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Religion and Ethics Discussion => Christian Topic => Topic started by: floo on October 23, 2015, 12:21:54 PM
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I'm not sure that God really looks like anything, that is if we're talking about essence. God just is. However, using the imagery of scripture God's presence is often associated with fire and light.
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In the OT, there were visible manifestations of God but his face was concealed.
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In the OT, there were visible manifestations of God but his face was concealed.
Why? Was he butt ugly?
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In the OT, there were visible manifestations of God but his face was concealed.
Why? Was he butt ugly?
It might have been embarrassed to reveal its horns and tail! ;D
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In the OT, there were visible manifestations of God but his face was concealed.
Why? Was he butt ugly?
Don't know about that but butt is what Moses saw.
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You may ask what is it that leaves our body after what we call DEATH ???
Something was there before & that's the thing that 'allows' to use this body IN this world.
Nick
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You may ask what is it that leaves our body after what we call DEATH ???
Something was there before & that's the thing that 'allows' to use this body IN this world.
Nick
I am not sure what you mean?
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I'm not sure that God really looks like anything, that is if we're talking about essence. God just is. However, using the imagery of scripture God's presence is often associated with fire and light.
A_O could you please stop encouraging this person.Please.
~TW~
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You may ask what is it that leaves our body after what we call DEATH ???
Something was there before & that's the thing that 'allows' to use this body IN this world.
Nick
I am not sure what you mean?
WELL... you know when you're alive as you're moving about & are 'conscious' of yourself & your surroundings. Then, at some point, whatever that is-was is suddenly not there, for whatever reason & nobody can seem to 'bring you back'.
I think a god would be a creature of THOSE qualities.
Nick
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You may ask what is it that leaves our body after what we call DEATH ???
Something was there before & that's the thing that 'allows' to use this body IN this world.
Nick
I still don't get it?!
I am not sure what you mean?
WELL... you know when you're alive as you're moving about & are 'conscious' of yourself & your surroundings. Then, at some point, whatever that is-was is suddenly not there, for whatever reason & nobody can seem to 'bring you back'.
I think a god would be a creature of THOSE qualities.
Nick
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For as long as I can remember I have had this 'memory', which can only have been a weird dream. I was in heaven with the deity and the angels, apparently being one of them. ;D The deity, who appeared as bright white light, informed me that it was my turn to do my bit on earth. I didn't wish to leave my comfy, billet but arrived down here anyway!
Clearly a dream, yes. Real angels are always desperate for anything to relieve the boredom.
That no doubt accounts for my first three months of continuous infant screaming. ;D
Probably just colic. You can't have had the dream then.
What do believers think the deity looks like?
Nothing looks like anything in heaven. Nobody has any eyes. You don't bump into other angels because you just walk straight through them.
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For as long as I can remember I have had this 'memory', which can only have been a weird dream. I was in heaven with the deity and the angels, apparently being one of them. ;D The deity, who appeared as bright white light, informed me that it was my turn to do my bit on earth. I didn't wish to leave my comfy, billet but arrived down here anyway!
Clearly a dream, yes. Real angels are always desperate for anything to relieve the boredom.
That no doubt accounts for my first three months of continuous infant screaming. ;D
Probably just colic. You can't have had the dream then.
What do believers think the deity looks like?
Nothing looks like anything in heaven. Nobody has any eyes. You don't bump into other angels because you just walk straight through them.
Apparently I was allergic to the milk I was given. My parents had a have a herd of goats, as goat's milk did the business, until I grew out of the allergy.
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How would you know ?!?!?!? For Red Giant 2 posts back.
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In the OT, there were visible manifestations of God but his face was concealed.
Why? Was he butt ugly?
It might have been embarrassed to reveal its horns and tail! ;D
I thought you lived in Wales. Are you not grateful for all that free water he gives you?
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I thought you lived in Wales. Are you not grateful for all that free water he gives you?
Next time there is a severe drought somewhere, Spud, remind me to ask you why God didn't re-distribute the 'free water' to the affected area.
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I thought you lived in Wales. Are you not grateful for all that free water he gives you?
Next time there is a severe drought somewhere, Spud, remind me to ask you why God didn't re-distribute the 'free water' to the affected area.
God uses hardship to humble people. This was the case with Joseph's brothers- when a famine made them to go to Egypt for food, they were forced to admit that they were wrong to sell Joseph as a slave. (They said to one another, "Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that's why this distress has come on us." Genesis 42:21)
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And God is so very regular in whom he punishes, eh ???
NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I thought you lived in Wales. Are you not grateful for all that free water he gives you?
Next time there is a severe drought somewhere, Spud, remind me to ask you why God didn't re-distribute the 'free water' to the affected area.
God uses hardship to humble people. This was the case with Joseph's brothers- when a famine made them to go to Egypt for food, they were forced to admit that they were wrong to sell Joseph as a slave. (They said to one another, "Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that's why this distress has come on us." Genesis 42:21)
What an evil b*stard the deity is, if it exists and does the things attributed to it! >:(
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I would NEVER equate ANY decent deity with what that awful creature was supposed to have done in The Bible ?!?!!?!? :o
Then again it could very easily be complete bollox ?!?!!?! 8)
Nick
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Dear Floo,
I don't know what God looks like but he sounds like James Mason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs_pnCsLciQ
Gonnagle.
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I would NEVER equate ANY decent deity with what that awful creature was supposed to have done in The Bible ?!?!!?!? :o
Then again it could very easily be complete bollox ?!?!!?! 8)
Nick
No decent deity would behave in the way the deity is supposed to behave. It has all the worst of human attributes, but that is hardly surprising as it is more than likely a very human creation.
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Dear Floo,
I don't know what God looks like but he sounds like James Mason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs_pnCsLciQ
Gonnagle.
I was thinking more Fred Flintstone, Gonners!
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Floo
TOTALLY agree !!!!!!!
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I saw this article
The Bible describes God appearing to people on various occasions. These instances should not be understood as describing exactly what God looks like, but rather as God revealing Himself to us in a way that we can understand. What God looks like is beyond our capability of understanding and describing. God gives glimpses of what He looks like to teach us truths about Himself, not necessarily so that we can have an image of Him in our minds. Two passages that powerfully describe God’s amazing appearance are Ezekiel 1:26-28 and Revelation 1:14-16.
Ezekiel 1:26-28 declares, “Above the expanse over their heads was what looked like a throne of sapphire, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.” Revelation 1:14-16 proclaims, “His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.”
These passages represent Ezekiel’s and John’s best attempts at describing the appearance of God. They had to use symbolic language to describe that for which human language has no words; i.e., “what appeared like,” “like the appearance,” “he looked like,” etc. We do know that when we are in heaven, “we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:3). Sin will be no more, and we will be able to perceive God in all His glory.
http://www.gotquestions.org/what-does-God-look-like.html
Kinda odd then :o
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But people claim all sorts of things have appeared before them, the mind can certainly play tricks!
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No decent deity would behave in the way the deity is supposed to behave. It has all the worst of human attributes, but that is hardly surprising as it is more than likely a very human creation.
So where do those human attributes come from, Floo? Are you suggesting that it is genetically part of the human make-up?
Regarding the thread title, I think the important thing is that Jesus made access to God open to the whole of humanity, and therefore what he looks like is reflecting in the variety of images that humans have made of him. He is the ultimate 'Everyman'.
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Just wondering flo... Why do you use the term 'the deity' instead of just saying god?
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Just wondering flo... Why do you use the term 'the deity' instead of just saying god?
Why not?
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No decent deity would behave in the way the deity is supposed to behave. It has all the worst of human attributes, but that is hardly surprising as it is more than likely a very human creation.
So where do those human attributes come from, Floo? Are you suggesting that it is genetically part of the human make-up?
Regarding the thread title, I think the important thing is that Jesus made access to God open to the whole of humanity, and therefore what he looks like is reflecting in the variety of images that humans have made of him. He is the ultimate 'Everyman'.
So you imagine.
ippy
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Yes indeed, people have made claims that things have appeared before them. (snork)
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MY visions are called HALLUCINATIONS.....
YOURS are called religion !!!!!!!
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Just wondering flo... Why do you use the term 'the deity' instead of just saying god?
She can't cope with the informality of the 'god' term, Samuel ;)
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So you imagine.
It's rather more than 'imagine', ippy. Rather like you and your views, this is what I believe (or are you saying that you don't believe anything?)
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For as long as I can remember I have had this 'memory', which can only have been a weird dream. I was in heaven with the deity and the angels, apparently being one of them. ;D The deity, who appeared as bright white light, informed me that it was my turn to do my bit on earth. I didn't wish to leave my comfy, billet but arrived down here anyway! That no doubt accounts for my first three months of continuous infant screaming. ;D
That dream hasn't made any difference to my opinion that in all probability there is no deity or afterlife, and certainly not as suggested in the Bible.
What do believers think the deity looks like?
Well, that must explain your bilious attitude Floo. ;D
It also points to the idea that we are a duality; a spirit encased in matter.
The question arises, have you done your bit on planet Earth?
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MY visions are called HALLUCINATIONS.....
YOURS are called religion !!!!!!!
Good one! ;D
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MY visions are called HALLUCINATIONS.....
YOURS are called religion !!!!!!!
Good one! ;D
The problem with Nick's comment is that religion isn't about hallucinations, Floo. It has to do with beliefs. I assume that you have some?
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I believe I saw God-Jesus-Mohammad etc etc.
Like me to go on ?!?!??
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I believe I saw God-Jesus-Mohammad etc etc.
Like me to go on ?!?!??
You can believe that you saw them but religion isn't about who or what you saw.
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I believe I saw God-Jesus-Mohammad etc etc.
Like me to go on ?!?!??
Possibly. Can I just ask if you're going to ask me for money at some point?
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I believe I saw God-Jesus-Mohammad etc etc.
Like me to go on ?!?!??
You can believe that you saw them but religion isn't about who or what you saw.
OK But if it's true then why is your life not so significantly different from mine. Why can't you perform miracles etc ??? What real use is your faith to the rest of us?
Nick
Wigg
BAD LAD ?!?!!? LOL
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I believe I saw God-Jesus-Mohammad etc etc.
Like me to go on ?!?!??
You can believe that you saw them but religion isn't about who or what you saw.
What is religion really about?
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Doing as you're bloody well told !!! ;) ::)
And I have that FIRSTHAND from GOD Himself !!!
Watcha mean you don't believe me ?!?!? ;) >:(
Nick
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Just wondering flo... Why do you use the term 'the deity' instead of just saying god?
Why not?
oooooOOOOOOoooooooooooooo... handbags... I was just asking. Its not exactly a typical way to refer to god is it? In fact you're the only one I know who routinely uses the term 'the deity' in situations where the word god would be expected. I thought it might be a matter of principle for you, but if it is mere whim then fair enough. The mystery that is Floo will remain impenetrable!
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Doing as you're bloody well told !!! ;) ::)
And I have that FIRSTHAND from GOD Himself !!!
Watcha mean you don't believe me ?!?!? ;) >:(
Nick
;D
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Just wondering flo... Why do you use the term 'the deity' instead of just saying god?
Why not?
oooooOOOOOOoooooooooooooo... handbags... I was just asking. Its not exactly a typical way to refer to god is it? In fact you're the only one I know who routinely uses the term 'the deity' in situations where the word god would be expected. I thought it might be a matter of principle for you, but if it is mere whim then fair enough. The mystery that is Floo will remain impenetrable!
I refer to the Biblical entity as a deity, as it suits me to do so, no big deal. I take your latter comment as a compliment. :D
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So what did you read about our deity today floo, chapter and book please?
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For as long as I can remember I have had this 'memory', which can only have been a weird dream. I was in heaven with the deity and the angels, apparently being one of them. ;D The deity, who appeared as bright white light, informed me that it was my turn to do my bit on earth. I didn't wish to leave my comfy, billet but arrived down here anyway! That no doubt accounts for my first three months of continuous infant screaming. ;D
That dream hasn't made any difference to my opinion that in all probability there is no deity or afterlife, and certainly not as suggested in the Bible.
What do believers think the deity looks like?
Christ said:
God is a Spirit and those who worship him, must worship him in Spirit and Truth.
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What, literally, ON earth, does THAT mean ????
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God must be a boogie man!!!
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So you imagine.
It's rather more than 'imagine', ippy. Rather like you and your views, this is what I believe (or are you saying that you don't believe anything?)
I note you are saying, "It's rather more than 'imagine', ippy", are you hearing voices Hope?
You're really in to this trying to get others to prove a negative for you, is that because you're none to confident about this strange belief of yours?
I know that there are a lot of others that share your particular brand of belief, that doesn't make it any less of a strange idea/belief.
ippy
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Just wondering flo... Why do you use the term 'the deity' instead of just saying god?
Why not?
oooooOOOOOOoooooooooooooo... handbags... I was just asking. Its not exactly a typical way to refer to god is it? In fact you're the only one I know who routinely uses the term 'the deity' in situations where the word god would be expected. I thought it might be a matter of principle for you, but if it is mere whim then fair enough. The mystery that is Floo will remain impenetrable!
I refer to the Biblical entity as a deity, as it suits me to do so, no big deal. I take your latter comment as a compliment. :D
as it was intended :)
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Just wondering flo... Why do you use the term 'the deity' instead of just saying god?
Why not?
oooooOOOOOOoooooooooooooo... handbags... I was just asking. Its not exactly a typical way to refer to god is it? In fact you're the only one I know who routinely uses the term 'the deity' in situations where the word god would be expected. I thought it might be a matter of principle for you, but if it is mere whim then fair enough. The mystery that is Floo will remain impenetrable!
I refer to the Biblical entity as a deity, as it suits me to do so, no big deal. I take your latter comment as a compliment. :D
as it was intended :)
Thank you my darling! :D
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Christ said:
God is a Spirit and those who worship him, must worship him in Spirit and Truth.
A statement without meaning, especially as there is no evidence any god exists.
ARE YOU FOR REAL????
For as long as I can remember I have had this 'memory', which can only have been a weird dream. I was in heaven with the deity and the angels, apparently being one of them. ;D The deity, who appeared as bright white light, informed me that it was my turn to do my bit on earth. I didn't wish to leave my comfy, billet but arrived down here anyway! That no doubt accounts for my first three months of continuous infant screaming. ;D
That dream hasn't made any difference to my opinion that in all probability there is no deity or afterlife, and certainly not as suggested in the Bible.
What do believers think the deity looks like?
You asked what believers think the deity looks like? :o
You asked us to tell you and write such crap as:-
A statement without meaning, especially as there is no evidence any god exists.
What planet do you come from. Did you not ask what he looked like in spite of the fact you believe there was no evidence for his existence to you. How dumb does that make you look? Go away till you can ask a sincere question which isn't all about you mocking the things your do not believe. I think Christians should ignore your posts in future Floo/ You obviously are just a wind up merchant and wumming.
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Christ said:
God is a Spirit and those who worship him, must worship him in Spirit and Truth.
A statement without meaning, especially as there is no evidence any god exists.
ARE YOU FOR REAL????
For as long as I can remember I have had this 'memory', which can only have been a weird dream. I was in heaven with the deity and the angels, apparently being one of them. ;D The deity, who appeared as bright white light, informed me that it was my turn to do my bit on earth. I didn't wish to leave my comfy, billet but arrived down here anyway! That no doubt accounts for my first three months of continuous infant screaming. ;D
That dream hasn't made any difference to my opinion that in all probability there is no deity or afterlife, and certainly not as suggested in the Bible.
What do believers think the deity looks like?
You asked what believers think the deity looks like? :o
You asked us to tell you and write such crap as:-
A statement without meaning, especially as there is no evidence any god exists.
What planet do you come from. Did you not ask what he looked like in spite of the fact you believe there was no evidence for his existence to you. How dumb does that make you look? Go away till you can ask a sincere question which isn't all about you mocking the things your do not believe. I think Christians should ignore your posts in future Floo/ You obviously are just a wind up merchant and wumming.
Sass at best your posts are amusing, at worst complete twaddle! ::)
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In the OT, there were visible manifestations of God but his face was concealed.
Why? Was he butt ugly?
My bet is you're no film star! :)