god jack handey If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is God is crying. And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is Probably because of something you did. 980821 ... jeff god is nothing. god is everything. god is our own concept of self and perfection mixed together and personified. it is our need to justify our existence, and explain our future. it is the embodiment of human frailty and weakness. therefore, i feel nothing but hatred of the concept whose mere presence keeps us tied down... 980905 ... Caine If, like you say, God is just a mental speed bump, preaching against Him doesn't hurt anyone but yourself by keeping that dislogistic concept so firmly in your mind. Release the image and become Zero with the universal consciousness, by all means. 980905 ... caty oh please. 981006 ... drew we all have, are, and will collect and release images of god, over and over again. that is the nature of god... that ultimately we are the everything without anything. it's funny how we can't really handle this process of constant instinctive change, so we ignore this and claim the existence of "one true image". it still goes on inside though... we just hide our hearts from ourselves, concealing our own deitic nature. there's a reason it's called the divine comedy, you see. 981006 ... walt god? god is dead. 981022 ... Emma God is a bogey of your mind. Some people happen to lack that particular bogey. And for some reason our society is built in such a way that the absence of a mental "god" makes these people substantially different from their religious counterparts. Why should I have to continue to defend myself to you? 981103 ... k goddess ? 981121 ... thenestor Actually, K, I prefer to believe that (if it exists) God is neither male nor female, but rather the sum of everything or the smallest particle. 981231 ... adam i have one thing to say on the subject: Nietzsche 990303 ... emma what irritates me is the staunch capital H. although, actually, the best way to say it is "If there is a god, you are an authorized representative." hells yeah. 990303 ... kyo it's me god 990328 ... Rainer God is dead and you killed him. 990329 ... scenerychanges if you belive there is no god, you had better hope you are right.... 990410 ... James If God is real then most are happy. If God is not then all are unhappy. 990411 ... daxle I think it's a little presumptuous to make a statement about everyone. If you know what everyone thinks or does, you're delusional, and/or god. 990421 ... mike One of Nietszche's fundamental contentions was that traditional values (represented primarily by Christianity) had lost their power in the lives of individuals. He expressed this in his proclamation “God is dead.” He was convinced that traditional values represented a “slave morality,” a morality created by weak and resentful individuals who encouraged such behavior as gentleness and kindness because the behavior served their interests. Nietzsche claimed that new values could be created to replace the traditional ones, and his discussion of the possibility led to his concept of the overman or superman. ......Nietzsche was wrong. God is not dead, but many are killing his name. One must make an attempt to experience God before one is sure God does not exist. i have experienced God's power through prayer, praise and in solitude. I know God exists. 990603 ... tom if god exists would it change the way you f e e l about the way you live your life? and do you think the way you live your life would influence your v i e w of whether god exists ? 990619 ... drew nietzsche is right... god told me so... 990621 ... John Life's greatest tragedy is to lose the presence of God and not even know that you've lost it. 990626 ... lee Love is a proud god, a gypsy magician who slips the locks like hodini-leaving me to thrash in these real chains 990719 ... Lothaine Collective ignorance. What would you think of an adult who believed in Santa Clause? P.S. I don't need church to have morals. 990720 ... benji "God is the name humans give to the power they can't admit that they have" - the late Colin O'Connell 990902 ... Drennan If justice is blind then so is God, I personally hope that God is blind to what goes on down here, either that or he really is a mean, uncaring little bastard. To be capable of so much yet unwilling to do anything about it. Why is God so fucking mean? 990929 ... Drennan I distrust God not because he hates the way of life we have taken, but because he is incapable of good honest, human hatred. 990929 ... Drennan The beast who shouted, “I am God” at the heart of the world. 990929 ... bjoesloe Although Christianity does have an ugly face, God patiently endures this horrible misrepresentation, while simple people quietly effuse His humble, merciful, loving ways. Jesus was and is rejected today because He has no Hollywood appeal- a simple carpenter, living an extraordinary life, but rejecting the power, influence, and fame that could have been easliy His. 991025 ... kirby187 what? 991026 ... Daniel Just - another - three - letter - word - some - people - might - use - it - in - their - evaluation - some - might - not - just - another - three - letter - word - just another absolute in the life with no absolutes (HYPOCRITE)! 991108 ... thenestor Nietzsche died of syphilis. 991116 ... ><> God is awsome 991116 ... one of the whole one of the two said "but i am the real twin" half of the whole said "i am complete" and we laughed 991118 ... Psalm 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. 991127 ... |sCaRReD*disTrOyeD| Different things to different people. Different concepts. Different names. Different expectations. Different religions. Made-up? Not real? Invisable? Imaginary? Strong? Weak? Big? Small? He? She? Beautiful? Ugly? So many questions. No answers. Is there a heaven? Is there a hell? Where do we go when we die? Do we just become food for worms, or is there more to life than that? Is there another world? A paradise perhaps? We will never know. We can only wait until the day that we are taken. 991127 ... marjorie not i. free to be subservient. 991203 ... lion pieces of a broken god we are find It in silence. 991224 ... SkotMan If this were my last breath, I'd tell you where I'll be. Then I'd ask you if you'd be there with me. --PFR 991226 ... SkotMan I don't understand how anyone can pretend that God doesn't exist. It's much harder to look for reasons to disprove God, because they simply aren't there. 991226 ... SkotMan Why fight AGAINST something that doesn't exist? Even flinching at the arm of God is acknowledging that your enemy IS. An enemy who bombards your sticks and stones with love... more love... and more love... and more love... and more love... but you don't want love, do you? 991226 ... its not about me If you believe in God and you're wrong, then it doesn't matter. You were happy when you died. If you believe and you're right, i'll see you there. 991226 ... Quintessensual My God If you believe in some god, fine. I mean all of you or anyone, not just those few I have special affection for and (thank god) have the same for me, although I certainly have affection for all who take precious time to blathe even when it's so dark so much of the day and so cold; but I digress. My hope for you then is that you are not like many - probably almost all - people who do the same. They use belief in a god as a crutch for insecurity in facing the reality that humans cannot know everything, to supply a substitute (in the form of some person like a rabbi, priest, minister, or shaman) for thinking for themselves on difficult questions, or, worst of all, to abdicate personal responsibility to participate in solving the real problems of the world, their countries, their regions, their cities, and their neighborhoods, not to mention their families and their children. I wish everybody would simply accept that we can never know everything and that the unknown is not a reasonable cause for insecurity but an opportunity to have eureka experiences or learn from those who have. So I wish everyone, rather than wasting money on a god who surely doesn't need the money, would support science and other forms of learning for learning's sake, so that we can know as much as possible and provide as sound as possible a basis for effectively addressing real problems that afflict our planet and all its people. I wish everyone would be secure enough to think for herself or himself, then surely war and genocide would rarely occur. I wish everybody would believe, as President Kennedy said, "On this Earth, God's work must truly be our own." And act on that belief rather than waste money on and sit in "places of worship" other than personal living spaces, neighborhood centers, the open sea, or the open air. On that note, I'm going to worship this afternoon. Anyone want to come cross-country skiing with me to make sure the eagles' nests have not been disturbed? Copr. 1999 991227 ... marjorie your god is in your dreams and in your soul wanting you to hear between your shots and agitation draw near into the voice you’re looking for that calms your heart trading your faults for what you’ve always wanted …what you’ve needed without knowing come into that simple fortune place …that god within your soul 991228 ... alicia question: what happens when you combine an agnostic, a dyslexic, and an insomniac? answer: a person who stays up all nite, wondering if there really is a dog. ha! ha! eh.. yeah 991228 ... GOD ;o) :o) all these answers are part of the hole.. i mean whole... I have enjoyed all your replies signed, God 000104 ... jennifer "Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be: but as it isn't, it ain't. 'That's logic." 000104 ... Divine Madnesss What we call God can, logically, be nothing or everything, none of this gray matter in the middle. I prefer to believe that god is both--god, all in all, seems to defy pure human logic through paradox that extends beyond human comprehensive capability. 000105 ... jess What do I do here? Don’t say you don’t know I need to figure it out Don’t let me have another nervous breakdown Just tell me the truth What I want to hear I tried so hard Why did you repay me with this? What did I do to deserve this? Why would God have let this happen Is he really there? You would think he’d be more real More caring then this Guess he isn’t what I thought I hate men Wasting energy I can’t deal with it anymore If people only cared We kill each other Use each other Since when did God stop working? Someone wake him up Not selfish, just worried He lost control once and gave up Don’t give up so easily Why won’t he listen… Can’t force it…but can’t pretend Now that I’m lost Now that I’m trapped How do I get back to where I was before? Why am I the one... I get teased and used I just need to be safe I need to find a way back to the past I need to get to him and let him know Maybe something happened to him Maybe he is as lost as I am I can’t fight on my own I am too weak I can’ be everything to everyone Why do they take advantage and think that Never gonna find a way to him Never gonna change things I give up 000112 ... tom i once z e a l o u s l y tried to argue with a surfer who said that she saw god on a p e r f e c