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Though I am not sure if I agree with xddga's use of the word God. It seem that becomes a synonym for the universe as a whole. Does the universe somehow become more special by calling it God? Saying the universe is God does not give it any new atributes. So why not call things by their proper name?
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this is kind of bad terminology. correct, but bad really. I was always told that God w/ a capital G always refers to the biblical form of higher power (capatalized because we substutite that word for His name considering He doesn't have one, same w/ He/His/It/She/Her/etc); while god w/ a lower case g always donotes pretty much every other entity of supreme being. *shrugs* Maybe I'm just an idiot, but that's what I've been told... only reason why I use the word "god" to describe what I feel/believe is there really is no other term or word. in fact I think that term is completely wrong what for what i believe as it represents a completely different idea and image from what I think.
I never said that my defenition of god is just the universe, and if it came off that way I apoligize. I think the universe is more a part of "god" then anything, such as a memory/dream/thought/feeling is a part of you. while i did state that I think god is made up everything (which includes much more then just the physical universe, such as peoples thoughts, feelings, intentions of their actions, dreams, etc), it is much more then the sum of the parts. Much like you are made of a bunch of parts that work together as one. Although, like I said earlier, I do not believe that this "god" has a will of it's own, but works together with all it's parts (us) much like herds of animals work together in order to go through life.
as for the true nature of the "god" i believe in, I can't really say. I guess you'd need to know the meaning of life and what purpose we serve as living creatures to truly understand what a "god" is (no matter what your deffination of one is).
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Originally Posted by Wyckd
what you just did, is create your own God in which you want to believe in. if you create an idol of your own will, that being is not really a God, is it? you are ITS God... in which, IT does not exist.
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Maybe this is true, maybe it's not. But based on all time searching for an answer to "what is god?" and all my expirences, I feel this is correct for me. I didn't simply wake up one day and "create" this idea, but is the product of a life long search and countless hours of questioning every facet of my life, existince, and expirences, then questioning the answers I get from them. to say it was simply created, and therefore wrong, because it's what I want is rather harsh.
Maybe I am wrong on every fundemental level. maybe everything I believe in is false, like you say, but oh well. At least I'm trying to find the answers for myself and have made me a much better person because of it, and I'm proud of that fact.