Why you can't find God.

Discussion in 'Philosophy and Religion' started by neonspectraltoast, Oct 10, 2019.

  1. Eric!

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    D, I really like what you said in these past two entries in response to my question to you, thank you for that, sister. I mistakenly thought you were saying "we are God" in the context that we are better, equal, or just as good- and in all my humbleness and respect to the Creator, I admit that I was troubled by what you said until you broke it down to me.
     
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  2. Eric!

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    Mally, is this a song,or a poem? If it's song lyrics, please send title so I can search for it and to here what it sounds like.
     
  3. mallyboppa

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    I already posted it but here is the album version !
     
  4. Eric!

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    Thanks man. I couldn’t get it to play here, so I’ll jump on YouTube.
     
  5. Candy Gal

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    Abou Ben Adhem
    BY LEIGH HUNT
    Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
    Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
    And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
    Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
    An angel writing in a book of gold:—
    Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
    And to the presence in the room, he said,
    "What writest thou?"—The vision raised its head,
    And with a look made of all sweet accord,
    Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."
    "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,"
    Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
    But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then,
    Write me as one that loves his fellow men."

    The angel wrote and vanished. The next night
    It came again with a great wakening light,
    And showed the names whom the love of God had blest,
    And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.

    That is how I feel.
     
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  6. themnax

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    the non-physical cannot be physically measured, no matter how adamantly anyone may claim to know it.

    angels and gold are allegories, but candy has found the cat, and not just a picture of it.
     
  7. There isn't anything in existence that can be measured with complete accuracy. There is always uncertainty. We don't know enough about the physical to distinguish it from the non-physical, and I would argue that the word "physical" is essentially meaningless.

    Nothing is ever measured in such a way that you can say precisely what it is. Everything is only registered through an experience of it, and the direct experience is the only way in which anything is ever defined. So there is no "physical" and "non-physical" world. There is only the seen and the, as yet, unseen.
     
  8. lion1978

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    You can't find God because he(she is plying hide and seek with you, and he/she is much better at it than you
     
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  9. themnax

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    at the risk of repeating myself; "i didn't know she was lost".
     
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    then you need some DMT..
     
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  11. Total Darkness

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    Maybe people are better off listening instead of seeking.
     
  12. I believe that something created us but does not intervene in our lives.
    I guess I would be considered a Deist.
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  13. Vanilla Gorilla

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    Well, one thing is for sure, no human is going to know shit
     
  14. DrRainbow

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    God is in me. I find him.
     
  15. Asmodean

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    Hey dr. Rainbow! How many fingers am i holding up?
     
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  16. DrRainbow

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    Sheep don't have fingers. Silly.
     
  17. Candy Gal

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    Is he watching me?
     
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  18. Asmodean

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    You know what an avatar is, right? ;)
     
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  19. DrRainbow

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    I would.
     
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  20. Candy Gal

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    Are you a god?
     
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