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Originally posted by Mary Rose
I didn't figure this out myself. I heard Stewart Swerdlow say it a few years ago. When I heard it, a light bulb went off in my head. I thought to myself, "That's it! That makes sense."
God also does not have gender. God is an "it."
Coming to these conclusions has liberated me quite a bit. Life loses much of its complexity after eliminating the confusion and division and hierarchy created by organized religion.
Stripped of organized religion, people are left with their own consciousness and the freedom to connect to God - which I think of as the universal life force connecting all that is.
Organized religion is part of the problem we face on earth - not the solution. I think that many of the endless arguments people have where they're just spinning their wheels and getting absolutely nowhere in solving problems - is caused by people defending their religion.
We don't need organized, man-made religion. We need to connect to each other after first connecting to that universal life force, which is God.
[edit on 8/5/2010 by Mary Rose]
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by 11118
It's just as likely that time does not exist for God. That way we were alive before we were born. But within time we were not.
That would destroy your idea.
Point is anything is possible. But there is not even any proof of God, so there's no way to know. And no logic in hypotheticals without proof.
But hey, it's a good novel.
Originally posted by Section31
reply to post by 11118
I understand where you are going, but would not a 'creator' be a deity of sorts? Something that can be defined, or something that has some type of form?
She called God an 'it'.
'It' is a pronoun given to define something or someone.
Originally posted by 11118
Can Infinity be labeled as it. I don't know, maybe it can, but Infinity cannot be defined - because it cannot be measured. A deity is a though form, not the one creating the thought.
Originally posted by 11118
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by 11118
It's just as likely that time does not exist for God. That way we were alive before we were born. But within time we were not.
That would destroy your idea.
Point is anything is possible. But there is not even any proof of God, so there's no way to know. And no logic in hypotheticals without proof.
But hey, it's a good novel.
Questions that I would ask myself.
Who am I?
Where am I?
I do not believe the physical body that is finite to be the same as me, the awareness that uses the body for experience of physicality.
I understand that any portion, no matter how big or small, contains the One Creator, which is Infinity.
I have existed before this life and after this life, as your body was born to die as planned out by yourself.
Answer me this, if the human life is all about survival and reproduction why would the complex, intricate human body eventually die? Why would anything die, the body cannot contradict it's original reasoning for existence, that reason being survival, according to scientists. That is because with each life there is a door opened and with each death a new door opened, like a butterfly coming out of it's cocoon - each life shaping who you are by the choices you made.
[edit on 5-8-2010 by 11118]
Originally posted by Section31
reply to post by 11118
Okay, show me.
What does infinity (not the car) look like? Show me its physical form. The internet must be filled with images of infinity. Show me.
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by Section31
Father God is a creator God. The Hebrew texts give God male and female descriptions. The fact that he was father of Christ does not make God a man. It makes God a father. Now maybe you don't realize this, but The bible says women and men were created in God's image. It reinforces this by saying "both of them" afterwards. IE, God is a genderless creator as is the soul of his creation, who creates and has no gender.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.