"How do you define God?"
"Science and God?"
Science may not be able to substantiate Creation and Reality, as it is limited to the physical dimension, but neither can it refute that that is.
God is a Tree
God is a Tree, –
We are Its Roots;
Its Trunk; Its Branches;
Its Buds; and Its Seeds!
"Because the blind man cannot see the moon does not negate the moon's existence or its effects upon the earth."
"Has God been around forever? And please don't use the 'God invented time' or 'God is not confined to the laws of time' excuses. Because I see a few problems with either answer."
eternal
adj.
Being without beginning or end; existing outside of time.
God exists outside of time and the universe.
We, our physical selves, exist within time and the universe and had a beginning and will have an end.
God is the Alpha and Omega of the universe.
The problems aren't with either answer but with foundations upon which the questions are based.
Forever doesn't exist. It is man's concept because man perceives of time as a "forever" existent.
God exists outside of the universe. God caused the creation of the universe with the instant of the big bang. From that moment time came into being.
Time is finite in going backward but may be infinite in going forward.
Man can't perceive of the reality in which God IS. By attempting to confine God to our understanding of reality we create the basis for false assumptions.
We are each entitled to our own belief systems. You are entitled to yours and i respect that. In my belief system i don't accept Jesus and conventional Christian doctrine.
i believe that we are all part of the Fabric of God and that we will all eventually gravitate back into the Oneness of God regardless of the errors that may have occurred along our paths back to that Oneness.
We are because God Is. God Is that we are. We all eventually return to God though by varied paths.
What i believe!
i don't believe in Heaven! i do believe in reincarnation! (Rebirth of the soul in another body.)
i believe that everyone is part of the spiritual composition/soul of God. The purpose of everyone is to go forth into the earth plane and other planes to "experience" and to ultimately gravitate back into the Oneness of God.
Along their paths of experience/knowledge acquisition, many entities (the spiritual particles of God) choose to enter (incarnate/reincarnate) the earth plane with various goals as purpose.
When the entity's physical body dies the entity goes back to a state or plane of existence where it considers its immediate past. It judges whether it accomplished those goals that it set out to accomplish and determines in which plane and under what circumstances it may need to incarnate in order to accomplish additional goals on its way back to the Oneness of God.
Essentially, the entity is its own judge as to accomplishments, failures, goals and the circumstances under which it chooses to incarnate.
The above is my opinion and is expounded upon in my treatise A Search For Truth:
http://www.asearchfortruth.com/old
We all have and need our own Beliefs! But, we need to acknowledge and understand the Beliefs of others in order to facilitate a peaceful and pleasant cohabitation in this life.
The information given in "A Search For Truth" is given to you simply as an insight into my philosophy and my understanding of this life.
My giving it to you is not an attempt to sway you from your Beliefs, but is the dissemination of additional information upon the sparkle of which foundations are established.
Blessed Be,
Ted
From my chosen path i stray,
Yet my God ne'er turns away;
For i have learned -- and understand,
That where God is -- is where i am!