Do you believe in god?

i mean i used to be one of those serious Christians who would take offence to swearing. i mean i still believe there is a god, its just Christianity i strict and that fucking sucks.man. last time i went to church was when i was 13 so 5 years ago. damn

3 years later

I do believe in a god but not the abrahamic god nor any other one. I don't believe in god as a creator or a father archetype akin to the emperor of the tarot or something like that. I feel like god is something so abstract and incomprehensible that as soon as you begin to visualize them or describe them, it's no longer god.

    tomadoi So do you think god would be something more... inherent to the universe in general then, rather than a single entity/deity? I just had the thought, what if the laws of physics themselves are effectively "god"?

        malmon The universe has the flaw of being only physical. The way I see it a true god can be everywhere and be everything and encompass all of infinity, not bound by physicality or really anything else. But it IS veeeery similar to what you're saying. I don't know.
        I feel like I'll always struggle to explain this but most people think of an specific archetype when they think of god.
        Some people think of some sort of stern father or of a protective mother. Some other people think of some sort of wise old man. The way I see it a true god goes beyond all of that. It's all of those at once and also none. S-sorry I communicate very awkwardly (;´Д`)

            tomadoi The way I see it a true god can be everywhere and be everything and encompass all of infinity, not bound by physicality or really anything else.

            Hmm, perhaps more like an aether of sorts then? I think the main issue is with using the word "god" to describe what your thoughts are. "God" is much more of a physical concept, so it's natural that one might tend to describe them as a parent, or ruler of some sort.

            tomadoi S-sorry I communicate very awkwardly (;´Д`)

            You sound fine to me~ I think the concept you're trying to explain is just difficult to explain, as you say. Perhaps reading more philosophy or something would help formalise your ideas.