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Originally Posted by Elphaba
An author that has my respect and has been generally acknowledged for his intelligence and great breadth of knowledge chooses to identify himself as a Christian. He spoke recently that our concept of a god is likely to be so much smaller than what may be the truth. He posed the proposition that "god" is *all* that there is. As difficult as that concept may be to comprehend, I think there is much for the "intelligent" person to consider.
I think that there is something far larger than our current conceptions of a god. The theists may sense that "something" and will not willingly throw their beliefs aside if they become a minority. For myself, I attempt to be respectful of all beliefs.
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I'm afraid this is just trying to find a place for god while being able to ignore the entire concept.
God/Gods have always been attributed to do things like change the seasons, make the sun rise, bring fertility, and such.
Science comes along and says 'umm not so fast'.
This then supersedes science by saying well 'god is the gravity, god is the sun, god is the rain, god is the, well everything, so god is all.'
But once you remove any real actor part on god, god just 'is' you have really eliminated the need for god. The universe would not change if the 'all god' became a 'no god'.
In a more devout time someone with this theory of sorts would be lumped in with the atheists. An all god isn't a loving god, caring god, or even vengeful god, its a meaningless god.