Most religions believe in a divine being i.e. God.
What does God mean to you?
2007-10-28 18:39:43 · 13 answers · asked by phantasm 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The very fact that you stated God is indefinable is a definition. The mere conceptualisation of God means that you as an individual are able to express what it is. God is not indefinable, God is what he means to an individual or a community.
I understand the word "God " as an infinite expression it may be defined by words, actions, concept or apparition.
2007-10-28 20:38:28 · update #1
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2007-10-29 01:12:03 · answer #1 · answered by football2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh that is too much Phantasm.
It is not a definition of anything to define that it is indefinable. That is like saying "so you have known it since you say it is unknowable". It is fine to say that "The mere conceptualisation of God means that you as an individual are able to express what it is".
But that is not what is meant by a definition. A definition should be unambigous and should be agreed by all parties involved.
As you said if God is what he means to an individual, then it is relative. We cannot have a dialogue or an argument about a relative term. Let me be clearer.
To my understanding, to the scemitic religions, God is "a character who sits in the heavens (heaven is anyway elsewhere defined) and does justice to the world"
But to the oriental religions, Gos is "the ultimate concept which is the only reality about (not IN) the universe into which everything merges"
In the former case there are certain roles attributed to God
1. bless the do-gooders and curse the do-baders
2. test humans through experiments
3. save humans from the influense of Satan if only the humans so wish
etc.
In the latter case it is like the energy into which matter merges. To them energy merges into space and time. The space time continuum merges into unqualified supreme knowledge. The unqualifed supreme knowledge merges into bliss.
To the latter there is no role for that Absolute bliss. It is there. It on its own manifests into different forms.
Just for that reason God cannot be debated. Leave it to each individual's idea. Till such time when everyone is ready to live with other's definition of God, there is no reason for a debate. It is the moment the contention whose God is the right erupts, that God creates problem.
That is exactly the difference between scemitic religions and Oriental religions. Oriental religions accepted multitudes of concepts of God and agreed to live together. They need not convert others because they agreed to disagree.
2007-10-29 06:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe there is a god thing and I say that for a lack of a better term. I do not however believe in any type of religion as it relates to God because they have made it quite clear that theirs is the only way we should believe.
I believe the there was a beginning and that there will be an end. I don't believe that any one or any book can tell us what it is or when.
We are all part of the one thing that makes up everything in the fact that if one consumes one it become the other and one lead to the next.
The bottom line: The god thing is and we are connected to it by the force the put the whole thing in motion
Live Long live Free
2007-10-29 03:26:08 · answer #3 · answered by The answer guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
G for generator
O for organizer
D for destroyer
God thus is defined as the creator of the cycle of existence from the very beginning to the very end.
That is what someone had said here in this forum... in my view God is a concept of perfection created by man to hide from and psychologically protect himself from his own imperfections. Thus God is imaginary perfection personified.
2007-10-29 03:21:49 · answer #4 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"GOD" to me is the universal consciousness that is greater than the sum of all individual consciousnesses. God's body similarily is the whole of all energy that is greater than the sum of individual energy. God and the universe are one. Even static objects continually interacting with each other. Defining something does not mean that we understand it, so there is really no understanding of God by defining, it merely helps us to understand ourselves. If you understand unconditional love then you are closer to the consciousness of the universal energy of "GOD"
2007-10-29 02:25:28 · answer #5 · answered by FredMole 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in the mystery of the Father's Godhead.He has revealed his glory as the glory also of his Son and of the Holy Spirit,three "persons" equal in majesty, undivided in splendour.
2007-10-29 05:07:31 · answer #6 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is love. Everything that that statement means.
2007-10-29 03:54:16 · answer #7 · answered by Sweetfeet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The transcendent energy in which all comes from. Everyone and everything and everyone is a part god...all is really one
2007-10-29 01:43:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is, was, and always will be. He told Moses His name is " I AM ". What He was saying to Moses is that He is eternal.
You can take it from there.
2007-10-29 05:18:56 · answer #9 · answered by the old dog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God to me is symbol of goodness!
and very very over-rated!
2007-10-29 01:45:07 · answer #10 · answered by sab 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋