RE: Definitions
March 23, 2012 at 9:57 am
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2012 at 9:59 am by Whateverist.)
(March 23, 2012 at 4:55 am)Rayaan Wrote: God - Well, I do not think of God (or Allah) as a human-like figure with hands, face, nose, eyes, mouth, etc. I just primarily understand him as someone (or something?) who is conscious and intelligent and has created the universe along with all the natural laws that has led to our evolution. Also, one of the beliefs that I have is that the universe is like a giant computer, and God is like a master program behind the universe, and this "program" also has a mind (or consciousness). He doesn't talk to everyone or a large group of people at the same time, but he has picked certain people (known as prophets) as his "communication channels" to send his information to the rest of the world. I think that He also updated his information from time to time by 'over-writing' the previous scriptures (i.e. the Bible and Torah, for example) in a similar way as it often happens to data in a computer. I think that's why there are so many similarities between the scriptures in the Abrahamic religions.
That being said, you guys are probably very puzzled at reading what I just wrote, or maybe laughing right now, but I have a lot more to say about this idea (specifically about the "universe as a computer" idea and how this relates to my religious beliefs and my understanding of the nature of God), but I'll post them in a different thread once I finish writing it.
No laughter here. I appreciate how you stick primarily to your own reflections and reasons, only going to the Koran to show a possible resolution to an apparent paradox. If I may ask, I wonder if your conception of God is driven primarily by a felt presence or by a strong hunch that all the order we see must be accounted for by a kind of cosmic watch maker?
