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How can one actually know the grandest possible entity? Those who claim they do or feel they can speak for or on behalf of god are little more than charlatans. Or just being arrogant.Can you “know” god? Or know what god thinks and wants?
Can reading and studying one book, written/edited by fallible men thousands of years ago, mostly unknown fallible men, help you to actually “know“ god?
If a Muslim says yes then is the Koran the book to read?
Simply because you “read and study” a book (written by anonymous, regular, fallible humans), what makes you think you can “know” a supernatural entity and it’s thoughts/desires?
An analogy to ponder:
You can read about how to fly a plane.
Spend decades reading and studying about how to fly airplanes.
Does simply reading about it make you a pilot?
It's odd how a supposedly "perfect" being can create imperfect things.If there were proof that we Humans were actually special and not evolved from other beings, I might think about a greater-than-I entity and living forever, etc.
As it is, I don't buy the program. We're way too flawed to be from some powerful all-knowing thing.
The Matrix anyone?To me, we're just as likely to be a computer simulation. We certainly wouldn't know it if we were.
For me 'personally', it's this simple. After reading/studying biblical scripture, I asked myself the following question: "Is it more likely an unproven deity created everything as we know/observe it, or is it more likely mere mortals concocted a 'God Concept' to explain the unknown?" Critical and logical thinking led me to the conclusion it is the latter of the two.If there were proof that we Humans were actually special and not evolved from other beings, I might think about a greater-than-I entity and living forever, etc.
As it is, I don't buy the program. We're way too flawed to be from some powerful all-knowing thing.
To me, we're just as likely to be a computer simulation. We certainly wouldn't know it if we were.
I think there are 2 things in life that would startle the hell out of me...To hear somebody walk up behind me (out in the prairie or whatever)It's odd how a supposedly "perfect" being can create imperfect things.
The Matrix anyone?
Says the Muslim, Mormon, Hindu, Buddhist, Catholic, Amish, Sikh ….Yes...by taking in knowledge of God through His Word,
No. Regardless of the definitions of what a god is, it is understood that a god would of a different nature than humans, and would have a perspective of the universe profoundly different than ours.Can you “know” god? Or know what god thinks and wants?
Yeah, that would be creepy.I think there are 2 things in life that would startle the hell out of me...To hear somebody walk up behind me (out in the prairie or whatever)
and say Mis-terrr Andersson.
"But mom, I just started a war on the 3rd planet." LolThat or knowing any second, somewhere a Mom would say: "Turn your Solar-System-Game off and come eat your vegetables!
No, it's not...man is made in God's image...we have God's Word as base/reference so it is possible to come to know Him...it is understood that a god would of a different nature than humans
You cannot love or put faith in someone you don't know...No, because that would invalidate faith. Christianity is all about faith, and knowing is not believing.
Yes you can. You never knew your great great great great grandfather, but you certainly believe he existed, yes?You cannot love or put faith in someone you don't know...
Believing someone exists/existed is not loving them or putting faith in them...case in point...Satan and his demons believe..."the demons believe and shudder" James 2:19You never knew your great great great great grandfather, but you certainly believe he existed, yes?
Believing is not knowing either. And yet, how often do some theists proclaim "knowing" something in regards to God? Personally, I prefer to have knowledge over belief.No, because that would invalidate faith. Christianity is all about faith, and knowing is not believing.
No. I need to develop some emotional attachment and level of trust first.You cannot love or put faith in someone you don't know...
Made in His image does not mean of the same nature. What is it like to be a god? How do thought processes for a non-material being work? What experiences has God had that are not recorded in any Holy book?No, it's not...man is made in God's image...we have God's Word as base/reference so it is possible to come to know Him...
God is a spirit...we are flesh and blood so logic tells us we are not made in God's image in a physical way, so it must be something else...God loves, God hates, God gets angry, God gets hurt...so do we...we are made in God's image in the fact that we can experience the same attributes as He does...Made in His image does not mean of the same nature. What is it like to be a god?
Odds how an omnipotent, omniscient deity that is supposedly "perfect" has all the same petty emotions as us mere mortals? It's as if God has all the attributes of the mortals who imagined him?God is a spirit...we are flesh and blood so logic tells us we are not made in God's image in a physical way, so it must be something else...God loves, God hates, God gets angry, God gets hurt...so do we...we are made in God's image in the fact that we can experience the same attributes as He does...
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