What If God Were One Of Us?

imperfect_cupcake · 11-20-2013, 01:24 AM

I'm an atheist so I believe that heavan is upon earth and godhead resides in all. there is nothing supernatural.

what would I do if I rules the universe? make universal laws to govern everything so I could fuck off and not bother.

also, there would be no sin. As someone who lives outside of time and human judgement, there is no such thing. judgement is for mortals. they can sort that out for themselves. I'm surfing around in a supernova.

Martina · 11-20-2013, 01:45 AM

I don't believe in god either. You can be enlightened, but that's just a human potential that's not often realized.

If I really had god-like powers, I'd blow this pop stand and go see what's out there. Visit the other galaxies and the other planets where there is life.

If I intervened here at all, it would be to do something humane to constrain overpopulation on the planet. No plague. But perhaps something that made fewer -- many fewer -- humans fertile. Whatever social upheaval that caused -- a la The Handmaid's Tale -- would be up to humans to figure out. I'd then restore the forests and the oceans with a blink of my eye and be gone on my extended vacation.

In terms of social engineering, it's up to us to figure out how to live together. If it were somehow to come from the outside, it would not mean much. Our species will live or die. I would prefer we not destroy the large mammals and all the great forests while we're figuring out which it will be.

We can't destroy life on the planet. An asteroid could. But we don't have that power. We could make Earth a nasty place for a long time though. I hope we don't.

I don't have a lot of faith in humanity, and I do wish that the Earth could be returned to a pre-human ecological state, but ultimately it's up to us to make it work. Or not. We are doing horrible things to animals and to each other. To the planet. But the planet will survive for a few billion more years -- with life of some kind. We have to figure out whether our species will become extinct and take a lot of others with us.

sofimichi · 11-20-2013, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by honeybarbara

I'm an atheist so I believe that heavan is upon earth and godhead resides in all. there is nothing supernatural.

what would I do if I rules the universe? make universal laws to govern everything so I could fuck off and not bother.

also, there would be no sin. As someone who lives outside of time and human judgement, there is no such thing. judgement is for mortals. they can sort that out for themselves. I'm surfing around in a supernova.

HOLY SHIT THIS!!!!

Soft*Silver · 11-20-2013, 12:40 PM

If I were god, I would go for retraining because this would be a high burn out career. I wouldnt last long.

I m not set up to be the supreme almighty. I am, as I think of god, a particle god...a part of every cell within all living things, my thumbprint upon all beauty, my locks of hair inspiration for forests and canyons, my lovely breasts the mountains, hills and gorges. I am the smile of the child and the return of the soldiers. I am the one who receives the misery and the dying and brings them to the places non of you can see. If you could, you would not want to stay where you are. You would want the More thats over here, but where you are, is where you become like me...god, a simple god. A god of patience and swiftness. A damn good combination.

I use to be an atheist and then I realized, in my thinking, that made me so supreme, like nothing could be larger, greater, more significant than me and what we know as life here. Even if god IS science, thats still god. Even if we learn how things work and can replicate it, thats still god. Just because someone plays a part on stage, doesnt make them god, nor does replicating the works of god, make us god. Somehow our egoes are so damn huge we think we can unthrone god by ignoring god or dismissing god.

If I were god, and could change anything, I would open people's eyes up to what really IS sin and what isnt. A person masturbating isnt a sin. A person nailing a dog to a tree and beating it to death, is. A person changing their gender to match body and soul, is not a sin. A person who sets fire to a house with a grandma asleep inside, is. A nation starving to death is not a sin. A nation who sends boys and girls to die because of a hidden agenda, is a sin. People of the nation who refuse to see it, bear sin, as much as those who sent the boys and girls.

I use to not believe in sin and then I met a man who was released from prison. He became my landscaper and handyman and he was wonderful..still is, but he has since moved and I am sorry I lost him as a helper. Never had a more faithful person I could count on. He told me some of what the men in prison did to get in there and what they did while in there. I dont know if he himself was one of those stories. But who he became, the person I know, was so far different than the men he spoke about. So while I believe in sin, I also believe in pardon and grace...as well as condemnation and hell.

MsTinkerbelly · 11-20-2013, 01:04 PM

If i were God nothing would change.

There would be war, poverty, tragedy, pain, hunger, loss...ect. Without those things to try our faith, we would not appreciate beauty, love, hope, and the riches of this world.

We are simple human beings that would not appreciate everything being good, we would only strive for being better or having more than our fellow man.

ArkansasPiscesGrrl · 11-20-2013, 03:36 PM

This is an interesting thread, thanks!

I wanted to put a personal spin on this question on God and the existence of a God in this world. As to whether I would WANT to be God, I have a lifetime of experience in thinking I must be God (and therefore IN CHARGE and therefore RESPONSIBLE for EVERYTHING!!!!) That is a mindset that I really try hard NOT to have now! LOL

Anyway, I wanted to share here a bit of what I have done for me in regards to the whole God-thing.

I was raised Catholic, and am recovering thankyouverymuch. I had a belief in God, however I had no connection. It was like I figured God was out there for others, but God was not relevant or there in MY life. Too much shit had gone on in my life, I just figured God wasn't there.

When I needed to get sober, and I knew that the only way for ME was to get over my "God-thing", I figured I would be toast unless I could. But there was no way I could relate to the God I grew up with.

I was told by a wise woman that I could define my OWN god the way that I needed to. She said, Ann, you have been in management before where you had to hire and fire, right? So just make yourself a job description for YOU, for YOUR God.

Number one on MY list would have to be a god that was NOT judgemental, in any way shape or form. I told her that, and she said CHECK! You got it!

Really??? Hmmmm. OK, so what was next? OK, my god would have to be ok with how I had sex. CHECK! You got it!

Really??? Hmmmm. OK, then my god had to love me no matter what, no matter where, no matter how. CHECK! You got it!

I went down MY list, even going as far as what some might think silly but for ME would be proof that I could trust. (I had to be OK to fart in front of MY god!) CHECK!!

This worked for ME, and it helped me develop an understanding of a God for ME. Mine may not be the one for anyone else, but is there for me. sometimes god feels very masculine, sometimes very feminine, sometimes completely asexual.

As for the comments about how could a god exist amidst all the bad things that happen in this world. I understand that thought completely. Something that helped me personally with that was reading the book The Shack. It is a book of fiction, but I tell you, that still really helped me.

This again is not necessarily about the topic at hand, sorry.

And also again, this is for ME, YMMV.

APG

Nat · 11-20-2013, 03:46 PM

It warms my heart's cockles that this thread is happening so long after I made it and gave it up for a dud.

If I were God I might be tempted to turn humans into vulcans

imperfect_cupcake · 11-20-2013, 07:35 PM

If I were god I'd have sex for a fucking change.

I'd have dirty, nasty, filthy fucking with no commitments and no one could get all "but sex is for love, Babs." No. I'm God. I said "Fuck. And have dirty fun just for the hell of it. especially me. Here's your big chance to fuck god. Have at it. take god into the woods and whip my tits and fuck me over a log. And you will suffer no guilt, no shame, only intense pleasure"

and then I'll make the day 30 hours long. so when I'm not god again, I can sleep for 10, work for 8 and still have 12 hours to fuck about it.

And I'd make it so no one felt like sex was bad between two consenting adults. Girls could fuck whomever they liked and their vaginas would stay pure and unsullied. Like they do now. except everyone will *&^%$^& understand that.

then I'd go back to the supernova and have a cocktail evening.

TruTexan · 11-20-2013, 07:37 PM

For me, GOD does exist, and there is only one way to the father and is through the son, Jesus Christ. I believe you cannot get through the father without accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. I believe there is only ONE GOD . I also believe in upholding the 10 commandments which were given to us from GOD. I believe there is a reason why bad things happen I believe there is a larger plan GOD has for us. I believe that we won't always understand why things happen the way they do, but that GOD has a plan in place for it. I believe that GOD tests my faith and has many many times in my life and without HIM, I struggle worse when I wain away from HIM.
I have felt the power of the HOLY SPIRIT a few times in my life, it's the most awesome feeling of peace and comfort I've never known.
I am a Christian that believes in GOD and HIS plan for us he will show us in the end. We just have to trust HIM, have Faith unseen in HIM and live a life accordingly doing good will and treating others with love and compassion and kindness and obiding by the laws of the Commandments he has set forth for us to follow. SO would I be God for a day? I don't think I could handle it really and truly I don't think I could.
This is my own personal convictions not to offend anyone with any intention. Everyone has free will that was given to us by GOD, and each person can believe how they wish to do so. I don't judge them for it. That's between them and GOD.

I think this thread has the potential for not so good things happening so I will close now. I think I"ve said enough already.

Julie · 11-20-2013, 08:55 PM

If I were GOD... I would FORBID religion and the believing in GOD (me) and if you believed in me, I would claim you to be a blasphemer and a heretic. I would string you up on a plywood triangle and make you eat living worms until you realized that GOD is not all good. That suffering is unkind! That cancer is unkind! And that simply beauty is just that. It is beauty and we can and should appreciate it without having to see ugly.

If I were GOD - we would not be having this conversation, because I would abolish all things GODLY.

Signed Julie -- Who really is the reincarnation of his almighty Jesus Christ and Moses rolled into one.

SimpleAlaskanBoy · 11-20-2013, 08:59 PM

Pigs would no longer be a big NO for Jews or Muslims (and yes I know that some Reform Jews eat pork but I am saying for everyone!)
All meat would be either kosher or halal.

~SAB

~baby~doll~ · 01-26-2014, 05:01 PM

Atheist here so this is a difficult concept.

i would be a kind god and one who serves. i would stay out of the mix.
Priorities: End child abuse. Guns would not be allowed. Flags and national borders would not be allowed.
god would not need to be worshiped. god would bow to the people.

Commandments: Love, respect, serve, and care for all people no matter what. i would frown heavily on religion of any kind it only serves to divide ImO
What would be a sin: There would be no sin there would be law to deal with law breakers.
What would i do with very bad people: nothing it would be up to the people to make laws to deal with this.

Cid · 01-27-2014, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~baby~doll~

Atheist here so this is a difficult concept.

i would be a kind god and one who serves. i would stay out of the mix.
Priorities: End child abuse. Guns would not be allowed. Flags and national borders would not be allowed.
god would not need to be worshiped. god would bow to the people.

Commandments: Love, respect, serve, and care for all people no matter what. i would frown heavily on religion of any kind it only serves to divide ImO
What would be a sin: There would be no sin there would be law to deal with law breakers.
What would i do with very bad people: nothing it would be up to the people to make laws to deal with this.

I understand the part about not needing to be worshiped, but I think that
was something men came up with. I don't think (IMO) that that was something that came from God.
And it sounds like you would have done a good job.

stargazingboi · 01-27-2014, 10:00 PM

I've thought about this a great deal....I wrote out many things, then came to the realization...I really wouldn't want the job of being God.

11-20-2013, 12:40 PM	#4
SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,592 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 15,894 Times in 4,062 Posts Rep Power*: 21474857	If I were god, I would go for retraining because this would be a high burn out career. I wouldnt last long. I m not set up to be the supreme almighty. I am, as I think of god, a particle god...a part of every cell within all living things, my thumbprint upon all beauty, my locks of hair inspiration for forests and canyons, my lovely breasts the mountains, hills and gorges. I am the smile of the child and the return of the soldiers. I am the one who receives the misery and the dying and brings them to the places non of you can see. If you could, you would not want to stay where you are. You would want the More thats over here, but where you are, is where you become like me...god, a simple god. A god of patience and swiftness. A damn good combination. I use to be an atheist and then I realized, in my thinking, that made me so supreme, like nothing could be larger, greater, more significant than me and what we know as life here. Even if god IS science, thats still god. Even if we learn how things work and can replicate it, thats still god. Just because someone plays a part on stage, doesnt make them god, nor does replicating the works of god, make us god. Somehow our egoes are so damn huge we think we can unthrone god by ignoring god or dismissing god. If I were god, and could change anything, I would open people's eyes up to what really IS sin and what isnt. A person masturbating isnt a sin. A person nailing a dog to a tree and beating it to death, is. A person changing their gender to match body and soul, is not a sin. A person who sets fire to a house with a grandma asleep inside, is. A nation starving to death is not a sin. A nation who sends boys and girls to die because of a hidden agenda, is a sin. People of the nation who refuse to see it, bear sin, as much as those who sent the boys and girls. I use to not believe in sin and then I met a man who was released from prison. He became my landscaper and handyman and he was wonderful..still is, but he has since moved and I am sorry I lost him as a helper. Never had a more faithful person I could count on. He told me some of what the men in prison did to get in there and what they did while in there. I dont know if he himself was one of those stories. But who he became, the person I know, was so far different than the men he spoke about. So while I believe in sin, I also believe in pardon and grace...as well as condemnation and hell. __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears

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11-20-2013, 01:24 AM	#1
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11-20-2013, 01:45 AM	#2
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,284 Times in 4,167 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I don't believe in god either. You can be enlightened, but that's just a human potential that's not often realized. If I really had god-like powers, I'd blow this pop stand and go see what's out there. Visit the other galaxies and the other planets where there is life. If I intervened here at all, it would be to do something humane to constrain overpopulation on the planet. No plague. But perhaps something that made fewer -- many fewer -- humans fertile. Whatever social upheaval that caused -- a la The Handmaid's Tale -- would be up to humans to figure out. I'd then restore the forests and the oceans with a blink of my eye and be gone on my extended vacation. In terms of social engineering, it's up to us to figure out how to live together. If it were somehow to come from the outside, it would not mean much. Our species will live or die. I would prefer we not destroy the large mammals and all the great forests while we're figuring out which it will be. We can't destroy life on the planet. An asteroid could. But we don't have that power. We could make Earth a nasty place for a long time though. I hope we don't. I don't have a lot of faith in humanity, and I do wish that the Earth could be returned to a pre-human ecological state, but ultimately it's up to us to make it work. Or not. We are doing horrible things to animals and to each other. To the planet. But the planet will survive for a few billion more years -- with life of some kind. We have to figure out whether our species will become extinct and take a lot of others with us.

11-20-2013, 01:04 PM	#5
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11-20-2013, 03:36 PM	#6
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11-20-2013, 07:35 PM	#8
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01-26-2014, 05:01 PM	#12
~baby~doll~ Member How Do You Identify?: femme-bottom, lesbian, queer Preferred Pronoun?: feminine ones Relationship Status: Leather polyamorous family Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: with HER Posts: 1,110 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,494 Thanked 2,857 Times in 905 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Atheist here so this is a difficult concept. i would be a kind god and one who serves. i would stay out of the mix. Priorities: End child abuse. Guns would not be allowed. Flags and national borders would not be allowed. god would not need to be worshiped. god would bow to the people. Commandments: Love, respect, serve, and care for all people no matter what. i would frown heavily on religion of any kind it only serves to divide ImO What would be a sin: There would be no sin there would be law to deal with law breakers. What would i do with very bad people: nothing it would be up to the people to make laws to deal with this. __________________ i will wait to love You. i will wait another day For You i'd leave all this behind. i will wait for you tonight. iwill waste another dream on You Always run to You. Uh Huh Her

01-27-2014, 10:00 PM	#14
stargazingboi Senior Member How Do You Identify?: ~ Preferred Pronoun?: ~ Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ~ Posts: 1,954 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,392 Thanked 8,318 Times in 1,626 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I've thought about this a great deal....I wrote out many things, then came to the realization...I really wouldn't want the job of being God.