Describe what you mean by 'god'.
Thanks.
2007-12-05 07:20:45 · 37 answers · asked by mikayla_starstuff 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Please mention your religion or (if Christian) denomination with your answer. Thanks!
2007-12-05 07:27:58 · update #1
Yes, I know atheism is not a religion, but mention that as well :)
2007-12-05 07:28:26 · update #2
God is a personification of the flow of the universe. Ultimately, all time and space is one thing. We will never understand it, except tangentially through mathematics.
People find it easier to personify as someone they can talk to.
Others don't find that kind of imagining useful.
2007-12-05 07:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by john_in_dc 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To me God means the character described in the Bible as the creator of all things. I try not to use the term God or god to describe what I hold sacred because I don't want it confused with Biblical mythology, but since I've been brought up in this culture I will occasionally slip up.
Now for what I actually hold sacred. They are life, science, compassion and freedom.
2007-12-05 07:31:40 · answer #2 · answered by l m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me, G(g)od represents the loss of peripheral vision with retention of central vision, resulting in a constricted circular tunnel-like field of vision.
I believe that G(g)od is created from the following:
1. Alcohol consumption. In addition, the vision of G(g)od becomes blurred or double since eye muscles lose their precision causing them to be unable to focus on the same object.
2. Resistance-to-truth pigmentosa, a disease of the mind.
3. Group B Rally driving (1985, 1986)
4. Sustained (1 second or more) high accelerations. Typically, flying an airplane with a centripetal acceleration of up to or over 39 m/s2 (4gs) with the head towards the center of curvature, common in aerobatic or fighter pilots. In these cases G(g)od and brownout may proceed to or g-force induced Loss Of Consciousness (g-LOC).
5. Hallucinogenic drugs.
6. Catholiphobia, a disease of the imagination.
7. Extreme fear or distress, most often in the context of a panic attack or as a reaction to George W Bush.
8. During an intense physical fight.
9. Altitude sickness, hypoxia in passenger aircraft.
10. Exposure to oxygen at a partial pressure above 1.5-2 atmospheres, producing central nervous system oxygen toxicity, notably while diving. Other symptoms can include dizziness, nausea, blindness, fatigue, anxiety, confusion and lack of coordination.
Other loss of blood to the brain is also responsible for the belief in G(g)od, such as the following:
1. Prolonged exposure to George W Bush/NeoCons contaminated with heated hydraulic fluids and oils, as can sometimes happen in passenger aircraft.
2. Pituitary stalk mass (i.e. tumor) compressing the optic chiasm and causing disease of reasoning abilities.
3. Severe cataracts, causing a removal of most of the field of mental mythologies.
4. During the aura phase of a migraine after listening to speeches by NeoCons and religious fundamentalists.
5. Intense anger, due to the body being rapidly flooded with adrenaline and oxygen, and/or subjected to waterboarding torture techniques authorized by George W Bush.
6. When combined with piloting an aircraft, driving, crossing roads or operating heavy machinery, the consequences of a Bush administration can be fatal.
2007-12-05 07:31:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says God is love. I am a non-denominational Christian-more into doing the work then doing the fellowship-though I am not opposed to attending when lead by the spirit to do so. 8:)
2007-12-05 07:35:40 · answer #4 · answered by PrivacyNowPlease! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"God is God". He is the almighty, all nower, all powerful, all surperior and the healer, He is the creator of the heavens and earth, the things that we see arround us speak of his presence. The question should rather be Who is God? God has a personality and it cannot be what is God because God is not a thing. God actually comes from the hebrew word "Adonai", it is actually in the plural term and does not have a singular term. So think of God always in the plural, its like saying water. water can not be singularised. God is a person and he is also a spirit. therefore we have osme of God's characteristics. God is God. He is the almighty, all nower, all powerful, all surperior and the healer, He is the creator of the heavens and earth, the things that we see arround us speak of his presence.
2007-12-05 07:41:41 · answer #5 · answered by r_king_ra 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Love and hope. thats what i think. some people don't feel they need him and thats fine. personally i think having him around is helpful.
I don't see why Christians have to go bashing on Atheists (thats not a very Christan sort of thing to do.) and i don't see why Atheists feel the need to be rude and vile to those who believe in a God, we all have different views so what half my friends are Atheist and i like them just as much as my Christan or Jewish or Budist friends. why so angry?
2007-12-05 07:29:05 · answer #6 · answered by nik 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i am not catholic.. altho the catholic bible.. and mine both show this scripture...
Deuteronomy 6:4. The Catholic New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) here reads: "Listen, Israel: Yahweh our God is the one, the only Yahweh."* In the grammar of that verse, the word "one" has no plural modifiers to suggest that it means anything but one individual
first off... god is ONE... not three... some people believe that god, jesus and his holy spirit are the same thing.. which is the belief called the trinity..
even after Jesus came to the earth. He wrote: "God is only one."—Galatians 3:20; see also 1 Corinthians 8:4-6.
"I am Jehovah. That is my name; and to no one else shall I give my own glory." (Isaiah 42:8) "I am Yahweh your God . . . You shall have no gods except me." (Italics ours.)—Exodus 20:2, 3, JB.
also.. there are many scriptures that show that jesus infact is not god..for example all fo the times that he prays to god.. who is he praying to.. himself??
Hence, the phrase "Son of God" refers to Jesus as a separate created being, not as part of a Trinity. As the Son of God, he could not be God himself, for John 1:18 says: "No one has ever seen God."—RS, Catholic edition.
The disciples viewed Jesus as the "one mediator between God and men," not as God himself. (1 Timothy 2:5) Since by definition a mediator is someone separate from those who need mediation, it would be a contradiction for Jesus to be one entity with either of the parties he is trying to reconcile. That would be a pretending to be something he is not.
he is not visible
Explaining the nature of God, the Bible clearly states: "God is a Spirit." (John 4:24) A spirit has a form of life that differs greatly from ours, and it is invisible to human eyes. (John 1:18) There are invisible spirit creatures as well. They are angels —"the sons of the true God." —Job 1:6; 2:1.
"If you send forth your spirit, they are created." (Psalm 104:30) This spirit is not God himself but a force that God sends forth, or uses, to accomplish whatever he wishes. By means of it, God created the physical heavens, the earth, and all living things. (Genesis 1:2; Psalm 33:6) His spirit is called holy spirit. God used his holy spirit to inspire the men who wrote the Bible. (2 Peter 1:20, 21) Hence, the holy spirit is the invisible active force that God uses to fulfill his purposes
altho some people beleive that god IS his holy spirit.. the bible talks of this spirit as a different thing..
gods name is jehovah (english version of the name)
"I am Jehovah," says the Creator, "that is my name." —Isaiah 42:8.
God's unique name, Jehovah, occurs nearly 7,000 times in the Hebrew Scriptures alone. Jesus Christ made that name known to others and praised it before them. (John 17:6, 26) That name is found in the last book of the Bible as a part of the expression "Hallelujah," meaning "praise Jah." And "Jah" is the shortened form of "Jehovah." (Revelation 19:1-6, footnote) Yet, many modern Bibles seldom use that name. They often use the word "LORD" or "GOD," written in all capital letters to set it apart from the common titles "Lord" and "God." Some scholars suggest that the divine name may have been pronounced Yahweh.
Jehovah, has been in use for centuries, and its equivalent in many languages is widely accepted today. —Exodus 6:3; Isaiah 26:4, King James
Though there is uncertainty about how God's name was pronounced in ancient Hebrew, its meaning is not a complete mystery. His name means "He Causes to Become." Jehovah God thereby identifies himself as the Great Purposer. He always causes his purposes and promises to become reality. Only the true God, who has the power to do this, can rightfully bear that name. —Isaiah 55:11.
2007-12-05 07:32:34 · answer #7 · answered by Kyrstin 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Our anscestors needed something to explain the world around them. Stars, life, death, birth, all the major events. Because they had little or no control over the world around them--there needed to be explanations for why bad things happened to good cavemen. Religion was born out of the need to answer questions they had no answers for.
2007-12-05 07:27:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
A deity.
de·i·ty /ˈdiɪti/
–noun, plural -ties.
1.a god or goddess.
2.divine character or nature, esp. that of the Supreme Being; divinity.
2007-12-05 07:29:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
all gods know to the human race are humans themselves... nothing mystical about it... that is why the religions require strick worship and no opposition to their theocracy... religion is a form of slavery.... and the people who run these things like the popes are vying for control of your lives.. they require your co operation to keep it going... nature is so much better ... what does it mean to be saved... free of religion...
2007-12-05 07:26:53 · answer #10 · answered by Gyspy 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋