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Originally Posted by Lychee  I really do not understand it when people say that they are gods. I do not find it unfathomable because of societal conditioning but because of reason. A God is being who is infinite, has no limits. God is basically someone who is everything we are not. God is eternal, all-knowing, He is the Perfect Ideal. How can we humans ever hope to become the Perfect Ideal if we ourselves are not perfect? Since when do we control the laws of the universe? How come we "gods" have cancers and diseases? It's because we aren't gods. Religion (the correct religion anyway) acts as a guide to align yourself to law. Saying that it is useless is a bias towards the aversive attitude toward religion today. |
Well said, Lychee. I agree totally.
So many of us are caught up in our own pride and arrogance, thinking we can be as good as God. If we look at ourselves truthfully, there is so little we actually control, beyond the small, everyday decisions we make. When a 10 ton truck hits you at 70 mph, how do you control that?
A lot of the views expressed above are just re-hashed, recycled (get it!) ideas of Pantheism and Panentheism. Been there, tried it, got the T shirt. Sorry, not for me. Who's to say God can't be separate from his own creation, or from consciousness as we know it?
When you're at the brink of desolation
Staring down into the abyss
When your're stripped of all you think you are,
Of all your pride and bravura,
When you are left, cold, shivering and alone,
With Old Nick breathing down your neck
Then, you may understand what the soul truly is
And how weak and powerless you really are
But will it be too late?
Who will help you then?
Unless you have experienced this, don't talk to me about gods, infinity and cosmic consciouness!!