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03 Nov 11
Originally posted by JS357I am sure you are right that if you were to delve deep enough into theists theism it would be unique.
I think if we were to delve deeply enough into any theist's theism, we'd find it to be unique to that theist.
And why not?
The problem with that is that if god were real, and actually talked to people it wouldn't be unique,
everyone's experience of god and religion would be the same.
The fact that everyone's version of god is different is evidence that none of them is actually based on
an actual being, but rather that individuals conceptions moulded by their interactions with society.
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04 Nov 11
Originally posted by googlefudgeWell, to my way of thinking it suggests that we should not rely on another human to tell us what their deity is really like, including whether the deity is existent. It seems to me that coming to believe in one's deity has to be a personal experience. Then, I would imagine that a person who has had such an experience, would know better than to tell other people what to believe about that deity.
I am sure you are right that if you were to delve deep enough into theists theism it would be unique.
The problem with that is that if god were real, and actually talked to people it wouldn't be unique,
everyone's experience of god and religion would be the same.
The fact that everyone's version of god is different is evidence that none of them i ...[text shortened]... al being, but rather that individuals conceptions moulded by their interactions with society.
04 Nov 11
Originally posted by googlefudgeMaybe just one of them is right?
I am sure you are right that if you were to delve deep enough into theists theism it would be unique.
The problem with that is that if god were real, and actually talked to people it wouldn't be unique,
everyone's experience of god and religion would be the same.
The fact that everyone's version of god is different is evidence that none of them i ...[text shortened]... al being, but rather that individuals conceptions moulded by their interactions with society.
😉
04 Nov 11
Originally posted by googlefudgeGod only talks to a few people. If no one believes them, the word of God
I am sure you are right that if you were to delve deep enough into theists theism it would be unique.
The problem with that is that if god were real, and actually talked to people it wouldn't be unique,
everyone's experience of god and religion would be the same.
The fact that everyone's version of god is different is evidence that none of them i ...[text shortened]... al being, but rather that individuals conceptions moulded by their interactions with society.
will not be passed along. And before you ask, I do not know why God
only talks to a few people.
04 Nov 11
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Originally posted by JS357Suggesting that such a deity is not an existent entity but rather an imaginary entity conceived due to an experience.
It seems to me that coming to believe in one's deity has to be a personal experience.
Surely if something actually exists then its effects can affect more than one person? Unless you believe each persons soul exists in its own unique universe/dimension with a unique set of ghosts/gods/supernatural entities in each universe?
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Originally posted by twhiteheadI believe there may be more dimensions than we are commonly aware of,
Suggesting that such a deity is not an existent entity but rather an imaginary entity conceived due to an experience.
Surely if something actually exists then its effects can affect more than one person? Unless you believe each persons soul exists in its own unique universe/dimension with a unique set of ghosts/gods/supernatural entities in each universe?
however, I believe God has made only one universe because I see no need
for more than one, and besides, this universe is vastly beyond our ability to
explore.
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04 Nov 11
Originally posted by RJHindsOne of the questions I'd think you might have about other universes is whether God created creatures like Adam and Eve there, and whether they sinned like Adam and Eve did. But that could also be a question about other planets in this universe of ours.
I believe there may be more dimensions than we are commonly aware of,
however, I believe God has made only one universe because I see no need
for more than one, and besides, this universe is vastly beyond our ability to
explore.
04 Nov 11
Originally posted by JS357I do not need to ask such silly questions for I have no reason to believe
One of the questions I'd think you might have about other universes is whether God created creatures like Adam and Eve there, and whether they sinned like Adam and Eve did. But that could also be a question about other planets in this universe of ours.
God created but one universe.
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04 Nov 11
Originally posted by RJHinds
I do not need to ask such silly questions for I have no reason to believe
God created but one universe.
I do not need to ask such silly questions for I have no reason to believe
God created but one universe.
Then we are almost on the same page. You believe one more universe was created by God, than I do. 🙂
04 Nov 11
Originally posted by JS357[b]I do not need to ask such silly questions for I have no reason to believe
God created but one universe.
Then we are almost on the same page. You believe one more universe was created by God, than I do. 🙂[/b]Okay, have we then established in both our minds that there is one universe?
05 Nov 11
Originally posted by RJHindsCome on, if you thought about it for five seconds, you'd know why.
God only talks to a few people. If no one believes them, the word of God
will not be passed along. And before you ask, I do not know why God
only talks to a few people.
It's the same reason there is no proof of God.
Because if He talked to everyone, it would be obvious to everyone He exists, and therefore there would be no use or reason for Faith.
Faith is one of the main ways we will be judged when our time here is up.