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Old 06-13-2005, 10:36 AM   #14
Hakan
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One of the most misleading things that most western spiritualists think of when they think of 'God' is that they anthromorphize the concept. All too often in Christianity and Islam we are taught that somehow God is some unitary sentient being sitting on some throne or something similar. With this understanding we falsely attribute these assinine human characteristics to the concept of a God. This is problematic because it muddles and confuses our understanding of what a 'God' is and it is all too easy to manipulate this view of a god to serve our own selfish human interests.

If you look at the Buddhist, Taoist or even Hindu enderstandings of 'God' they refer to it as just everything. Brahmin is all. Sit back and think about that. It's difficult to understand but has much more useful explanatory and spiritual power. If god is just everything then the concept of some type of larger spiritual essence is much more palatable. Unfortunately, this view is much harder to conceptualize because understanding the image of God is just and difficult as understanding God itself.

I hope this makes sense. Haven't had my coffee yet.

edit: coffee being drank
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