He is the alpha and the omega, there is no beginning and there is no end to His reign.The problem is we are applying time to a being that exists outside of time. It's like describing a 3rd dimension only using linear geometry it can't be done.
So is "resistance".To place the human constuct of time/space is futile.
I personally don't need a God, but some do.Why do you need a God?
gods (notice lower case) need "subjects". Without "subjects" (aka those lesser than they are) they cease to be gods.Why does a God need you?
Well, I am sure that if we were to travel back through time, and brought all our wizz bang inventions back to ancient Egypt or even before that, we would be hailed as gods. You know where I am leading, but out of time now so I'll leave with that thought.What difference does it make whether there is or isn't a God? If you knew for a certainty one way or the other, what would change? Why?
Personally, I don't feel the need for one so I hope you don't Sue if I try to answer this in more general terms. Many people use God as a focus. It's easier for some to be able to put the blame on 'God's Will' as they can't handle the concept of random events happening in a random universe. These are the same type of people who, when something goes wrong look for somebody to blame before they look for a solution.Why do you need a God?
The only reasons I can think of are either a God sized ego that needs stroking or a God who indeed plays dice with the universe.Why does a God need you?
To me it would make no difference. I imagine if faced with indisputable proof of God's existence today I think I would probably say, "That's nice" and carry on with my life. I certainly wouldn't feel the need to suddenly start kow-towing because he says so.What difference does it make whether there is or isn't a God? If you knew for a certainty one way or the other, what would change? Why?
Day to day life of paying the bills and walking the dog doesn't need a God to continue. ...but there is more to life than that, some people are aware of that. When you become aware of spirituality, it's not so much what 'you need' it's the awareness that everything is interconnected and we all need other in life and in death*. Spirituality and God is realizing your contribution is loved unconditionally, and you are not judged by how much you need, or by how much other's need you.Sue U wrote: Why do you need a God?
People don't need children. Early man didn't know where children came from, but when they were born, it wasn't because parents needed them per se. However, mothers and fathers give as much love as they can; even it doesn't support a personal need.Sue U wrote: Why does a God need you?
What difference does it make whether there is or isn't a God? If you knew for a certainty one way or the other, what would change? Why?
You missed my point. 200 years ago, we thought flying was impossible simply because we didn't have the understanding to make it happen. Possibly the same goes for time travel. I think it unlikely, as I say, but who knows?loCAtek wrote:With flying we had to bend some physical laws, with time travel we'd have to break some ...and some big ones at that. Flight is not defying gravity. You can not defy time.
I don't. My experience is that many that do need a god need one because they equate god with heaven - it is actually the heaven they need so that they can believe that when their life ends they can continue to exist.Sue U wrote:Why do you need a God?
To have someone to smite, probably.Sue U wrote:Why does a God need you?
Very good question. If I knew for certain there wasn't a god I would absolutely change nothing - because I believe there isn't, and would put my certainty quotient at >99%.Sue U wrote:What difference does it make whether there is or isn't a God? If you knew for a certainty one way or the other, what would change? Why?
dales wrote:God fills a spriritual void in my life that only He can fill.
Nothing even comes close.
Would you also be upset if he said that about one of his parents? Or maybe a close friend? Clearly people fulfill different needs for each of us, which is why we are social creatures. In a way, a god or supreme being would do the same thing. For me, striving to understand god presents me with knowledge/feelings/understandings that i wouldn't otherwise have. It helps me to connect better with others, and to order my life and better appreciate my place in the cosmos. Sure, this is all diffuse and general, but then I cannot write well about such feelings--perhaps some budding poet could. I can't speak for Dales, but I'd bet this is something along the lines of what he meant.If Sean told me he had a void that only God could fill i would be upset and angry with him....We chose each other and decided to make a family.We should be enough for him.
I can only speak from my own experience.SisterMaryFellatio wrote:dales wrote:God fills a spriritual void in my life that only He can fill.
Nothing even comes close.
Dales am not trying to pick a fight but I simply cannot get my head around that statement.
In what way does he fill a void?
What void is there to fill if you are happy and content with your lot?
If Sean told me he had a void that only God could fill i would be upset and angry with him....We chose each other and decided to make a family.We should be enough for him.
Maybe I am coming accross as dumb or just plain ignorant but i really don't get it
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Others may be satisfied with their lot.
I was always searching for something else beyond the material world.
No, we are doing no such thing. You evidently would like us to be doing that, because you evidently believe that it provides some sort of solution to the problem. (Although how simply waving the slogan "outside of time" at what you admit to be a paradox resolves that paradox is anything but clear.)Crackpot wrote:The problem is we are applying time to a being that exists outside of time. It's like describing a 3rd dimension only using linear geometry it can't be done.
