The universe is sooo big it holds a numerous amounts of galaxies. what do you think kind of God exist there? what kind of God exist millions of light years away on some planet? is there? please feel free to add anything you would like! thanks!

In my opinion, the God who exists here is the same God who exists a million lightyears away.

God knows no bounds.

unless there is a god tied to each universe, or each dimension. but then who made those gods...they would just be lesser creators right...?

"You shall have no other gods before me” Exodus 20:2-3

This is the first of the 10 commandments. I believe there is no other gods to begin with but the true God. Imo the reason we can't grasp that one God did it all is because we usually have help with everything.

IMHO... since there is no god but one that is made up by the people who want to believe in him(or her) I think it is perfectly plausible that elsewhere in the galaxy, if there is intelligent life, they have also created their own diety to account for all those unexplainable events in nature!!! But then again, if they are far more advanced than us... perhaps they already know the truth

If there are no other gods then why didn't he say "I am the only god." There is a lot of references to other gods in the bible.

I believe everthing in the universe is made of the same stuff we can call it what ever we want some call it God some call it life some call it Allah, some call it energy, some call if goddess, depending on how this "stuff" manifests itself really doesn't matter it doesn't make this "stuff any less the same. Namaste Sheri

Darkwind, I think the reason there are references to other gods in the Bible is because there are so called gods. I mean I could make a rock a god if I choose to. But I don't. I think he is just saying have no other gods before me. He wants us to worship only him. nit other gods.

why then, if the judeo-christian god is the only one, didn't they just refer to worship of false idols?

By saying "Thou shalt have no other god before me", elevates other peoples worship of gods to the same level as the j-c god.

Perhaps, what the authors were trying to get across, was that there may well be other gods, but they are not to be worshiped by the sons of Abraham.

I wonder if it could mean that once you love God with all your heart all your mind all your soul you wouldn't put other Gods before him/her or worship human love money power success or any other symbol anymore., you would put those things aside you would outgrow them and the first commandment would be the first step to coming home to your Godself or christ self. Namaste Sheri

Jmpd, Perhaps your right in a way. Because people I know pray to their "goddess" and get messages or signs as well. I don't know if this s really a god or something deceiving them. I don't know. Because the fact I only worship the christiann God. This is all I know. But God wants his people to worhip him and only him To get to his Heaven. Maybe the other gods have heavens also. Like in Celtic religion they have a al akjdbdjvtufv. A place I can't even remeber the name where they go before they are reborn. Who knows. I just think God doesn't want us to worship these false goods. Which that is what he calls them.

101

That is my point 101. That your belief in your god is right for you. My belief in my god is right for me.
I truly feel that there is no one 'right' religion. They are actually, all equal, as long as they bring comfort and security to its followers.

And, using the arguement that your religion is the only true one because it says so in the bible, is an inaccurate statement. I mean, think about it: Is there any religion out there that says "Hey, we know that we are a false religion, but worship our way anyway"?

That is like me saying that I KNOW campbells chicken soup is the best, because it says so on the label. Or a car dealer proclaiming "I have the highest prices in town".

So I say yet again, each religion is as valid as the next, in the eyes of its worshippers. The sooner we get that idea into our thick skulls, the better off we will all be.

Very well stated I am of a similar philosophy Namaste Sheri

God is lightyears away, literally in space. There is only ONE God however, and the Hebrew prayer which starts with 'Oh God, king of the universe' pretty much sums that up.

For us, the Universe looks etrelemly big. But in another time/mass scale, universe could easily be a lille ball of cotton wich grows, then recontract withing 2 min of intervall(wich on our timescale would be a hundred of billion years.)

So if there's a god...I really doubt that he gives a damn about each individual'S asss of the universe...especially if we consider his timesclae where there"s billions of years passing by the time he take to snooze.
Pluritheism is to much of a fantasy kind of believing.

I'm curious, are other universes and deminsions just a theory, or are they proven to exist?

Mostly theory but some are proven. Anyway i find it funny that befor christiantiy there were litteraly hundreds of gods, but when Christianty was being spread (throught the point of a sword i might add) they were forced to convert. So as for being one God, thats a no, as for bing hundreds thats also a no as for there being no god that is a yes.

~Thanato

i hear you thanto!

my opinion on gods as been that the primative aspects of humanity cling to the great "gap in knowledge" filler, but because of not being fully aware of the universe are unaware of what these "gods" are. as such they act in a primative manner wrt gods!

now when man is fully aware, he sees past the superstition of gods and other creator-class entities/forces. when he is ready to understand, he understands there is no need for "gods".

Yes, You believe something written by a human.

Here is an idea on the universe and time in a nutshell that answers your question: If the universe has no center, is infinite, and is constantly expanding at an unimaginable rate, then that is all you need to know. Infinity means just that; it knows no bounds. It expands into eternity, and exists into eternity. There is no beginning, no end, no in between, simply existence. The same could be said about time. Deathless, birthless, eternal and infinite. Devoid of all destruction and creation, metamorphosis is all that remains. It is only our meager perception that limits the understanding of the whole of existence. So, if you refer to eternity and infinity as gods and creators, than so be it.

No, they are not proven to exist. String Theory plays on the idea that there are, if I remember, 11 dimensions. If you read Discover Magazine they just had a great article on String Theory, how and what it explains [Yes, it explains about everything in the universe without flaw]. It also tells how scientists are using new things to help prove string theory. I think you'll have your answer by 2025, because if String Theory is proven correct, there is a whole lot more than one dimension. Life, technology, and understanding would take a massive leap foward.

"When the student is ready, a teacher will come."

You obviously have absolutely no grasp of history then. You like so many other seem to believe Christianity sprang from nowhere 2000 years ago. I most definanty did NOT. It's roots are in Judaism a multi millenia old religion also based soley on ONE God. Need I add Jesus Himself was Jewish and was practicing Judaism, of which He changed and Christianity began. Christianity is an update of Judiasm.

Many of these 'other gods' of old religion are in fact describing angels in their many and vaied forms. They considered angels 'gods', which they are not.

There is no archaeological or historical proof of a Jewish people prior to 900 BCE and no evidence of a monotheistic worship of Yhwh until after 600 BCE (return from exile). Prior to that the people that became the Jews were just another group of semites (probably Caananites) that worshiped multiple gods with Yhwh being the war god and eventually the supreme god....incidentially, he had a wife, her name was Asherah and she was the Goddes of Love!

Hi there,

What is a "god"? You won't be able to define it, and hence you have a problem. To me there is one definition, of that which is the Prime Source. In respect of Him, there is one Prime Source for all the universes. I believe there are seven super-universes, and our "universe" is a tiny tiny tiny part of one of those.

But, our part, called Nebadon, was created by a Michael Son. So is he "God". He deserves to be thought so, and half the world believes he is. But he says he is not. I gather there are at least 400,000 Michael Sons.

Ultimately, many of us will grow to manage and create our own universes. Will we be god? Not to us, but maybe to our creations.

I suggest the best book on the subject is The Urantia Book. Just don't tell your pastor you are reading it, he won't like you getting any ideas out of it.

Geoff.

Hi Ashley,

Although you won't easily prove what I am about to tell you, the One God was first taught by Melkizadek, to Abraham, who founded three mono-theistic religions.

Now Melkizadek was not a normal human, he was a materialised angel, and that is why he knew the facts. He is still around, and is currently our Planetary Prince. It was his job to prepare the religious ground for the arrival of Joshua Ben Joseph, so that he at least had half qualified folks to teach. But the Jews managed to mangle most of what Melkizadek had taught Abraham.

Geoff.

of course more then one God.. the middle eastern cultres believe in like a lot of gods... there is one at my college this girl, she told me that there is a sex god, a nature god, a sun god, ect...

what i am thinking and i know its a bit of a long shot but i think that maybe aliens or extra terrestrials did come to our planet ages ago and we called them gods because they were superior...

what i am thinking and i know its a bit of a long shot but i think that maybe aliens or extra terrestrials did come to our planet ages ago and we called them gods because they were superior...

Because there are false gods in the Bible but only one true God. The christian God.

This is only the opinion of you and your religion. I'm afraid that others disagree.

Oh yes, the jealous god (in His own supposed words). Please explain why the only "God" would have reason to be jealous?

GGGGGreat Question Larry, I have a few of my own, Why would the creator of all things seen and unseen need to be worshipped, Why would this God need to command anyone???Why would Godself need to prove itself to Godself??? Why is God a he?? Namaste Sheri

why would an all knowing all seeing god have to ask adam and eve questions about why they were hiding, and who told them they were naked and stuff? wouldnt he have already known this?


this is what i beleive. think about it. if we have and are creating more and more advanced technologies that people say are 'playing God' then doesnt that mean we could someday be equal to that 'god'. and why would this god tell his people to not go towards the path of wisdom or something like that, and stay on the spiritual path. and the devil is bad because he gave eve the knowledge of her being naked?

as for other religions who have more than one god or different gods and the like, those could've been aliens also. the dogon tribe of africa have beleifs based on visitors that came from the sirius star system and they taught them all about the star system. how they described the aliens was as having the body of a fish but the torso of a man, and they breathed out of two holes on their backs. these descriptions matched the gods of some ancient civilizations but i cant remember which ones. i think it was the sumerians and some other one.

Yes I know I should have said IMO. sorry guys.

Well isn't a cook book written by human and we still use it as reference to making our meals. Eventually you know what the cook book says and don't need to look at it yes. But still the recipe for peanut butter cookies is there when you need it.

Sherri Berri, for all we know God has no gender because he said make man into his image well what about women. He is no gender imo.

The commandments are rules so we can be good people that is all.

Worshipping God is a way of commivating to him. He is just a person I choose to worship. I don't think it is a requirement though.

Yes but a cook book isn't telling you how to live your life. Just how to cook something if you don't know how.

Yes that is true Pyxis. But a lot of books are written by man. For instance Mars and Venus in the Bedroom. Don't you kind of follow the book a little. I mean who is to say this book is a key to making a marriage work. Just as the bible is to make a way of life work. No?

Well no I don't follow the Mars and Venus book I don't follow any book I let myself decide what's good for me and what's not.

LOL. Yeah but it is a good book.

101 to Worship implys that you feel you are less than, if you are created in the image and likeness of "God" You and the father are one, that imply's equals , worship is a man made idea whywould yu need to be a good person if you already are a good person that to is implyed by you are made in the image and likeness of God,God to me is an energy that takes may forms and is infinite in possibility so in otherwords GOd can be anything God self wouldn't need to worship Godself, How can all the sacred truth of the universe be contained within one book called the bible???There again if each of us is made in the image and likeness wouldn/t each person contain the wisdom of the universe ???What do you think.

well Sherri, I think that we aren't equal because if so we would be able to be a god. Do you understand. God is the supernatural being who created the Heavens and the Earth,. We did not. But God does want us to pray and tell him how much we love him. I mean don't you praise your child when they are good. The same is with God but we call it worship.

The whole sacred truth you speak of is also conmtained within ourselves. God created us to obtain the knowledge,. He knows what we are here for and knows we seek for answers. So God has given us the wisdom to know the truth.

But I have to consider that the Old Testament was perhaps valid for sheep herders living some 3,000 years ago, since that is who came up with it. The New Testament from 2,000 years ago, when the acknowledged world was less than the state of Texas in area, with a few rumors of some other places not all that far away themselves. Why would I make an assumption that this would be valid for city life in this modern world? The average lifespan was about half what it is now, and that particular group of people was entirely paternal in rule. The world turns and things change. It is akin to saying that the only valid way to make a cake is with fresh eggs, milk, lard or butter shortening and the like, when I can get a box off the shelf, add water, and the cake comes out just fine . . . certainly not exactly the same cake, but adequate for its purposes nontheless. The plain fact is that the same religions are mostly practiced considerably different now relative to then, and those changes are due to changes made by men, not God. I am an intelligent person, so why should I let others, many not so intelligent, make decisions for me as to how I should live my life? If I am to learn anything from someone, it isn't likely to be from some hermit living apart from society, I can tell you that. I am also not about to listen to people who are not and will never get married or have children about how to have a good marriage and raise children (just to single out Catholics, one major religion) . . . the height of foolishness, IMO.

101: The commandments are rules so we can be good people that is all.

So then, let's take one of them as an example: (from Exodus 20, KJV)
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates

And from Exodus 31:

12And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

13Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.

14Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

15Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Now this is purported to be from God's "lips" to Moses. It is definitely a commandment. What does it have to do with being "good" people? Do you really think it could be applicable in the modern world? No fire fighting, no doctors or nurses, no police, no emergency services at all, just kick back and relax everybody. Having a baby? You are on your own, good luck! Even midwifing is work, after all, as is stoking a fire and putting water on to boil. If you aren't going to obey this commandment, by whose authority are you acting? When did God say it no longer applied? He didn't, man decided it, for practicality's sake.

101 I beleive I am a Goddess self Thats the whole point of this journey I call life to actualize what God self means to me, religion leaves that out it only tells half the story, much like history its one sided. My child doesn't do things that are "Bad" and even if he did he would never be told he was bad, bad is a judggement based on someones idea of what is right or wrong, My kids are raised only knowing there are natural consequences that what you do to another is the same as doing it to yourself, My kids are taught we are all one in the same different expressions of the same god essence with free will , all of our friends raise there kids similar we don't have any issues, When you use only love as your guide you get amazing loving caring kids you truly do not need fear to get kids to be "Good" they naturally aspire to be that anyways as parents we assure that happens and one of those ways is make sure you are adding to a healthy self esteem and that yur kids know they are only loved no mattter what , they don't need to ever worry about losing your love or approval no matter what,, religion would be detrimental to my kids self esteem so I don't use it as a guide to follow , As parents we have to look at the bigger picture and be diligent on what belief systems are kids assume the world is hard enough I don't want there journey to be harder.I'm very glad to hear that you do trust your inner truth and use that as your guide , alot of people don't have that awareness. Namaste Sheri

Well I think it is what one calls work. God understands when you must work. I think he just wants us to go to church or spend time with him. I don't think he would mind if I do laundry on sunday and still pray.

Sherri I agree our kids should be taught love and we will recieve it back. This is a great tool in parenting.

This is only my opinion but there is another way to look at the commandments I understand them to be God's Commitments to us when we are on the path to God, most people just as Moses ask How will I know if I am on the path to God ????
I don't take the commandments as rules why would the creator need to rule and who would she rule??? Like you mentioned in a post Larry you do not need to be told not to kill or to stay faithful to your wife or to Honor your parents when you have connected to your divine self you natuarlly do these things I think that is the meaning of the Commandments that is what was trying to be conveyed, As far as keeping the Sabbath holy when you have a relationship with God or any friend for that matter you spend time togehter getting to know each other you do that in rememberance of each other, there again that is a natural occurance and thats what the commandments are saying, in my opinion. Namaste Sheri

Yes I also believe if you have God in yourself that you will obey these rules because your 'holy spirit" residing in you is not going to let you make bad choices. Very good way of thinking. I was told once you got to find your salvation. If you think drinking is okay then you can do it. But if not your spirit will convict you because it knows that it is a hinderance to your relationship with God.

I just see with the raisisng of my kids that when I only come from love and guide with love thats all they do is loving things, again that is good that you connect to the idea that God is within alot don't 101.

In Christianity the God is in three parts the trinity

God the Father

The son

The holy spirit -this is the one that resides within us once we are saved.