Theist or not: What image of God do you actually have in your mind?

If it has no physical presence how can it be possible for me to form a concept?
 
lightgigantic said:
Try to be more strongly situated in your own sense of self so you aren't rolled by the slightest indication of disapproval
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What does that mean - "situated in my own sense of self"?

That I am "eternally blissful and full of knowledge"?
Or that I should simply "mind my own business" ie. attend to my duties and not talk to anyone any more than formally necessary?
 
Jahina writes #14;

Yes, I go with this one too. Except I never give God and Creation a single gender . I refer to them as He/She/It - precisely because they ARE everything.

Jahina's trinity..................and just about as nonsensical as the other one.

Without He/She/It...................there's nothing?

Oh, pleeeeeeze

Biggles, Prime
 
Signal said:
What does that mean - "situated in my own sense of self"?

That I am "eternally blissful and full of knowledge"?
Or that I should simply "mind my own business" ie. attend to my duties and not talk to anyone any more than formally necessary?
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The dualistic extremes of being slighted are to either dwell excessively on one's short comings or cultivate gross or subtle animosity towards the person(s) who slighted us.

By being situated in your sense of self I simply meant to not lose sight of your self between these two extremes
 
geeser said:
As there is over 500 gods not including the millions of Hindu gods, I can only say I have no actual image of my own, only ones I've seen from countless image, from countless cultures, far too many to describe.
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somehow I doubt you are culturally diverse enough to entertain more than a handful
 
KrazedKat,

How can I create an image of something I don't know, have never known? All I can do is take pictures of others and paste them together, giving a false image. Not to mention, God is a non-entity, he has no
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form.

Don't you have any imagination?
:confused::confused::confused:

jan.
 
lightgigantic said:
somehow I doubt you are culturally diverse enough to entertain more than a handful
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You know me so well, tell me what I will be doing later, will you.

Anyhow why would I want too, I don't belief in imaginary things.
 
lightgigantic said:
The dualistic extremes of being slighted are to either dwell excessively on one's short comings or cultivate gross or subtle animosity towards the person(s) who slighted us.
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I am not sure whether I have been slighted or whether the way those people behave toward me is simply proper religious/spiritual behavior.

If someone yells at me, slams down with a chair right before me, makes a promise and doesn't keep it and so on - I am first and foremost confused. Then, given that I don't know how to properly understand the behavior, I indeed become bewildered and hostile as I am faced with the choice to either trust such people (which I find myself unable to), or never come to God.

As another example, it was Osho or someone like that who, upon being asked about all those Rolly Royces of his, replied that this was to teach his students a lesson in non-attachment.

So I do not exclude the possibility that what to me appears like blatantly inappropriate or substandard behavior could indeed be the norm with a particular religious or other group. And that as such, it is just me who doesn't fit in.

But I don't see how to move on from here.
 
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My Lord Ganesh
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Other gods are also available. :)
 
Photizo said:
You imagine there is no God, or don't you?
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I don't imagine there's no god, that would be infantile. I have no belief in your god or any theists imaginary god/gods.
I have seen numerous theist images of their imaginary god/gods., but that's how far it goes, the imagination in that regard is all the theists.
 
Photizo said:
Your Lord is Jesus Christ. There is no other Lord.
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This assertion is entirely antipathetic to the pluralistic, competitive, antimonopolistic spirit animates all that is best in America! CHOICE is king in all things; let the Gods contend for the number one spot! Catholic Cola versus Protestant Cola is no real choice.

Roll on the next Awards Show!
"And in the God of Wealth category, once again it's a close run thing between Midas and Ganesh, folks . . ." :)
 
Allaah is literally free of having a modality though He is a reality so I don't see how anyone can form an image of Him.
 
Perfection is static.
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I wonder why there is this conviction, and how come it is so wide-spread.

Why couldn't perfection be dynamic?

Someone once said that perfection is boring. But how could something perfect (sic!) be boring?
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Perfection is neither static nor dynamic I think nothing in the world is perfect in any form.
 
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lightgigantic said:
The dualistic extremes of being slighted are to either dwell excessively on one's short comings or cultivate gross or subtle animosity towards the person(s) who slighted us.

By being situated in your sense of self I simply meant to not lose sight of your self between these two extremes
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This still doesn't make sense to me.

I still don't know what about me exactly is my "sense of self".
 
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