God is the limit

[tarak]

The concept of God is an extension of human ego.Human ego is finite and has to be bundled in between boundaries.God reminds the frailty of humanness and makes one understand the relvance of his/her position towards a reference point in a very elemental way.For people who want to break the barrier through reason and logic,their own theorizations supported by scientific facts satisfy the finiteness of the ego.
Our world is the extension of our own mind.Our boundaries are very specific,personal and relative.So even our God too is relative.Human, being a social animal, his entire anxiety of his existence has been chanelized and structured as religion and the traditional God.For me God is always there,he is the order out of disorder or disorder out of order the infinite boundary that should always exist to show us our position and place in the realm of existence.
What if god was one of us.....

[orbsycli]

i don't believe there is a question here, but i must say i enjoy reading your posts tarak.

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by tarak

The concept of God is an extension of human ego.

I must say that in a way I agree with you there. For me, God is an invention of man from ancient times. God is man's effort to explain all of the things he could not understand. God was invented in man's image instead of the reverse. For men, God has been everything man has wanted him to be. Man has endowed his creation with all of the qualities he felt God should have and then turned to worship him. Yes, I would say an extension of the human ego is quite the description.

[orbsycli]

and c1ay i applaud your description of the description.

[BEAKER]

Originally Posted by tarak

The concept of God is an extension of human ego.

So you would say; we -are the limit.

[maddog]

Originally Posted by tarak

The concept of God is an extension of human ego.Human ego is finite and has to be bundled in between boundaries.God reminds the frailty of humanness and makes one understand the relvance of his/her position towards a reference point in a very elemental way.For people who want to break the barrier through reason and logic,their own theorizations supported by scientific facts satisfy the finiteness of the ego.

I am reminded of the complex plane (x, iy) and the representation of the circle.

X^2 + y^2 = 1

anything inside the circle you could call your ego, anything outside you call God...

Originally Posted by tarak

Our world is the extension of our own mind.Our boundaries are very specific,personal and relative.So even our God too is relative.

How Marshall McCluann of you...

Originally Posted by tarak

What if god was one of us.....

I really love that song.... {Joan Osborne, Relish, One of Us}

Maddog

[maddog]

Originally Posted by C1ay

I must say that in a way I agree with you there. For me, God is an invention of man from ancient times. God is man's effort to explain all of the things he could not understand. God was invented in man's image instead of the reverse. For men, God has been everything man has wanted him to be. Man has endowed his creation with all of the qualities he felt God should have and then turned to worship him. Yes, I would say an extension of the human ego is quite the description.

Interesting proposition... By act of this creation of God by Man, does this mean that
God can have an existence beyond the minds of Men ?

Maddog

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by maddog

Interesting proposition... By act of this creation of God by Man, does this mean that
God can have an existence beyond the minds of Men ?

I wouldn't say that it supports or excludes a God not invented by man, beyond the minds of men. It simply states that it is my opinion that early man invented the concept of a God or supreme being to explain the things he could not understand. Man has built on this through the ages and turned to worship his creation.

It does not say that there is no supreme being or God that is not a creation of man. I personally do not believe there is any God except the one that man invented, but I stop short of claiming outright that no such God exists. IMO, if I were to claim as fact that there could be no such God or supreme being I would be subject to the burden of proof to support my claim. There is no proof to support that claim, only the lack of proof that such a God exists. To that extent I try to remain open-minded just in case someone thinks they can proffer a rigorous proof that such a God does exist.

[tarak]

[QUOTE=BEAKER]So you would say; we -are the limit.[/QUOTE
The frailty of the human mind is our limit.The more you become stronger,the higher your limit can grow.But there is a limit to this limit as we ourself have a limit in our own spaces and times.

[orbsycli]

agreed tarak.
whoever said the sky is the limit was a complete moron trying to sound philosophical.
WELL GUESS WHAT. DIDN't WORK OUT TOO WELL DID IT??