Q: What is trans-galactic, eternal and omni-everything? A: God, necessarily?
August 9, 2015 at 12:39 pm
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2015 at 12:52 pm by Whateverist.)
So the size and scope of the Chrisitan (but also Muslim and Jewish) God is something I've often wondered about. Why so big? Is the bigness of God essential to the essence of these religions? Are there any attributes which are negotiable? I just wrote a post to new member Vixene about this and decided I wanted to know what others think.
Oh hell, lets make this a poll? Everyone loves polls, right? I'm going to leave it open to select all the options you like. Do people really care if your choices are public? I'm going to guess they really do and leave it private, much to my own disappointment.
The information I'd like to get involves the roles and attributes of God and the epistemic position of man in regards to knowing the specifics of God. I'd like to know why too but I'll have to leave that for the comment section since this is already one complicated MF.
First, our actual epistemic position in relation to knowing God:
E1 - Human beings know God through the teachings of the church (bible, etc.) He established so that we might know what He wills.
E2 - Human beings have advanced enough to dismiss god belief entirely, where 'God' is defined by teachings of the church (bible, etc.).
E3 - Human beings are not equipped to comprehend God (nor to recognize what is His message).
E4 - God is something that we can naturally intuit in the same way we intuit who we are and what we value.
Secondly, what are the essential roles of the Abrahamic God:
R5 - God is that which created everything else, the 'uncaused cause'.
R6 - God is the final moral authority, the judge of who and what is or is not worthy.
R7 - God decides who gets eternal reward and who gets eternal damnation.
R8 - God looks out for us in our daily lives, like the angel on the shoulder who encourages you toward that which will reward you most.
R9 - God gives us succor and comforts us when life becomes too much.
Thirdly, the what are the essential attributes of the Abrahamic God:
A10 - God is eternal.
A11 - God is everywhere.
A12 - God is in everything, nothing is without God.
A13 - God is omni-powerful, can do anything (or at least any thing that is not logically impossible).
A14 - God is omni-knowing, He knows not just your words and deeds but even your intentions.
A15 - God is omni-loving. He really, really, really wants all to be happy and fulfilled.
A16 - God is inside us and communes with us in subtle ways.
A17 - God is a subject, not an object. He has subjective states, values and intentions much like we do ourselves.
Psychological conceptions of God/gods:
P18 - God is a possible configuration of the mind.
P19 - God is an aspect of the subconscious.
Piss off:
F20 - Fuck you and your god damned polls.
Just because I hear he is hard of hearing: Hey Chad, what do you think God is?
Oh hell, lets make this a poll? Everyone loves polls, right? I'm going to leave it open to select all the options you like. Do people really care if your choices are public? I'm going to guess they really do and leave it private, much to my own disappointment.
The information I'd like to get involves the roles and attributes of God and the epistemic position of man in regards to knowing the specifics of God. I'd like to know why too but I'll have to leave that for the comment section since this is already one complicated MF.
First, our actual epistemic position in relation to knowing God:
E1 - Human beings know God through the teachings of the church (bible, etc.) He established so that we might know what He wills.
E2 - Human beings have advanced enough to dismiss god belief entirely, where 'God' is defined by teachings of the church (bible, etc.).
E3 - Human beings are not equipped to comprehend God (nor to recognize what is His message).
E4 - God is something that we can naturally intuit in the same way we intuit who we are and what we value.
Secondly, what are the essential roles of the Abrahamic God:
R5 - God is that which created everything else, the 'uncaused cause'.
R6 - God is the final moral authority, the judge of who and what is or is not worthy.
R7 - God decides who gets eternal reward and who gets eternal damnation.
R8 - God looks out for us in our daily lives, like the angel on the shoulder who encourages you toward that which will reward you most.
R9 - God gives us succor and comforts us when life becomes too much.
Thirdly, the what are the essential attributes of the Abrahamic God:
A10 - God is eternal.
A11 - God is everywhere.
A12 - God is in everything, nothing is without God.
A13 - God is omni-powerful, can do anything (or at least any thing that is not logically impossible).
A14 - God is omni-knowing, He knows not just your words and deeds but even your intentions.
A15 - God is omni-loving. He really, really, really wants all to be happy and fulfilled.
A16 - God is inside us and communes with us in subtle ways.
A17 - God is a subject, not an object. He has subjective states, values and intentions much like we do ourselves.
Psychological conceptions of God/gods:
P18 - God is a possible configuration of the mind.
P19 - God is an aspect of the subconscious.
Piss off:
F20 - Fuck you and your god damned polls.
Just because I hear he is hard of hearing: Hey Chad, what do you think God is?
