A question about God

Peace dk_bagga

1) Random and then function? ... A function is ordered, a random function is something that pretends to be random. It could not be that such order in our life is a result of randomness.

2) For this to be true then we need to see when on Earth was there always happiness? Never? Then at what time did God die? (I seek forgiveness from the Divine) if this time cannot be found then we need to default to 1)

3) God cannot be playing a game, because a game is based on amusement, it is a desire which is betrays reason. What God will give us a sense of justice and then betray that sense? Rather we should question perhaps we view this with less scope.

4) This is brilliant and yet similar in taste to the previous 3) why such a hopeless stance? There are reasons given in this thread that show why this could be.

1) Ramdom function mean everything is created by chance, for example there is no reason why do we call red to "red colour";

2) there is nothing like happiness or sadness. everything is the attribute of weak human being. I don't know when God did die. but this assumption of mine is equally strong as other assumptions. If I don't have any solid proof for anything then I try to go with every assumption. And if I need to select any one, then I select one which is most convenient according to Theory of maximum enjoyment(I explained this theory in my blog).

3) No one can say that god can not be playing game. this world may be reason of amusement for god, although it can be desire for humans. god give us the sens of justice but for making this game more interesting he/she betrays.

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Re: A question about God

there is no God but Allah and Muhammed (pbuh) is his prophet..amen

whatever is the name, allah or god or bhagwaan or any other name. but every one has his almost same perception about him/her(allah or god or bhagwaan ).

some people are tought Allah has created everything. they go with allah. some other people are tought Bhagwaan has created everything. they go with Bhagwaan.
from this it is clear that if we were not told anything about God, it may be possible that we would not think anything about God wether it exists or not.

so this god is nothing what the preception that is created by the society where we have grown.

What you call "Allah", someone else calls "God" and others call "Bhagwaan". Its no different that you calling your mom "Ammi", others calling "Mom" and someone else calling "Maa".

Hello Everybody:

I see God and Religion at best as a kind of Art. Art in a sense that these are interesting creations of human mind.

But if seen objectively God is a kind of suite-case term that, alot of things that we don't understand collectively are attributed to it, which makes the term in itself meaning-less, and not in anyway useful.

Dk bhai, your response looks anomalous to me because three out of four assumptions are actually transpiring from one conviction that you unconsciously wrote as number 1. It is human psychology to prepare arguments around our convictions; it takes great moral and philosophical courage to refute convictions stemming out from congenital or acquired bias.

1) God does not exist. This world is created by a random function.

Philosophically, theodicy or supernatural theology, this statement is so very refutable, though you did not explain a “random function”, cause of its creation, its subsistence and scope, but a function which is subsistent to its randomness is highly unlikely to give birth to a system of epic perfection. The notion of the creation of this universe, our galaxy, our solar system, our earth and life on earth out of a random function serves as an antithesis to a very organized character of this universe, here are a few clues about a very organized system in heavens and earth.

• “The Earth...its size is perfect. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen and oxygen gases, only extending about 50 miles above the Earth's surface.

If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible, like the planet Mercury. If Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like Jupiter.(4) Earth is the only known planet equipped with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life.

The Earth is located the right distance from the sun. Consider the temperature swings we encounter, roughly -30 degrees to +120 degrees. If the Earth were any further away from the sun, we would all freeze. Any closer and we would burn up.

Even a fractional variance in the Earth's position to the sun would make life on Earth impossible. The Earth remains this perfect distance from the sun while it rotates around the sun at a speed of nearly 67,000 mph. It is also rotating on its axis, allowing the entire surface of the Earth to be properly warmed and cooled every day.

And our moon is the perfect size and distance from the Earth for its gravitational pull. The moon creates important ocean tides and movement so ocean waters do not stagnate, and yet it restrains our massive oceans from spilling over across the continents.
• Water...colorless, odorless and without taste, and yet no living thing can survive without it. Plants, animals and human beings consist mostly of water (about two-thirds of the human body is water). You'll see why the characteristics of water are uniquely suited to life...

It has an unusually high boiling point and freezing point. Water allows us to live in an environment of fluctuating temperature changes, while keeping our bodies a steady 98.6 degrees.

Water is a universal solvent. Take a full glass of water, add a cup of sugar, and nothing spills over the edge; the water simply absorbs the sugar. This property of water means that thousands of chemicals, minerals and nutrients can be carried throughout our bodies and into the smallest blood vessels.

Water is also chemically inert. Without affecting the makeup of the substances it carries, water enables food, medicines and minerals to be absorbed and used by the body.

Water has a unique surface tension. Water in plants can therefore flow upward against gravity, bringing life-giving water and nutrients to the top of even the tallest trees.
Water freezes from the top down and floats, so fish can live in the winter.

Ninety-seven percent of the Earth's water is in the oceans. But on our Earth, there is a system designed which removes salt from the water and then distributes that water throughout the globe. Evaporation takes the ocean waters, leaving the salt, and forms clouds which are easily moved by the wind to disperse water over the land, for vegetation, animals and people. It is a system of purification and supply that sustains life on this planet, a system of recycled and reused water.”

.2) If God had Created this world then he/she is dead now.
Perception of an anomaly in a system is justifiable only when cause of an anomaly is conceived also; seemingly imperfect symptoms don’t account for or become a reason for an imperfect cause. More so what has changed since the creation of first human being, has it not been the human will all along, has it not been in our hands to either make this world heaven or hell, why don’t we see imperfection in our will instead of God. If, for instance I agree with your assumption, why things haven’t changed then?

3)If God exists, then he is playing a game where we all are the characters of this game.
The whole notion of games transpires from an idea of amusement which in itself is a desire to seek pleasure, philosophical and theological God is beyond any desire, beyond any appetite for pleasure, God’s will stem out from pure necessity.

4)If God exists, then He is so intelligent, we can not think up to his level of thinking, and discussing these type of things are meaningless.
It entirely depends upon your appetite for the perfection of God’s conception, and the path that you select to satisfy your appetite, a lot of information is available that can push your feet into the quagmire of atheism and at the same time a lot of information is available to lift level of spirituality where you find yourself beyond the desire of a common understandable image of God, all you need to have is a fresh will to find God.

Most of the atheists, knowingly or unknowingly, take their inspiration from immanentism which discards philosophy of metaphysics, an immanentist is somehow caged within the cell of his mind, can not contemplate about the knowledge of noumenal reality, I think therefore I am is what they believe in, as oppose to philosophy of realism that holds that all epistemology is founded upon the notion of being, being is prior to thought, I am therefore I think.

1) God does not exist. This world is created by a random function.

Philosophically, theodicy or supernatural theology, this statement is so very refutable, though you did not explain a “random function”, cause of its creation, its subsistence and scope, but a function which is subsistent to its randomness is highly unlikely to give birth to a system of epic perfection. The notion of the creation of this universe, our galaxy, our solar system, our earth and life on earth out of a random function serves as an antithesis to a very organized character of this universe, here are a few clues about a very organized system in heavens and earth.

Random function can be explained by example for example there is no reason why the name of colour red is "red", this colour is named by random function. random function can win you a lottery of rupees 1 crore. so why can't any random function do all things related to our creation. according to Darwin's theory no one created life, but it is created by random functions and also organised by the creation of that random functions. Darwin may had stand firm on his theory, but I go with all assumptions untill I would be convinced completely by any assumption.

• “The Earth...its size is perfect. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen and oxygen gases, only extending about 50 miles above the Earth's surface.

If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible, like the planet Mercury. If Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like Jupiter.(4) Earth is the only known planet equipped with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life.

The Earth is located the right distance from the sun. Consider the temperature swings we encounter, roughly -30 degrees to +120 degrees. If the Earth were any further away from the sun, we would all freeze. Any closer and we would burn up.

Even a fractional variance in the Earth's position to the sun would make life on Earth impossible. The Earth remains this perfect distance from the sun while it rotates around the sun at a speed of nearly 67,000 mph. It is also rotating on its axis, allowing the entire surface of the Earth to be properly warmed and cooled every day.

And our moon is the perfect size and distance from the Earth for its gravitational pull. The moon creates important ocean tides and movement so ocean waters do not stagnate, and yet it restrains our massive oceans from spilling over across the continents.
• Water...colorless, odorless and without taste, and yet no living thing can survive without it. Plants, animals and human beings consist mostly of water (about two-thirds of the human body is water). You'll see why the characteristics of water are uniquely suited to life...

It has an unusually high boiling point and freezing point. Water allows us to live in an environment of fluctuating temperature changes, while keeping our bodies a steady 98.6 degrees.

Water is a universal solvent. Take a full glass of water, add a cup of sugar, and nothing spills over the edge; the water simply absorbs the sugar. This property of water means that thousands of chemicals, minerals and nutrients can be carried throughout our bodies and into the smallest blood vessels.

Water is also chemically inert. Without affecting the makeup of the substances it carries, water enables food, medicines and minerals to be absorbed and used by the body.

Water has a unique surface tension. Water in plants can therefore flow upward against gravity, bringing life-giving water and nutrients to the top of even the tallest trees.
Water freezes from the top down and floats, so fish can live in the winter.

Ninety-seven percent of the Earth's water is in the oceans. But on our Earth, there is a system designed which removes salt from the water and then distributes that water throughout the globe. Evaporation takes the ocean waters, leaving the salt, and forms clouds which are easily moved by the wind to disperse water over the land, for vegetation, animals and people. It is a system of purification and supply that sustains life on this planet, a system of recycled and reused water.”

Don't you think all this can be created by random function. If you did not yet, then think on it. I can give you a thousand of examples that ca meke you aggree with me about their creation by random function like red colour, i have already told.

.2) If God had Created this world then he/she is dead now.
Perception of an anomaly in a system is justifiable only when cause of an anomaly is conceived also; seemingly imperfect symptoms don’t account for or become a reason for an imperfect cause. More so what has changed since the creation of first human being, has it not been the human will all along, has it not been in our hands to either make this world heaven or hell, why don’t we see imperfection in our will instead of God. If, for instance I agree with your assumption, why things haven’t changed then?

3)If God exists, then he is playing a game where we all are the characters of this game.
The whole notion of games transpires from an idea of amusement which in itself is a desire to seek pleasure, philosophical and theological God is beyond any desire, beyond any appetite for pleasure, God’s will stem out from pure necessity.

I don't know whether God is beyond any desire, beyond any appetite for pleasure. Because I don't have any reason to believe it.I am not saying you are wrong, but Beacasue I don't have any reason to believe you , that's why I go with assumptions. If I think against what you think ,I feel that can also be right, that can also be possible.

4)If God exists, then He is so intelligent, we can not think up to his level of thinking, and discussing these type of things are meaningless.
It entirely depends upon your appetite for the perfection of God’s conception, and the path that you select to satisfy your appetite, a lot of information is available that can push your feet into the quagmire of atheism and at the same time a lot of information is available to lift level of spirituality where you find yourself beyond the desire of a common understandable image of God, all you need to have is a fresh will to find God.

Most of the atheists, knowingly or unknowingly, take their inspiration from immanentism which discards philosophy of metaphysics, an immanentist is somehow caged within the cell of his mind, can not contemplate about the knowledge of noumenal reality, I think therefore I am is what they believe in, as oppose to philosophy of realism that holds that all epistemology is founded upon the notion of being, being is prior to thought, I am therefore I think

I am thinking like this beacause I may be ingnoring the reality. I can't admit that this is my ignorance till I come to know something against it. beacuse I go with what is possible, not with what is told me.

I am told God is there. but I don't have any reason to not think against it.

Re: A question about God

so you say my tears, my joy, my love, my pain...my emotions, all are random? I have enoug of this Philosophy! Darwin must have been created randomly, too.

And your way of argumenting is so twisted! What has random function to do with colors? Or what has random fuchtion to do at all with Nature & Science? Please Explain!

I don't think that people gave colors randomly their colors/names!

If you don't have any reason to believe, then you shouldn't have any reason to not believe.

your way of thinking is so contradicitng...

What is your reason not to believe? That is the way how people use the backdoor, but leave important clues behind to catch their desperation!

Re: A question about God

you are ot getting me. I didn,t want say that. random function is my assumption and nothing else. your tears, your joy, your love, your pains, all are your attributes, creation of this attributes in you might be done by random functions. you know about these attributes because you have all these. there may be some other attributes that I can have , but you can't have. and reverse is also possible. I don't the way I feel is same as of yours or different.

Re: A question about God

god does not do evil. evil does evil. from god, only good comes.

either you are not understanding me or I am not making you to understand.
believing one thing is one face of a coin and non-believing is another face. that all is true for many people on this earth. but there is one more face that is the side face. which joins the two faces. if believing is +ve and non-believing is -ve . then there must exists a neutral . I go with every assumption

If not getting it, then let me make it more clear: some people say god exists, some othre says god does not exists. but I go with both assumptions, that is the state of confusion. I do not know god exists or not. I go with those things wich increases enjoyment. I don't worship God in the way as told by this world. I don't insult God in a way atheists do. probabilty of my going with any belief depends on the probabilty of that belief to be true.

understood.........?

who is god? this world told you some god exists and You believed.!!!
what is evil ? this world told you what is evil and you believed!!!!!!
what is good? this world differentiated some tasks good and some bad, and you have assumed that same is true.!!!!!!

something gud for you can be bad for another one. heaven for you can be hell for others. god for you can be evil for some other person. everything is relative,

Peace dk_bagga

Relativism has been eliminated from the quest of knowledge because people like Socrates have done the hard work to argue that there are absolutes in the areas you have specified as relative. Primarily that:

good for you and bad me is one option
bad for you good for me is another

But bad for both and good for both are other possibilities and based on this it is deduced that 'good' is defined by the greatest universal balance of individual goods reasoned through wisdom.

I agree with you, universal balance should be mentained , people doing the same by believing in god, and their religions, that is wrong, they are made to mentain this universal balance in a false way. it is true this false way is helping in metaining this balance, but not efficiently. means they are doing that without awaring about their own enjoy. they have helief in god , because they afraid of getting into hell. beacause they afraid of getting punished.
pupose of mantaining the balance of universe is being solved, but without enjoy.

good for both is the best option, becasue this increases enjoyment accornding to the theory of maximum enjoyment(Scrutiny: Theory of maximum enjoyment).

now good for both is another option, but there is some problem, definition of “good for both” can be different for everyone. judging good for everyone is different for diiferent people. important is to judge the best option. and I believe this can be done by taking all the options in consideration. if one options is not considered then there is some fault in judgment. that is why telling or assuming only one option can be wrong. assuming only that god exists can be wring. we should go with all assumptions. and should select the apropriate options.

Re: A question about God

Allah- karim exists in every true person's heart....

Re: A question about God

Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood.

Very often, in life, the tragic loss of someone we love can be the very thing that triggers off in us the real urge to find out answers to the ultimate questions. Why did God let this happen to me? Or my mother? Or even my pet hamster? Why did He punish or wipe out that person? Or, those thousands of people? Surely they hadn’t done anything that wrong? How could Allah be so cruel?

And then comes the urge to think even more deeply – maybe God doesn’t really exist? Maybe belief in Him is just a waste of time anyway, if He deals with completely innocent people in such a nasty manner? Why didn’t He answer their cries? Doesn’t this prove that praying to Him is just pointless?

Our questions cannot always be answered by struggling to find answers. Sometimes the best advice is that as Muslims we must just accept everything, because it must be God’s will for us. We must be patient. We must not turn against Allah, or demand an explanation, or become bitter and in the end reject belief in God altogether. But our hearts are in pain, our minds are confused, our brains are outraged, and we do cry out for some sort of explanation, some sort of help that will make us feel better.

Why did that tsunami happen? Why did Allah let so many people be killed? I was interested to read in several Muslim reports of the event that it actually revealed a miracle - Allah had miraculously preserved many mosques of those regions, when everything else had been devastated and laid flat. This was surely a marvellous act of God, and we should be amazed and humbled by this. Now, why can I hear a loud chorus of outraged voices commenting that it would have been far more marvellous if God’s miraculous act had been to flatten all the mosques but save all the Muslims!

Surely it was not fair – these people didn’t get any warning of their impending doom, and maybe if they had, they could have prayed extremely hard and Allah would have averted the tragedy? Or, at least, some of them could have got off the beach.

In fact, no matter how noble people are, no matter how hard they pray, no matter what sacrifices they promise to Allah, no matter how desperately they try to do deals with Him, the laws of Nature are the laws of Nature, and if you live on a flood-plain sooner or later you are likely to be flooded. If you live beside a volcano, sooner or later you will be erupted upon. If you live in a steepsided Welsh valley like Aberfan, sooner or later the steep sides may tumble down and overwhelm you with muddy debris. If you live at the outlet of a river, sooner or later flash-flooding may sweep your village into the sea. If you live on a beach, sooner or later a big wave might snatch your life with no mercy. If you are faced with a villain intending to kill you by firing a bullet at you, it is most likely that it will hit you and you could be killed. Allah will not intervene and catch the bullet.

The Prophet himself (pbuh) once had the nasty experience of someone determined to kill him by hurling a rock at him, and even though our Prophet (pbuh) was the most saintly of men, prayed and believed in Allah more than anyone else, and was clad in full armour including a sturdy helmet, the rock smacked into the side of his helmet with such force it crushed the metal into his jaw, smashed out two of his teeth, and the Companion who struggled desperately to dig the jagged iron back out of the Prophet’s face by gripping it with his own teeth, lost two of his own! I assure you, this did not signify that Allah did not love the Prophet (pbuh), or wanted to punish him for something, or that the Prophet’s (pbuh) faith slipped at that moment.

Allah is not capricious or open to manipulation. Some believers seem to expect that if they are devoted enough, or chant enough phrases, or do enough pious practices, Allah will produce cosmic results and violate the laws of the universe just to oblige them. People with that sort of attitude often act rather like spoiled children; they seem to genuinely believe that if they cry loudly enough or long enough they will be able to bring themselves to God’s attention, make Him notice their worthy cause, and perhaps even make Him act differently - in accordance with what they want Him to do. Yet the Qur’an states clearly for us that we will all suffer, and be tested by all sorts of calamities, and ultimately we will all taste death.

In fact, Allah does not even need to be told our problems - He knows everything already. He will not have failed to observe that one of His servants is sick, or dying, or bereaved, or that one tectonic plate of the earth is about to slide under another, which will cause a tsunami that will destroy 500,000 people. Allah is not there just to oblige us - no matter how worthy we are, or how desperate our cause. God is not a cosmic errand-boy. He is not standing by, waiting for our ‘orders of the day’ - sometimes with the implication that He had better get on with doing what we want Him to do or we will punish Him by rejecting Him. Indeed, think how outraged and bitter a bereaved person might feel if he really believed that Allah chose to drown his beloved child but saved the son of the local Imam!

Well? Should Muslims not grieve at all? Should they just accept a terminal illness or a tsunami as God’s will, or a test of faith? What can they expect from God? What should they ask Him for? It is not wrong to ask questions. Human beings are creatures with minds. If God had wanted automatons with no minds, He would have created us that way. It is all right for us to ask for the reasons; but we have to realize that we cannot always get, or understand, the answer.

Could a Muslim expect a life free from guilt? Possibly, if they try hard. A life free from the fear of death? Possibly, if they have enough faith. A life that can be lived differently from that of non-believers? True, with God’s help. A life free from sorrow, problems, difficulties, catastrophes and death? Sadly, no.

Death seen in terms of a capricious universe with a God who can be somehow bribed to do our bidding is painful and depressing; but when we think deeply about death in connection with the meaning of life, we may be able to see it in a totally different light. We have no idea how long we shall live. ‘Life’ may be as short as a moth’s, or as long as a sequoia tree’s. A whole universe may come in its own ‘Big Bang’, and be created, and evolve, and decay and be destroyed in the striking of a match. What matters is not its length but its quality. Real faith in God helps us to put death in perspective. Only physical things die; spiritual things already have the dimension of the infinite and eternal and are therefore indestructible.

'It is absolutely certain that you will be tried and tested through the things you possess and in that which happens to your own selves; and you will most certainly hear of much that will distress you, including from those who received the Book before you, and those who worship many gods. But if you continue to do your best with patience, and guard against evil - then that is the determinating factor (for your ultimate destiny).’ (Surah 3:186).

Being a Muslim does not protect anyone from the reality of suffering. Belief is not some kind of spiritual inoculation which will provide immunity from all that is difficult and painful. We love Allah - but doesn’t He care when we suffer? In times of crisis, it is so easy to feel that He is far away and cannot hear our cries - but this is not so. He is closer than our own neck vein; or, as the Messenger (pbuh) touchingly put it, closer than the neck of our own camel. His love will never desert us or let us down, even in our darkest hour.

It is not wrong to grieve. People who believe in God grieve for all sorts of things. People with sympathetic hearts feel human misery deeply; some work to exhaustion to heal the sick and reach out to the needy. To see someone we love suffering makes us unutterably sad, and God knows that. He gave us the feelings in the first place. But believers should not grieve in the same way as those who have no hope - for God promised His people comfort and strength right into the shadow of death, and beyond.

Allah sometimes works through our suffering. Some people get physically healed, others are given the ability to live with the illness and finally to die with trust and hope. Suffering can never be considered enjoyable, but there can be good responses to it. If we can see that neither distress nor death can separate us from the love of God we have a living hope which transcends all the trials of our present situation.

As Muslims, who try to accept God’s will, should we fight against things like tsunamis, or accept them? Would it be right for a patient to refuse medical treatment on the grounds that it must be God’s will for them to have the sickness? The Muslim answer to that must surely be ‘No’. Such apathy is against the general desire of Allah to see us always working for healing, wholeness and peace. We have a responsibility as khilafah (Allah’s guardians and helpers of the planet) to care for our bodies and our earth as best we can, so we should encourage patients to seek and take medical advice and co-operate with whatever treatment is consistent with Islam, and we should encourage scientists and geologists and technicians to invent and construct and set up whatever defences and aids they can for humanity.

‘Allah has not created an illness without creating a cure for it.’ When you take a medicine, you are not acting against the will of Allah; you are cured by Allah’s will, because He has put into that particular medicine the qualities which will enable the human body to overcome a certain disease.

Medicine functions by God’s will. This is exactly what Umar ibn al-Khattab said to Abu Ubaydah once, when the latter questioned him about his orders concerning quarantine-preventing entry to or departure from an area where plague was widespread. Abu Ubaydah asked: ‘Are we trying to escape from the will of Allah?’ Umar answered: ‘Yes, we try to escape from God’s will with God’s will.’ This means that if we avoid certain causes of death we nevertheless remain subject to the will of Allah, because avoiding them and preventing them is also part of the will of Allah. Insha’Allah, by the time of the next major earth-disaster humanity may have the technology to give advance warning to everyone.

A Muslim will always have to acknowledge that the final outcome is in God’s hands. If we pray for our sick and dying, and for the bereaved, it is never wasted; God always hears us, and something always ‘happens’, even if it not quite what the person has prayed for. Umm Salamah, one of the Prophet’s (pbuh) wives (peace be upon both of them) reported the Messenger as saying: ‘Whenever you visit the sick or the dying, make supplication for good, because then the angels will say ‘Amen’ to whatever you say.’ (Muslim, 2002)

We are human and limited in our understanding. Instead of telling God what we want, we should try to ask God what it is He wants for us, or wants us to do, in each and every situation. Sometimes He gives a very clear indication of what it is He wants us to do - through a verse of the Qur’an, or an insight given to us or another person. We should always pray to be shown what seems to be the best solution, the best thing to do next.

Things like a tsunami often lead us to question things we had taken for granted before. Does God really exist? Does He know I exist? Does He love me? How could He let this happen? Allah welcomes our honest searching, and will not collapse under investigation. Ask your questions, seek your answers. Ask for the wisdom that will lead you to Him. Search the Qur’an for answers - find out for yourself what it says about the things you are questioning. After having experienced suffering or the grief-pangs of bereavement for yourself you may find yourself coming to a new level of commitment, one that is perhaps truly meaningful for the first time.

True believers have nothing to fear in the most gloomy scenes of life; they have nothing to fear in the valley of death; they have nothing to fear in the grave; they have nothing to fear in the world beyond. For God is with them. They do not go anywhere alone-for God is the Companion, the Guide.

God bless you,      wasalaam, Ruqaiyyah. 

That Terrible Tsunami - Why did Allah let so many people be killed

Re: A question about God

thanks everyone for a meaningful discussion and perspective sharing on this thread.

If I may add this..........even though you all seemed to have summed it up all so eloquently...................................................

For life and death are one, and only those who will consider the experience as one may come to understand or comprehend what peace indeed means.....Edgar Cayce

Re: A question about God

how so, obama?
shed light on the meaning of the quote, if you will.