tropicdiver, that's a satire article from The Onion's first issue after Sept. 11, 2001 - one of my favorite issues in fact
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Originally posted by :::OshnSoul:::
I grew up in a Christian environment. Yet the whole time I felt something beyond the aspect of worshiping a "God". There was more to it. So I read, researched, took philosophy- and it expanded my ideas- but there was still more. One day it all came to me.........especially after choosing to read some metaphysical/spirituality books.....I realized in my own mind what I know deep down was finally surfacing.........
A lot of people think of God as an actual being- and they draw the conclusion that God has form- mainly one form- but that they don't know what form. They never see God- and from the bible speaking of God in Heaven- looking up and raising your hands to God they believe that God is external. And that God is all-powerful, almighty, omnipotent, and God judges those who sin.
Some idea of God exists in every religion and all religions link to the same thing- a source of being.......and of seeking truth and spirituality and goodness. Therefore all religions have their truth and that truth is resonant in all of them.
But here's another view. God is not a being- Ever heard "God is a verb."? God IS BEing. God is the Source of Being- of BEing anything and everything. God does not have a form, but can and does take shape. How? Motion. How does it go into motion? Thought. How are thoughts created? Energy. Name one thing that does not contain energy. Name one thing you cannot do with energy.
God is a source of being that exists within and all around us. God is simply known as energy and that we can use and manipulate this energy in every given moment. Even subconsiously- we don't even think about it most of the time.
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This is very similar the line of thought Catholicism has been slowly moving towards since the early 1900's with the priest and scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (who was originally not allowed to publish his writings by the Church), and now with the more modern theologians as well. There are many people I know and know of who would not posit that God is necessarily something external, or even some THING at all.