I used to hate god. Then I just stopped hating him and forgot about him altogether, until he reminded me that life is a test. SEE MY POST under GHost/Unexplained about Demon Possession by XANITHAR. (IF you want to know what happened to me that changed me)

Lets see, I know why so many people deny or hate God. Because god is a father. He's like family. Most of us hate or bicker with our families from time to time. Some of us even disown family. And as our society becomes more bold, we are more tempted into the sins. Why did God create the 10 commandments? Did you ever think about it? Why would someone just think up all these things for the world to live by in ancient times? Most people think about themselves and living for the day. All of a sudden the golden rule becomes our crest and basis for life. Millions of people since our begginings have recorded amazing phenomenons of Gods existance. Why? They could have just told their friends and forgotten about it. Of course, there was a lot of people who enjoyed tall tales as well, but then again it's a matter of faith and belief in your heart.

YOu can choose to disagree and say evolution created us, but just look at the intricate detail of life. God is the worlds greatest artist.

Why does god judge us? When you judge another, Many times it is blind hatred or stereotypical nonsense from some hipocrital viewpoint. Pride becomes a prize until it's sizzles a man to an arrogant demeanor. Would you want someone who makes fun of you, who plans to steal from you or hurt you to live in your house? God doesn't want those people in his house either. So the way I see it, life is a test and those who just simply want to hate him for no reason or won't give him a chance shall not enjoy his hospitality.

I'm not a religious bible belt kind of guy.

But I do believe the world is in for a huge change. I think we are going to see an incredible amount of evil within the next century. All those who find hard times in your lifes, don't blame god. Thank him no matter what happens to you. Be humble and live life on knowing that death is far from the end.

And if your tempted completely by hatred and demonic forces, you are blind to the will of the devil. Trust me. Hell is no place you want to see. I've been possessed by a demon before. You can laugh, but I swear to my soul that demonic forces are working hard. Extremely hard to pull you down from the grace of the heavens and devour your from within.

Accually I just would rather stay away from that whole mess and worship the Mother... if you will...

hate gods?

how can one hate something made-up? ok, lets say the gods are real. well they have not shown themselves to me, nor have they done anything in my life good or bad, so why would i hate them?

what i have a problem with is the ignorance of the whole issue. people go out of their way to warp and manipulate things to fit their worldviews. if there is something happening that you consider "evil", it is because of the superstitous nonsense that religion breeds. religion is stagnant, and just like stagnant water that is where all the diseases grow.

religion is the paradise of an ignorant fool. it just so happens living as an ignoramus is "blissful" to many, so they retreat to land of make-believe to avoid reality. when people do this, it leaves the doors open for the unscrupulous to take advantage. look at the world, there is a direct correlation between belief in religion and the instability of the times - they feed each other (feedback mechanisms).

nowdays are the days of absurdity. we have twisted up everything, some via method one, some via method two. in the end it is the same primative animal minds driving the lunacy.

as for demons, demons are just like all the other mythical creatures..... i can not comment on your experience since i have not read it yet. i will say there is quite a bit we do not understand about the universe, and that man is not the centre of the universe (things are not put here to service us).

Xanithar,

I respect that you've shared your experience (on the other thread you mentioned), with the members of this site.
However it would appear to me that this posting is not to evoke a dialog on the subject of cosmology or the law's of physics. (Newton's 3rd law, for example), but rather to preach and thereby gain converts.

I do not hate God. As noted previously by another respondent, it is impossible to hate a myth. It would be akin to claiming to hate Aesop for having such a skewed imagination or Pinocchio because he was a pathological liar! Thereby attributing relative human emotions unto traits afforded in the embodiment of a mythological character that is meant to serve as metaphore rather than a realistic paradigm.

I wish you well in your journey of this life, and recognize fully that it is indeed true; you get what you give. Each action causes an equal yet opposite reaction, such as it is. And as such I would , with all respect, suggest you not assume to know me or the people @ this site and the opinions or ideals we might have of Deity. (i.e. "I know why you deny god")

If one expects respect for their opinion they need show respect for the opinion of others. As such we shall all discover, after this life, what is really there waiting for us all, if anything at all is to be known. Until then it's what we do with the time we have that examples itself as our faith in a higher power, which is really that of our own consciousness in interacting with those who share this living journey on one small planet.


Blessings,
GW

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Okkkkkkk. So you refer to him as a parent, yet you basically call what he does as blind hatred or stereotypical nonsense. Aren't biggest percentage or naturally aren't parents or something of higher authority to us supposed to give authority. You must be young an real young. For all kids refer to authority to nonsense. Whether you beleive in him or not, it's still only right that if you talk about him to respect fact that alot of us beleive in him, therfor refraining yourself from making fun of the christian God. What happened to respect of religion on here?

welcome to UM

Starlitkate,
just whom do you assume is disrespecting religions here?


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Now for my opinion on the thread itself. I do not hate God, I view god as something far different to the biblical God. My view of this is good and wholesome and encourages brotherly/sisterly love, yet the bible and those who choose to prosyletise would have me believe this belief was wrong and evil. It does not make sence, no it doesn't.

hehe ya really

Please answer the question Starlit.

You are a mod yes, but I think I answered when I made the reply to the poster. I mean obvisouly you read my reply, is this needed. I don't have to answer something to make a point when you obvisouly could clearly see that I was talking to the poster.

And I never said that he couldn't talk about God, obvisouly I was trying to be humerous, here is a couple-arrogant demeanorat Why does god judge us? When you judge another, Many times it is blind hatred or stereotypical nonsense from some hipocrital viewpoint. Pride becomes a prize until it's sizzles a man to an arrogant demeanor. Would you want someone who makes fun of you, who plans to steal from you or hurt you to live in your house? God doesn't want those people in his house either. So the way I see it, life is a test and those who just simply want to hate him for no reason or won't give him a chance shall not enjoy his hospitality.
But I have a right to an opinion-not always to be tooken seriously. I mean this is debatacle and I'am allowed to question others like you told me we were allowed-right?

1. Why do you think people even want god s hospitality?
2. So when people suffer they shall thank god for it?Why do you think hell is a place people don t want to see?If they sell their soul to satan/work for him why should he make them suffer?That s the fastest way to loose your followers.

What exactly is your belief? And how would the bible and God consider it evil?

My belief stem back to the original views of religion, that the Earth is infact the Mother and that the Sky is in fact a representation of the Father. That all concepts in life have not one God (or life giving energy being spirit what ever you wish to call it,) but three a male energy a female energy and a product or combination of the two.

I couldn't possibly write down my whole belief system in just a few paragraphs it's taken me over 30 years to achieve the belief I have. But here's my best attempt. The ideals are pagan in nature and derive from the early Celts and Gauls much of which can be used as a form of Witchcraft.

Also with my beliefs there just isn't any possibillty of one true heaven for the righteuos. It's open to everyone, wether they preach for Allah, Jehova or Isis.

And Starlikate it was a simple question, I did not and still do not know who you found was being disrespectful could you please tell me.

welcome to the boards XANITHAR.

Ignore the trolls, but don't denigrate others beliefs. We are all on the road, though we may have different paths, towards different destinations.

Kismet has reached what I'm still striving to formulate... But her belief ideals is about the same as my own.

The people in power at that time established religion. Thus, it's a form of control. Not saying that religion was established for bad reasons, but the number one reason I believe is for the morality of it. Think about this for a second, If the government or major power established morals without the usage of religion I don't think it would be as effective. The fear of eternal punishments prevent a lot of people from doing wrong. Also there were a lot of things at that time that they could not explain, therefore they believed it was God's doing. Also what about the religions before Christianity? Why weren't they the right ones? After all they were before Christianity. Religion is something that doesn't with stand the tests of time, eventually it will fall and another religion will be the 'right' one.



This argument hardly holds any grounds anymore, atleast in my opinion. The universe is so elegant in it's design and scientists come closer and closer to figuring it out. God is a manmade thing that is used to describe what we cannot understand. Why is it so hard to perceive that the universe came into being without A conscience mind behind it? I don't understand why people cannot think outside of that concept. The Greek religion, or mythology used their 'gods' to describe natural occurences. Such as, The rising and setting of the sun and the seasons. To them it had to have been by the gods/goddess's, but now we know that there is a rational explanation behind it.

By no means do I hate 'God'. I simply do not believe that he exists. Therefore there is nothing to hate. You're right about one thing, it all comes down to faith, because there is really no proof to constitute it's existence.

So I guess its just chance that Earth is the only planet in the solar system to have tectonic plates (which we all know that life could not exist today without these).

I guess the fact that Earth is the only inner most planet to have a moon is just chance. Why not Venus? or Mercury? (Mars has moons, but they are asteriods) Without the moon, life on Earth would not exist. Not only that, but without the moon being as proportional as it is to earth, life would not exist.

To go even further, the moon is exactly the same size in the sky as the sun. Now, tell me, what are the odds of this happening? Considering the moon has slowly been moving away from earth since it came into orbit. But now, with human life, it is exactly the same size in the sky as the sun. Chance you say?

I guess its just chance that the earth is the only planet that can sustain life, thanks to the atmosphere blocking out deadly radiation from the sun. Not to mention providing us with the perfect atmospheric pressure to sustain human life, as well as an abundance of oxygen and water. To go even further this atmosphere has held up for millions of years, and still holds up today.

I guess its just chance that Venus, our sister planet, is very similar in the shape and size of earth (as well as its position to the sun), yet its the most hellish planet in the solar system. It is the closest planet to Earth and the closest in size to the earth, yet the surface on Venus is nothing like Earth. Put an 18-ton truck on Venus, and it will be crushed by the atmospheric pressure and turned into a pool of liquid metal in mere seconds. Put an 18-ton truck on earth, and people will hop in it and drive it for years.

I guess its just chance that humans are the most intelligent species that have ever roamed the earth. We are much smarted than any other race of animal. No other animals in the earth's history have even come close to the accomplishments that humans have.

I guess its just chance that all of these things are a result of a huge explosion billions of years ago that occured naturally.

Tell me, what are the odds of all these things mentioned above happening naturally?

much higher than that of someone creating it!
you confuse chance and indeterminancy.

the untrained mind looks at co-incidence and sees more than there is.

if man was as intelligent as you suggest he would not make the statements you made!

Precisely.

This coming from someone that thinks good is the same thing as evil.

elightenment will be yours one day if you seek it.

like a caterpiller you will transform to a butterfly and see the world in an new way.

or you will close your mind and remain but a leaf crawler for all your days!

That reminds me of Mr.Miogi off of "The Karate Kid."

So I guess its just chance that Earth is the only planet in the solar system to have tectonic plates (which we all know that life could not exist today without these).

I guess the fact that Earth is the only inner most planet to have a moon is just chance. Why not Venus? or Mercury? (Mars has moons, but they are asteriods) Without the moon, life on Earth would not exist. Not only that, but without the moon being as proportional as it is to earth, life would not exist.

To go even further, the moon is exactly the same size in the sky as the sun. Now, tell me, what are the odds of this happening? Considering the moon has slowly been moving away from earth since it came into orbit. But now, with human life, it is exactly the same size in the sky as the sun. Chance you say?

I guess its just chance that the earth is the only planet that can sustain life, thanks to the atmosphere blocking out deadly radiation from the sun. Not to mention providing us with the perfect atmospheric pressure to sustain human life, as well as an abundance of oxygen and water. To go even further this atmosphere has held up for millions of years, and still holds up today.

I guess its just chance that Venus, our sister planet, is very similar in the shape and size of earth (as well as its position to the sun), yet its the most hellish planet in the solar system. It is the closest planet to Earth and the closest in size to the earth, yet the surface on Venus is nothing like Earth. Put an 18-ton truck on Venus, and it will be crushed by the atmospheric pressure and turned into a pool of liquid metal in mere seconds. Put an 18-ton truck on earth, and people will hop in it and drive it for years.

I guess its just chance that humans are the most intelligent species that have ever roamed the earth. We are much smarted than any other race of animal. No other animals in the earth's history have even come close to the accomplishments that humans have.

I guess its just chance that all of these things are a result of a huge explosion billions of years ago that occured naturally.

Tell me, what are the odds of all these things mentioned above happening naturally?

The world has not been made for us.We have been made for the world.

Well said, JMPD1.

I can see why you say God is like a parent....giving us the 10 commandments as a rule book. Kind of like the code of conduct in school. I think God just wants us to have structure and by giving us the 10 commandments we have structure.

And spiritual warfare is something all christians encounter. some more strongly then others. I am glad you came back to God and don't hate him anymore.

A test huh? A test for what?



Please... In order to hate him because he's family, you'd have to believe in him first.



And now you make the common misconception that evolution means no god.



Well, here we go. As much as I hate it, in order to get my point across, I'm going to have to fight fire with fire. God doesnt exist.



Precisely why, if I believed in the christian god, I'd have second thoughts about living with him in heaven.



No... they'll burn in hell right? God's hands are tied. He cant do anything else but torture them for eternity, right?

Not only that, but he's supposed to be all loving too...



THank him for what? Setting them up for a life of harship and misery? Ever think that maybe that is why some people who believe he exists hate him?

I believe in science, as I have stated before. View the universe for a second as a living organism. It started off with singularity. Within singularity energy and matter where symmetrical, or equal. Now let me compare the symmetry to that of a developing embryo. A few days after conception it consists of a perfect sphere of cells. Each cell is the same and it looks no different than the others. (Much like our universe in the state of singularity.) Although the embryo is beautiful, it is rather useless. As being a perfect sphere, it cannot preform any useful functions, thus like the state of the universe in singularity. For some unknown reason a catalyst caused the big bang to occur, thus breaking the symmetry. The universe expanded and formed into what we know as today. It just so happens that earth is the only suitable planet for life, thus we are able to develop. The earth was not made for us, as Snake_6024 said, we were made for the earth. With how elegant the universe is in itself, there is no need for a God to make it. It's design is woven beautifully. Therefore, metaphorically speaking the universe is God. But do I think of God as a supernatural being, or that we were made in God's image? No.

@Discordia:

well put.

the simplicity of the universe is the wonder of it.

born of one, all within connected.

there may be many more planets with life on them.

life is the history of increasing complexity, it is the result of events, not events for the result.

glad to hear from you. there are those that also would postulate that the universe, as a dissipative dynamic system is alive. certianly the arguement has merits (and more merits than any of the relgious alternatives). do you belive the universe has what the laymen call a consciousness?

I haven't read what Laymen has said, although I definitely will look into that now. I do believe in a sense the universe could have a consciousness, but not like our own.

It amazes me that we can look upon the complexity of the computer in front of us and not deny that it had a creator. Yet we look at the complexity of a single cell or gaze into the universe above us and still deny it was a creation.
Irish

indeed not like our own!

i dont hate god, coz i dont believe in him

and please refrain for telling me that i HATE him, u cant tell people how they feel

Princess, I though you said you believed in God? Maybe I am mistaken...

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(sic)...I do believe in a sense the universe could have a consciousness, but not like our own.

God's can you imagine if it did have a consciousness like our own!?



I can see it now; our Galaxy, in all it's personal insecurities and loaded with anti-depression meds, sits down for a long read: "How to connect with your inner nebula!"



Seriously though, I believe there is an energy/power, behind everything in creation. Call it a consciousness, goddess/god etc... It's all subjective and if a belief system makes the believer a better person to share this world with, I don't care if they hold the faith that chipmunks are holy!

Of course that would wewe piss off the Rooster prophets, feather butt little uppity's that they are.

Goddess Whispers

Erm, it does....

Angels-Stars
Heaven (10 levels)-space
Hell (10 levels)-also located in space
God-Also in space, at the highest point/level, created universe, including tiny spec of a planet called Earth with mortal humans
Earth-This one's also in space, wouldn't ya know it

They way some people think the Earth is the centre of the Universe and the planets et al just revolve around us. Such small-minded thinking. And everyone wants to go to space. You can! One requirement though, deep space especially, you have to be dead.

Welcome to the board Xanithar. Ignore the people on here who try to convert anyone believing in God, from whatever religious viewpoint, to their religious belif of science and evolution. Or, you could do what I have in the past and wage war. Eh, either way, no one's gettong converted lol.


You, know, technically, for everyone saying their is no feminity in Judeo-Christianity, firstly there is Mary (some people refuse to respect her, I consider that sexism) and the Shekinah, of whom Jesus said it would be worse to insult that He, is actually female. The Holy Spirit is in the Hebrew language, female. So, thereby, Elohim, two parts male, one part female (the genders of the word broken up), is actually Male-God, Jesus, and Female-The Holy Spirit, or Shekinah.

LOL and where did i say that?

i can assure you that i have NEVER said i believe in god

Well I believe there's something, but after 27 years as a Christian, I know that ain't the way. Do I deny God? Well Biblegod I do. I'm a firm believer in what goes around comes around. That you get back what you put out.

I certainly know some people who's got it coming. I'll have my own to pay for.

Now, I've never been the happiest person, but recently I must have pissed the Devil off (for lack of a better deity) cause I'm pretty much getting kicked in the teeth and spit in the face every day. That's gonna change. But not because of some all knowing God, who watches us from some cloud up above. Cause if he is there, he seems a cruel and evil master.

I even broke down the other night and prayed. I prayed with everything in me for a stop to the pain and misery. I even cried (something I've done a lot of lately as well). Of course there was no answer and the pain was worse when I woke up. Sound fair?

If there are any responses to this I can probably guess it might go something like this: God heard you, but sometimes you must suffer.

Maybe not exactly like that but something close. That's no God I want to worship. He seems to promote suffering. It's like his favorite thing. Suffering happens to everybody, in fact it's been like a disease the last few years. I seem to have gotten more than my share. I'm tired of it, but there's nothing I can do to change it at the moment. But I know it's up to me.

I've moved past the belief. Maybe one day I'll find my heart and find new belief, as for now. I don't believe in magic anymore. Of any kind.

If you can t make it out of there yourself,you should maybe find a person that can help you?

Oh I can make it. It'll be a like clawing my way out, but I can make it. It's just right now, I have no desire. Got to feel the bad first.

If it were not for the rain you would never appreciate the sunshine!
Chin up! all things in balance. There must be something great on your horizon

There might be. I'm not even going to think about the future.

With all respect, you are incorrect, relative to the previous discussion comparing Universal consciousness to that of human consciousness.


Consciousness - (Noun) The state or condition of being conscious.
A sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or group: Love of freedom runs deep in the national consciousness.

Special awareness or sensitivity: class consciousness; race consciousness.
Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation: a movement aimed at raising the general publics consciousness of social injustice.
In psychoanalysis, the conscious. (*Source Link*)

What you might be referring to when you say that the Universe has the same consciousness as human beings, is known as Unified Field Theory/Consciousness.

Excerpt: (re:Unified Field Theory/Consciousness)
"Everything is Energy.
There is no singularity or One-ness,
for every-thing exists in a Unified Field.
The Unified Field of Consciousness is the Source of Creation,
the no-thing which contains every-thing
the source and substance of every-thing known and unknown
from and within which all experience is constructed."
(*Source Link*)

By definition, while relative to including the human entity in the grand scheme of all things created (i.e.unified field theory/consciousness), the genesis of human consciousness, though sourced from the energetics of the unified field, is uniquely subjective to the reality of human existence or beingness.

It is with deep regret Ashley-Star*Child, to read in your reply that included your address to my observation of the subject of this discussion, that you believe you need "war" with people, that exchange on a subject of this nature, so as to defend your faith. (sic)"... Ignore the people on here who try to convert anyone believing in God, from whatever religious viewpoint, to their religious belief of science and evolution. Or, you could do what I have in the past and wage war."

This is a discussion forum.
As such people share their viewpoints, personal ideals, and philosophy with those that care to read and or insert their own opinions on an issue. It is my observation that no one has ever tried to convert anyone away from their belief(s), in any format. Whether that be religious, scientific, or other. The whole point of joining a community dedicated to discourse is to share idea's and viewpoints.

If you are secure in your faith you do not see others viewpoints as a threat, but rather as their exercise of the same right to hold that belief(s) as you expect to be afforded by others. If you expect respect for your opinions, you must first show respect that other's are entitled to theirs.

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"True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. " Akhenaton

And with all due respect I am not incorrect it's a matter of opinion/faith/belief. Like I've said, no one's being converted here, don't try and change my beliefs, I've studying them, experienced them, and respect them enough to know that I have very good reasons for my somewhat different belief system which IS backed up by text.

Anyway, Pyxis,

Well, most of the time when I pray, even with seemingly impossible things, God hears me and well answers. Sometimes, however, looking bac on a few things in my life wheich did not get answered there were very sound reasons for it. Have a little patience, I'm sure theey're busy up there lol. I don't agree God sends suffering on purpose, this is a 'new' train of thought. When things go right God is blessing you, when they go wrong, God is testing you. Maybe you're problem (and yes, astrology IS linked to God, He very specifically said in one of the texts that He made the horoscopes for every newborn baby, etc) is a bad astrological transit (astrology beyond you Sun Sign), not that that is going to help the situation, but it may explain why your life isn't going so well - and how long you have to sit it out/learn from it.

However, I'm going to pray that God answers you, not that my prayers are any better than yours, but two people prarying tends to get the message there a bit quicker, I think it gives Him a headache lol j/k. I have no idea what it is you need help with, so, I'll just ask for you generally. If God answers you, what will you do?

Sorry, I must have gotten you mixed up with someone else.

@GoddessWhispers:

good quote on wisdom.

if only more understood it

Man, Goddess...you avatar has got to go!

why would that be! the goddess is your friend.....

Well see, what if he doesn't? I can't answer that question now, cause I don't know the answer. Time will tell.

Goddess I like your avatar. It is different. This is okay with me.

Maybe the gremlins won't take it away.