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| What Does "God" Mean To You? |
| 1. an anthropomorphised, human-like deity of some sort |
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21% |
[ 3 ] |
| 2. anthropomorphised, human-like deities of some sort. Each deity represents a different aspect of the one God. |
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7% |
[ 1 ] |
| 3. an orderly and sentient universe. Communication is possible. The sending of messages (from humans to this entity) is not too difficult. However, the receiving of messages back (from entity to humans) is difficult. |
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7% |
[ 1 ] |
| 4. an orderly and sentient universe. Communication is possible, but both the sending and receiving of messages is difficult. |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| 5. an orderly and sentient universe. Communication is possible, but such an entity has no need to communicate back to us. |
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14% |
[ 2 ] |
| 6. an orderly and sentient universe. Communication is not possible because, though both humans and this entity are sentient, our types of intelligence are too different. |
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7% |
[ 1 ] |
| 7. God is an orderly universe. However, there is no sentience. It simply is. |
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42% |
[ 6 ] |
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| Total Votes : 14 |
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Maserial
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: The Web
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 Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject: Omaha |
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| flotsam wrote: |
| Maserial wrote: |
| Need it be anthropomorphised? |
You are asking if there can be a deity, just not anthropomorphised? |
Fair question, flotsam, and granted, well (ahem) my bleeding nose and brain had not provided much of an answer (to you) the previous evening. So.
Troll_Bait's options were good, and my comment/question was not meant to be defamatory. The rationale* behind my post was that I hadn't seen an option available to account for a theory, one (in some manner) similar to the first two choices, that would present a deity (or deities) which are not anthropomorphised, per se.
As a point of reference, I'll utilize Onelook.
Anthropomorphism: (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
Given the aforementioned definition, I was merely pointing out there was a lack of a 'not like human-but not abstract-god' option. Hypothetically speaking, of course, there could certainly be god(s) that are actively involved in worldly matters, and could be contacted, but they may have as much in common with us, cognitively, as we do with cats. Which is to say, that to attribute human qualities to 'them' would be ineffectual at best.
J�rmungandr (or the Midgard Serpent) may be an example of this; although it's doubtful that many people made considerable attempts to contact that particular deity. Nonetheless, there are many other gods in ancient Nordic/Teutonic religion that would suit the purpose. (Many other religions would also provide examples, but I was merely drawing upon what I am most familiar with.)
Ultimately, I like the nature of Troll_Bait's poll; I was just asking a question.
*When originally posted, my question was concocted under less than coherent conditions. The Omaha Zoo is quite the experience when you've been up (or something posing as such) for twenty-seven hours, though. |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: |
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| brighter than white wrote: |
| HEY! YOU forgot to include my handsome omniscient ass on the list! |
OK, Mr. Omniscience, what am I thinking right now?
| Rteacher wrote: |
| None of your options hits the mark ... |
So which option comes closest? And how does it fall short?
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When I saw that picture, Krishna looked familiar, and I thought, "Where have I seen that before?" And then it hit me ...
I think I'd like to clarify what I mean by "anthropomorphised."
* If God appears as a human or something human-like. So this would include Apollo, Jesus, Krishna, Cthulhu, etc.
* If God exhibits human thoughts or feelings. So if someone says, "I love Father Sky and He loves me, too," then I would consider that to be anthropomorphisation. Love is a human emotion. So is anger, so if Father Sky becomes wrathful when humans do certain things, then that, too, is anthropomorphisation. Need, such as the need for subordinates to worship you, is also a human trait.
* If God takes human form so as to communicate with us, then I consider that anthropomorphisation because, wanting to communicate with such inferior beings displays human feelings. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:09 am Post subject: |
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 Is that a guy in that Cotex commercial? If it is, I only have two words....
Justifiable homicide. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| I believe that ideas of God are humans expressing thier knowledge of the higher power within humans and codifying it in outward form... |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:02 am Post subject: Re: Omaha |
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| Maserial wrote: |
Fair question, flotsam, and granted, well (ahem) my bleeding nose and brain had not provided much of an answer (to you) the previous evening. So.
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Far too self-effacing. Your answer was almost comprehensible.  |
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