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02 Sep 2008, 7:14 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Orwell is correct.

I'd disagree, I think Horis is what he described, so Jesus/God can't be.

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02 Sep 2008, 7:35 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:

Orwell is correct.

'Nuff said.

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03 Sep 2008, 2:19 am

jdbob wrote:

Depends on who you ask.

I'll go with "imaginary friend"

i agree, an imaginary friend who "magically" supports whatever you do, I almost became religious before i realised it was just a crazy thought, no offence to any religious person here

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03 Sep 2008, 2:31 am

No.
God is a creature invented by man to answer the questions of how and why.

In other words, a MacGuffin or artificial plot point to strive towards or try to get.

The second you stop believing in any gods, you will feel free.

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03 Sep 2008, 2:54 am

Keith wrote:

:lol: Trick question

God can not be a person. So the answer is "nobody"

Next question

Why do you believe that god can not be a person?

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03 Sep 2008, 3:19 am

Psimulus wrote:

Keith wrote:

:lol: Trick question

God can not be a person. So the answer is "nobody"

Next question

Why do you believe that god can not be a person?

oh come on, that's easy.
If you want to go down that road, YAHWEH or YHWH is Hebrew for I AM, so there you go! God personified.

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03 Sep 2008, 3:27 am

I am, you are, we are, god. We are the created and the creators.

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03 Sep 2008, 3:42 am

Psimulus wrote:

I am, you are, we are, god. We are the created and the creators.

So let me get this straight.
I am, but only if I think it.
Therefore I am.

I think, therefore I am.

how's that sound?

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03 Sep 2008, 3:45 am

Sounds very much like Rene Descartes

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03 Sep 2008, 4:12 am

jdbob wrote:

Depends on who you ask.

I'll go with "imaginary friend"

My thoughts exactly, the only place that god exists is between the ears of religious people. There is not a chance in a trillion trillion that god exists in any rational form.
When I see the misery that spin bifida, cerebral palsy, and extreme autism cause I cannot come to any other conclusion. If god exists he is extremely cruel and callous.

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03 Sep 2008, 5:45 am

I'm surprised no-ones said it yet...

ME! I AM GOD! Bow before my might.

I'm gonna go with the depends who you ask answerif I'm serious. Some people will say they are God, which is a little disconcerting if you ask me.

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03 Sep 2008, 6:10 am

piroflip wrote:

jdbob wrote:

Depends on who you ask.

I'll go with "imaginary friend"

Which to me reaffirms my position that we are the divine. . And when I say this I mean it in this sense - We are part of this Universe, as are all things. We are created from this Universe and we create in this Universe. As we are part of this Universe, it is also part of us, continuum mechanics. Much has to do with how we define. I look to the Universe in reverence because it is where I have come from, where I am, and where I will always be. I worship no man, being, or form.. The world we now find ourselves in is variable. It will be, is, and has been. We are the fulcrum. If I did not exist, nothing else would exist either, at least not from my perspective because their would be no me to make that assertion or determination. This is a shared reality of out own creation. Truth seems to be formed by consensus. Nothing seems absolute. When humanity evolves further, it is probable that we ourselves will create worlds and inhabit them with life. If for any other reason because we are bored or we desire purpose. God is simply a word. The principles of creation and evolution of self seem more relevant. Religion has served its usefulness in my opinion, spirituality or self reflection seem more relevant to me in modern times.

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03 Sep 2008, 10:28 am

Psimulus wrote:

We are.

Finally

Glad to see someone actually thinking about it before answering.

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03 Sep 2008, 10:43 am

piroflip wrote:

jdbob wrote:

Depends on who you ask.

I'll go with "imaginary friend"

Now wouldn't that be because WE can be extremely cruel and callous? The math says if we are god, then we are responsible for the way things are. God in a way, is the last word in the ultimate blame game. If we can blame some unseen, unknown source for our problems then we never even attempt to figure them out because it is "out of our hands" to do anything about it.

Is it also possible that we see it that way because of our diminutive state? In other words, if "god" is all of us as one and we are God in a divided state with only the limited view of that division/position, is it possible we just don't have the scope of vision to see the greater reason for things?

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03 Sep 2008, 11:25 am

Humans in general take themselves much too seriously. If God created life, then He was much more partial to bacteria which are not only far more numerous than people but actually exist in humongous numbers within each human body. Insects, of course, are also much more numerous than people and the toughest and one of the more long living insect species is the cockroach. I would guess that God is either some form of protozoa, bacteria, or very likely, a cockroach.

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03 Sep 2008, 12:16 pm

God is infinitenes or what they call undefinable and in sanskrit God is OHM (which has more than 100 dfferent meanings) frrom where we diluted or AMEn from? NO AMen came from God AMIN (AMenothep) or Min, the ityphallic god.

We are allo gods in permanent amnesia

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