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What sort of an entity is God?

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Fractelle

'Runner's epitomises the judgemental nature of the Abrahamic god.'

My view of God is more one whose mercy is evident everyday. The fact that you and me have not got what we deserve illustrates that point well. I am thankful that God's mercy triumphs over HIs judgement.

It seems to me that it is you, Kassie and others who are far more judgemental than God Himself. The character assassination of the One who hung on the cross for you almost defies belief. It is your self righteousness that prevents you from seeing who the Abrahamic God is. Do you really believe that it is yourself that has provided clothing, food and shelter for 6 billion (mostly ungrateful) wretches.
Posted by runner, Monday, 24 November 2008 11:33:14 AM
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Dear Steven,

What sort of an entity is God?

To me He can best be described in
the following way:

"Once, long ago, in a world of confusion and weariness,
there exploded a new and exciting hope.
A man appeared in Palestine and spoke in syllables...
He was a Jew, steeped in the power and beauty of a
religious heritage unparalleled in East or West.
He was not locked in bigotry nor did he serve the
interests of a single nation or a special race.
His blood, indeed, was the sensitive and boiling
blood of Abraham and David...

His vision, however, went past the boundaries of Palestine
to encompass the world.
His eyes looked to everyone who hurt, and his
healing hand was extended to the weak ...
the outcast leper, the blind man... even those skeptical
of his stature marveled at the power of his words.

"Love one another as I have loved you."
So began the religion of love...

My God I call Christ, in simple and indefensible faith.

I acknowledge the words of Father James Kavanaugh,
in my response.
Posted by Foxy, Monday, 24 November 2008 11:53:53 AM
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If one wishes to establish posit, it would seem to be rationale and systematic to adopt a methodology, which first defines the underlying constructs.

Else put, the architecture of the nature of a proposed god or gods. Herein, I find it probablt than especially among the three major monotheists religions eminating from Abraham (aka Abram, that there is too early a rush to varioud specific claimants, as God, without first exploring the more fundamental characterists of the nature of divinity. Sells, I regular poster he, starts of with some person/entity whom designates as Jesus, stop' without exploringmany other plausable explanations; i.e., other gods.

Gods have taken on many forms. In Greek mythology they fought (Titans & Olympians), some mythologies have a distant god, Islam; sometimes dualistic, dipolar; a personal & gentle, Jesus, the Son of Man,sometimes, while a horrifying, genecidial maniac, Yahew, God the Father, at other times.

I think that the closest that modern knowledge would support the notion of God, relevant to the existence of life, would be the self-organising proporty of matter.

Yet, more likely this circustance is better aligned to thermodynamics: i.e., biochemistry exists in a narrow slither of a temperature band in the cooling universe. Such a God is not a real entity or not an apt God at all. Pantheism, perhaps. Yet, I am not really comfortable with any "theism", until proponents of the same put-up a much better case and the ancient idea of the supernatural is disposed of.
Posted by Oliver, Monday, 24 November 2008 11:59:55 AM
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The God of the Bible is a sado-masochistic, arbitrary, insecure creature. He asks Abraham to murder his son, subjects his own son to torture and death, sets up a paradise where there is a tree of knowledge and forbids the humans to eat of it (since they haven't eaten of it how could they know that disobedience is wrong?) and needs continual blessings and prayers from humans who are supposed to accept whatever tribulations he lays upon them as his will. A human behaving in that manner would be properly labeled as a psychopath.

If there is a god that entity could not be the evil creature described in the Bible.

If I could construct a God she/he (either a hermaphrodite capable of sexual fulfillment with itself or a duality of two sexes) would be a compassionate, wise entity visiting sufficient problems or trials upon us so that we could grow in wisdom and compassion until we would approach the image of god.
Posted by david f, Monday, 24 November 2008 12:34:00 PM
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I don't accept that there is a thing called God. However for the sake of the discussion, if it does exist then I would describe its non-physical attributes as follows:
Firstly, a failure.
It claims to have invented the world, and look at the mess that it is in. Its creatures don't have a clue. For many thousands of years, it has promised in its various good books to do various good things, and has consistently failed to do any of then.
Secondly:
Incredibly pompous and arrogant.
Just look how it treats its adherents.
Thirdly:
Extremely self-centred.
What other sort of being exists simply to be worshipped. Why on earth would anyone want to go to its heaven, to just sit and admire it for the rest of eternity.
I could go on...
and I might later :)
Posted by consRmad, Monday, 24 November 2008 1:05:53 PM
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Yes davidf, as the Baron de Montesquieu once said, "If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides." Says it all really.
Posted by Bugsy, Monday, 24 November 2008 1:12:36 PM
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