Well it depends how you define God.
God as a 'state of consciousness' I wouldn't call God I would just call it some kind of spiritual and/or supernatural 'higher order'. As with belief in souls and the afterlife (you can, in theory - have both of those things without a "God" too).
But this comes down to how you define God...and how am I defining God then? Well I define God(s) as the supernatural creator(s) of the universe(s). Of existence itself - God came before everything else. He/she/it is the eternal and 'the creator' he is a supernatural superbeing, an intelligent designer of the universe.
If you don't believe in that then I would define what you are calling God as a 'state of consciousness' as just some kind of spiritual and/or supernatural 'higher order' or 'deeper meaning' of some kind or something like that..
I myself wouldn't call that "God(s)" how I myself, at least define God(s).
E.G I don't believe in God so I'm an atheist. But if I STILL didn't believe in God but believed in eternal solves and the afterlife and a 'higher order' of consciousness within us and the unviverse and some kind of supernatural or spiritual 'deeper meaning' in existence itself... - I woulds still define myself as an atheist because I still wouldn't believe in God(s) as in a supernatural creator(s).
We could, in theory be eternal have an afterlife and have eternal souls and a 'higher consciousness' with 'deeper meaning' might be involved, at work in the universe and/or nature... - but WITHOUT a "GOd" as in a supernatural creator attached to it. So belief in those things would perhaps make you a spiritual atheist of some kind by my definition - or something to that effect.
Perhaps a pantheist? Although with pantheism it's basically atheism only God is used as a metaphor for EVERYTHING - so really there's no difference to God being nothing. As Steven Weinberg said, to paraphrase: "If you can say "God is energy" then you can find God in a lump of coal" - it kind of loses all meaning if EVERYTHING is God - it makes no difference than if NOTHING is. Because basically all you'd be doing is replacing the word 'energy' or 'matter' with God when you felt like it
I don't think I'd call you a pantheist though because you do seem to believe there is a 'deeper meaning' and it isn't simply a metaphor. So I'd stick with saying that I would probably define you as something like a 'spiritual atheist' or something like that - something to that effect. Up to you whether you agree or like the label or not of course...
EvF
God as a 'state of consciousness' I wouldn't call God I would just call it some kind of spiritual and/or supernatural 'higher order'. As with belief in souls and the afterlife (you can, in theory - have both of those things without a "God" too).
But this comes down to how you define God...and how am I defining God then? Well I define God(s) as the supernatural creator(s) of the universe(s). Of existence itself - God came before everything else. He/she/it is the eternal and 'the creator' he is a supernatural superbeing, an intelligent designer of the universe.
If you don't believe in that then I would define what you are calling God as a 'state of consciousness' as just some kind of spiritual and/or supernatural 'higher order' or 'deeper meaning' of some kind or something like that..
I myself wouldn't call that "God(s)" how I myself, at least define God(s).
E.G I don't believe in God so I'm an atheist. But if I STILL didn't believe in God but believed in eternal solves and the afterlife and a 'higher order' of consciousness within us and the unviverse and some kind of supernatural or spiritual 'deeper meaning' in existence itself... - I woulds still define myself as an atheist because I still wouldn't believe in God(s) as in a supernatural creator(s).
We could, in theory be eternal have an afterlife and have eternal souls and a 'higher consciousness' with 'deeper meaning' might be involved, at work in the universe and/or nature... - but WITHOUT a "GOd" as in a supernatural creator attached to it. So belief in those things would perhaps make you a spiritual atheist of some kind by my definition - or something to that effect.
Perhaps a pantheist? Although with pantheism it's basically atheism only God is used as a metaphor for EVERYTHING - so really there's no difference to God being nothing. As Steven Weinberg said, to paraphrase: "If you can say "God is energy" then you can find God in a lump of coal" - it kind of loses all meaning if EVERYTHING is God - it makes no difference than if NOTHING is. Because basically all you'd be doing is replacing the word 'energy' or 'matter' with God when you felt like it
I don't think I'd call you a pantheist though because you do seem to believe there is a 'deeper meaning' and it isn't simply a metaphor. So I'd stick with saying that I would probably define you as something like a 'spiritual atheist' or something like that - something to that effect. Up to you whether you agree or like the label or not of course...
EvF
