Has anyone pondered about this question? ( sorry if this might aleady be done )

By most definitions God is omnipresent, If he leaves he isn't God.

how can we know that for sure though

quote:Originally posted by Severedset:

how can we know that for sure though

Know what part of my statement?



[This message has been edited by Q777 (edited 01-13-2007).]

God was never with us.

You'd never be able to tell.

^^ Atheism

^ Skepticism.

> I am God.

Truth.

I thought it was my turn to be god?

quote:"Where has God gone?" he cried. "I shall tell you. We have killed him - you and I. We are his murderers...

...Do we not hear anything yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying God? Do we not smell anything yet of God's decomposition? Gods too decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we, murderers of all murderers, console ourselves? That which was the holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet possessed has bled to death under our knives. Who will wipe this blood off us? With what water could we purify ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we not ourselves become gods simply to be worthy of it?

Nietzsche?

quote:Originally posted by ViVe CUERVO:

Nietzsche?

Fuck Yeah Nietzsche!

You may find "The Disappearance of God" an interesting read. Sorry I can't remember the author's name.

The premise is similar to yours, and it draws its analysis from The Bible, the progression of literature, and modern physics, among other things.

Along the Bible it outlines how in the beginning God was a very personal God, he actually walked in the garden with Adam and Eve. As the Bible progresses, however, he only talks to a few prophets, Moses and the like, only later to further distancing himself by speaking through things: miracles, visions, etc. Only to eventually disappear entirely. He comes back in the form of his Son, but God, himself, is still no where to be found.

In the history of literature Nietzsche isn't the only person to pen God's obituary, Dostevsky and others wrote similar descriptions independently of each other, and almost simultaneously.

In the progression of physics, with an emphasis on Hawkin's theories, God eventually becomes the shimmering face of existence.

I think it then goes on to talk about the kaballah, I can't remember, but it's a good read.