Quote from: DarkLady on July 21, 2009, 02:43:11 PM
The God speaks was not to be taken literally

Then they are subjective which then only pertain to the individual.

Quote from: DarkLady on July 21, 2009, 01:19:06 PM
What if God speaks and people are not listening.

What do you mean "what if?" People never listen.

Quote from: lisagurl on July 21, 2009, 02:41:02 PM
What facts do you have that if there is a God it speaks?

What facts do you have that if there is a god it doesn't speak? Just because you can't hear anything?

QuoteJust because you can't hear anything?

That is a good start. I can not see smell, taste or feel anything either. If there is a God that created us and it would want us to hear it then it would have made us with the ability. Otherwise I suspect nothing that is important to me is being said.

Quote from: lisagurl on July 21, 2009, 07:33:01 PM
If there is a God that created us and it would want us to hear it then it would have made us with the ability.

There are a large number of assumptions in that one statement.

QuoteThere are a large number of assumptions in that one statement.

There is also a large number of assumptions declaring a God and then making it human like.

Quote from: lisagurl on July 22, 2009, 07:38:58 AM
There is also a large number of assumptions declaring a God and then making it human like.

See my original post in this thread:

Quote from: Lisbeth on July 21, 2009, 12:25:14 PM
Isn't it a given that any god that fits the description of "transcendent" would be so far beyond our comprehension that our ideas about him/her/it have to be wrong?

Quotewould be so far beyond our comprehension

Not necessarily, Perhaps other dimensions or imagination can come up with some fantastic ideas. One thing that does look fishy is the non imaginative God especially one that talks to people. Then some people have voices in their heads but I never have been aware of any of those voices making a profound difference to my life.

Quote from: lisagurl on July 22, 2009, 08:37:39 PM
Not necessarily,

Either you are saying you understand god, or you are just being contrary for contrariness' sake. In either case, I do not intend to listen.

No, I understand that people imagine things. God is a product of imagination, if it has any truth or not. It seems to comfort some and anger others. That makes it a subjective beliefs. What the future holds no one knows, but if it is infinite an answer will come sometime or maybe not related to time.

Quote from: Nero on July 20, 2009, 02:23:59 PM
If there were a god, but he or she bore no resemblance to any of the world's established religions would he or she accept the rituals and practices of other religions as attempts to communicate with him/her? Or be offended by them, and wish someone had gotten it right?

The way I feel about god is that if there is a god, no person or organized religion can comprehend god or understand how god works. I feel this disqualifies all religions from being right, and then even if one could find out the truth about god, it won't help them in life, so I don't worry about it.