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If God is the Same then Why is God Different?

Saima Shah April 19, 2009

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#10 Posted by samar1982 on April 19, 2009 11:26:52 pm
sunil ji, i cant be sure if there is god or no god. and in both the cases it is useless to think about it, fighting wars, committing atrocities on others having different views. in my opinion that is the uselessness of GOD.
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#9 Posted by sunil7090 on April 19, 2009 11:20:28 pm
God is a fruad coined by shrewd and businesslike humans on the gullible masses, there is nobody observing,recording our actions,nobody maintaining heaven and hell, fruad is severest in case of islam, as in other religions people have come out of godphobia,it is easiest to rule massess and make them work promising everything in afterlife and almost nothing here,mullah who promises 72 hoors to a jihadi may be having them for himself on earth and very well knows that god does not have stock of virgins
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#8 Posted by samar1982 on April 19, 2009 10:47:11 pm
i have simple question. if there is god and if he is as described in quran like he is all powerful, knows everything and is merciful etc etc then why is there need to pray him, why is there need to ask for pardon and why he should pardon us being the best judge. its like equating him with your boss who will reward you when you butter him or overlook your mistakes.

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#7 Posted by hamzaad on April 19, 2009 10:31:33 pm
How do you reconcile the following:

'God is a metaphor for a person’s concept of their highest self.'

'for others God is angry and punitive who prescribes unbreakable rules of conduct.'
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#6 Posted by jaiho on April 19, 2009 10:28:20 pm
Is God that important?? Its OK to believe in God till He enriches you spritually.

I dont think God has relevance more than that. There is no point making a Lassi out of Him.
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#5 Posted by freehussaini on April 19, 2009 9:38:17 pm
Great! Beautiful. Thanks.
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#4 Posted by laddu on April 19, 2009 7:30:12 pm
Indeed, we all need a personal God (Ishta Deva) - a personal deity that cares and loves you like you lover.

A school master or a benevolent Jailor view of God is perverse and so brutal that one can never love such a perverse deity who 'tests' you all the time and is in constant re-assurance about your love towards him.
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#3 Posted by major on April 19, 2009 5:36:57 pm
I think this argument is for people who do believe in God. Not for atheists...

Anyhoo - people have been making this argument of "one god for all" for a long time - hasn't made much difference to a large number of people... a "universal faith" is still a far cry, despite all the inter-faith dialogue and what not...
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#2 Posted by Leadenwinter on April 19, 2009 4:00:16 pm
"The atheist’s call that, ‘’But, I didn’t find god, and therefore god does not exist�, is an affirmation of the search and an important milestone in the search."

As a atheist I can quite happily say.. I was not at any time looking for god.. at all and found the idea totally ridiculous ab-initio. I think it rather unwarranted that you tar atheists with the same brush as the religious monkeys.

God represents nothing except a human fear of death, a basis to extract money out of idiots and justify wars.
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#1 Posted by szaman on April 19, 2009 3:51:09 pm
Writer:

It's a waste of time to look for "God". If you look for it, you will never find it. Do whatever you are supposed to do and FORGET ABOUT GOD. Based on your silly article, you have no clue about God, nor you ever will.
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