hhhmmm, for all I've seen and learned, ... I can only sum this up in two words " god is " ......... yeah, I think that will do it.

wheeew, thats a wrap, ..... lets slide it under the tree and put out some milk and cookies !!! yeah !

My definition of God?

An imaginary energy that is attributed the positives and negatives of our galaxy because we do not know the real answer to why it happened - even though it is hidden somewhere.

Originally posted by FritosBBQTwist
My definition of God?

An imaginary energy that is attributed the positives and negatives of our galaxy because we do not know the real answer to why it happened - even though it is hidden somewhere.

You deny the existence of a God, yet you allude to:

Positive and negative energys, A dialectic like creation and destruction, good and evil.

There being a hidden cause to the existence of the universe. A creative force.

That sounds like a search for a definition of God the creator to me!

You seem conflicted.

If science ever defines with perfect precision a set of physical forces with which the universe was set in motion, all matter and energy came to existence within a void, how the void came into existence.
Would that meticulous understanding be anything less than a description of creative force of the universe, and therefore a protrait of God's (metaphorical) hand in action. Perhaps it would be a description of God(metaphorical again) herself.

At least in the terms which so far the contributors to this thread seem to be in fairly strong agreement.

What precisely are you afraid exists that you feel compelled to wish it out of existence?

Do you fear God the old man tinker sitting on his throne in judgement of you?

[edit on 30-6-2009 by Cyberbian]

My definition of God is Life.

Does God Exist? Well, do you?

I believe that God is love, and the absolute objective awareness, from every point of view, which is infinite, that "He" is self aware and embued with infinite intelligence, and a perfect will, and while all powerful and almighty, is also infinity virtuous, where virtue may be defined as power restrained. I think God is the creator, the Alpha and Omega of existence, and the spirit of the universe, and that man has a special place in His creation by intelligent design, to become one with God and to contain God, as the temple or embodiment of the living God, and I think this phenomenon occured or was fully actualized in the person of Jesus Christ, as the first born among many. Loving neighbor as self is just as important as loving God above all, because in truth me and my neighbor are one in God and share the same ground of being, which is God.

I think there is a personhood of God, which would obviously embrace and transcend the duality of male-female, but I can't bring myself to refer to God as an "it", but to each his own.

Well, in all honesty I do not truly have an answer to your question. Why? I am only human, and I do not know. No one can, no matter how much they say they do, they really don't, all they have is a belief, and belief is not truth. So understand the following is just my belief, and therefore is not "truth" but only just my thinking, my beliefs, my organic brains way of trying to understand what is "consciousness" and being "conscious" we look towards the question of what or who is "God".

I could be wrong , but I believe that only "conscious" beings, think about "what/who is God". I don't believe that dogs, cats, horses, fish, mosquitoes, moose etc sit around discussing who/what God is. Perhaps, they are the truly intelligent, and already know and understand the idea of God. So have no "need" to question, and need only just "be".

I can look into my heart, and know that "harm none" is a perfect statement to how I feel about all life everywhere, be it plant, animal, energy or some other form that I in my humanity cannot even comprehend to ask about, and so I follow the path that is most like my heart, my emotions, my beliefs. Wicca suits me best, and I consider myself a solitary Wiccan, and believe in "Harm None".

Having been raised Christian, I find the idea that if you do not believe in a male personality that you will go to hell, to be incomprehensibly ?childish. No, childish is not the correct term, ego based? An "I" idea? Immature? Forgive me, I am not sure how to explain my thoughts here.

I don't believe that "God" is male or female, I am not even sure I believe "God" to be a combination of the human idea of female or male, but a combination of "everything". God is .......everything..... not male, not female, not it, not neuter, but God is all of the above and more.

I don't even know if I believe that "God" cares about us one way or another, or if "God" feels such a separateness with us to even think about us in such a manner. As if God is everything, why would God look at us as being separate and so listen to our prayers? Our prayers would be Gods prayers, everything everywhere IS God. So every thought we have, every emotion we have, every movement we make, is already known by God, as it IS God. We are a piece of God, everything everywhere is a part of God, which in the end, makes up the whole.

I guess, think of yourself thinking, questioning, living, loving, being, and then you just might, have a little more understanding of the workings of "god". When you think, do you then say "I must answer that persons prayers"? No, it is just YOU being YOU moving through what we think of as life. Though remember, this is just my thoughts on this subject, with an admittance that I could be wrong as I don't know.

, now I am getting a headache, is my brain on overload? Or growing? Or just a headache? Most likely, just a headache, and I in my ego, wanting to put a meaning behind it.

We as humans are trying to comprehend, label and box up, something that I believe is not possible for us to do. Though perhaps if we ever evolve to use the full capacity of our brains, perhaps we can move a few steps closer to that comprehension. Though perhaps if we ever do reach the point that we are using our full capacity, then we have moved into the realm of no longer feeling that separateness we now feel with God and with each other. Meaning we would no longer have a need to add a label to what/who God is.

I don't know that I believe in an "afterlife" so to speak, I do not know that I don't believe it either, as if my thinking is correct, "afterlife" is a return to being God. Not being separate from everything, but a return to everything, whatever "everything" in the end means.

I guess I don't believe that we can box up, label and put "god" into a box that says this is what god is. Because, god is everything, and how do you put everything into a simple box with a simple label?

Anyway, this is what I think today about all this, ask me tomorrow, and I might think differently. I am "just" human after all.

Harm None
Peace

My God is ALL, the all encompassing light that everything is a refraction of, an expression of this endless energy, a glimpse of the divine.

God is ALL, I am all, by this logic, God is nothing, I am nothing.

Good question by the way, everyone, no matter how similar thet're faiths maybe (even if it is the same faith) has a different perspective on what this world is and why where here.

This only reaffirms for me that our goal is experiece and to learn and understand from these experiences.

Thank you for this question.

EMM

[edit on 1-7-2009 by ElectroMagnetic Multivers]

God is something which when you want to define will be gone.