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2007-08-27 05:53:21 · 15 answers · asked by Rachel the Atheist 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Read the question again. I did not ask "Is God imaginary?" I believe in God myself. I asked if God was a metaphor, maybe for the energy of the Universe, you know, because anything is possible in the entire Universe, just like anything is possible with God. Understand?
2007-08-27 06:04:21 · update #1
no Hes real ...
2007-08-27 05:57:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
In a sense, yes. A metaphor does not exist in the literal sense. So "God" is not literally a "God", just the human idea of what they think "God" would/should be (or, more accurately, the idea of humans that lived thousands and thousands of years ago, whenever the first mythology was invented). "God" is merely a figure of speech, as 1 definition of metaphor states.
The other definition of metaphor, a symbol used to represent something else, could also pertain to "God" because God represents human knowledge and fear of their inevitable death.
2007-08-27 06:06:10 · answer #2 · answered by Kim Christ 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hi, Kalista. A metaphor is a comparison with something more familiar. For example, we might say, "God is my fortress," which does not mean that God is literally a defensive building. Literally, God is the omnipotent, omnicient, and omnipresent Creator of heaven and earth.
Of course, God himself is not a figure of speech, but in an important sense, we have to use figures to talk about the Creator of the Universe. Jesus relied very strongly on figurative language to talk about God. He taught us to call God Father, which is a metaphor that helps us understand the very personal and intimate relationship God wants from us as, metaphorically, his children.
2007-08-27 06:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by Bruce 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends on what you believe I guess, to me god is nothing more than a metaphor for the things I don t understand about the universe. Just because you believe something doesn t make it fact, just as if you don t believe doesn t make it rubbish. I believe as a mathematician/scientist that you should only believe in something if and only if it is useful to do so. Every axiomatic system is based on belief - that is a fact! One form of an axiomatic system is mathematics and without question that s useful. An other form of an axiomatic system is religion and in my opinion that isn t useful and so I choose not to believe in it. By definition an axiom is an statement we assume to be true and so nether mathematics or religion can be proved to be real as both are just concepts in your head. So the long and short of it if you want to believe then do if not don t.
2015-09-01 22:59:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question! "God" is a concept. One that has highlighted man's struggle to incorporate being a spirit in a material world.
As soon as Christ died, we started complicating the matter, worshiping the symbols, cross etc., and arguing about dogma and doctrine, forgetting his message.
We create the illusion that there is a "right" and "wrong", when that mere concept is presumptuous, and illogical if God/Spirit, and the universe are infinite.
Arguments between religions are all about the physical manifestations of spirit, whereas spirit, (got,love,truth) is all the same throughout the universe(s).
2007-08-27 06:15:25 · answer #5 · answered by sunnyjay 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not an angry answer, just a true one:
My response is the same as Flannery O'Connor's: she was the only Roman Catholic at an artsy-fartsy party in New York with a bunch of bohemian, new agists and very intellectual atheists/agnostics.
Somebody that night started talking about the Eucharist and they all agreed it was "a very good symbol." They looked at Flannery, knowing she was a strong Catholic.
(Remember, she was thin and small and shy and not at all imposing.)
She said: "Well if it's a symbol, to hell with it."
That's kinda how I feel about "God as metaphor." If He's just a metaphor, then what's his "meta" for?
2007-08-27 05:56:52 · answer #6 · answered by Acorn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2007-08-27 07:46:39 · answer #7 · answered by Frederique C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. The stories of the bible were never meant to be taken literally. Replace "god" with "universe", the bible is a much better read.
2007-08-27 06:00:14 · answer #8 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
God is a metaphor for love.
The Father is love.
Agape
♥Blessed Be♥
♥=∞
2007-08-27 05:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by gnosticv 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Is a tree metaphor? is the ocean a metaphor? Is life a metaphor?...is death a metaphor? Neither is GOD.
2007-08-27 06:06:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
no he's not a metaphor hes real n he'll come bak to save the just
2007-08-27 06:01:35 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋