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It all depends on your definition of God. If you believe that God is a white bearded dude that sits in a throne in heaven and judges people after their life is over, then you are correct, it would be a silly thing to believe that.
If you believe that God is a form of conscious energy that penetrates and permeates everything in the universe, then it is only logical to accept the fact that we are all part of that whole which is God. Imagine two skin cells on your body having a little conversation in which one says "I am Paul, did you know that?" and the other skin cell saying "What?! You're crazy, you're not Paul! You're a skin cell." Well, if that skin cell isn't Paul, then what is Paul? Each cell in my body is part of me, therefore they are all me. In a similar way, we are all God because we are part of God.
If your faith is traditional Christian though, I understand that it would be wrong to think you are God. You wouldn't want to walk into a church and say "I am God." because a CHristian understanding of God doesn't fit within the context of what we are discussing here. A Christian God is seperate from every human being.
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This site is called "Personal Development for Smart People". You're not smart if you believe in such things. When belief starts, intelligence ends.
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Really? Does that go for all other beliefs that you don't yet embrace too? In other words, should Steve only write about articles that fit in with your current belief system?
I particularly enjoy that Steve writes about things I might not agree with or believe yet in certain areas. It is exactly why I keep showing up and reading, because I am looking to stretch my mind. I take what expands my mind and leave the rest. If Steve's site was simply repeating everything we already know about the world, it would be totally useless.
If there's one thing that I have a lot of respect towards Steve for is the fact that he personally tries different things himself and experiments with them himself before writing about them, so he's not just talking theories. If you read his blog you will see that he didn't just accept IM and Subjective Reality and all that at first, he setup personal experiments to see if they work because he wasn't sure. In fact, if you read carefully you'll see that he was probably just as surprised that the stuff actually worked as you will be one day and the same way I was surprised.
Something to think about.