Mar 29, 2011 -- 4:34PM, Nonchristianheaven wrote:

If G-d   is Love.

What is Love?

 

"Love is a battlefield."  -- Pat Benatar

Well ... it makes sense, since God appears to be a battlefield.

I actually don't think love is a battlefield, but I've apparently been more fortunate than others. Left and right, friends, colleagues, former colleagues ... divorced. But somehow I've walked through the valley of ... of ... whatever ... oblivious to the harsh "reality" of love. It is actually a rather pleasant stroll. Perhaps it depends on how one wants to view or experience it. Love, painful or pleasant, depends on what we want from life. And God? That's all it is.

Dear theists ... let go of the term "God" and focus on what it is you really want. The end result will at least be the similar, and likely be much better.

"All you need is love." -- John Lennon, one of my favorite atheists

I still don't get the hyphen instead of the "o". The intent is obvious ... if someone is going to be offended, the hyphen certainly doesn't matter. And if there were I god, I'm confident it would see through the ruse.

Apr 1, 2011 -- 11:03AM, mountain_man wrote:

Mar 31, 2011 -- 11:47AM, Nonchristianheaven wrote:

The word G-d is meaning less....

Not only is the whole god idea meaningless, purposely misspelling the word with a '-' instead of an 'o' is even more meaningless. Gods are meaningless. They're nothing but myths.

Mar 31, 2011 -- 11:47AM, Nonchristianheaven wrote:

The word G-d is meaning less.

But I don't like to call G-d, by a human name like Jesus, George, or Mary Ann.

I prefer the word Creator...something that made all this something....that is not a something...not a creation...not a human, not a machine...not an element...not a power...not anything? It is complicated.

What is G-d?

My theory is G-d is called G-d because no one knows what a G-d is.

A G-d isn't...and is and that is why it is so confusing.

While 'God' means a great deal to millions of people, that is no guarantee that the entity that the word represents actually exists. It might, but I see no compelling evidence for it, which is why I am an atheist.

Funny, I don't see the issue of God as very confusing at all.

Apr 3, 2011 -- 7:00PM, mountain_man wrote:

Apr 3, 2011 -- 6:55PM, Namchuck wrote:

...I don't see the issue of God as very confusing at all.

What I find confusing is why people, in this modern society, still believe in gods. It makes no sense.

While, probably like you, I have never felt superior to those who believe in gods, it seems to me that people do so only in order to avoid looking reality in the face, especially the reality of their own eventual extinction. It seems man's refusal to see the obvious, his longing for a better deal even if it is based on pure fiction has no limits.