The Concept of God

brianlux said:

My latest theory goes like this:

We know Jesus was a smoker:


Johnny say, "I'll go along with that:


And as we all know, God is Dog spelled backwards.
Now look at Smellyman's avatar. 
Ah ha! 
Smoking Jesus-> Son of God -> Smoking Dog ->
Smellyman... God?
GOD! 

The Smelly Code has been cracked!

Smellyman said:

RYME said:

brianlux said:

My latest theory goes like this:

We know Jesus was a smoker:


Johnny say, "I'll go along with that:


And as we all know, God is Dog spelled backwards.
Now look at Smellyman's avatar. 
Ah ha! 
Smoking Jesus-> Son of God -> Smoking Dog ->
Smellyman... God?
GOD! 

Well sir, you have a good trip!
Mocking the Lord.  
I'd sure hate to be in your shoes.

I forgive him

Thank God!  I mean, Thank you, Smellyman!

I remember sitting in church as a teenager and wondering things like...

Picture a married couple.  He thinks she is happy and she thinks he is happy.  But they aren't happy.  He's got a babe on the side and she's banging the neighbor guy.  Husband gets killed in an auto accident.  Wife remarries the neighbor guy and a month later both are killed in an auto accident.

Who does husband #1 hook up with in heaven?  Is wife hanging out with husband #1 or #2?  Are there jealousy triangles in heaven?

Annafalk said:

Could it be like this that maybe God exists within everything that's living. 
I believe that God is like filled with pure love. There must be some kind of reason why God doesn't involve with the human activities here on earth. If God would navigate us then it would be like we aren't really living our own life's making our own decisions would it. 
I don't think we humans have the capacity to really understand God we don't understand how mighty he actually is. I think we can speak to him in our minds, he probably knows every thought you are thinking, your struggles and feelings. We shouldn't be afraid of God.

I would have a hard time accepting this.  If god is pure love than why do people suffer?  Why is there child abuse?  

How do you reconcile a being that you consider almighty yet he allows child abuse?  Is it because he wants the abused child to "live its own life"?  Does that make sense?

To me you come down to one of three conclusions.  One is that god could help the abused child and chooses not to; Two, that he cannot help the abused child.  Or three....there is no god.

brianlux said:

My latest theory goes like this:

We know Jesus was a smoker:


Johnny say, "I'll go along with that:


And as we all know, God is Dog spelled backwards.
Now look at Smellyman's avatar. 
Ah ha! 
Smoking Jesus-> Son of God -> Smoking Dog ->
Smellyman... God?
GOD! 

and the name!!!! right in our face the whole time. god would be really old right right? and old people smell right?

ipso facto ergo , there but for the grace of smellyman  go I.

If you look at God as an actual being with some type of control over the world, then why is there any type of abuse at all?  To me, if it's a given that God is an actual being, then his control would be similar to that of having offspring.  He creates it, but ultimately does not have control of it.  Does some offspring have a better chance than others, sure.  Do some parish before there is any chance at all?  yes, we are talking millions of offsprings.  As personal as religion and God is to some, it's mass production.

If you look at how a forest is made, survives, thrives, etc., it's all about recycling.  I have a hard time believing in heaven and hell because when you look at systems that don't involve humans, remains of fallen animal/mammals are used up by their environment and usually provide a resource for the next generation.

Knowing that we are animals and just because we have imagination and reasoning, it's hard for me to believe we are much different and our bodies, mind and souls will provide some resource for those that follow, or maybe we will be recycled in some way to follow another path. 

I don't know for sure, but I know I don't believe in a being in an outer atmosphere, who is judge and jury and where my soul will reside for eternity.

amy

RYME said:

Smellyman said:

RYME said:

brianlux said:

My latest theory goes like this:

We know Jesus was a smoker:


Johnny say, "I'll go along with that:


And as we all know, God is Dog spelled backwards.
Now look at Smellyman's avatar. 
Ah ha! 
Smoking Jesus-> Son of God -> Smoking Dog ->
Smellyman... God?
GOD! 

Well sir, you have a good trip!
Mocking the Lord.  
I'd sure hate to be in your shoes.

I forgive him

I actually have a sense of humor too.  I gave a harsh knee jerk response to this.
Just to see what would follow. OMG
That portrait above looks like your average Joe waiting to get into the concert venue.

LOL, I can picture Jesus rocking out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faMX9gztzQw

FoxyRedLa said:

The average Joe has wounds in the center of their hands?

If this were a perfect world. Think perfect. Would anyone question why it's His right to rule? No one would question anything? No one? The world would just be perfect? I think He already tried that. 

How do you define a "perfect world"?

I often wonder, is God the scapegoat for most? As I've mentioned before, I believe in God. I just have to ask though, for those who don't believe, when do you all stop judging and blaming this non existent God for all the horrific things in life he/she may have or never have let happen and start to put the blame on ourselves (myself included)? If there's no God, then it's humans we need to ask why weren't you there, why did you let this happen? This place we live in together we destroy together, or is there no other scapegoat, figment of peoples imaginations to blame and laugh at?