Re: The Experience of God
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:48 pm
maybe not, MG. Maybe I won't be able to believe there's a god unless he gives me some reason to think he's there. If so, he may condemn me for my lack of faith, I suppose. And I'll wonder for eternity all the whys. If so, at least I won't be sitting in his stuffy heaven, seeming dreading eternity. I guess I'll just get what I want, as the Mormons typically say.MG 2.0 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 6:16 pmWhy would God want to stop T-Rex’s from existing? Ebola? Well, that’s another matter.
Anyway, the more I read these discussions about what God either is or isn’t I come back to the concept of God the Father in Mormon Doctrine as we have it in our day and time. To answer your question, He(a father) would care for humans more than an Ebola virus because we are literally His Spirit children. As far as thinking about T-Rex, Ebola, and all the other nasty things out there I would ask, “What if they weren’t?”
LDS thinking prescribes an opposition in ALL things. And that there is a long range and cosmic purpose behind that opposition/fallen world. From what we see and experience, I don’t see that ‘explanation for being’ unreasonable when held up against the alternatives.
You’re just going to keep running around in circles along with Gadianton and the other folks. I don’t think there is any way on God’s green earth you’ll EVER be able to figure out ‘god’ without that being/entity reveling himself/itself to you.
I hear that and chuckle to myself. The answers you love are just a mess as I see it. They only lead to more questions and more disturbing thoughts for me.Mormonism has a firm answer to those questions that you guys run around looking for answers to. It’s right in front of your face.
I tried, MG. I too used to think God revealed himself through ancient and modern prophets. All the way up until I realized if he did so reveal himself, He's not much worth considering.You want proofs. Just not the kind that might be those that are readily available but also a bit difficult to wrap your mind around. Corporal God. A God who is part of a larger system/plan. A God who evolved. A God who exists inside and outside of our framework of measuring ‘reality’.
Heavy stuff. Good luck figuring it all out. In the meantime IF God has revealed Himself through ancient and modern prophets…you’re missing out.
I can't help it. God made me that way and has only pushed me deeper to it.Agency, isn’t it a wonderful thing? And to be so smart that you think you might just be able to grasp it all without an all powerful being helping you to doing so?
Silly humans. The hubris of it all.
Regards,
MG