Some people believe in the existence of God, some do not, and still others are not sure. In order that we may all be on common ground before continuing, let us define what we mean by the word 'God'. For purposes of this discussion let us say that God is an unknowable, non-material entity with super-human abilities to bring material reality into being. Furthermore this entity, God, maintains total control over his creation, but grants to man, the highest form of His creation, free will to make his own decisions on most matters. God has a purpose for mankind, namely to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization. In order to make His will known to man, and to guide him toward his destiny, God appoints, from time to time, earthly representatives to convey His wishes and provide the necessary guidance.
As has been stated then, all of existence is made up of two classes of reality - the material and the non-material, or spiritual. God falls into the realm of the creator, or spiritual, realm, and man into the created, or material realm. However, to man, God has bestowed a spiritual component - the soul, the instrument through which man can recognize his creator. With his five senses man can perceive his material surroundings, and with his soul he can perceive his spiritual reality. Just as man can be deprived of one or more of his physical senses, so too can his spiritual sense, his soul, be bereft of its full capacity.
The soul of man cannot be destroyed; it is the eternal, and hence the only real aspect of man. But it can be temporarily obscured by the dross of materialism and egotism. To those so afflicted the recognition of God is hindered, if only for a time. The human mind is an instrument of the powers and abilities of man, however it is not all-knowing. It is subject to human limitations; it did not self-create. Its greatest ability is to recognize that there exists, outside of itself, a reality it cannot fathom, a power to which it is subject, a realm of which it is not a part. This reality is what is called God.
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2) Since you followed the question with your own response, you obviously are not looking for differing opinions, so why bother asking?
The title is in the form of a question. I'm not looking for the answer; I already have the answer. My purpose is to share my views with others. They may agree or disagree. Either way I don't mind. I know what your views are and I am happy to have you express them here.
You are not asking the question as you posed it. You are asking if your definition of God exists and you clearly believe it does, which goes some way towards stifling debate.
As for an answer, yes your God does exist, as much as any other God exists. Whether the story they tell is the true one is another matter altogether. Suffice it to say the chances of it being the factually true one are probably nonexistent.
God doesn't need Abraham, Moses or any of us people. He (she, or it) is too vast for simple needs. God is a part of the smallest of things and of the greatest.
Now lets talk about what God is not. God is not the personage created by man in his hope. God is not the celestial bellboy, waiting to provide you with whatever you wish if you hit the magic formula (prayer), and God is not the eternal hit man (God took brother Bill, we don't know why but God took him!)
God is not the author of evil or of tragedy. God does not diminish the person, God magnifies the person. Ultimately, God defies description, yours or mine!
It is Allah, except Whom there is no God; the Knowing of all - the hidden and the evident; He only is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
It is Allah, except Whom there is no God; the King, the Pure, the Giver of Peace, the Bestower of Safety, the Protector, the Most Honourable, the Compeller, the Proud; Purity is to Allah from all what they ascribe as partners (to Him)!
It is Allah only, Who is the Creator, the Initiator, the Designer of all - His only are all the good names; all whatever is in the heavens and in the earth proclaims His Purity; and He only is the Most Honourable, the Wise.
We all have a brain that registers the non-local "mind" of creation that we sense intuitively as our subjective INternal recognition of the microcosmic realm of spirit, the a-priori source of all, and that compared in contrast with the outer macrocosmic objective reality perceived by the 5 physical senses looking outward, the a-posteriori manifestation of spirit.
In the outer world we travel towards re-membrance with God, ending in an "Omega" time factor, the "completion" of our creative journey that began at "Alpha" time factor.
The difference between the two is considered our eternity and the playground our infinity of space.
When the light of God is realized by us during that period, it will be experienced as unconditional love, which we will know as the truth of God, and in that know God "Spiritually," as well as our relationship to the rest of creation ... thus God "can be known" that way. It is "that way", via love, that natural diversities of opposites cooperate in appreciation, resulting in creative synergy and a relatively "heavenly" (peaceful) experience of win/win for each and all.
When the light of God is ignored, we have instead the darkness of fear, that would lead to winner/loser conflict and eventually absolute destruction, if not corrected with realization of the higher truth.
IMnsHO.
Jerry Kays, Jul 1, 2008, 10:26am EDT (reposted for spelling correction)
but as I have found out before, that line of thinking is too existential for Gather.