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For those of you who haven't read my posts before, it is only fair to tell you that I am an atheist, which is to say that I do not believe in the idea of an all seeing, all powerful, all knowing god, as per the abrahamic faiths might teach.
I have already wondered at how so many often intelligent people would have such a great desire to reach some heaven, nirava, or some such, esp when they often are not able to actually tell you what it is like there.
Remember, it might be worth knowing, esp once you are there, you are going to spend a lot longer there than you did on earth, therfore, if it pans out as an awful place, well, maybe best to know a little more before signing up, that is what I am thinking.
I also genuinely marvel at the reverence that is given to a creator who appears so shy.
Why doesn't your creator show himself more? I think that is a fair question.
And it is a question that I would be asking myself, even if I did believe in a god, I would be asking why he had not visited earth more, engaged with his creation more often?
He could still afford us 'free will', and remain in touch..
Of course, some religous books have cited examples of those who have apparently met god, yet I have yet to read a definitive description of god.
God also seems to be rather shy, even in religous scripts.
Meeting one man alone, most often.
Hiding, on some occasions.
Issuing warnings to anyone that looked at his face.
Why not?
What is wrong with it?
Why would having a look be so bad, I do not get it?
Same with how some will miss out a vowel, when typing 'god'. No offence, but why? What does this actually do for your well being, and if the answer is vague, then why do it?
Do you think god would really care that David from Luton wrote the word god, and included a vowel?
Anyway, back to the face of god.
I assume Islamists pray to the same god as the other Abrahamic faiths, yet I am led to believe that it is FORBIDDEN to even imagine what god might look like, in the Koran.
I was told by a Muslim, therefore, if that us untrue or true, perhaps a Muslim might know?
Think about that for a second.
If it is true, then what sort of book would make it an offence for man to even mentally imagine what god might look like?
Talk about mind control.
It is human instinct to wonder, and entirely natural that a theist esp would imagine what their god to look like, rather than just shrug, and imagine the answer to be so beyond them, or that they are not meant to know.
I have already wondered at how so many often intelligent people would have such a great desire to reach some heaven, nirava, or some such, esp when they often are not able to actually tell you what it is like there.
Remember, it might be worth knowing, esp once you are there, you are going to spend a lot longer there than you did on earth, therfore, if it pans out as an awful place, well, maybe best to know a little more before signing up, that is what I am thinking.
I also genuinely marvel at the reverence that is given to a creator who appears so shy.
Why doesn't your creator show himself more? I think that is a fair question.
And it is a question that I would be asking myself, even if I did believe in a god, I would be asking why he had not visited earth more, engaged with his creation more often?
He could still afford us 'free will', and remain in touch..
Of course, some religous books have cited examples of those who have apparently met god, yet I have yet to read a definitive description of god.
God also seems to be rather shy, even in religous scripts.
Meeting one man alone, most often.
Hiding, on some occasions.
Issuing warnings to anyone that looked at his face.
Why not?
What is wrong with it?
Why would having a look be so bad, I do not get it?
Same with how some will miss out a vowel, when typing 'god'. No offence, but why? What does this actually do for your well being, and if the answer is vague, then why do it?
Do you think god would really care that David from Luton wrote the word god, and included a vowel?
Anyway, back to the face of god.
I assume Islamists pray to the same god as the other Abrahamic faiths, yet I am led to believe that it is FORBIDDEN to even imagine what god might look like, in the Koran.
I was told by a Muslim, therefore, if that us untrue or true, perhaps a Muslim might know?
Think about that for a second.
If it is true, then what sort of book would make it an offence for man to even mentally imagine what god might look like?
Talk about mind control.
It is human instinct to wonder, and entirely natural that a theist esp would imagine what their god to look like, rather than just shrug, and imagine the answer to be so beyond them, or that they are not meant to know.
