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Is there a Supreme Being? If so, what is His/Her nature? Did He/She create the universe? Does He/She continue to control it personally and if so, at what level? What is his relationship with man? Does he intervene in the affairs of humans? Is this Being good? If this Being is good and all-powerful, how can evil exist?
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Is there a Supreme Being?
Yes. If so, what is His/Her nature? Nature. Did He/She create the universe? Dynamically always. Does He/She continue to control it personally and if so, at what level? Personally? ![]() ![]() ![]() That's funny. What is his/her relationship with man? Infinite intimacy. Does he/she intervene in the affairs of humans? Omniscient. Is this Being good? Define "good". If this Being is good and all-powerful, how can evil exist? Define "evil". |
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Haven't we been over this territory already Smiles. Not enough time in the day to get to all these questions.. lol
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Haven't we been over this territory already Smiles. Not enough time in the day to get to all these questions.. lol These are my end of the year questions. Get them behind me and then move on ![]() |
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Haven't we been over this territory already Smiles. Not enough time in the day to get to all these questions.. lol These are my end of the year questions. Get them behind me and then move on ![]() Ah I see, okie dokie, will try to keep up.. grin |
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My only question is this . . . if there is a supreme being, would it expect us to be able to answer these questions?
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My only question is this . . . if there is a supreme being, would it expect us to be able to answer these questions? Maybe (he/she/it) doesn't want us to answer them or maybe we are his or her entertainment to struggle for these answers. I am the last to know the answers that is for sure ![]() or maybe all of the answers are correct because they are available to answer. So many possiblities |
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Is there a Supreme Being? If so, what is His/Her nature? Did He/She create the universe? Does He/She continue to control it personally and if so, at what level? What is his relationship with man? Does he intervene in the affairs of humans? Is this Being good? If this Being is good and all-powerful, how can evil exist? I try not to personify that which imo can not be personified. Attaching titles, number, sexual orientation or mentality to something that is beyond such designations if pointless. As a Taoist I believe that such a power/source/energy exists but can not be defined in words adequately. Many people are no going to say so what is it you believe or worship. My answer is rather simple, I believe in the Tao, that which can not be confined and or identified with words. It is that which embodies all things and nothing itself. It resides in absolute truth and yet does not need a truth to exist. I could go on and on but Lao-tzu said it best. "I call it the Tao becuase i do not know what to call it. Those know the Tao do not say and those who say do not know." So there is nothing i can say to help anyone understand or comprehend, it has to be realized and experienced to even begin to get close to such reasoning. I would suggest starting with the Tao Te Ching, and once you have confused yourself with your first reading then you can start researching Taoism and discover other texts and canons which will help clear that confusion up. I would suggest the authors Thomas Cleary and Eva Wong as good starts. Hope that helps.... ![]() |
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