What does God look like ?

Hugh Freaking Dillon

gimmesometruth27

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Cosmo

The contridiction of God, as percieved by Man, is that He loves us all... then, condemns some of us to Hell for not being good enough for Him.
How does THAT figure?

catefrances

Cosmo wrote:

The contridiction of God, as percieved by Man, is that He loves us all... then, condemns some of us to Hell for not being good enough for Him.
How does THAT figure?

you just answered your own question cosmo...as perceived by Man

iamica

Well, we were made in his image...so...he probably looks like us...or vice versa...

Cosmo

My belief is that all Gods were/are created by Man. Whether it was Ra or Zeus or Odin or Yahwe, all were created by Man in order to explain the natural world and/or to create a purpose of our being.
The reason why Yahwe created Adam was to link Man to something greater than his mere existance on this planet. That is why we are told that Man was created in God's image.
The thing is... maybe the image is actually life itself, not the physical attributions of Homo Erectus. Maybe God is actually life itself, that can be created, but never destroyed... like our frail bodies. Maybe that is the image we share.

Jeanwah

Cosmo wrote:

My belief is that all Gods were/are created by Man. Whether it was Ra or Zeus or Odin or Yahwe, all were created by Man in order to explain the natural world and/or to create a purpose of our being.
The reason why Yahwe created Adam was to link Man to something greater than his mere existance on this planet. That is why we are told that Man was created in God's image.
The thing is... maybe the image is actually life itself, not the physical attributions of Homo Erectus. Maybe God is actually life itself, that can be created, but never destroyed... like our frail bodies. Maybe that is the image we share.

An image of the cosmos by Cosmo.

Cosmo

Jeanwah wrote:

An image of the cosmos by Cosmo.

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Yup.
Just like all other men, i created God* to fit my perception of who and what He* is. It is my trying to attempt a connnection between myself and the great Universes that are out there. We can't be here for no reason, right? In my view... there HAS to be a reason why we exist.
And I give credit to those who have gone through servere, life threatening trauma and pulled through as a testament to their life. Maybe it was God that pulled the through to live today... maybe it was their own inner desire to cling to life... like the wildflower that clings to the rocky crag in the desert... and not to it give up.
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* footnote: Actually, I believe God may be female in nature... or neither male nor female. I tend to use the terms, 'God' and 'He' in order to convey to other... it just makes it easier (for most people to understand where I'm coming from).

Byrnzie

A Crutch:

catefrances

Byrnzie wrote:

A Crutch:

Jeanwah

Jeannie, an image of myself, since God is an image of ourselves...



(and no, I don't really look like Barbara Eden...I wish...)

catefrances

Jeanwah wrote:

Jeannie, an image of myself, since God is an image of ourselves...



(and no, I don't really look like Barbara Eden...I wish...)

but please tell me that you do live in a bottle just like hers.... i loved her bottle when i was growing up.

Jeanwah

catefrances wrote:

Jeanwah wrote:

Jeannie, an image of myself, since God is an image of ourselves...



(and no, I don't really look like Barbara Eden...I wish...)

but please tell me that you do live in a bottle just like hers.... i loved her bottle when i was growing up.

Well, yeah! Don't we all live in our own bottles?

catefrances

Jeanwah wrote:

catefrances wrote:

Jeanwah wrote:

Jeannie, an image of myself, since God is an image of ourselves...



(and no, I don't really look like Barbara Eden...I wish...)

but please tell me that you do live in a bottle just like hers.... i loved her bottle when i was growing up.

Well, yeah! Don't we all live in our own bottles?

i dropped mine and it broke. :(

Cosmo

Jeanwah wrote:

Jeannie, an image of myself, since God is an image of ourselves...



(and no, I don't really look like Barbara Eden...I wish...)

...
JeanWOW!!!

LikeAnOcean

Godfather. wrote:

cool story, my take on it "We will create Man in our Image" so maybe He looks like me and looks like you
"I am he as you are me and we are all together"

Godfather.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/20 ... test=faces

Well he must have a penis if he's a he.


Maybe god is the collective consciousness of the entire universe? Does it have to look like anything? Vision is just one sense of many.

wolfamongwolves

So that documentary must have been made before the South Park episode that answered that question definitively...

Godfather.

it just dawned on me this morning that this question created offense to some of you or you wouldn't have posted sarcastic replys,usally these kinds of replys are an attempt to hide fears or doubts within or about ourselfs...does the thought of God scare you ? maybe if you cover your eyes with your hands it will all go away ?

it also showed the lack of respect people have for each other on the train and the world in general, we all have beliefs and standards we live by are ones beliefs better than the next persons ? are your standards higher ?
who are we to judge the next person for the color of their skin,where they grew up,how they dress or the God they believe in ? what is it inside of people that the name of God scares them to a point that they feel they have nothing but rude or scarcastic remarks towards the beliefs of others to say ?.....it's fear my friends plain and simple....vanity drenched fear, I mean who on earth or the heavens could be smarter or have control over you or your life other than you right ?

Godfather.

pandora

I think the Know posts were directed at me maybe

you don't have to see something to know something
but I think that is over some peoples heads
seeing that they don't understand what is meant by one's heart even :?
Very black and white and fact.

Yes Godfather it is fear, it causes some to be cruel, disrespectful and insecure.

I love the post above about the universe and consciousness and sight being just one sense.

We have senses that have not been channeled or discovered as of yet ....
hurry up Dec 2012!

Electric_Delta

Cosmo wrote:

The contridiction of God, as percieved by Man, is that He loves us all... then, condemns some of us to Hell for not being good enough for Him.
How does THAT figure?

No one has ever been good enough...being redeemed changes that situation.