Who And Where Is Your God?.

[HansUrbancka]

I Do Not believe in God. However, I could be proved wrong if there are ABers who can account for the reasons that 'God' subjects us mere mortals to Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Lightning, Volcanic eruptions, etc. Also tyrannical forces such as Isis and killer diseases such as Cancer.

Surely, if 'God' is all powerful, he/she is able to control matters in a more appropriate manner than appearing to be 'sitting back' and doing nothing.

Hans.

[HansUrbancka]

^^^ " Khandro isn’t talking about the church or Christianity".

That being the case, perhaps you naomi or Khandro will enlighten us on matters.l

Hans.

[Khandro]

andy-hughes; I wonder if you bore God as much as you bore everyone else.

[naomi24]

HansUrbancka, I’m not sure what matters you want me to enlighten you on.

[HansUrbancka]

@naomi24.....If Khandro isn’t talking about the church or Christianity, is he talking about some form of religion or other.!! ?? If so, perhaps it's a very strange German sect.

Hans.

[Lunol]

hereIam
"Not sure I believe in God, but I believe in life after death"

I'm intrigued. Which belief system do you follow and if you don't follow one how does this fit into the evolutionist system?

[agchristie]

"Have you ever wondered why you are here"?

"Yeah, it'something to do innit"?

(The Two Ronnies)

[askyourgran]

I'm not a devout biblebashing Christian Hans, but I do have a faith in something. Not the bearded man on a cloud writing down all the sins we commit in our allotted lifespan. God, Yawah etc is the name given by the ancients, all powerful and that I believe is the force. it is the force of nature, flora, fauna, the sea the winds and weather, untameable, the beauty of the world I think is no accident. We were given our bodies, brains and faculties to fashion our world take care of it and make it ours, the pollution the diseases are all ours, the wars and machines of war are all our making. God gave us our lives to work out for ourselves for good or evil. I haven't any thoughts of what happens when we die. If we have a soul as Christian people believe, to return to God to see our loved ones again, it would make death less dreadful, secretly I hope we do, but the practical side says not.

[naomi24]

HansUrbancka, if you read Khandro's post at 12:57 you will see he refers to Buddhism.

[jourdain2]

My God is inside me and helps me to cope with the evils which beset us. I find it easiest to communicate and focus through the Church to which I belong.
'Bad things happen, God helps us to cope' is the nearest I can get to it.

[jennyjoan]

Hans - I haven't read all of the posts but you must realise that all the tsunamis, quakes etc wipe out people because we can't live forever.

[beso]

askyourgran //God, Yawah etc is the name given by the ancients, all powerful and that I believe is the force.//

May the farce be with you!

[Khandro]

askyourgran; nice post.
Many people reject religion not because it's too trivial, but because it's too huge, it may ask them to look into aspects of their psyche which might be uncomfortable for them.

[naomi24]

Khandro, //Many people reject religion not because it's too trivial, but because it's too huge//

And why do those who don't reject it for that reason, reject it?

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - //Khandro, //Many people reject religion not because it's too trivial, but because it's too huge//

And why do those who don't reject it for that reason, reject it? //

Speaking as an atheist with none of the willingness to employ the deep analytical skills Khandro likes to display in this type of discussion, I can confirm that my reason for rejecting religion is nothing to do with looking inside myself and not liking what I see - it is entirely a matter of supreme indifference.

I cannot be bothered to spend my time wringing my hands because of the daily outrages a vindictive god visits on his worshipers, from earthquakes to cancer in children.

My solution is to conclude that no loving god would behave in that way.

There is no god, and I have no need of the psychological equivalent of a comfort blanket in order to bother to invent one, or to go along with society that chooses to invent one.

Life as an atheist is wonderfully simple - why struggle pointlessly as a Christian to justify the sheer malice of a god that still demands worship and fear?

If he does exist, then I am happy to repent for the sin of unbelief, and enter into heaven.

[melv16]

The lyrics of the song sum up religion for me.

[mibn2cweus]

God is the presumed answer to the unanswered question for in having found and understood the real answer both likewise cease to exist. Acquiring knowledge, not submission to fear, is the proper response to ignorance. The more we learn about and come to comprehend the nature of ourselves and the world we live in the more we realise that the consequences of faith and devotion to religious dogma have throughout history been far more destructive and crippling to human development than any alleged ‘act of god’.

[Khandro]

So there!

[hereIam]

Lunol can't answer your question at 10:27 because I don't know what the heck you are on about, so I will repeat that I believe in life after death and I say this because of various things that have happened over the years when people I knew and loved have 'passed on'. I definitely believe there is something out there, but no idea how it manifests itself or 'works', but I believe and the belief gives me some hope.

[HansUrbancka]

G'afternoon Khandro.....Perhaps I am Not as enlightened as you are. Consequently, I request your explaining what your latest posting means.

Hans.