What is god to you? Unbelievers only

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"OH", it's dark, I thought you were my husband"🙂

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" Husband dear, why did I catch chlamydia? I know YOU don't have it"......

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"Ah, my lovely Amara. finally we make love" A few minutes later, "Good grief, its Ameinius!"

Originally posted by sonhouse
Totality as in no god required?

As in, god is not some separate-from-the-rest entity.

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
As in, god is not some separate-from-the-rest entity.

Ah, so you have met personally with this deity. Are there others? Does he have a sister?

Originally posted by sonhouse
Ah, so you have met personally with this deity. Are there others? Does he have a sister?

god = everything. god is not a person. you and I and everyone and everything are part of it.

Originally posted by sonhouse
What is god to you? Unbelievers only

Speaking as an ex-Christian, I would say the Christian God figure - "to me" as I live among Christians and observe them - is both a focal point/rationale for solidarity and community, and - especially in a country like where I live where Christians are very much a minority - belief in the Christian God figure is a basis for personal identity and individualism in their interactions with others. I think, in many cases, and in the circumstances I mentioned, it generates a certain kind of courage.

Originally posted by FMF
Speaking as an ex-Christian, I would say the Christian God figure - "to me" as I live among Christians and observe them - is both a focal point/rationale for solidarity and community, and - especially in a country like where I live where Christians are very much a minority - belief in the Christian God figure is a basis for personal identity and individualism in ...[text shortened]... nk, in many cases, and in the circumstances I mentioned, it generates a certain kind of courage.

I think religion is a required state for most people for the simple reason they need both reassurances that the bad things they see in the sky, like volcano's, thunder, and the like are not against them personally (thinking of people from 10,000 years ago) and the need for ritual, for continuity. It's too bad, however. that such security has to come from such scams as the Abrahamic religions. It is amazing to me people today 2000 years later are still convinced JC and the boys are coming back down to Earth, even though JC himself said 'soon' which to my mind doesn't mean 20 years much less 2000.
it will undoubtedly not happen in 20,000 years or 200,000 years either but people, when I say that, it doesn't matter, he is coming, even if it takes that long.

It really does say something about the alleged intelligence of the human race.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Go on, you can tell us.....

thought thinking itself

Originally posted by Doward
thought thinking itself

Bit off key for a haiku don't you think?

Originally posted by sonhouse
I think religion is a required state for most people for the simple reason they need both reassurances [...] It really does say something about the alleged intelligence of the human race.

What do you claim it says about intelligence? I doubt I will concur. I've met plenty of adherents of the Abrahamic religions who are demonstrably more intelligent than me. Would you put that down to my lack of Abrahamic belief? Would the gap between their intelligence and mine be even wider if they were to lose their faith? 😉