Your view on God?

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Divine origin theories would fascinate me if it were not for the vermin who tend to cling to them. I have explored myself spiritually since I was very young. In fact, it was and, frankly, still is a pervasive part of my character. As such, I consider myself, in one sense, an authority on the subject. Spirituality is nothing more and nothing less than a reflection of what most seperates us from lizards: our capacity for observing that which is not there and knowing that which is not; to be able to objectify resemblance, association and causality fully as if they were palpable; above all, our capacity for vision beyond vision truly makes us higher beings. It is a distinct form of madness we have used dutifully in our efforts to bring ourselves a modicum of sanity, yet it remains to be seen whether madness will bring anything other than madness to our people. Atom bombs. Germ warfare. What mouse would be so crafty in engineering a mousetrap?

I think that the most historically significant summation of God is the clear and simple statement, "I AM," for it helps to explain what God truly is to those of philosophical inclination: it is Being that insists upon Being or, in a word, consciousness. God has been called by such names as "oversoul" in many cultures, for worship is the shared acknowledgement, between several people, of a higher consciousness. They often cling to it with the same tenacity with which they cling to their own lives.

What am I, an atheist, supposed to tell you, then? To be suicidal? This is what you hear when I ask you to understand my skepticism. No matter how logical my arguments may be, they will always ring as a pronouncement of your doom. Instead, I tell you simply that you are already dead. In the Morning, though, you will be in a wilderness, for reason is simply managed insanity.

There are plenty of real life situations incorporated with those two seasons alone, but if you want the whole scoop I would recommend watching the entire series. There are many times where corruption in the governments of the world (especially the US) are touched upon as well.

Yeah, particularly senator MacKenzie and that slimy guy from A51.

i am god.
you are god.
we are all god.
all that groks is god.
god is a verb.

"God" is a creation of human minds. There is no empirical evidence of a "higher power," "God" is merely a imaginary supernatural daddy in the sky used by people who lack the maturaty to live life without a parental figure.

May his noodley appendage bless you

[quote="preludeman"]I was wondering on your views on God? Please answer in a polite manner.Do you feel God is love?

Is God in your life? Your thoughts on God?[/quote]

It is understandable why so many believe in the gods. They fear death. Unfortunately we are designed to die and there not an iota of empirical evidence to support the god hypothesis. For those who need the comfort, they can believe whatever religion or myth gives them the stamina to stand up to life's problems and burdens.

The problem with religion (as opposed to one's personal beliefs) is that organized religion has been a blight on human existence. It has invariably lead to wars and acts of fanaticism. You can read it daily in the news papers (the ever present suicide bomber) and you can see it in the smoldering ruins of the WTC on 9/11. That is the gift of religion to Mankind.

If people have their own private coping mechanism to deal with life (and death) that is way cool. Trouble starts when persons of like thinking organize and interfere with those who do not think as they do.

Ba'al Chatzaf

You're on the right path, seeker.

It is the balance we must achieve, not one single aspect of life.

[quote="richardbenson"]i think hes an alien from another world and men made a religion out of him[/quote]

I agree with you. I think that Abraham and his kin became involved with advanced beings from off planet. Many of the great religions and philosophies sprouted up in different parts of the world in the same 500 year period. There was the birth of Indian and Chinese philosophy. There was the sudden emergence of naturalistic thinking in Greece (the pre-Socratics). All of a sudden the human race became smarter all over the world in a relatively narrow interval of time. The way I figure it, there was extra terrestrial influence at work.

Think about the beginning of the motion picture -2001: A Space Oddessy- Monoliths were going up all over the place.

Ba'al Chatzaf

God belongs in Imagination Land along with Santa, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny.