to artimas and atheris------was the sun considered a god at one time in history…
The sun isn’t sentient. It doesn’t reach down into Earth and grab humans to place them in hell or heaven. The Sun isn’t a man in the sky. It is a star.
Gods are sentient beings, supposedly all knowing and omnipotent. The Sun isn’t and guess what. Even stars die.
the question was-----in history was the sun ever considered a god
And yet you wanted to make up a new girl-Jesus to get other people to worship in order to warp society in the way you like. Change of heart, or is this a case of what’s good for you not being good for the rest?
I have no idea what you are saying to me…
It was by Amenhotep., the monotheist.
“Anything we say about God is a lie.” --Meister Eckhart
That’s what ignorance does. People make things up just because they don’t know the answer.
But how about now, since we’re in the age where we have technology and fair equipment. Is the Sun sentient? I don’t care what someone said 100-1000 years ago about religion. Because they didn’t and don’t have the tools to prove it. We have the tools, and we can see what the sun is. A star. We can see them die, we can see new ones created and we can also see that they aren’t sentient. Just a flaming ball of chemical make up.
the point I was making------god does not have to be sentient to be called god…the sun is not sentient but I can call it god…they did in the past why not now
Being spiritual rather than religious removes the need for a ‘God’
The sun, a star, may not be sentient, but it sustains all life on Earth. Isn’t that something worthy of worship?
ier I agree…it is interesting that the atheist needs to rigidly define god as a sentient god because that is something to easily attack…they are closed to any other conception of god…the god I am talking about cant be put in words…that frustrates them because they cant attack…I am not sure whether they understand what is going on…I mentioned the tao concept of god and they don’t comment on this…
You are right. God as tao seems to be a mystery to most atheists because they can easily dismiss a person ,but not a path to be followed.
and the taoist also says that “the tao that can be told is not the eternal tao”
What’s even the point of worshiping something which isn’t sentient? Seems like a pointless endeavor.
EDIT: turtle, you can call my arsehole a god and worship it. Doesn’t mean it’s appropriate and sensible.
I don’t worship my god atheris…that is something ier mentioned…
therefore I cant worship your arsehole
I’m just pointing out that once you reject the dictionary/common sense definitions of words, you can call anything anything. That doesn’t make it right according to actually objective standards though.
A path to be followed is a path to be followed… not a god.
Buddha isn’t a god nor any of the similarities Buddha shares with other spirituality teachings.
And if you’re saying a path to be followed or taught is “god” then you’re agreeing with my point that knowledge is the most supreme of all. What they teach is simply knowledge and awareness, understanding and reason.
if you and I agree we on a definition…then we can talk to each other…
lets say god is a sentient being…then we both agree that there is no god…
but lets say god is not a sentient being…an we agree… then we could say what god was…
so I am saying we cannot know god…you are driven up a wall because all you want to argue about is a definition…
lets say atheris that there is a universe…what do you think about the universe