God

[The_Chosen_One_1]

How would you define God? Who created God? Does God knows the future or he/she creating the future as the time pass by and does he/she have control over it?

[HOPEFULL]

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here is how i have it figured in my head

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How would you define God?
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i think God knows it all he is powerfull yet loving at the same time...he has no father or son..

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Who created god?
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God was not created by anyone ....he is the creator of us ...

(i cant begin to grasp even a tiny bit of knowledge availible to us humans so im not gonna think WAY BEYOND)

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Does God knows the future or he/she creating the future as the time pass by and does he/she have control over it?
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God knows all...the future the past the present as he created certains paths we keep on going....he knows his creation(us) so well that he knows what we will end up doing ...he has control over everything at all times

[Furqan]

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....and god knows all things..and he is everywhere! I will suffer now and i will get my 42 virgins in heaven!

[Code_Red]

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God is not comparable to anything, humans with their knowledge or imagination could ever fathom. The moment you start comparison, then it is not God.

It is beyond limited comprehension of human mind.

[homer_j_simpson]

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@Code_Red

God is not comparable to anything, humans with their knowledge or imagination could ever fathom. The moment you start comparison, then it is not God.

It is beyond limited comprehension of human mind.

exactly

[Barbie_Girl]

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Well said Code REd

[The_Chosen_One_1]

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@Code_Red

God is not comparable to anything, humans with their knowledge or imagination could ever fathom. The moment you start comparison, then it is not God.

It is beyond limited comprehension of human mind.

What exactly are you trying to say? We do not question what we don’t understand???

Please shed more light on and I quote," The moment you start comparison, then it is not God."

It seems like a statement from 1984…

By the way, you haven’t answered my questions or it is against the boundries of your religious beliefs???

To HOPEFULL, can you explain further and I quote, “God was not created by anyone …”

[HOPEFULL]

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@The_Chosen_One

To HOPEFULL, can you explain further and I quote, “God was not created by anyone …”

God is the creator of everything but himself :he is the beginning and he is the end.

[HOPEFULL]

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@The_Chosen_One

What exactly are you trying to say? We do not question what we don’t understand???

Please shed more light on and I quote," The moment you start comparison, then it is not God."

i think he is trying to say this…

First of all, we believe that we cannot know Allah’s nature except through His own self-disclosure. Therefore, we are not allowed to speculate about divine nature based on our own reason without the aid of revelation; to do so is akin to making an image of God in our minds; it is no different from carving an image for God in a stone or wood.

God alone knows how to describe Himself; we do not pretend to be able to describe God better than He Himself; therefore, all of the attributes with which Allah has described Himself in the Qur’an, we affirm them wholly and totally without exception.

While affirming these attributes we fully recognize Allah’s incomparability and uniqueness. Therefore, we refuse to make any comparison of the divine attributes with those of the creation. We believe that just as Allah is unique and incomparable in His essence/existence, He is also unique and incomparable in attributes and actions.

We refuse to explain them away as merely allegorical.

Allah is All-High, and All-Near; He is with us wherever we are.

We ever remain conscious of the limitations of human knowledge concerning matters beyond our cognition, while recognizing the reality of knowledge accessible to us.

Since Allah Himself has described Himself in the Qur’an saying, “He established Himself upon the Throne, directing all things.” (Yunus: 3), we believe in it without speculating about its modality or picturing it in our minds, while fully affirming His incomparable/unique nature.”

i could not have said it better in my own words
here is the reference to the source of this passage
http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=77059

[SpyGuy]

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small entities of energy combined when there was no time, no mass
to make one gigantic force of energy( God ) ...

[Code_Red]

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@The_Chosen_One

What exactly are you trying to say? We do not question what we don’t understand???

Please shed more light on and I quote," The moment you start comparison, then it is not God."

It seems like a statement from 1984…

By the way, you haven’t answered my questions or it is against the boundries of your religious beliefs???

To HOPEFULL, can you explain further and I quote, “God was not created by anyone …”

I usually make it clear when I am quoting from somewhere

I have not read 1984 yet, It might be coincidence

I moved it here because it is more suited to philosophy, hope you wont mind

now let me quote you …

How would you define God? Who created God? Does God knows the future or he/she creating the future as the time pass by and does he/she have control over it?

**Define God … **

I can’t. Maybe someone else want to try, I have very limited idea about him.

Who created God

This is very understandable question… humans are themselves creatures, so they think everyone must have a some creator… Any thing without creator is not understandable. Here it is the limitation on the side of human imagination and comprehension.

For example, a child without father does not make sense, there must be some one. same way if there is something there must be a creator… It is the deadend for human mind. Now please read my earlier post again.Thanks

God knows the future or he/she creating the future as the time pass by and does he/she have control over it?

Time and space restrictions are for us (mankind and other creatures). God creates time and space at will. Destroys it, at will.

I hope i answered your questions according to my limited knowledge and understanding

You said

We do not question what we don’t understand???

I say

*We understand, God is not a questionable. *

[Aasha]

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God is someone we cant define , no one among us created God , no one else created God...

infact he created all including u n me, he knows times dat have passed and times to come coz he created time Himself...

Furqan: are u sure heaven?

[queer]

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if god knows everything, god knows the past, god knows the future, then why is there talk of man being held accountable for his actions? what man does is god's will afterall. why wait till judgement day.

god is an imaginary entity man has made up - it is the sub total of his fear of the unknown. god is a concept riddled with holes, yet man clings onto it because there is so much of this universe he doesnt know yet, and he would like an easy explanation for it all - leave it to a supernatural god which defies the laws that bind him and his logic. that way, the fearsome unknown is replaced by a warm glow of safety by Him.

[ravage]

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@queer

if god knows everything, god knows the past, god knows the future, then why is there talk of man being held accountable for his actions? what man does is god’s will afterall. why wait till judgement day.

how does foreknowledge imply causation? even if i know exactly what you’re thinking, they’re your thoughts.

[AQ]

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@queer

if god knows everything, god knows the past, god knows the future, then why is there talk of man being held accountable for his actions? what man does is god’s will afterall. why wait till judgement day.

I know a person was copying in her exam. Am I responisble for that ?

[Fayz]

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God is all around you. It's just a matter of opening our eyes.
"Aur tum apnay parwardigar ki kon kon si naymat ko jhutlao gay"

If you look closely there is a real system in this chaos. From the rotation or earth around it's axis to the birth of a child. It's up to you to deny or appreciate the **perfection of this system **that we take for granted. It just couldn't happen with a 'big bang', time or evolution.

[SpyGuy]

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@queer

if god knows everything, god knows the past, god knows the future, then why is there talk of man being held accountable for his actions? what man does is god’s will afterall. why wait till judgement day.

God knows about the past and the future…

maybe its like we are His AI creations, acountable for our own actions and deeds …

[anjjan]

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Everyone here has a copy right to talk on behalf of God.

[queer]

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ravage, are you suggesting that a person's actions are not god's will?

[ravage]

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no, im not suggesting that. if a bank gave you a line of credit, every purchase you make will go through the bank in order to happen but they will be your purchases, even though its the bank's money, and the bank is enabling each action to happen.