'
That's why I love Mankind -
He really needs me -
That's why I love Mankind..."
2007-07-25 02:44:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That one is hard for me to answer expecialy concidering thousands of people will judge me. I have doubts yet I think I belive I know that it doesn't make since, but alot of things have happened in my life and I often find myself questioning God.
2007-07-25 03:04:13 · answer #8 · answered by smalltowngirlinsc 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Love,gratefullness,respect
2007-07-25 02:40:53 · answer #9 · answered by The born-again christian 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think of Him like a Father. I feel love, respect, admiration, awe, thankfulness and gratitude.
2007-07-25 07:28:18 · answer #10 · answered by Michael B - Prop. 8 Repealed! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋