Concepts of God (The nature of a \'Creator\')

by BBella , Sunday, April 10, 2016, 08:22 (3148 days ago) @ dhw

Part 1...-> Dhw: But if he has no identity and IS all living things, he no longer exists as a separate being. He has become ALL THAT IS, in all its diversity. Is this right? 
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> BBELLA: Putting myself in God's place (as only a mere human), I do not think I would want to (or could) give up my ONE true I-dentity. The very act of death itself seems to me to fit nicely as a fail-safe assurance that all identities return to that place in-between to be reminded of one's place of origin, etc. The imagination can go wild at this point and can even be evidenced by millions of testimonials. This very concept dominates many religions as well as lives alive and well in most if not all human thought processes (at least somewhere in the back of one's mind - the possibility of God). Many formal beliefs embrace this very concept of God as all and separate.
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> This is where mysticism takes over - which is not meant as a criticism. God must close the door on his own identity, and yet he retains his own identity. And: “All identities return to that place in-between”, where they are…what? Themselves but not themselves? And God is “all and separate”. -I would think anytime we talk of God we are stepping into the waters of mysticism. Religion is just mysticism written in stone (a book), so at least we aren't going there. But, we are treading the waters between science and religion. We are discussing the unknown that we know is not science, but can be discussed scientifically - about what we do know. -There are a lot of factors that can be considered that we do have evidence of, as I said before, by testimonials. The fact that so many religions, personal testimonies, etc, tell us there is something "out there" and an afterlife, God or whatever - some have even been "there" and returned to tell us about it, does give us some scientific facts to go on - just on the overwhelming amount of accounts (probably way over 50%) alone! We have to at least acknowledge there is an overwhelming possibility that "something" happens after we die - has to be a huge possibility and more likely true than nothing happens. But what happens? is the next question, scientifically.-Part 2...next.