Originally posted by QuirineI asked you to define God, and all you have told me is what he has done.
Here's my conception of God:
-God is the creator of all spirits/souls (or whatever name you want to give it). All those souls/spirits are identical to God in every sense with one exception: God created everything but 'everything' did not create God.
All those souls/spirits have complete freedom to be and/or to do whatever they want.
-God does not condem ...[text shortened]... ly a bit of how I think of God
Otto
PS, forgive my English, Dutch is my native language
God is not love...love is love.
Originally posted by thesonofsaul"Love is an image. So is victory, so is culture."
[b]Images can be illusions.
Very true. A great many things are images, and all of them can be illusions. Love is an image. So is victory, so is culture. Should these things be disbanded?
Metaphors do not exist, that is why they are metaphors.
Absolutely not true. Metaphors exist to bring understanding of something that is otherw ...[text shortened]... oe size? Perhaps you need to step away from your Zeus on the mountaintop conception of God.[/b]
What are you talking about?
Love is not an image - it is a feeling.
Victory is not an image - it is a reality in war and chess (unless you are invading Iraq).
Culture is not an image - it is a set of behaviours within a society.
The reason people don't bother to dispute your claims is that you are so clueless, it is not worth the effort.
Laughable.
Originally posted by howardgeeHere's some excerpts from Mirriam-Webster Online's definitions of "image":
"Love is an image. So is victory, so is culture."
What are you talking about?
Love is not an image - it is a feeling.
Victory is not an image - it is a reality in war and chess (unless you are invading Iraq).
Culture is not an image - it is a set of behaviours within a society.
The reason people don't bother to dispute your claims is that you are so clueless, it is not worth the effort.
Laughable.
5 a (1) : a mental picture or impression of something (2) : a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation
also
8 : a popular conception (as of a person, institution, or nation) projected especially through the mass media
Next time you can actually look up some words for yourself. You are an ass, and I will not be responding you your posts in the future. I suggest you take the time you waste posting your unabashed derision and get yourself an education.
Originally posted by thesonofsaulSo now we have the real reason why people don't bother to cut your pathetic views down to size:
Here's some excerpts from Mirriam-Webster Online's definitions of "image":
5 a (1) : a mental picture or impression of something (2) : a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation
also
8 : a popular conception (as of a person, institution, or nation) projected especially through the ...[text shortened]... t you take the time you waste posting your unabashed derision and get yourself an education.
When rightly criticised you sulk off with your tail between your legs. Go on then; pee off and take your ball with you.
PS - Any chance of a real property of God before you go?
No, I thought not.
Originally posted by QuirineSo if God is love, then why all this heathens in hell and fire and damnation? If he loves us all why aren't we all going to live in eternal bliss forever anyway.
There's no difference
And come to think of it, why do we have to wait until we die? Why not just put everyone who ever was, or is, or will be, in heaven right now?
Originally posted by aspviper666Apart from the first nonsensical line (no-one has EVER seen him), what you are saying is that God is nothing but a figment of peoples' imagination.
To those with vision ,He is seen.
To those with everything ,He is nothing.
To those with nothing ,He is everything.
To those with faith ,He is God.
To those who believe not,He is nothingness and being.
I agree.
Originally posted by amannionYou appear to be talking about love as if it's some gooey, romantic, ignore-the-faults-of-the-other-person kind of thing.
So if God is love, then why all this heathens in hell and fire and damnation? If he loves us all why aren't we all going to live in eternal bliss forever anyway.
And come to think of it, why do we have to wait until we die? Why not just put everyone who ever was, or is, or will be, in heaven right now?
God is not Hallmark.
Originally posted by howardgeeHow about you have a go at defining yourself first, so we have some idea of what criteria you're looking for.
Apart from the first nonsensical line (no-one has EVER seen him), what you are saying is that God is nothing but a figment of peoples' imagination.
I agree.
Note, this is DEFINING, not DESCRIBING.
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Originally posted by howardgeeSimply trying to understand what your are asking for.
Kelly Jay and Halitose - you know you are lost when you can only answer a question with a question.
Pathetic.
I can give you plenty of things about God to descripbe Him, but that
doesn't mean any of them are things you are looking for or will
accept. You have after all, attempted to shot down a description
already that was offered by another. So I want to know what it is
you are looking for when someone trys to define or describe God
to you.
Kelly
Originally posted by howardgeeMy point is that you are demanding something that far better writers than I find very difficult to do. I can describe myself as 6ft tall, 32 years old, etc etc, but defining myself in a satisfactory way without using those kind of (fairly meaningless) physical qualities is a lot harder.
Not yet.
I am still waiting for the people who believe in God to define it.
Seeing as God doesn't have those kinds of physical characteristics, you're asking something tricky. Try defining the character of ANYTHING without using a physical description of it is far from easy.