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Quote by: Section 8  Well, I write this in deep regret. For those of you who don't know, I'm Jewish. Or I should say was Jewish. I lost my faith in God. God is dead. I don't know what religion I am. I guess that makes me augnostic, or divisionist. I guess I'll be looking into divisionism or buddhism, maybe aethiesm. Paganism looked a little too weird, but if there are any pagans on this board please post. I don't know if I'm making a mistake, but I'm pretty sure that God doesn't exist. It just got too dogmatic, placing blind faith in a supreme being. |
Although I argue against religion, I feel terribly sad when someone looses faith. In the past I never argued religion, but the Christian Right and using religion to mobilize US for war is not tolerable. Also want religion has done to our understanding of democracy is not tolerable. Anyway, instead of thinking you have to know truth, how about being cool with "we don't know"? We can not directly experience God and therefore can not know God.
Check out Spinoza. He was a Jew who was excommunicated for his scientific understanding of God and rejection of the mythology upon which religion is based.
You might also stop thinking with your head and become aware of your gut reaction. Our culture is way too much in its head, and we have blinded ourselves to our intuition.
I haven't seen Kuldeep's post lately. I love his concept of God as consciousness. For me it is highly possible God is the cumulative manifestion of all consciousness. Absolutely everything is energy. Matter is energy. I believe there is a consciousness beyond our comprehension.
Hum, perhaps we should question again, why does anyone need a God? What do you want of a God?