Ask your questions about God here. (hell, prophet, Almighty, heaven)

[kadzbiz]

What occupied God before He created the Universe?

[TruthaboutGod]

Originally Posted by John_672

All the Hebrew Prophets, Jesus, Mohammad, The Buddha, The Gurus of the Sihk Religion, The Bahá’u'lláh, Joseph Smith, Aleister Crowley, Neale Donald Walsch, Me...

In short anyone and everyone who has every written a holy text or transcribed a conversation with the divine entity known as God. How do you account for those prophets who have a different understanding of God?

You see, there are only a few different options... You can claim that some were close to the truth, but did not grasp it fully, while others were delusional. The problem with answering this way is that there is nothing to prove that you are not the delusional one. You could claim that your revelation of God's truth is just the latest in a long line of revelations. The problem with this is that you open the door for further revelation, even if you say that yours is the final revelation; just ask the Muslims. You could claim that your truth is a personal truth, in which case we are all experts and need not take your word as final. Finally, you could claim that yours is the only truth and all prophets before you are liars, madmen, or fools. *That* my friend, would destroy your credibility completely.

The problem with claiming to have all the answers is that you are expected to produce solid understandable... answer. If you have those answers, I'm all ears. Yet, you can not expect that these answers will go unchallenged. You make yourself a target by saying you have the skinny with God.

I'm not trying to say you didn't have an experience - I'm merely asking you how you go about reconciliating that experience with the experiences others have had. How you answer that question is a very good indication of serious you truly are.

I think I see where you are going here. Before given any answers or even starting the book, God had me read the Old Testament and the New Testament. After reading those, I was then directed to read the Qur'an, it was only after this that I could write freely everything that was explained to me.

The book does not at all change anything in the Bible or the Qur'an.(It actually uses both as a reference) It simply explains the answers to mankinds questions that mankind feels have not been answered directly, It also corrects misunderstandings that commonly occur.

I do not claim to have written a "Holy Text", the Three Words of God were written quite a few years before I even existed. As far as the people you mentioned I do not know all of them, however I am very familiar with a few such as Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.(As spelled in the Qur'an) You will not find any word in the book debating anything they have taught man, it is only a correction of how man has misunderstood/twisted what they have taught us about God.

Truth truly cannot conflict with Truth, you will not find conflict with the book and what is in the Three Books. You will only find corrections(Corrections of mans misunderstandings, not corrections of scripture) and explanations, I know this may sound a little vague. It seems that you are seeing friction between what I have stated with what Prophets have stated, yet I have stated nothing yet. It is expected for one to be skeptical, but what have I stated thus far that you feel is in conflict?

I will list the sections of the book here for a better understanding:

Warning
Introduction
What is God?
What is Satan?
What is Heaven?
What is Hell?
Creation
God’s True Commandment
What is God’s Plan?
God’s Greatest Gift to Mankind
The Key Prophets
The Three Books
Christians, Jews, and Muslims
Prayer
Why does God allow “bad” things to happen?
Why did God make different races, languages, etc...
Aliens, psychic detectives, paranormal activity, etc…
The World Today
Epilogue

[TruthaboutGod]

Originally Posted by Troublemane

So this God you speak of has invisiblity and can become corporeal at will. Sounds like a super-hero.

I was wondering how can you answer questions about God if you are not religious? Perhaps you mean not a representative of any formal, exoteric faith?

Did you hear what He did in six days?

God did not create religions, mankind did. One does not have to pick a religion to accept the reality of God. Adam and Eve did not have a religion, yet they both knew God, the same as Abraham, Jesus, etc...(I am not comparing my elf to them, I am simply showing examples, do not feel you are forced to join a group, to accept God)

[TruthaboutGod]

Originally Posted by K.Venugopal

Dear TruthaboutGod,

Did God create life?

Yes, the life that we know, and the life we do not know.(The Soul)

[TruthaboutGod]

Originally Posted by kadzbiz

What occupied God before He created the Universe?

Honestly, I have no idea, this was never discussed.

[kadzbiz]

Originally Posted by kadzbiz

What occupied God before He created the Universe?

Originally Posted by TruthaboutGod

Honestly, I have no idea, this was never discussed.

Discussed? With whom?

Let me ask you this then. To whom was God talking when He said, "Let there be light" and why the need say it at all?

[TruthaboutGod]

Originally Posted by kadzbiz

Discussed? With whom?

Let me ask you this then. To whom was God talking when He said, "Let there be light" and why the need say it at all?

Discussed with God.

"Let there be light" was used in a manner to explain to mankind how creation had started. If items like this were never explained, you would have quite a few people today claiming God does not exist because He created everything, but it did not say who created light. Although the Bible does state that God said this, it is the "Will" of God that actually created the light.(The same Will that caused the "Bang" to actually happen) It does not matter if God actually verbally stated this or not, it is explained this way to mankind, to let him know that God created light. Some may ask who created darkness, however truly there is no such thing as darkness, there is either light, or an absence of light. It is the same as heat, as there is no such thing as "cold", tempature is based upon how much heat is present.

[K.Venugopal]

Originally Posted by TruthaboutGod

Yes, the life that we know, and the life we do not know.(The Soul)

But how could God have created life? If life did not exist till God created it, would it not mean that God was dead till then? Do you mean God created Himself? But that is also not possible; because the sine qua non of God doing anything is that He must be alive. Therefore, surely, your answer is wrong. Isn't life, whether we know it or not, life? Furthermore, are you equating life with soul? Please explain.

[Troublemane]

Originally Posted by TruthaboutGod

"Let there be light" was used in a manner to explain to mankind how creation had started. If items like this were never explained, you would have quite a few people today claiming God does not exist because He created everything, but it did not say who created light. Although the Bible does state that God said this, it is the "Will" of God that actually created the light.(The same Will that caused the "Bang" to actually happen) It does not matter if God actually verbally stated this or not, it is explained this way to mankind, to let him know that God created light. Some may ask who created darkness, however truly there is no such thing as darkness, there is either light, or an absence of light. It is the same as heat, as there is no such thing as "cold", tempature is based upon how much heat is present.

So you have a naturalistic view of God, I see. Very much in line with Spinoza, Thomas Jefferson and Einstein. Howver, I would suggest you not try to take the Bible literally, as it was (as you said) written by man. And there in the quote above you are attempting to explain what was meant by the term "Let there be light"---I believe we should just leave it as a poetic way of saying the Universe began, and that is that.

When you start trying to explain that God literally SAID this, then told Moses he said it, well....then it stops being a poetic interpretation and becomes fundamentalist dogma. If you start down that path it leads right back to Leviticus all those pesky rules to follow lest ye be stoned to death.

[Troublemane]

You have the right idea, Truth, by starting a dialogue about God. And its good to wait and listen to the voice inside, but that's just the begining of the path. That voice is the begining of the realization that you are God, and so am I , and everyone else in the world, and everything in the cosmos. But I sense there is still a little uncertainty there, so you may not be sure all the time that its really yourself you are talking with, you may still be hanging onto the idea that this is really a separate person, this God fellow.

Here's a link which may help sort it out:
YouTube - The Spirituality of Tomorrow