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A question of the use of the word God

PearlSeeker

Well-Known Member
Very difficult question considering there is no coherent definition.

What i believe god to be is a figment of a persons imagination. I back that up with an MRI scan of the god spot(s). The areas of the brain stimulated by a believers thoughts of god
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I also find it interesting that god appears to think exactly the same as the believer does.

This means gods exist in the mind, as thought.

If a god existed outside the mind, with such power attributed to it surely it should be capable of proving its own existence. I have said this often and believer have replied "god doesn't want to".

To that ... Why?
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Funny how they seem to know precisely what god thinks. And its exactly the same as their thinking.
MRI scan proves nothing. You can also imagine/think of an apple and scan your head...
 

pearl

Well-Known Member
This might be a difficult question to answer, But what do you expect God to be? I mean to prove God, does it mean it is a "person" suddenly appear in front of you? or in your own understand, if God exists and you were able to see God, What do you think you would see God as?

One of the best explanations concerning the word God;
"God" is not anyone's name. There is not some person out there someplace, much older, much wiser, much more powerful than you or I whose name is "God." God is not the name of a class of which there happens to be only one member. The word "God" is a bit of shorthand, a stand-in which functions in Christian theology almost as "X" functions in algebra. When working an algebraic problem, one's concern is "X." But "X" is the stand-in for the thing one doesn't know. That is how God functions in Christian theology.
Boston College
 

Polymath257

Think & Care
Staff member
Premium Member
One of the best explanations concerning the word God;
"God" is not anyone's name. There is not some person out there someplace, much older, much wiser, much more powerful than you or I whose name is "God." God is not the name of a class of which there happens to be only one member. The word "God" is a bit of shorthand, a stand-in which functions in Christian theology almost as "X" functions in algebra. When working an algebraic problem, one's concern is "X." But "X" is the stand-in for the thing one doesn't know. That is how God functions in Christian theology.
Boston College

And, just as in math, there may not be such a thing. For example, 2^x =0 has no solutions.

You need to prove there *is* a solution. Otherwise, any further reasoning is flawed.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
MRI scan proves nothing. You can also imagine/think of an apple and scan your head...

It prove where in the brain the concept of god actually is

Yes thinking of an apple would light up different areas of the brain, thanks for pointing that out

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Thinking of an apple
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
One of the best explanations concerning the word God;
"God" is not anyone's name. There is not some person out there someplace, much older, much wiser, much more powerful than you or I whose name is "God." God is not the name of a class of which there happens to be only one member. The word "God" is a bit of shorthand, a stand-in which functions in Christian theology almost as "X" functions in algebra. When working an algebraic problem, one's concern is "X." But "X" is the stand-in for the thing one doesn't know. That is how God functions in Christian theology.
Boston College


The word god is derived from the 6th century germanic.
 

ameyAtmA

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Premium Member
Please refer to this post
God= Higher states of Consciousness

I just wrote this a few minutes ago:
God is that highest state of being that descended from the highest into slightly lower and even lower states to manifest the world (if 'become the world' is too drastic for this thread). So when beings here transcend at least a few of those layers, they are moving towards that state. It is all relative.

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That one who ascends is a part of the THAT which descended in the first place.
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
It prove where in the brain the concept of god actually is

Yes thinking of an apple would light up different areas of the brain, thanks for pointing that out

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Thinking of an apple

You can also see the differences in the brain when people meditate and achieve an altered state of consciousness.

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I'd assume if higher consciousness or god experience was strictly outside human sciences doctors wouldn't have a record of what the person is experiencing and how to measure it. I think its more religious people have profound human experiences but because of their profoundness and inability to label it, they attribute it to a spiritual source(s) whether coming from them in a higher consciousness or from the outside such as a creator.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
So you believe an apple to be a figment of a persons imagination. What you taste is nothing real.

I believe the mri scans are accurate, please dont tell me what i believe, its impolite to impose your belief on me
 

PearlSeeker

Well-Known Member
I believe the mri scans are accurate, please dont tell me what i believe, its impolite to impose your belief on me
Sorry. I should have used a question mark. It was a logical conclusion from your previous post, where you said you believe God is a figment of a persons imagination.
 

IndigoChild5559

Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
From time to time it seems like a few people get offended or frustrated when people use the word God or the combination of God and truth?

If you are one of those who feel this.
Why would you get upset or frustrated if the word God is in combination with the word truth?
Is it bad of any believer to use the word God, Truth, or other words indication their belief in a deity that you do not believe in?:confused:

The question comes from curiosity, not as a threat toward you if you find the words described in the OP to be an aversion for you.
You have to understand that "The Word of God" means different things to different people. For some it means the Quran. For others, the Vedas. For us Jews, it means the Tanakh (OT) but not the New testament. Even emong Christians, there are differences of canon. Protestants only have 66 books in their canon. Catholics have 73 books in their bibles. You should see the list of books in teh Bible of the Ethiopian Church -- they can't even agree with other Chrsitians on what is in the New Testament.
 
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