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I believe that there is a god. I believe this because of a long series of examinations of life and experiences that I had starting in my first year of college and continuing to this day. In some distinctions I would be called agnostic; I cannot prove the existence of God and am open to the idea that it might not exist. However, based on observations of things around me, particularily the intricate workings of humans, their connections, bondings, coincidences that seem directed, and so forth, I currently believe in a being called God. These following are my logical determinations of God's nature: I believe that this being is the creator of the current reality we all experience. Exactly how or why this god created it, I do not know. I believe God (as labeled) is a non-gendered, higher- or pan-dimensional being whose basic essence resides outside of our world of perceptions. I believe that God is possibly omni-present but only in a higher-dimensional matrix. I believe that God is likely omniscient -- at least as far as reality as we know it is concerned. I believe that God is as close to the definition of omnipotent as is logically possible, given our logic system. (IE: Could God create a rock even it couldn't lift?) I believe that God's involvement in this reality is neither all invasive nor all negligent. Reality is what it is per its nature (see the section on Reality/Life) and God can choose to involve itself in whatever it chooses -- whether to intervene or let reality play itself out. God's involvement or lack thereof is simply a function of the caretaker of the machine of reality, much as a gardener cares for flowers. The flowers will grow and produce by themselves; God just tweaks the bushes occasionally. Or trims, as the case may be. Some of my thoughts of God follow the concepts of process theology. In this theology, God is not omniscient in terms of knowing what will happen, but knowing what can happen. God only knows the infinite possibilities available to each and every situation at any one point in time and can manipulate those possibilities to render one or the other more likely to occur. However, it does not have the ability to state the future insomuch as the future has not occurred yet. However, God's perception of reality and the infinite possibilities and the current conditions almost certainly enable it to render the 99.99% possibility of an action occurring. My beliefs work in tandem with process theology in many ways, as I see the process view of God being consistent with mine, especially if I choose to believe that free will exists. Some of the specifics I'm not entirely sold on yet, however. Process theology goes on to render the actions of the world directly affecting God itself and I am not sure that fits into my belief system, simply because I'm unsure of God's involvement in this reality to the extent that it is a direct part of the rendering of God itself. It would seem to me that an omni{$SUFFIX} being wouldn't necessarily allow its creation(s) to affect it, but I could be wrong about that. |
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