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The No image bods seem to think they have won the which god debate by refusing to draw pictures of him. I mean, It makes no difference. The cross, Elephant headed or Zeus -type God is no more and no less a symbol than with Name, whether written in Hebrew or Arabic.
The images and symbols no more claim to depict God or a god any more than a word on paper.
The cross is not a symbol of worship though. It's a reminder of the Passion and the Resurrection.
We don't use the cross to worship Jesus, we use the cross to remember our sins are forgiven.
Meanwhile, some Muslim somewhere worships a creepy meteorite cube and tells me how because the images they worship are purely geometric, that somehow makes it okay.
The No image bods seem to think they have won the which god debate by refusing to draw pictures of him. I mean, It makes no difference. The cross, Elephant headed or Zeus -type God is no more and no less a symbol than with Name, whether written in Hebrew or Arabic.
The images and symbols no more claim to depict God or a god any more than a word on paper.
Well, depends on what exactly is the OP asking?
If the OP is asking to physically describe god then pictures should answer the question. No?
I could share what God is to me, but a better approach would be for each person to find what God (or even "God") is to him or her. The comparison game can be fun and even educational, but if we are each to move forward, we must find our own path. We're all different, and will always see life and the universe differently. Why bother worrying what God is to others? We each have to account for our lives and our time down here. It's not up to us to account for or explain the Jack and Jills around us.
If the OP is asking to physically describe god then pictures should answer the question. No?
What the OP asks leaves it open for anyone to say what the term means to them. Word or picture. It is always on the believer to explain what it means, not the asker to tell them.
The point made here is that the superiority -claim of 'we don't make pictures' gains them nothing, as icons, idols, symbols and written holy names are not more than reminders of the thing that is believed.
I think God might be the label for the very being that allows and/or inspires Christians and Muslims and Jews to compete with and hurt each other (even inter-denominationally). Or God might be the very being that lets Hindus wallow in non-Abrahamic theisms (supposedly a horrible fate, although Abrahamism is just as horrible if not worse when studied in detail). Or God could be the being that only once lost control of heaven, but a second time is sure to come if that were true. God is the mental-model of security for the insecure man. God could be the mental-model for point of worship for the man that has nothing else to worship at that point and without worshiping would feel incomplete.
...this worshiping would provide for them feelings of cronyism, which provides them with feelings of allegiance to power, which ties back around to providing them with make-believe feelings of security.
Gods and goddesses are numerous from the mighty goddess Diana that was worshipped world over before Christianity,to the gods and goddesses of Los Angeles that people worship everyday,they are a vital source of something,their archetypes or characteristics/symbols speak to us.
I dreamt of the goddess Diana who I had never heard of thirty or so times,I looked her up,I believe gods and goddesses serve some sort of deep purpose in the psyche,in the mythology of our lives.
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Light, brilliant and magnificent, comprised of Pure Awareness and infinite eternal Bliss-Love,
existing in a place where there is no space or time, Who is manifested in All That Is....seen
and unseen.
Inquiring mind... (mine)... would like to know for a project I'm working on.
Many thanks.
The totality of all consciousness. God is our awareness. He is life itself. He cannot be prayed to, revered, ignored or explained.
If God did not exist, we could not be aware of ourselves. If we did not exist, neither would God. We are the thoughts of God, and the motion of God. God is the sea; we are the waves. One cannot exist without the other.
The degree to which we are aware of ourselves is the degree to which we are aware of God.
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The No image bods seem to think they have won the which god debate by refusing to draw pictures of him. I mean, It makes no difference. The cross, Elephant headed or Zeus -type God is no more and no less a symbol than with Name, whether written in Hebrew or Arabic.
