God to me is elusive. Everytime I think I've "got" him "boxed," he eludes me. Maybe it's meant to be that way so that we never get too smug. And the quest goes on.
What Is YOUR Concept of "God"?
by minimus 44 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Markfromcali
I was just working a new age show this past weekend doing massage for my school, (which btw is not new agey) and on my way out I saw a little plaque thing hanging on one of the booths that says "The quest for God is everything." It occurs to me that you can understand this statement in two ways: First and probably more common, would be an assumption on some level that this quest is all that matters, either to you or God, maybe to "me" as a spiritual person, and that being spiritual and a seeker, whatever your path is the way to go. But apparently far less common is the more direct understanding that this whole 'quest' thing IS literally everything - in other words it's not about you or God as separate from each other or other non-spiritual people, or a spiritual life as distinguished from a non-spiritual one. This thread is about concepts of God - imagine just approaching the subject with a completely blank slate, with no idea of what God is or what religion says - and getting the answer that it's just about Everything.
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itsallgoodnow
You got me minimus! This is my real pic.
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minimus
itsallgoodnow----------THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!!!! YUM!
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dan
My concept of God is the one the Bible paints. I think of Him as an all-knowing, all-powerful, loving Father in Heaven. He knows each and every one of us better than we know ourselves, and He has sent us here to gain experiences that will help us to become more like Him. Like all Fathers, he recognizes that we have weaknesses, and he lets us pass through trials so we can grow and progress. He has more in store for us than we could ever dream, and He wants each and every one of us to reach our full potential, but that's up to us. His love for us is unconditional. That means there is nothing we can do to make Him stop loving us. He will love everyone for all eternity, even though some of us disobey Him and must reap the consequences of our actions. He doesn't like the fact that some of us suffer, but there's no other way to teach us some principles. No father wants to see his children suffer, but sometimes he realizes that they must reap what they themselves sow. I think of Him as the perfect Dad, the perfect Coach, the perfect Psychologist, and, yes, even the perfect Husband. If he's literally our father in Heaven (as the Bible asserts he is, hundreds of times), then there must be a Mother in Heaven. Why doesn't the Bible say anything about her? Think about how much His name is spoken in vain and in hate. If you were the universe's perfect husband would you want your wife to go through all that, or would you protect her from it? Isn't it funny how the Bible says Adam is the son of God? It says Christ was thought to be the son of Joseph, distinguishing between actual geneology and supposed geneology; and it says in the same list that Adam is the son of God, not distinguishing at all. Isn't it ironic...Don't you think?