In Regard to God
I see that many of my friends like to converse about GOD, many as it appears do believe in its existence. I must tell you that I am yet convince of it, especially in regard to the way it is defined.
Many are basing their opinion or belief on the words of a book, the bible. It is my opinion that if such concept (god) exist even without the book one should be able to find it, and knows its purpose, for Abraham found it even before talking to him (according to the story, he is the father of monoteism)
But to ease in the discussion I will take the position that it does exist.
So, let’s assume its existence, and agree that it is not a form, that it is not bound by time or space, nor bound by man understanding or knowing of it (meaning even if man does not recognize it, it will not infere in it existence). So why should god worry about man’s love of him or her?, and be so pissed if man does not recognize him or her?
It creates all that is, what is seen and what is not. (since mankind is bound by time and space..its knowledge is relative to those limitations) so man knows little of the whole. Nor it needs mankind worship or love to be. For if he or she is not, then god has a limit, and so a form, which contradict our first assumption about god.
It is the whole and each part. It is one but not one as a part..
And so it is in (within) mankind.–for example: if mud is used to create man, man is mud, but mud is not man.
So god is the mud that made man, so man is god, but god is not man.
God is not ouside the whole, for it would have then a form, and such be bounded. This is similar for those in philosophy of the view of Spinoza.
I assume that mankind is a free rational being, so that it has the power to make a decision, and choose to either recognize god or not..If god forces man’s hand by making a wrong path for man to fail, and the right path for man to follow, then this god does not respect man’s free rational attribute, and behaves as a dictator.
For example: Saddam has established a rule of law for Iraq, and who followed his views was well treated, they formed his own clan, and those that oppossed him, were outsiders, and seeked and destroyed, for their lack of love for him.
If such is god, according to those mentioning the bible, then god and Saddam have much in common.
So such god I do not presume to be.
So now if mankind is a free rational being, then mankind has the option to make a decision..to have a choice a few things are needed.:
First a decision must be needed, meaning to chooce to believe or not. It is evident that decision making is intrinsic to mankind existance. In such the decision is to believe or not..and by such it will form mankind existance, or philosophy of life including all actions, thoughts and emotions. For example: if I believe honesty is a good value, then I will have to be honest with myself and my surrounding , if not then my belief in such value is irrelevant, and just a fake, so if I believe in a god, I would have to behave in such a manner that shows my faith, if I go and kill other, than it shows that I believe in a god that love violence, for why should I do, which go would not?
So it is apparent then one must make a decision, if to believe in a god, or just one’s own philosophy..therefore, the decision is needed.
The second part relates to the beneficience of one’s decision. If one chose to belief does it benefit the whole, rather than not. Any rule or principle descending from the decision must fulfill the criterion of beneficience..it must benefit more than it harms. If my belief in god, force me to reject those that don’t, and as many are doing calling them sinners, and damning them to hell, such belief creates more harm than good, and such would not be valid.
According to history, it appears that the choice of believing has brought more harm than good, and such it will be more favorable not to believe. How many wars have been done on the name of that god? Till today, mankind is killing his brother in the name of a belief in a god..and this has started since the beginning of religion.
Third: Does it respect autonomy (man being a free rational)
If man does not choose, god’s way, does god punish man..it appears to be so, according to the bible..In such god would not respect autonomy..and mankind would be better to choose not to believe. For as stated such god would only be a dictator, and a narcissit one I may add.
However, the choice is in man’s hand..would it not be better for man to behave ethicaly and humanly with its kind and surrounding, and not believe, or believe and behave without no rationality and inhumanly.
I choose at the moment to not focus on God, but rather on mankind, and try to behave as humanly as possible.
I would love to live in a world where we will all be good with each other no matter what faith or lack of one will have. But I am a dreamer.
Peace No War