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Science was a gift from god - discuss.
Well if life was a gift from 'god' everything that came with it was as well, science included.
Okay. Define god first.
If by god you mean nature then yes.
Nature, I guess for a pagan would be 'god'. But the mass accepted definition.... Higher Power, Supreme Being.
Then again, a word only has meaning if you give it one and believe it is so.
Being who have the following properties: omnipotence, omniscience, benevolence, omnipresence, transcendenty and immortality.Quote:
Originally Posted by scorpio86
Why is god a he? Where did he come from? Do you beleive in god personally/ If so, in which way? Which god? Christian? Buddhist? Voodoo witch doctor?
Note - i am spiritual myself yet i just do not prescribe to any major religions.
If you want to look at it from a psychological perspective:
We're not the only ones to wonder where we came from and why we're here. Even modern science can't definitively answer that. Yes, we're a result of the Big Bang, but where did IT come from? The answer ancient humanity came up with was some divine entity whose existence was beyond their comprehension.
Humankind is also a form of life cognisant of its own mortality. Whether by logical deduction or sheer ego, we have an inherent desire to believe there is some level of existence beyond our mortal spans. Reincarnation is a common philosophy, though Assassin's Creed (and other sources) suggest the concept of 'genetic memory' - which may be a valid rationale behind this. Many believe in ghosts and similar phenomenon, suggesting some aspect of ourselves endures beyond mortality.
Yes i agree, i have said that humans created religion the same as they created myths to attempt to explain what was/is unexplainable to them/us. I understand that humans created god - in that god is an idea and not a true physical thing - in my opinion.
I was meaning more literally, where did god come from? In that if christian's beleive in the christian god - where did he come from and why is he a he, what size condoms does god purchase?
I am just trying to understand other people's views on it. I mean if god is real, where did he come from?
PS i don't expect anybody to have an answer to this i am just posting it in the hope that people can follow my train of thought.
Personally i beleive that when i die my spirit shall continue on in one way or a another, i am not an athiest who literally beleives in nothing. I am a spiritual person.
When people say god do they mean 'life, earth, solar system, galaxy, universe, everything' or an actual 'spirit being'?
energy, the source
So you mean 'everything'? Not an actual being you could sit down and have a conversation with?
Yeah everything. So chatting with Him would essentially be chatting with yourself and everything else. Can be a very sanatory practice at times :)
Anyway... you can see how for me this kinda merges religion with science. Pray/meditate/search for enlightment... whatever.. it's all good.
But what religion do you follow? If you don't mind me asking, just tell me to mind my own business if it's too nosy a question.
'He' comes from the simple fact that humankind has long been a patriarchal society. Women, as the perpetuators of life, were to be sheltered and guarded while men took all the risks. Only since the advent of more modern civilization in the late 19th century has there been sufficient reduction of 'environmental' threats for suffrage and equal rights to gain legitimacy.
We're still a male-centric society. A man having an impressive list of sexual conquests makes him a STUD! A woman with the same is labelled a slut or whore. Even with the advent of Political Correctness, male pronouns are predominant even when there's no actual referent to gender involved.
'god' (little g) refers to any concept or entity attributed the status of being a deity. Having strong Native American ancestry (as well as a fair amount of studying it) it's understandable how the earth, sun, winds, rains, and so forth were regarded as deities. Though, curiously enough, only two Native American deities were given genders - Earth Mother and Sun Father. All others, often deemed as the children of these two, didn't have genders as they were whole - humankind, on the other hand, was believed to be fragmented and one could only find completion by joining with their opposite halves. That last is a common philosophy behind the belief in monogamous relationships.
'God' (big G) refers to the primary deity of a particular faith by those who deem it inappropriate to identify them by a specific name. The same is also true in the sense of a 'title' given by those of both monotheistic and polytheistic beliefs to members of their religious pantheon.