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Re: The meaning of God
Reply #30 - Aug 13^th, 2011 at 2:01pm

mozzaok wrote on Aug 5^th, 2011 at 7:59pm:

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"He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him"

Well if that is a quote from the bible, and if god inspired/directed those words, then god must be a stoner, because he speaks jibberish.

Or .. it could be that YOU simply failed to understand these words and/or the context within which they were written.

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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: The meaning of God Reply #31 - Aug 13^th, 2011 at 2:03pm Soren wrote on Aug 5^th, 2011 at 8:51pm: Mozz, this remark of yours reveals the worst kind of narrow-minded parochialism - if it's not readily fathomable within the narrow horizons of the last 40 years then it's not worth stopping for. The compulsive forgetter's dreadful attitude. Ahhh .. well said my learned friend!
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Amadd Gold Member Offline Mo Posts: 6217	Re: The meaning of God Reply #32 - Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:13am Ambiguity can sometimes be a very concise teacher, can it not?
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: The meaning of God Reply #33 - Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:15am Amadd wrote on Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:13am: Ambiguity can sometimes be a very concise teacher, can it not? Should this thread be about the quest for the meaning of god... Or the god of meaning? Or is that, the god in meaning... Or the meaning in god...
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Amadd Gold Member Offline Mo Posts: 6217	Re: The meaning of God Reply #34 - Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:20am I think we know who the Gods of meaning are
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: The meaning of God Reply #35 - Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:21am Amadd wrote on Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:20am: I think we know who the Gods of meaning are Meaning?
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Amadd Gold Member Offline Mo Posts: 6217	Re: The meaning of God Reply #36 - Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:42am Meaning that the gods of interpretation (religions) are amazingly able to decifer the true meaning from biblical texts where most mere mortals cannot. Is it they who are in fact our god?
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: The meaning of God Reply #37 - Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:47am Amadd wrote on Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:42am: Meaning that the gods of interpretation (religions) are amazingly able to decifer the true meaning from biblical texts where most mere mortals cannot. Is it they who are in fact our god? I see what you mean.
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Re: The meaning of God
Reply #38 - Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:01pm

NorthOfNorth wrote on Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:15am:

Amadd wrote on Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:13am:

Ambiguity can sometimes be a very concise teacher, can it not? Grin

Should this thread be about the quest for the meaning of god... Or the god of meaning? Or is that, the god in meaning... Or the meaning in god...
Cheesy

As the Buddha said, "Don't ask"
http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Stories/Conditioning/Buddha_explaining_existen...

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Don't ask, there is no need to ask. It is not a question which can be answered. It is not an inquiry but a quest, a thirst. Be silent and know.

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Amadd Gold Member Offline Mo Posts: 6217	Re: The meaning of God Reply #39 - Sep 29^th, 2011 at 11:05pm If it is true that the word "God" can be interchangable with the word "Meaning", then the obvious sequitor reasoning would be to state it as it is, and not as the fairies dictate. Religiousness away at your whim, but it ain't ever gonna get control over the true reality.
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Re: The meaning of God
Reply #40 - Oct 1^st, 2011 at 9:52am

Amadd wrote on Sep 29^th, 2011 at 11:05pm:

If it is true that the word "God" can be interchangable with the word
"Meaning", then the obvious sequitor reasoning would be to state it as it is, and not as the fairies dictate.

Religiousness away at your whim, but it ain't ever gonna get control over the true reality.

"True reality" is not any better understood or less controversial than "God".

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Re: The meaning of God
Reply #41 - Oct 1^st, 2011 at 8:36pm

Amadd wrote on Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:42am:

Meaning that the gods of interpretation (religions) are amazingly able to decifer the true meaning from biblical texts where most mere mortals cannot.
Is it they who are in fact our god?

Think of a Bible in the same way as a crystal ball, or like shapes in the clouds . In a way, that seems to be the way it's used by the faithful. You see what you want to see, and if you "see" it, the message will be reinforced for next time. The next time you will see it clearer.

Pareidolia. (if you don't know it, Google it)

I have a device for seeing God. It's made of plate glass, and it's coated with aluminium on the back. To see God, you look into it.

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gizmo_2655 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16010 South West NSW Gender:	Re: The meaning of God Reply #42 - Oct 1^st, 2011 at 11:35pm God is that which Groks
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Re: The meaning of God
Reply #43 - Oct 2^nd, 2011 at 4:58am

muso wrote on Oct 1^st, 2011 at 8:36pm:

Amadd wrote on Aug 14^th, 2011 at 12:42am:

Meaning that the gods of interpretation (religions) are amazingly able to decifer the true meaning from biblical texts where most mere mortals cannot.
Is it they who are in fact our god?

Think of a Bible in the same way as a crystal ball, or like shapes in the clouds . In a way, that seems to be the way it's used by the faithful. You see what you want to see, and if you "see" it, the message will be reinforced for next time. The next time you will see it clearer.

Reading the bible, can be a meditation.

That is the effect it sometimes has on me, .....even hours or days later!

And its stories do excite my imagination, it is true.

But is that a bad thing ?

muso,

Haven't almost all of mankind's very greatest inventive [technological] breakthroughs come through those people with 'excited imaginations' ? Wink

IMO, it would be such a small and dull existence, if none of us were able to escape this world, and travel to those 'places' where our imagination is able to take us. Wink

Why is it 'wrong' to see what others 'cannot' see, and/or what others refuse to see ?

Luke 17:5 Wink

muso wrote on Oct 1^st, 2011 at 8:36pm:

Pareidolia. (if you don't know it, Google it)

I have a device for seeing God. It's made of plate glass, and it's coated with aluminium on the back. To see God, you look into it.

LOL

I didn't believe that you were that conceited muso.

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: The meaning of God Reply #44 - Oct 2^nd, 2011 at 8:33pm muso wrote on Oct 1^st, 2011 at 8:36pm: I have a device for seeing God. It's made of plate glass, and it's coated with aluminium on the back. To see God, you look into it. A plate of glass with a bit of Al foil on the back? Sheeit, God must look like a friggin Picasso to you.
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