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God(s) and Believers

Fool

ALL in all
Premium Member
People crave the care and protection of a parent, even into their adulthood. A father or mother figure is very comforting.
love is attainable. a being that is holier than thou, can never be known
 

Fool

ALL in all
Premium Member
As you likely already know, in Hindu philosophy, bhakti (worship/devotion/love) is one of the three yogas that lead to liberation (the other two being karma (action) and jnana (knowledge).

I think the choice of which path to follow in life is dependent on one's karma and where they are in their journey to liberation. A Bhakti lives in devotion to the Lord and strives to perform all actions in life in service to God with the goal of understanding of and union with divinity.

For some, a transcendental view if the Divine is optimal, for others, and immanent view is. It depends on the person.

what a terrible thing to devote self to something from afar and never know love
 

Jainarayan

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
Staff member
Premium Member
what a terrible thing to devote self to something from afar and never know love

You completely missed the point of bhakti. A bhakta is not far from God, nor is the bhakta not loved in return. For Vaishnavas nothing could be further from the truth than your statement.

I am the Self ... seated in the hearts of all creatures. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings. Bhagavad Gita 10.20

Always think of me, be devoted to me, worship me, and offer obeisance to me. Doing so, you will certainly come to me. This is my pledge to you, for you are very dear to me.

Abandon all varieties of dharmas and simply surrender unto me alone. I shall liberate you from all
[karmic and spiritual debts]; do not fear. Bhagavad Gita 18.65-66
 

Valjean

Veteran Member
Premium Member
love is attainable. a being that is holier than thou, can never be known
A being holier than I has not yet been discovered.
You're operating from folklore. Defend your major premise -- God.
 

osgart

Nothing my eye, Something for sure
Fine but if Christ is all and in all then is not God immanent?I

Collosians 3:11. Why remove the light to some other place, if self is the light of the world?

I don't see where two people see things exactly the same.

I don't see myself as light of the world. I think there are moral truthes that one can aspire to be holy.

So in one respect people can bond to one truth. But beyond moral right, there are only individual natures, personalities, and perspectives.

If God then I would hope for things beyond human comprehension, with infinite diversity bonded by one common truth of morals.
 

VoidCat

Pronouns: he/him/they/them
I don't serve my gods. I build a relationship with them in order to better myself and in order to honor them. I also accept the sacredness within everyone including myself. The divine is everywhere even within the rain.
 

Clara Tea

Well-Known Member
Why would a person want an extrinsic, mediated, god separate from themselves? isnt that what most monotheistic and polytheistic believers see/view themselves in relationship to their divinity?

Some pray to God until they announce that they are God, then they spend all their time talking to themselves.
 

Spirit of Light

Be who ever you want
Then electric lights should make more of Allah. LEDs are more efficient Allahs. The sun must be a hot source of Allah. I wonder if it is possible to get too hot?
The light of Allah grow within the muslim who seeking Allah. I can not speak for those who not see Allah from within them self.
 

alypius

Active Member
Why would a person want an extrinsic, mediated, god separate from themselves? isnt that what most monotheistic and polytheistic believers see/view themselves in relationship to their divinity?

What if God actually is distinct from creatures?
 

Brian2

Veteran Member
Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are "gods"?

That has got nothing to do with the people spoken of (judges in Israel) being real gods, just that they are doing the job of god in that they are judging people.

said that which is born of Spirit is Spirit and that which is born of flesh is flesh. Spirit gave life to flesh. Flesh doesn't give life to Spirit.

That passage means that our spirit can be born again by the Spirit of God which is given to us.
You keep taking passages from scriptures about a completely different sort of God you have in mind and interpret them into your beliefs or use them to support your beliefs when they have in reality nothing to do with your beliefs about the God you believe in.
 

rational experiences

Veteran Member
Why science lied.

No machine no God of science just mineral dusts as earth gods form.

No machine no reaction.

Button pushing man's on science controlled reaction not existing til you change a form of God.

Gods heavens gases inside a huge space are a gas form first because of space.

Why men said nonsuch state as zero.

No number zero only number one so don't change anything.

Reasoning of humans as humans.

Argument some humans in thesis pretend we aren't humans first.
 
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