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Topic: Re:What kind of God ...?
Posted by: Larry Stamford
Date/Time: 20/12/14 19:08:00

Please forgive me, I am new to this site. I was looking for some information on something quite different but stumbled across this thread.

It struck me that you are all debating the existence/non-existence of the classical image of God.
Presumably a personal figure. This, it seems, is the way most religious folks, that take the scriptures literally, view God. This is also the God that atheists will dispute. It seems the easiest way to argue for or against.
I wonder if perhaps Joseph Campbell's definition or description might be closer to the truth. Or at least would change the nature of any argument for or against.
"God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that."

This does not paint God as a man, a person, a creator, a father figure, but something much more subtle..something that we, with our limited capacity for thought, simply can never comprehend. Much like the idea of infinity. Science is of great importance but it's reach is, and always will be, limited. Also the human mind can only go so far. It can never get behind consciousness itself. Therefor, such arguments are rendered pointless at best.

Another view we might take is that there is no 'kind of God' that would murder children, but there are the laws of cause and effect that we must all seemingly abide by. Which, in itself, returns a large degree of responsibility to us, as humans. That any event, however despicable is interdependent on an infinite number of factors of which all play a significant part.

I don't invite any hostility nor am i claiming in any way to be right. However, to entertain such ideas with an openness to discover. To examine our own delusion (which means to acccept that we are, in a number of ways, deluded) . To be fully prepared to be wrong. To refrain from judging others - these are surely at the root of humility, compassion and understanding. Only when we are able to cultivate such qualities will atrocities, such as the one mentioned in the original post, cease.


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What kind of God ...? 16/12/14 20:25:00 Janine Jarvis
   Re:What kind of God ...? 16/12/14 20:30:00 Maggie Anderson
      Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 16/12/14 20:32:00 Pete Mayes
         Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 16/12/14 20:52:00 Janine Jarvis
            Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 16/12/14 21:07:00 Julian Pavey
            Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 16/12/14 21:25:00 Colin Wren
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 16/12/14 22:46:00 Janine Jarvis
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 16/12/14 22:53:00 Iain Muir
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 16/12/14 22:54:00 Bob Little
   Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 08:49:00 Francis Rowe
      Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 08:54:00 William Luckman
         Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 09:32:00 S Powell
            Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 10:17:00 Nigel Brooks
   Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 10:33:00 Will Watson
      Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 10:44:00 Vanessa Smith
         Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 10:55:00 Francis Rowe
            Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 12:07:00 Will Watson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 13:06:00 Nigel Brooks
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 15:46:00 Francis Rowe
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 16:10:00 Will Watson
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 16:20:00 Nigel Brooks
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 17:13:00 Francis Rowe
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 17:34:00 Will Watson
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 18:28:00 Francis Rowe
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 19:51:00 Will Watson
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 18:39:00 Colin Wren
                           Awareness of self18/12/14 09:33:00 Francis Rowe
         Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 13:49:00 Richard Greenhough
         Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 14:20:00 Pete Mayes
   Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 10:54:00 Andy Rooney
      Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 13:13:00 Ben Willcocks
         Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 13:28:00 Colin Wren
            Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 13:43:00 Julian Pavey
      Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 13:52:00 Richard Greenhough
         Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 14:01:00 Andy Rooney
            Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 14:28:00 Tony Inwood
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 14:36:00 Richard Greenhough
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 15:48:00 Janine Jarvis
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 15:50:00 Russell Pearson
         Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 16:54:00 Vanessa Smith
            Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 17:44:00 Richard Greenhough
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 18:03:00 Pete Mayes
            Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 17/12/14 18:38:00 Keith Iddon
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 18/12/14 09:02:00 James Robinson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 18/12/14 09:33:00 Nigel Brooks
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 18/12/14 09:07:00 Gerry Tan
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 20/12/14 18:28:00 Janine Jarvis
   Re:What kind of God ...? 20/12/14 19:08:00 Larry Stamford
      Re:Re:What kind of God ...? 20/12/14 19:12:00 Nigel Brooks

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