(December 13, 2009 at 8:17 am)tackattack Wrote: I feel God is outside of the universe, something that could be sentient or non-sentient. Because it caused something to happen we have the known universe inside of the universe that we can observe. It provided us with planar constants like up, down, time, etc. It is Omnipresent because it is outside of our universe. It affects our universe either directly or indirectly based on whether it's sentient or not. It might be cognizant and choose to take action or takes constant action with unseen results. God is be omnipotent. It might be random fluctuations of an energy field and evolution takes over. I believe Jesus is the Son of God, and part of the Holy trinity. He suffered and died for our sins. I acknowledge that baptism is for the forgiveness of sin. I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Thus have the prophets of old testified; thus the Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us; thus the Symbol of Fathers {the Nicene Creed} has handed down to us.
I just checked your holy book (KJV) and found the following descriptions of god:
* He runs like a giant (Job 16:14)
* Roars like a lion (Hosea 11:10)
* Curses (Genesis 8:21)
* Hisses (Isaiah 5:26)
* Spues (Revelation 3:16)
* Changes his mind (Exodus 32:14)
* Sends scabs (Deuteronomy 28:27)
* Shows his back parts (Exodus 33:23)
* Chats with the Devil (Job 1:7-8)
* Instructs Samuel to lie (1 Samuel 16:2)
* Creates evil (Isaiah 45:7)
* Deceives his own prophets (Jeremiah 20:7)
* Sanctions slavery (Exodus 21:2-6)
* Spreads dung on men's faces (Malachi 2:3)
Strange old fellow, your god - and seemingly not outside the universe at all, but well inside it, and taking care of the minute details.
Also, despite your claim that he is omnipotent, according to Judges 1:19 (KJV) The Lord was with Judah and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain "But could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had chariots of iron..."
