There Is Only One GOD - Page 10

Amilius777 · #91 14-01-2016, 07:29 AM

(I use traditional pronouns because it gets aggravating always saying him/her/it)

I've been calling God "the Divine Force" or "the Divine Energy" because it summarizes Him as One, Impersonal yet Personal, and can be more explored.

The Divine Force can not be understood just as That even though it is That, It just IS, Being itself. The Divine Force manifests in threes from our perspective. The Father- Mind which brings things forth like thoughts and gives them freedom from it's Energy. All created things including all of us, all souls are thoughts of God but given free-will which is a personal energy we own. The Son- the Body which was first manifested as Creation and all Universes and Matter. It is the Divine force revealing and sharing Self with all materiality. The Holy Spirit- the Spirit of the Divine force which dwells within us as consciousness; making all of us inherently divine.

Morpheus · #92 31-01-2016, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by StarNumber

Have you ever heard of the Crusades? Or the wars in England and Ireland between the Catholics and the Protestants?

IMO all religions, no matter how good the intentions of the original founders might have been, become corrupted. Look at all the editing done on the bible itself during the 3rd century to leave out parts of the bible they did not want the public to see? They might have said it was to avoid confusion or it might be because it was the political thing to do at the time. Still, they edited the bible and made it less than it was.

I too like to read about different points of views of different religions. I think there could be something of value in most of them, something that I could believe in, but I just stay away from the religious organizations themselves.

Religion exists because life and reality is more than this material world in "space/time", and involving this biological/organic aspect.

It's not that all religion is corrupt, but that this biological and organic aspect is.
It is changed and altered from that which is perfect.

One only needs to look out on "the world", read and watch the News objectively to see and percieve. But, objectivity is a difficult achievement for most.

AlanN · #93 31-01-2016, 11:07 AM

Gods and Goddesses are not necessarily 'creators'. I believe that there is only one mystery behind the universe, but there are many beings (deities, people, animals etc). We are all creations of that universe, but individuals within it.
As far as a single intelligence behind it all goes, it seems to be only the Abrahamic religions that believe this, and they are relatively new on the scene as far as spiritual beliefs go. The native religion of all countries is Shamanism, and it is possibly in that we need to look for the answers; but who knows?

Morpheus · #94 07-02-2016, 11:47 AM

Originally, there is only Spirit. Scripture states that "God is Spirit", and those that come to Him must do so in spirit and in Truth.

In actuallity, there is only Spirit, and if it's so, what does that make then of the "solid", and "material" world?
Exactly what we have been told in modern Physics since Einstein, as well as that of scripture.
Something both temporary... and illusory.

I recall one Near Death Experiencer stating that God is a Gestault.
When I look up Gestault, the definition is of a Whole, which is more than the sum of it's parts.

(Material) "Reality is an illusion, albeit a very persistant one."
- Einstein

ajay00 · #95 11-02-2016, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by psychoslice

There isn't even one God, there is just what IS, to say that there is one God, is like saying that there must be, or could be more god's.

This is a very insightful statement.

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Originally Posted by Fujiwara Kaito

^ This is the claim of most religions. ^

There is obviously only one God in all probability, but I would say that He would be much, much happier than all the worship and prayers in his name, if people stop hurting and killing others in His name.

CosmicWisdom323 · #96 11-02-2016, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mazulu

Yes of course judgement exists. Humans are really good at it. But does God judge us? Sometimes I think God watches us the way we watch TV.

Can you please define what it means "to exist"?

Morpheus · #97 13-02-2016, 09:43 AM

To, "be".

Do you feel that the material organic realm is all there is?

"They who come to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him."

Morpheus · #98 13-02-2016, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ajay00

This is a very insightful statement.

There is obviously only one God in all probability, but I would say that He would be much, much happier than all the worship and prayers in his name, if people stop hurting and killing others in His name.

Do you think that is very simplistic? What is the reason for such behavior?
Do all who committ atrocities feel they are not justified in doing so?

Fallen Human Nature.

inspirit · #99 16-02-2016, 07:07 PM

I definitely think that mono-theism is a step in the right direction regardless of your religion, and I'm glad that the largest religions are mono-theistic. But I like Jesus's metaphor of God as a Father who loves humanity like a true father loves his children. Christianity is the only religion that has this, and Judaism to a lesser degree...

ajay00 · #**100** 17-02-2016, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Morpheus

Do you think that is very simplistic? What is the reason for such behavior?
Do all who committ atrocities feel they are not justified in doing so?

Fallen Human Nature.

Well as the saying by Voltaire goes, ' As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities.'

I would attribute duality caused by organised religion which creates the 'us versus them' attitude along with superstitious traditions and thought processes devoid of reasoning as the main reasons behind these atrocities.