Read the opening post.What's the point of this? What is it meant to demonstrate, or prove, or support?
Read the opening post.What's the point of this? What is it meant to demonstrate, or prove, or support?
If 10 options aren't enough I'd say that you are actually an atheistjames,
you forgot an option.
nothing in your list describes how i feel about "god" OR religion.
i've selected the only option that comes closet, but i would have worded it differently.
There's a 10 option maximum for polls now, apparently.james,
you forgot an option.
So options 1-4 don't cover all the bases?nothing in your list describes how i feel about "god" OR religion.
I identify as a Pagan reconstructionist. The right to freely practise neopaganism is legally protected in many countries, including my own. So I'd say that counts as a "recognized religion".
I believe in a broadly hard polytheistic theology. I was an atheist previously, but I had personal experiences that convinced me that there are many gods.
I believe that individuals posses a spirit of life-force, and that this lives on in some form after physical death. I believe in reincarnation, but I don't necessarily think it's automatic.
Okay, you believe in many gods, are these spread out throughout the universe? Do they live on different planets? Have they got ships?
There was one major option that was not listed -
"I do not believe in gods and am not spiritual."
Atheism is technically "against theism", and says nothing about the spiritual aspects of religions/beliefs. Most atheists I have seen here tend to reject both the god and spiritual concepts, but some hold a spiritual view.
There does not seem to be a suitable label for someone who is both atheist and non spiritual.
How about your own god. Where does he live, how does he get about? Why is he the only god, and does he feel lonely? Were there really many gods and your god killed them off? What's his purpose in existing? Why does he exist?
I'm guessing all of the gods of Hapsburg simply exist as well.He decides where He lives, but essentially God simply exists. There are many alien races, all seeded from Earth. They are obviously millions and in some cases billions years ahead of us, more advanced, more fine tuned. In the past(a lot of evidence), and even now, some of these aliens were/are worshiped as gods.
That's some ideas for you, but I guess you won't entertain them. As for the questions I didn't answer, well I suppose my first answer answers those.
UPG covers a very broad array of things. The most personal are often hard to describe in words. It's an ineffable feeling, most of the time. Sometimes there are visions or images, especially in a trance-like state. But usually it's a feeling while in a certain context or situation.Can you explain these personal experiences?
They're not physical beings. So the things you mention make no sense. They don't take up physical space, they don't require means to transport themselves across space, they don't "live" in a physical location like you and I do. They are not bound by the physical world.Okay, you believe in many gods, are these spread out throughout the universe? Do they live on different planets? Have they got ships?
Not in the sense you're probably meaning. Zeus rules over all the other gods, and can defy most restrictions that even the gods normally comply with. But even he can't fully escape fate or prophecy, or breach a sacred oath. No god is omnipotent.Do you believe there is still one God above all else?
Godlike, no. All living things have a spirit, but it's commensurate to what they are.In your belief do some, or maybe all humans have a godlike spirit?
No. They simply live.I'm guessing all of the gods of Hapsburg simply exist as well.
All life is seeded from Earth and some are billions of years ahead of us and more advanced. How does that work...being seeded from Earth and yet more advanced?
My point was how can they have been seeded from Earth and be more advanced than us or older than the Earth?No. They simply live.
How much have we learned in the last 100 years? Add that to millions of years. Imagine.
My point was how can they have been seeded from Earth and be more advanced than us or older than the Earth?
What make you think anyone was seeded from Earth?
There is, at present, zero evidence of life anywhere else however if it can occur here it should be able to occur elsewhere and most likely does.No, not older than the earth! Older than us, the men of old, the men of renown. are the oldest.
EDIT: There is zero evidence of other planets being able to create intelligent life.
There is, at present, zero evidence of life anywhere else however if it can occur here it should be able to occur elsewhere and most likely does.
?We can't create "life" in a lab full of geniuses, what chance is there for a proven planet like ours?