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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @sudonaka 10h \ parent \ on: Do you believe in God? AskSN

I don't know, how do you even define those terms?

I am DEFINING God as the thing that created the "big bang"

The Creator

What other properties does God have?

I believe that God is something like "the alignment" or Truth and Justice in the highest sense. When we align ourselves with Truth and Justice and Natural Law, we can say we are following God.

For example, Bitcoin is a sound and just weight and measure, while fiat money is evil:

The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him. Proverbs 11:1

It is important to understand that religion has been used for centuries by humans for evil. Following "the teachings of God" is something that is beneficial to you. Not a coercive guilt trip.

Spiritual works like the bible (and others!) can help give us clues:

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” Exodus 3:14

(Jesus said) I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one. John 10:28-30

So I cannot explain to you all the properties of God, this is what I know so far, and what I believe. God is someone who helps me and guides me towards what is good for me.

7 sats \ 1 reply \ @senf 9h

How does any of that follow from just defining God as the thing that created the big bang? If I defined "Shmorgledud" as the thing that created the big bang with no other properties, why would you be right and I would be wrong?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @sudonaka 9h

I cannot say that "you are wrong"!

I believe what I believe because it is helpful to me, it helps me live in an "upright" and "peaceful" manner, like Plato or Buddha would recommend.

If Shmorgledudism is helpful and productive for your life than I think that is great. I do not need to force others to believe what I believe. But I will try to share if I can.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @LibertasBR 4h

Then your God is the Christian God, which in essence is the Jewish God, who didn’t create any Big Bang according to his own scriptures. Trying to fit your God into any definition of world creation is downright childish—and you’ve been doing that forever. Why don’t you just take the definitions your God provided about the world and follow them? I know why: because they don’t match reality. After all, how can the world be only 6,000 years old if we see stars billions of light years away, and how would we put satellites in orbit if God made a dome?