Maybe there is a creative, loving force in the universe other than yourself and other living things, and it doesn't really care if you go to church, or eat communion wafers, or eat pork, or meditate properly, or pay homage in the precise direction, but maybe this possibly conscious force in the universe just wants life to succeed, to become less painful for all those involved and live in creativity and harmony? And just maybe this entity doesn't care if you believe in it, or if you question it, but is stable and testable in nature. Maybe even it's not really real or conscious, maybe it's just made of the information of the fundamental values we have as people, values that can change slightly with time as life changes and adapts. Maybe your concept of it is completely different than mine and maybe that's just fine.
It's not about anger or jealousy or force or whatever label you want to place on yourself, it's just a concept of what is real, testable and promotes life.
2007-12-05 05:30:40 · 8 answers · asked by l m 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Right on, dude!
okay, not RIGHT on it, because everything is relative and intersecting through planes of dimensions known and unknown which constantly changes...
it's like a f(x) that is modified by observation times however many points of view there may be, may have been, and might be, just to come to an exponentially shrinking/growing concept of reality. as to what it actually is being observed, oh boy. that takes complete faith!
okay, it's making my neurons fire off like crazy so there must be something out there, or maybe it's all in here and just the mere attempt to grasp being causes this unbelievable feedback loop that just gets more and more complex the closer we look at any aspect of it. it really defies definition.
no, not far off at all from what I believe, but what we believe isn't the answer to the question, and what IS is totally OUT of the question ... always reminds me of this cartoon i saw where there's a can of soup with a label drawing of a girl holding a can of soup with a label drawing of a girl holding a can of soup...
2007-12-05 16:50:15 · answer #1 · answered by willmin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should it be testable? I can't imagine any way to test your idea, anyway. If the force exists and wants good things, then it is either powerless to solve the problems that we see, or it works in a way that is more complex than we would expect. I believe the second: God loves us and wants the best for us. But His purposes and methods aren't always easy for us humans to understand fully. He cares whether we believe in Him because He created us to have a relationship with us. He gives us rules because He loves us and knows us better than we know ourselves. He might not be very concerned about whether we eat pork, but He does want us to be healthy if He cares about life, right?
I think that if you devote some time and thought to your proposition, you might find that Christianity isn't so far from what you're thinking. Give Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis a read if you're open-minded and interested in seeing how an atheist followed a similar proposition through to its logical conclusions. Lewis felt led by his conclusions to adopt Christianity.
2007-12-05 06:09:06 · answer #2 · answered by Your Friendly Neighborhood Skip 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is very close to what I believe. I feel God as a Spiritual Energy too amazingly awesome to want to sit in judgment over us day after day issuing threats of hell and other such nonsense. This is the Lifeforce that holds together universes, causes the Earth to revolve, the sun to shine, gives us air to breathe in just the right mix, holds the children in Her arms and cares for the animals that walk this planet with us. This is no petty god demanding adoration and obedience. Our Creator is beyond anything we can imagine so why do the 'religious' dishonour Him with smallness?
2007-12-05 06:34:00 · answer #3 · answered by hedgewitch18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is very very close to what I believe.
The only think I would add is that the creative, loving force does really care about how you worship, since some ways were set up by Him to expedite our spiritual growth, and other, man-made ways might get you there but a lot slower.
It's like asking if He cares whether you take a straight road to Saskachewan or get there by going to Italy first, then Brisbane before you go north.
But I don't think He sends you to hell for it. He just might feel sad that you are taking a needlessly roundabout and complicated route to Him instead of the expressway He set up through Jesus and St. Peter.
2007-12-05 05:36:01 · answer #4 · answered by Acorn 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That's pretty far off from what I believe. The God I know and have a relationship with is very involved in the lives of His children. He, like any good father, cares what we do, where we go, who we spend our time with. Yes, He wants life to be less painful for everyone - that is why He gave us the Bible. It is full of wisdom to tell us what works and what causes more pain and suffering. He is a Being, alive and conscious and so much smarter than you or I could hope to understand, and He doesn't change or adapt or "evolve" as humanity changes with the years.
2007-12-05 05:53:32 · answer #5 · answered by Blue Eyed Christian 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree. That is what most people lose sight of. Especially when they blame God for their mishaps or their success. God didn't do anything. You did. Why don't people take credit for what they've accomplished or be accountable for the negative impact over a certain decision they made?
I've tell folks needing help with particular issues that no matter what paths they chose in life, they need to accept them as experience, not failure. And fear is what keeps you from managing the goal you dream of. And soon as they see who is to blame, they decide that it was them all along and you can imagine their eyes when the bulb in their head finally lights up. I can almost see it myself.
2007-12-05 05:43:13 · answer #6 · answered by anaise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
way off
why? Because humans have been here for around 6 million years as hominids and only 40,000 years as Homo Sapiens Sapiens. We wouldn't even be here if not for the last major die-off 65 million years ago. If that's the universe's plan it's pretty damn sloppy.
The universe is 14 billion years old
2007-12-05 05:35:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
why, oh why can't EVERYONE think like this? The world would be so much better off.
This is very close to what I believe as a pagan, we all follow our own paths, and it doesn't matter which we choose, they all lead to the same place.
Have a star for making my day!
2007-12-05 05:37:41 · answer #8 · answered by Diane 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋