Anyone have an opinion on god's purpose? What do you all think of the idea that god's intention with us and the universe, is just to make\find a equal to himself (herself\being\u get the point), can god create another god just like him? I know the bible says god's power is infinite, but if he is the beginning and the end, how could he create an equal? the equal would then have a beginning and therefore not infinite. haha sounds like a riddle , any thoughts?

No purpose. God is everything so there is nothing that can come new into existence that God isn't anyway. The purpose of the universe is to help us become God itself and then we will see what purpose or not purpose there is. Something that can be experienced but never described. I havn't reached it myself but I have faith.

..The real God is not to be sought in idols and symbols, in temples or churches.
The truth of the matter is that the purified man is God himself, for he has become one with universal life. The purified man is the self-realised man. He has not to await answers from God, for he has no questions to ask. He himself is the answer to all questions; his life itself is a benediction. (Sudhakar S.D, 1988.
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I thought of the same exact thing once...http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...c=80581&hl=

ok i forgot, the secret part haha, anyone seen the movie The secret? My take is that the process they are talking about to get what you want in life is another meaning for the words faith, ask and you shall recieve, etc. Preachers and others always say "have faith" or the bible says "ask and you shall recieve" but they never actually tell you "how" to do that. I also watched in the movie how one guy explains how the definition for "energy" and god are both the same, always was, never ends, in everything etc etc, makes alot of sense to me now, guess im not really asking a question, just thoughts i had to get out haha, and if havent seen the movie check it out, i dont think everyone takes the same thing out of the movie, but it basically says just stay positive about life, i did have a problem with the whole "get stuff" attitude though.

God's purpose is for us to sit around on the computer and debate his existance.
I liked the movie The Secret.
I think there were a few holes in the theory though, such as how we attarct even the bad things happeing to us, so does that mean a child has attrarcted abuse? Or that we attract cancer and car accidents?
I believe in energy but I don't know what the limits are.

Without suffering or pain we don't grow. It is only through struggle that we strengthen. When people go through hardships they appreciate the simple things in life more. The limits to energy are none!

Ya...but I think perhaps its better to not have a little girl be abused by her Father in order for her to "grow", maybe just not making the soccer team is enough.
My point is if we're talking about the law of attraction here, there is no way that a child somehow puts out that sort of energy that would attract abuse.
And not everyone learns and grows from an abusive situation. While some children may grow to become stronger people from these painful childhoods MANY more are stunted in growth and countinue this awful cycle. Some even become drug addicts eventually commt suicide.
Amongst the strong there are the weak.

I am a bit late with a comment for this thread however I think there are some insights worth sharing.

The concept presented about the law of attraction is valid for the little girl abused by her father. In pre-life planning there is a known potential for this kind of thing. The spirit self for this girl and the father have an agreement reguarding this experience. At our human conscious level we forget why we choose to be human and what we plan to experience. The purpose for these kind of events may hide from us however the little girl did birth herself into an energy that could/would lead to the described abuse.

So I think there are two factors to take into consideration. The first being what we can consciousally do with our understand in reguard to the law of attraction. The second is about divine insight as it relates to pain and suffering of every kind. Many do not believe in a loving God because of pain and suffering. I can understand that from a strictly human point of view this must be true. However if you really wish to expand your world view, and its in your life plan for this awareness, then a person can find a comfort level with God's plan for expansion which I suspect is Love.

The main purpose of the film "The Secret" is, I think, to present how energy draws like energy and that we Have the power to change potentials. That would not be the case for the little girl as it relates to the event but it would relate to her later in life where she could choose drugs and eventual suicide or choose compassion for self and father. The later would most likely lead to hubby, house and children.

So what you think you attract. That is the point. Its not about preventing negative expreiences but about overcoming them.

I agree 100%