Quran defines God as "nothing is like him" and 5th imam of Shi'a; Imam Mohammad Baqer (a.s) says about him: each thing you distinguish with your mind (to show and define as God) it is a creature like yourselves and it is proper to yourselves; an ant thinks God has two antennas because having antenna is integrity for it, so if God does not have this feature he will be imperfect in view point of ants.
So if we reject God we just reject what we think he is God not the real God; real God is undeniable. Our God dignity is equal of ourselves dignity; big humans have bigger and thereupon more reasonable God.
1st Shi'a Imam; Imam Ali (a.s) introduces God by these words: He is inside of things but dose not admix with them, He is outside of things but dose not separate of them.
I believe He is something like a soul inside of a body He is not the body but the body is not empty of Him; the whole cosmos is His body and He is spirit of this body; ghost of glob. Humans structure system is the best model for knowing our Lord; the little God.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
What is God?
Ordinarily when we want to get familiar with something, one of the simplest way to realize it is to compare it to things that are well-known to us. For instance if one of your friends tells you about an animal that you never seen or heard about it, like eel, you ask him to describe it, when he says it looks like a fish and a snake, you imagine in your mind a snake that can swim like fish.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines God as below:
God
■ noun (in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe; the supreme being.
(god) a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity. ▶an image of a god; an idol.
(god) a greatly admired or influential person.
Creator, ruler, Supreme Being, superhuman being, spirit, a deity, greatly admired person and influential person; these words or other words like them are posed for God explanation. We have sample of creator, ruler, spirit and other words, so naturally when we want to know God try to adjust him to one of above definitions that are more familiar for us. Act of idolaters (making idols with their hand and worshiping them) is the best evidence that proves this fact. Hence we suppose God a phenomenon beside other phenomena; all problems begin from this first wrong step. To have a correct conceptualize of God we need to know difference between the existence and the existent; God is not something and his existence something else; God is just the existence; existence is his inherent, but essence of other phenomenon are composed of two parts. For example humankind is formed of humanity plus existence; therefore it is only true to call him existent not existence; his existence has derived from another source (God) and not his inherent. There are lots of observable samples that help us to understand the case exactly; e.g. saltiness of foods is by salt but saltiness of salt itself is its inherent; water is source of wetness and humidity of all things but wetness of water itself is its substance.
If anybody does not ask of saltiness of salt and dose not ask about wetness of water; it is not true to ask about creator of God; there is nothing in the universe except God, in every side he appears in one shape and one figure; you can feel God's aroma everywhere and if you hear nicety, all speak to you about God
Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines God as below:
God
■ noun (in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe; the supreme being.
(god) a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity. ▶an image of a god; an idol.
(god) a greatly admired or influential person.
Creator, ruler, Supreme Being, superhuman being, spirit, a deity, greatly admired person and influential person; these words or other words like them are posed for God explanation. We have sample of creator, ruler, spirit and other words, so naturally when we want to know God try to adjust him to one of above definitions that are more familiar for us. Act of idolaters (making idols with their hand and worshiping them) is the best evidence that proves this fact. Hence we suppose God a phenomenon beside other phenomena; all problems begin from this first wrong step. To have a correct conceptualize of God we need to know difference between the existence and the existent; God is not something and his existence something else; God is just the existence; existence is his inherent, but essence of other phenomenon are composed of two parts. For example humankind is formed of humanity plus existence; therefore it is only true to call him existent not existence; his existence has derived from another source (God) and not his inherent. There are lots of observable samples that help us to understand the case exactly; e.g. saltiness of foods is by salt but saltiness of salt itself is its inherent; water is source of wetness and humidity of all things but wetness of water itself is its substance.
If anybody does not ask of saltiness of salt and dose not ask about wetness of water; it is not true to ask about creator of God; there is nothing in the universe except God, in every side he appears in one shape and one figure; you can feel God's aroma everywhere and if you hear nicety, all speak to you about God
Sunday, March 2, 2008
GOD; the most sophisticated concept
Sometimes a false presupposition causes a mass of wrong conclusions. At first we imagine something as a God then begin to criticize him and at the end refuse such apocryphal God or Gods. Generally our problems divide in two major kinds:
1. Easy problems with complicated answers.
2. Complicated problems with easy answers.
Mathematical questions usually fall into the first case; the second kind often includes philosophical premises.
The topic of God is more of a philosophical discussion than other types of knowledge. If we conceptualise Him correctly and put him in His right place, all problems that are related to God will disappear or at least logically become answerable.
1. Easy problems with complicated answers.
2. Complicated problems with easy answers.
Mathematical questions usually fall into the first case; the second kind often includes philosophical premises.
The topic of God is more of a philosophical discussion than other types of knowledge. If we conceptualise Him correctly and put him in His right place, all problems that are related to God will disappear or at least logically become answerable.
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