What is God?

gue_barium

Ahnimus wrote:

I'd be skeptical of that, but if you can find a source, I'll have a look at it.

Apparently the social construct was based in the hierarchy of the fear of death. Honest to goodness. Once the witchdoctor said *****, to you, you believed it, and dropped dead.

It was rarely used, of course, thus magnifying it's power.

sponger

Ahnimus wrote:

My understanding is that retention results from any kind of stimulation.

A study performed put newborn monkeys in a dark room, the monkey never perceived light. They were later found to be blind.

Had the monkeys seen any form of light, anything at all, they could have developed a working visual cortex, V1, V2 and V4 regions. I would assume that a baby that was never loved wouldn't know how to love, but they would still have an amygdala, the emotional center of the brain.

Stimulation in the form of interpersonal interaction has been shown to be the most effective means of brain retention. In order to conclude that negative interactions have the same retention effects, there would have to be a case where a bay was given the same amount of negative attention as a normally developed child was given positive stimulation.

I would think that parents who only act negatively toward their child probably also neglect that child to a certain extent. Of course,what we're referring to his emotionally abusive parents. For some reason, I don't think the mind develops quite as well when it is subjected to prolonged emotional abuse.

At some point, I would think the baby would eventually become scorned by the negative emotions and thus lose sincere interest in interacting.

ONCE DEVIDED

pieceofdust wrote:

I understand what you are saying, and somewhat agree, but not totally. Even if this is how people have used religion, is this a knock against religion itself? Or is this a knock against some of the people who tend to believe in it. I completely agree that some people who claim to be religious are the most evil people to exist, as they use something that is suppose to be the ultimate good in order to commit evil. However, just because there is a misuse of religion does not mean that religion itself it reducible to simply thise use or purpose. In the past I have shared your view and your view only. However, meeting authentic religious people, as well as reading brilliant writers such as CS Lewis have opened my eyes to the fact that simply because something is used wrong does not make the thing itself wrong.

this is my beleif, not a KNOCK against anyone. Good luck to all who have faith in god. I dont thats all.
Through my study of history I just see the same thing again and again.
My wish is that humanity will one day have faith in each other instead of gods. It seems that religon is responsable for a lot of war/hate. not all of course but a lot. greed also is responsable.

AngelofIndifference

The only thing we can know for sure is that...nobody really knows for sure and that's the God honest truth!

Collin

AngelofIndifference wrote:

The only thing we can know for sure is that...nobody really knows for sure and that's the God honest truth!

I was watching a Da Vinci Code documentary today and there were all these 'experts' talking and saying why it was possible and others why it absolutely wasn't... I had the exact same thought as you, it happened almost 2000 years ago, nobody knows, nobody!

titefka

binger wrote:

God is the energy in the space between everything in the universe.

The source.

I agree.
The word "God" became such a cliche that I'm wondering sometimes why not to find a different,more suitable one.

Byrnzie

I think I've just found the answer to my original question in the name of a board member:

Gossard is God

redrock

Byrnzie wrote:

I think I've just found the answer to my original question in the name of a board member:

Gossard is God

D:D:D:D almost pissed myself laughing :D:D

And I have actually spoken (yes... met and spoken.. albeit briefly) to the man himself!!! :D:D Sooooo.. now we also know what he looks like....