Just for us believers (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, February 07, 2012, 01:07 (4674 days ago) @ xeno6696

A relationship with God can only be a relationship with what we imagine God to be, and the world we live in suggests to me that God may himself be a mixture, may be indifferent, may be absent, or may be non-existent. 
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> There's a deterministic element you're treading upon here, subconsciously perhaps: It has often been said that "God has a plan for everything and everyone" and it has always struck me funny, this observation:- - 
> > Matt: [Buddhism] defers unanswerable questions [...] and focuses on developing yourself and your capacity to love.
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> > I think the focus on love is what you, Julia and I may have in common, but it raises the whole question, not of God needing love from us but of whether we need his (imagined?) love. -I'm on the side of Buddhism. Don't try for the unanswerable. I can feel that a God exists, but cannot describe his personality, which is what you are discussing.