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Is there a less loaded word for "God"?
I am a monist and a pantheist, but I don't believe in an impersonal god, since as a monist, there is no separation between me (or you, or a rock or a tree) and God. This is not the Christian god, nor is it any other codified conception I am aware of, but it's certainly not a new idea.
I also believe there are forms of life that might be considered gods that live on our planet with us, but they are just more actualized life forms that have lived among us for ages, some of them genetically identical to their parents, continuing on where the other left off. And while you may already think I'm off the deep end, I'm referring to certain plants. Hmm. That probably doesn't make me seem any less nutty, actually.
Anyway. "God" is a loaded term, but it's not "god" to me, it's Everything, and a capital letter seems warranted. I suppose "Everything" is an option, but it doesn't quite do it for me.
Just wondering if you have thoughts about other terms I could use. But feel free to call me a kook, too, if you feel the need. ;)
@The: You did not answer the question, you merely provided the tired, mythical nonsense that is so often thoughtlessly recirculated. There is some beauty in Christianity, to be sure... unfortunately, I'm likely in a better position to recognize it than you.
@quaz: Thank you for the reminder that there are intelligent, thoughtful Bible-thumpers out there! I do not take the Bible literally, but I have certainly been a student of it, and continue to find great beauty in it, though I sometimes feel I need to sort the cultural wheat from the Bronze Age chaff, as it were.
@EIVIILYBROWNING: I'm quite sure you're right, in that I find it unlikely I can resolve things with someone I cannot understand in the first place. So... thank you for that response.
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- 8 years ago
When I was a Deist I didn't like the word god either. I just called it "the source," that probably doesn't fit you well either but I thought I'd share anyway.
- OmarDNTRPRTMPFPLv 58 years ago
Christian god!!,non-christian god!! my God your God..for the love of God..how many gods you think are there?!!!...there is only one god..he created you me the christian the non christian the atheist and yours too the "whats it?" Monist and this entire universe and other parallel universes where nothing there makes sense here...HE IS ONE..and we wont argue on what or who he is..cause we wont resolve it.
