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Quarryman
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We Are All God
#7966936 - 02/01/08 10:11 PM (16 years, 1 hour ago) |
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This seems to be a popular way of describing the way things are on
this board. I don't quite understand what is meant by this though. Is
this a way of expressing the the Hindu believe that we are all hiding
from our true selves? How do you define God? Is it being suggested
that one could imply any of the "supernatural powers" that
traditional gods are thought to have? I doubt that those of you who
believe this are actually suggesting this, but I am at a loss for
what you think of as God. So if you agree with my topic, could you
please define what it means for YOU?
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Quarryman]
#7966981 - 02/01/08 10:29 PM (16 years, 1 hour ago) |
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to me it suggests that we all are composed of God, not that we necessarily are the one and only God...to love is to be God.
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Re: We Are All God [Re: kody260z]
#7967007 - 02/01/08 10:35 PM (16 years, 1 hour ago) |
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What is God though? I'm pretty sure you don't mean we each have a little chunk of the Christian god in us, so what exactly does the saying mean to you?
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Re: We Are All God [Re: kody260z]
#7967011 - 02/01/08 10:36 PM (16 years, 1 hour ago) |
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I agree. We are God.
Everything is God. However, we humans can draw and make cool paintings and shit... so thats like one of many ways for God to say "look what I can do!"
Humans (and other animals and extra-terrestrials.. who knows maybe plants and fungi too? Or even stars and galaxies?) are God/the universe coming into the realization of itself.
The universe/God expresses itself through us and everything. But like I said, we can draw and do cartwheels and make music so that really shows something... God/universe expressing itself through us? Not because we were chosen but our bodies happened to win the race (although this aint no race its a never ending marathon where everyone and everything is invited!)... we aren't the only ones you know! Which really in the end is ALL about creation.
Edited by Ginseng1 (02/01/08 10:40 PM)
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Quarryman]
#7967017 - 02/01/08 10:39 PM (16 years, 1 hour ago) |
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Christian God, Jewish God, whatever. To me its the idea that the absolutely awe-inspiring, purely indescribable forces that created all of us, reside within us. We are not simply separate end products of a creative process - these forces of infinite awesomeness live on within us. In that way, we are each God.
Or at least that's how I see it.
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Ginseng1]
#7967039 - 02/01/08 10:46 PM (16 years, 55 minutes ago) |
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Ginsing, if I understand you correctly, you are saying we are all part of creation, which means we are all God. If that is how you define God, what are the implications of this fact? TO me it seems that the difference between atheists and those who think that everything is God is that one thinks everything is holy, and one thinks nothing is holy. Relatively, neither group distinguishes between certain things being holy or not holy, so in practice the two are the same.
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Quarryman]
#7967050 - 02/01/08 10:49 PM (16 years, 52 minutes ago) |
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I think atheists and theists's beliefs have nothing to do with holiness - atheists may very well think everything is holy, they just wouldn't attribute it to an outside entity.
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Re: We Are All God [Re: kody260z]
#7967081 - 02/01/08 10:59 PM (16 years, 42 minutes ago) |
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Ok, so you think there's a part of God outside as well as the one inside people?
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Quarryman]
#7967126 - 02/01/08 11:11 PM (16 years, 30 minutes ago) |
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definitely, plants, animals, EVERYthing
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Quarryman]
#7967709 - 02/02/08 06:14 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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It makes logical sense, if you accept the following:
1) God is Omniscient 2) God is Omnipotent 3) God is Omnipresent
Therefore God is all knowing, is all powerful, and is everywhere at once. Now, humanity:
A) Humanity has knowledge. B) Humanity has power. C) Humanity lives on Earth.
God is all knowing, all powerful, and everywhere. Humans know things, wield limited power, and are spatially present. In order for all of this to be true, one must logically conclude that we are part of God. In order for us to have power, we must share in God's power. God has all the knowledge, and we have some knowledge, therefore we know but part of what God knows. God is everywhere, and we are here, so God is where we are, God is us, we are God. Each of us is a piece of God.
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Re: We Are All God [Re: pattern]
#7967723 - 02/02/08 06:36 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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mind is all sifting together, no separation. it means no illusion of a separate single self. this does not mean the self did not exist. it did not exist separately.
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Quarryman]
#7967919 - 02/02/08 09:00 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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The totality of everything is God. So to me it means we are all part of the Deity, but not the totality of it.
Everything in you, around you and what makes you is God though.
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Quarryman]
#7967933 - 02/02/08 09:06 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Quarryman said: This seems to be a popular way of describing the way things are on
this board. I don't quite understand what is meant by this though. Is
this a way of expressing the the Hindu believe that we are all hiding
from our true selves? How do you define God? Is it being suggested
that one could imply any of the "supernatural powers" that
traditional gods are thought to have? I doubt that those of you who
believe this are actually suggesting this, but I am at a loss for
what you think of as God. So if you agree with my topic, could you
please define what it means for YOU?
Consider that one does not need belief in a deity. Everything is accomplished without need for that belief.
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Icelander]
#7967959 - 02/02/08 09:27 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Everything is accomplished without need for that belief.
Really? Try crashing a commercial airline into a building and taking your own life along with everyone else on board without such a belief!
Try burning witches to death without such a belief.
Must I continue?
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Must I continue?
I don't think you can stop yourself.
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Icelander]
#7967988 - 02/02/08 09:42 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Are you saying I must get the last word in? I can stop posting ANY TIME I WANT TO!
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You just don't want to. (read can't)
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Re: We Are All God [Re: Icelander]
#7967997 - 02/02/08 09:45 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Nuh uh.
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The mere existence of your consciousness and awareness is evidence that we are all one. It's totally arbitrary that you were born YOU and not someone (or everyone) else, given the fundamental nature of your experiences. Therefore, we must exist as a singular consciousness being pulled through everything that exists, including the weird little filters known as our brains.
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The mere existence of your consciousness and awareness is evidence that we are all one.
What? Maybe what you and I call "evidence" isn't exactly the same thingy.
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