How do you know God isn't dead?

[smax]

This largely depends on which religion you pose the question to.

In many religions God is not exactly alive so as to die. Moreover, in those same religions, God is immortal he or she cannot be destroyed.

In practice, God dies when people stop believing in his existence. So Zeus, is dead, but Rama is not.
I doesn't matter if the God really exists in the first place. What matters is that there are people who believe in his existence and are acting accordingly.

Yes, as a matter of fact in ancient times gods only lived as long as people worshipped them. Worship was the food of the gods who died if they did not receive it. However an even more interesting concept of God is not a living being but undifferentiated universal consciousness as such, or Reality itself which generates energy which forms the universe as we know it. All the gods as well as all the material universe are generated naturally out of this essential Reality, everything exists for some extremely long period and then is re-absorbed to manifest again in a different formation.

But no one has commented on how really stellar and funny SMAX's initial post was. It was really good! I kept thinking how funny one line was only to hoot at the next one. And the one-liners kept coming. Great to the end. Thanks for a good laugh!

Thank you, I'm glad someone saw the humor in it all.

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Maybe if we wish real hard and all clap like crazy God will come back to life? Worked for that Tinker girl.

Rest in peace, God. You were awesome. Look at this world! Righteous work oh bearded one. You were the smitingest in your day; in the OT, no one messed with you.

Oh well maybe existence just gets old without life and death. We probably don't know how good we have it.

R. I. P.

Yes, sad affair, indeed! Funeral is in 3 days. Although, come prepared, I hear god is planning another resurrection.