| I agree with all this and believe in an abstract "god". I don't even like to say god because that has been associated with the personalized egotistical creator that is seen in the bible and other religions. This idea is by far and away the most damaging beliefin the history of the world. A personal god, not religion itself, is what has caused all the war and horror throughout history. When you make god a mere "man" with an ego, emotions, anger, revenge then you inevitably open GOD up to EXPLOITATION. And that is what the christians did in the crusades, that is what the islamic terrorists are doing today. They are exploiting the concept of god for their own egotistical reasons, they are saying "He's on our side".
This idea of a personal god to me is like saying that god is nothing more then a sort of "King" of the universe, just like a king of a country on earth. It is a flawed approach to the divine that doesn't let loose of the human bonds. Rather then a being that rules and watches over, we must think of god as reality, the universe, everything in it, as one. |