RE: God and theists.
May 13, 2017 at 5:23 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2017 at 5:26 pm by Zenith.)
(May 11, 2017 at 9:21 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: God cannot be described.
If you lived your whole life in a closed box, you would never guess what exists outside the box. And if you were to imagine, anything you may say would be based solely on what you have seen in the box.
So it is with "God" - anything about him, from how he looks to his voice to what he thinks to what he wants and what he stands for, to what he wants you to do or not to do, everything is trimmed down to man's limitations (perception, imagination, knowledge, beliefs, etc.). Which makes him no better than an imaginary person. So I can't take it for more than imaginary.
If he'd existed and wanted us to understand him, he would've done something about it.
But, imagining there's a god out there: Understanding God = being able to live a correct religious life. That is, if one understands how God thinks and feels, then he better understands the whats, hows and whys about everything in his own life. Not understanding God means twisting his commandments, teachings, etc. to man's own understanding. Which makes one a "false" servant of God... Something like, << you said "Thou shalt not kill?", oops, I must've read it without the "not". Silly me! >>
But hey, I think this is something all abrahamic religions have in common: Perfect God made you, but it's still your fault if you can't live to his expectations. Perfect God gave you a choice, but it's still your fault if you choose something else from what he wanted you to choose. So is with "understanding God" dilemma: God is beyond your understanding, but it's still your fault if you misunderstand him.