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What is wrong with those people who think that a human can be God?
- Thread starter sovietchild
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Nope, I don't find the variation of Islam a problem in the least
Well,,,,,,then I am a total failure at it. I cant even properly poach an egg.
That's fine, God is the egg as well!
What is glaringly lacking in your "analysis of the psychology" of those who think they are god is any facts or science supporting your "analysis". Basically, you're just speculating.
Since you're indulging yourself in unsubstantiated speculations, why not just choose to speculate that people who think they are god, and everyone is god, have uncommon insight into some fundamental reality that most of us don't have insight into. That would be just as speculative as what you're already doing, just as worthless to anyone except, perhaps, as an indulgence in idle mental masturbation.
Here we go !Nope, I don't find the variation of Islam a problem in the least
It's not about variation of Islam. it's about very commun faith about God.
99.99% of Muslims don't believe in "I am God" or " Everything is God".
Even you can made a poll about you will be lucky if you find someone believe in the "term" you claim about Islam.
Here we go indeed!
Please don't stuck strange faith as commun belief of Islam.
Just quotin' this for emphasis to reduce the probability that it'll get missed or overlooked.
At any rate, autotheism is a type of theism, and the idea of apotheosis is found in several different cultures, as far as I'm aware. Autotheism is something of an oddball as far as types of theism go, because otherwise one of the main common denominators of theisms is that there are forces out there greater than humans that are to be the subjects of worship, adoration, celebration, what have you. Autotheism uniquely turns that on its head. The theology works better in polytheistic religions, where gods aren't expected to be all-powerful anyway - a particularly remarkable human simply becomes another powerful force in the world just as the gods are. Certainly one can make the argument that some cultural icons hold significant influence over human cultures that is on par with lesser gods in polytheisms. Autotheistic theology, like any theology, comes with pluses and minuses.
Every Muslim believes that God looks like a giant squid.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Outside of mental illness, a better question might be what kind of experience could possibly make a person feel they were god. Oneness, or the experience of Oneness brings one perilously close to the thought, "I am god" though few are silly enough to claim it outright due to rather obvious sociological implications. (Here I am not talking about the primitive Islamic concept of Oneness known as Tawhid.)
Seems you have no idea how Muslims believe in God!
We never describe/determinate how shape (looks like) of God.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Well,,,,,,then I am a total failure at it. I cant even properly poach an egg.
Good thing. They've been known to hang egg poachers in your part of the country.
Ouch, your right. I guess I should go back and delete that post. get rid of the evidence.
sovietchild
Well-Known Member
Good post.
What is wrong with those people who think that a human can be God?
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May I ask u not to share your thoughts about everything especially something that not only u but also some great philosophers can't understandHahaha, we're still doing this?
I think I am God. I think everybody is God. Wahdat al-Wujud is the Islamic term.
U don't have to express everything that comes to your mind
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Is the ultimate level of mysticism so don't take it easy
It takes years to understand it intellectually let alone if u want to see it by heart
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What are u talking about???No no no you have it wrong every Muslim believes it - this is what is kept inside the Kaaba -
How typical is typical exactly?
Hmm, I do see your point. But to be honest, I think to discuss it in this venue is by definition at a superficial level, and so isn't really doing any damage to anybody.
Abrahamic conceptions of deity are rather exotic, if you ask me.
This is so important. The Jewish/Christian/Islamic conception of god is so alien to how I conceive a deity, there is little we can even discuss in terms of common ground. The OP flows out of this radically different conception.