When someone speaks of "God", what are the characteristics that come to mind. Note: you believe there is no such thing as God, but that concept can still have characteristics (i.e. I don't believe in vampires, which are blood-sucking, immortal, afraid of the dark). Please respond with 5 one-word characteristics. For posterity, please only answer if you are an atheist.
2007-10-24 09:06:56 · 49 answers · asked by Joe 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
powerful, funny, sly, witty, and cocky
2007-10-24 09:09:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
Please don't take offense to this, it isn't intended to offend in any way, but are my actual thoughts in the "one-word" format you asked:
Blank
Ideology
Image
Reflection
Inconsistent
The reason I see these is because "God" means different things to different people. I have no version of "God" so I don't project an image of him onto others. I simply let their own beliefs speak for themselves. You can tell what a god's characteristics are by observing the people that believe in that god. If they say they are good, but do bad things saying that they can't be judged by humans, well, their god is probably the same way.
2007-10-24 09:21:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are many concepts of "Gods" and they each have different characteristics (in my mind) depending on which one your are referring to. It seems you mean: What do I think about when someone says God?
Top 5 things that come to mind:
1) Lies
2) Old Stories
3) Fundamentalists
4) Rich Churches
5) Catholic School and all the guilt it created.
2007-10-24 09:10:56 · answer #3 · answered by I, Sapient 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Fake Invisible Man In Clouds
2007-10-24 09:11:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
....gown them in the final cloths, ...feed them the final ingredients, ....supply them the final instructors.. and that they nonetheless consume the books. FAIL! curiously have in no way been suited presented the the seen good judgment. Oh gad... look, in case you presume the nonexistence of a being, How then are you able to observe a information of factors describing that which does not exist? possibly you may desire to bypass away the GOD argument to those that quite have discovered the thank you to rationally entertain a concept? A greater perfect argument could save on with "if a advent, then could desire to exist a author." factors to maintain on with the attractiveness of life. to not Precede life. basically after answering the question of life can one then evaluate what are factors of that which exists. ie: "in the commencing up GOD created..." by utilising the data of the universe, all of us be attentive to that all and sundry rely and potential have emitted from the comparable element in area and a quantum singularity has been stated. Then some thing replaced that singularity into the eruption of all we see now. ok, what became into it that replaced it. some thing could desire to have had the valuables of being waiting to impact that singularity ahead of the life of something. That some thing could desire to consequently exist ahead of something. to have a persevered impact on fact as all of us be attentive to it, that some thing could additionally could desire to own the valuables of being unaffected by utilising this cosmic eruption, have a life span exceeding the life of it quite is advent and have potential to impact. (you following the progression of nice judgment right here?) techniques to verify awareness. Then ask your questions from the framework of nice judgment.
2016-10-07 13:01:25 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Characteristics of the Abrahamic God concept according to my opinion:
Non-existent
Ego maniacal
Power hungry
Tyrannical
Jealous
Unreasonable
Hypocritical
Spiteful
Barbaric
Sexist
2007-10-24 09:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by Christy ☪☮e✡is✝ 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I don't spend much time on such issues, but I would want a god who was just, loving, honorable, and kind.
I sure would want a god who could write a book that doesn't contradict itself. I would also prefer a god who doesn't punish people because of the way he created said people.
2007-10-24 09:12:00 · answer #7 · answered by atheist 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
When theists talk of God I take that to mean a willful, supernatural being that intervenes with the natural world on behalf of people. I don't believe in that.
When I think of the idea of God, I think of it as the feeling of wonderment one gets when they think of emotional connections to one another and with the universe. I find that I can relate to a lot of God talk by thinking of it on those terms.
2007-10-24 09:18:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Which God?
I assume you mean the Biblical one.
1. Schizophrenic
2. Impossible
3. Hypocritical
4. God-complexion (imagine that)
5. Very benign, in the NT
2007-10-24 09:09:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
I like to point out a mistake in your example, Vampires are not afraid of the dark, they are afraid of the Sun because it causes them to burn to death*!!!!
*Well technically speaking they are already dead, as they are classed as the undead (but hopefully you get the picture).
2007-10-24 09:29:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Omnipotent
Creator
Merciful
Wrathful
Fictional.
2007-10-24 09:10:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋