At 2/21/02 11:07 PM, Thorfalcon wrote:
Just a brief thought about God...
Some of you denounce Him because you cannot understand Him.
But if you DID understand Him...
Would He be God?
It seems to me that the very nature of God is not understandable, just as you are trying to say. But, this very statement is a small part of the reason I don't believe in God. It's not that I can't understand God that I don't believe in Him. It's the fact that he is not understandable, and therefore supposedly defying logic. This is a logical trap, because anyone who asks, "Is there a God?" cannot logically answer the God without immediately concluding "There is no God."
When you think logically (or at least when I do, in the mathematical mindset), there is nothing outside of logic. So, when you attempt to think logically about anything at all, you immediately discard anything illogical, especially things that are self-proclaimed illogical!
This is not to say that it disproves God, but since we have even taken the first step to ask if he exists or not, then we must take the steps to try to answer this question. What other way are we to approach a question if not logic?!! Shall we resort to making up stuff? Hurling out any random idea that pops into our heads? Whatever sounds good? Whatever we WANT to exist?
I feel most people believe in what they do, not because they honestly feel it's true, but because they WANT it to be true. Otherwise, I can't understand how people can be so devoted to religion without studying all religions and really making an honest attempt to question what they happened to be born in, or what seemed appealing!!!!
This is exactly the main reason I am not atheist, the reason I started questioning God in the first place. Not because I wanted to be different, or because I was looking for some reason to not believe in God, but because I wanted to know God the best I could and be the best representation of a spiritual entity as possible!
But, in my attempts to better understand God, I have actually concluded that there is no God, until future theories and ideas reveal themselves to me, upon which I will evaluate and consider.