Reply #68: Of course you don't, radwriter [View All]

[EAMcClure]

That is why your post came off as so narrow-minded.

What is a god? An actual entity, a being that exists in some extra-dimensional space... Is a god a consciousness, an energy that permeates certain aspects of life?

The most simple definition of a god is a higher power. Money is a higher power. You as an individual, men/women as a group, humanity as a collective, can not predict and control economics. There are certain individuals and groups (clergy) who make it their business to put economics under human authority, but look around and see how well it works.

Nationalism is a religion. There is no such thing as a state but that which thinking makes real. The U.S. is often given the attributes of a God by normally reasonable people all over the world. Uncle Sam is an anthropomorphisation of the United States as a god-entity.

I would like to know what the word god means to you, and what a god would be for you to believe that a god exists. I, personally, see god as logos, not a being, but extension and attribute.

Eric