Topic: Does God exist?
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Thu 01/22/09 06:11 PM
If there is a god, it is beautiful music, and I make love to god every day.

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Thu 01/22/09 06:18 PM
Edited by Abracadabra on Thu 01/22/09 06:38 PM

If there is a god, it is beautiful music, and I make love to god every day.


Hey, that sounds like it came from Rumi. :smile:

Yes, making love with God is the only way to be.

I need to be more romantic with God. bigsmile

And I think will. drinker

Thanks for posting your words. :wink:

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Thu 01/22/09 06:28 PM

If there is a god, it is beautiful music, and I make love to god every day.


How sexy. Never thought I'd say that in the religion section.blushing drool :laughing:

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Thu 01/22/09 07:03 PM
Edited by Jeanniebean on Thu 01/22/09 07:04 PM



i think its cool you think about god.understanding the god is so much simpler .he is far to large than to make himself such a mystery or word equation.however it does take a certain amount of faith.the bible says.and i do understand some people do not believe the bible and thats thier right.but it does say,"blessed is the generation that believes and yet have not seen"


How can I think about God when the term "God" has not adequately been defined?

How can I think about the existence of something that is not known or defined?

And why do you refer to God as HE?

Before one can think of God one has to define that, and then define what they mean by "existence."

I am thinking about the word GOD and the word EXISTENCE and what they mean.

Define God and define existence and I will see if I can think about that.




JB the meaning of God is different for each person.Some may find no common definition because it means something to each perspectively.

God is a Supernatural Super Spiritual perfect being having Supernatural powers believed in and worshipped by a people.Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent. Self-existent, Eternal, indescribable.

Originator, Creator and Ruler of the Universe and all therein. The principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions like xtianity, judaism,and islam.

God is one or something that is worshipped, followed and given adoration to. It can be a graven image/carved image or idol or statue like what the catholics worship.

god can be money. or even a man or a supernatural being believed to control some aspect of life, like rain, or the sea and yes the sun, moon and stars.

God is a Powerful Ruler.

even satan himself is a god.

your belief in God can also depend on your culture.

God a divine being, Everlasting, Immortal being.

god can also be food, drugs,music, sex, wife, husband , child, celebrity, trees, alcohol,work,religious figure, people,etc, etc, you get the idea. anything can be god.


:heart: :smile: :heart:

Yamin



So Yamin, what are you saying? That God is anything? That God is everything? If that is your definition of "God" then what is all the talk about.

Yes I believe in my life, my reality. That too is God with this definition.

So if that be the case, then I believe in God.

However, this can be misunderstood by some people. If God is everything and anything to include Satan, as you say here, then the word "God" becomes meaningless. It has all attributes and no attributes.

Its just life.

Do I believe in life? Yes. flowerforyou


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Thu 01/22/09 07:08 PM

Jeannie...flowerforyou

God Will NOT Reveal Himself to ANY of Us,

Unless we FIRST SEEK after Him with our WHOLE HEART!!!

Why?

Cause GOD WILL NEVER EVER EVER ....

INFRINGE ON MAN'S FREE WILL!!!!!!!!!

:heart::heart::heart:



Whether God has revealed Itself to me or not would depend upon how you define God or how I define God.

According to Yamin's definition of God, God has revealed Itself to everyone.

According to my definition of God, God had revealed Itself to me a million time over.

I just don't think that you Morningsong, are the final authority for God or who, why or how God will reveal itself to anyone. Of course you are entitled to your opinion, but I don't accept you as an authority of God just because you claim to be "born again" and you try to give the impression that you know God more than I do or anyone else.




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Thu 01/22/09 07:12 PM
The New Matrix

Addicted to our paradigms
We worship gods and nursery rhymes
And wander in the dark of night
Thinking we are right.

As these realities are sold
We will watch new dreams unfold
having lived with the false facade
That we knew something of God.

But some have discovered reality
Is not at all what most think it to be.
but more a matrix or a dream
Of some intelligence unseen.

As wholeness and the implicate order
Now cross over this new border
Some will see the truth unfold
And watch new dreams take hold.


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Thu 01/22/09 07:25 PM
Edited by MorningSong on Thu 01/22/09 07:32 PM

God did NOT have his Only Begotten Son

to die and bear our sins on that

cross, for the whole wide world....


so we can now,

just turn around and IGNORE what

Jesus did for us all....

and THINK we can just come to God

any ole way we want to !!!!

Nope.

Not gonna happen.flowerforyou

Jesus Said,

" I AM

THE WAY....

THE TRUTH....

THE LIFE.........

NO MAN

COMES TO THE FATHER

BUT BY ME."
flowerforyou:heart:flowerforyou


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Thu 01/22/09 07:29 PM
To the question Jeannie asks:

God exists for those who believe there is a God

God doesn't exist for those who don't believe there is a God.

and there you go problem resolved laugh

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Thu 01/22/09 07:38 PM
Edited by MorningSong on Thu 01/22/09 07:52 PM
Jeannie wrote:

"So Yamin, what are you saying? That God is anything? That God is everything? If that is your definition of "God" then what is all the talk about."

Jeannie.... go back and re-read what Yamin wrote.flowerforyou:heart:flowerforyou



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Thu 01/22/09 07:39 PM
Edited by Atlantis75 on Thu 01/22/09 07:44 PM
I'm not religious in a way that most people view religion but I'm gonna prove something

-Most people believe, that things are made of molecules and molecules are made of atoms and yet only a handful of people actually "saw" atoms. Have you seen atoms ever? If you have never (99.9% of the people) and yet they got no problem believing it whatsoever.

here is another question, parallel with the topic:

-Do you believe that I am happy? You can't see me right now and I could easily fake it, where is the proof that I was happy 1 minute ago? I can't prove it to you if I didn't take a picture or recorded my voice, and if I tell you that I was happy a minute ago, you will most likely believe it, without asking me for a proof. Oh yeah, and does happiness exist? How so, can you grab it somehow, put it in a box?

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Thu 01/22/09 07:46 PM

If there is a god, it is beautiful music, and I make love to god every day.


After reading all the replies to this thread, this is my pick for best answer thus for. I think this is a good understanding of "god" and is something to aspire to.

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Thu 01/22/09 08:56 PM
Edited by Jeanniebean on Thu 01/22/09 09:03 PM

Jeannie wrote:

"So Yamin, what are you saying? That God is anything? That God is everything? If that is your definition of "God" then what is all the talk about."

Jeannie.... go back and re-read what Yamin wrote.flowerforyou:heart:flowerforyou




Morningsong, I have very good reading comprehension. And I read it twice. Why would you tell me to go back and read it again?

She also said:
"god can also be food, drugs,music, sex, wife, husband , child, celebrity, trees, alcohol,work,religious figure, people,etc, etc, you get the idea. anything can be god. "



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Thu 01/22/09 09:00 PM


God did NOT have his Only Begotten Son

to die and bear our sins on that

cross, for the whole wide world....


so we can now,

just turn around and IGNORE what

Jesus did for us all....

and THINK we can just come to God

any ole way we want to !!!!

Nope.

Not gonna happen.flowerforyou

Jesus Said,

" I AM

THE WAY....

THE TRUTH....

THE LIFE.........

NO MAN

COMES TO THE FATHER

BUT BY ME."
flowerforyou:heart:flowerforyou




You assume the New Testament is truth. I do not. Therefore you can believe what you wrote above but I do not believe it.


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Fri 01/23/09 08:26 AM

Jeannie wrote and I quote:

But I DON'T HAVE ANY DESIRE to prove to you that I exist OR THAT GOD EXISTS OR NOT.

I just want to KNOW HOW PEOPLE DEFINE "existence" and "God."



In other words, Jeannie.....and correct me if I am wrong....

but what I feel you are saying here is,

you just enjoy having an "Intellectual" discussion about God and existence...
nothing more.

See Jeannie....if this is true....

then God will never reveal Himself to you...or to anyone for that matter, who is not really INTERESTED IN TRULY KNOWING HIM!!flowerforyou

GOD WAITS FOR US TO COME TO HIM WITH A SINCERE HEART.....:heart:

THEN....AND ONLY THEN..........WILL GOD REVEAL HIMSELF ......TO THOSE WHO TRULY SEEK AFTER HIM.

THEN....WHEN GOD SEES US TRULY SEEKING AFTER HIM , WITH OUR WHOLE HEART....

THEN IS WHEN GOD STARTS TO DEAL WITH OUR HEARTS....AND BEGINS TO WOO US.....AND DRAW US UNTO HIM...

UNTIL WE FINALLY "SEE" AND FINALLY BELIEVE...AND THEN FINALLY ALSO RECIEVE AND ASK GOD INTO OUR HEARTS.

THEN ...AT THAT MOMENT ....

WHEN WE FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY ASK GOD INTO OUR HEARTS (THAT IS THE MOMENT WE BECOME BORN AGAIN)....

IS WHEN GOD FINALLY BECOMES KNOWN TO US.........

AND IS FINALLY UNDERSTOOD BY US........

AND IS FINALLY MADE CLEAR TO US.....

AND WE AT LONG LAST.....

FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHO GOD IS.flowerforyou:heart:flowerforyou

BUT GOD WAITS .....FOR SINCERE HEARTS FIRST......TO TRULY SEEK AFTER HIM.

GOD WILL NOT NOT NOT REVEAL HIMSELF TO THOSE .....

WHO THINK THEY ALREADY KNOW HIM....

AND TELL HIM WHO THEY THINK HE IS.
(listening Abra ?)flowerforyou

AND GOD WILL NOT NOT NOT REVEAL HIMSELF TO THOSE .....

WHO JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIM....

AND NOT REALLY WANT TO KNOW GOD.... AT ALL.

SEE ?.flowerforyou


GOD IS SPIRIT..NOT LOGIC....

AND THEREFORE, CAN ONLY BE KNOWN...

AND UNDERSTOOD THRU SPIRIT....

OR, IN OTHER WORDS,

THRU THE SINCERE HEART OF A MAN(SPIRIT)....

WHO FINALLY ASKS GOD IN.

NO OTHER WAY.

:heart::heart::heart:


in the greatest tribute to one named carlin that knew god more than all "professed" christians together".....THIS IS THE BIGGEST ****ING load of ****ing HORSE**** I HAVE EVER HEARD.........

behold, i stand at the DOOR AND KNOCK?

WHO THAT HAS MET GOD, AND KNOW GOD, AND SEE GOD IS TOTAL POWER, TOTAL INFINITE PRESENCE, TOTAL PERFECT LOVE, SAY GOD KNOCK AND SOMEONE CAN'T HEAR?

**** **** ****, the blind just love to **** their own knowlegde......

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Fri 01/23/09 12:11 PM


Jeannie wrote:

"So Yamin, what are you saying? That God is anything? That God is everything? If that is your definition of "God" then what is all the talk about."

Jeannie.... go back and re-read what Yamin wrote.flowerforyou:heart:flowerforyou




Morningsong, I have very good reading comprehension. And I read it twice. Why would you tell me to go back and read it again?

She also said:
"god can also be food, drugs,music, sex, wife, husband , child, celebrity, trees, alcohol,work,religious figure, people,etc, etc, you get the idea. anything can be god. "



MS thinks she is the only one with scriptural reading comprehension skills. If it doesn't line up with what her preacher tells her then it is not correct, Apple anyone?

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Fri 01/23/09 12:14 PM
speaking for myself, GOD exists and is my creator and heavenly father. Do I understand all of it, nope. do I believe, yup.

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Fri 01/23/09 12:19 PM
how can the meaning of text be said to be text itself, when text itself say the OTHER HALF OF THE MEANING MUST COME FROM THE HEART?

text itself GIVES NOT IT'S OWN MEANING?

it was written, THE LAW OF TEXT BE WRITTEN ON THE HEARTS OF HUMANITY?

the law of text then, COMPLETED WITH THE LAW OF HEART THEN, be then what give the WHOLE MEANING, which was said to be UNCONDITIONAL LOVE?

there is nothing that speak of text as having and defining itself, that has been connected it's own greater self, GOD WITHIN, that find not unitil it do just as text also wrote, LOOK NOT TO THE LEFT, OR TO THE RIGHT.......

saying further, to NOT HEED THOSE THAT DECLARE ITSELF KNOW THE TRUTH, as anything that KNOW "WHOLE" truth need not say such things, AS ANY HEARER THAT HEAR GREATER, KNOW IT, and be as the judge, AS THE SAME BE WRITTEN ON EACH HEART, that it truly find not what it seek in the following only some graven image of god which be what text gave, FOR THE HEART TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE, not be good or bad.......


Krimsa's photo
Fri 01/23/09 12:34 PM

speaking for myself, GOD exists and is my creator and heavenly father. Do I understand all of it, nope. do I believe, yup.


The Born Agains think you are satan. whoa

SharpShooter10's photo
Fri 01/23/09 01:30 PM


speaking for myself, GOD exists and is my creator and heavenly father. Do I understand all of it, nope. do I believe, yup.


The Born Agains think you are satan. whoa
laugh I've heard that. Probably the ones that believe Eve ate an apple or Angels have big pretty wings on their backs. I have my beliefs and understanding of scripture based on my studies and not just what some preacher says. Do I have all the answers? I'm sure I don't. But I still say some of my understanding makes far more sense than a lot of what is taught these days. I think we all will have some suprises in the end.

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Fri 01/23/09 01:40 PM
Christians can and have been some of my harshest critics. No problem, I can handle it.