God

@Pose123 (21635)
Canada
July 31, 2008 2:14pm CST
Most people profess a belief in God, some in many Gods or Goddesses, but many think very little more about it. My question is if you could see God or a God or Goddess, what do you think he/she would look like? I remember being taught as a child that God is without body, parts or passions. That seemed rather strange to me, but then I met the Mormons who told me that oh yes, God had a body just like us. I don't know about the holy books of others religions, but the Bible says that we cannot look upon God and live. Does that mean that when we die we will be able to see God? So back to my question, What do you think God looks like?
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@alpha7 (1910)
• France
1 Aug 08
The real God looks just like you,he created you in his own image after his own likeness.Others are gods and goddess.
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@efc872 (1077)
• Jamaica
1 Aug 08
How can you say that, are you invisible, are you a spirit, have you ever seen God?.
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@efc872 (1077)
• Jamaica
1 Aug 08
Pose123, have no choice but to accept that the spiritual man is the image and likeness of God but physical man could never be.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi alpha7, Thank you for commenting. I believe the spiritual man was make in God's image, not the physical. Blessings.
• Philippines
1 Aug 08
Everyone here has their own bias of how to present God. As for me, since I strongly hold christianese views, then would I say to you that God is spirit, but was clearly defined when Jesus came into flesh. The definition Jesus gave wasn't absolute. God is too far from us to have an absolute description. The bible gives us a glimpse about who He is, but is limited as well. It gives us ideas about God in accord of our own limitations.
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@efc872 (1077)
• Jamaica
1 Aug 08
If God is a spirit the teaching that we are made to His image and likeness is false.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi jaypeemanuel, Thank you for your excellent comments. I agree that it impossible for us to give an absolute description of God. Blessings.
@Jleivang (374)
• India
1 Aug 08
God is spirit and no human being can see Him because a spirit does not have a bodily form. But, we humans have spirit too and our spirits can connect with God's. He is so holy that no man can see and live.I believe in what the Bible says.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi jleivang, Thank you for your comment. Blessings.
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
4 Aug 08
Hi Pose123! It was written in the Bible that we are created in the image and likeness of God. Although, people will interpret that in different ways..I would like to believe that God is someone who has a body just like you and me. Although His Body is Gloriously clothed in Magnificent Light, still I believe that He has a Body that looks like yours and mine. In my thinking that is what I want to believe and how I picture Him in my mind, someone I can call My Father and Someone I know has a resemblance to me somehow. Take care always..God Bless!
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
4 Aug 08
Hi faith, Thank you for responding. Blessings.
@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
31 Jul 08
Hi Pose So good to read a Post by you! People spend too much time putting Human attributes on Hashem (The Name). He is not Human and does not look, act, or react in a Human way. I believe that Hashem is pure Knowledge. As you go through the Torah, you find so many references to the importance of knowledge and study. Without knowledge how could anything exixt in the Universe? Knowlege is one of the most important parts of a Jew's life. Once again I have put a Human attribute on Hashem, but with our limited abilities to express ourselves it is difficult to do otherwise. Now to answer your question. You cannot see knowledge, but you can use it, absorb it, incorporate it into every part of your life and existance. You can also answer for its use and will one day. Hashem has no form, yet He surounds us and knows us just as surely as we are reading and writing here. When we pass to the next exixtence, and only then, will we know what will happen. I believe that when we are finally in His presence, we will judge ourselves. His awesomness will cause us to become the harshest judgest ever known on earth.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
31 Jul 08
Hi Adoniah, Thank you for your comments, many of your beliefs are very similar to my own. Blessings.
@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
1 Aug 08
Thank-you Kitty and thank-you Pose! It is always a pleasure responding to your Posts! My comments are not necessarily Jewish beliefs however. They are my own. I am slightly eclectic. I often butt heads with the Rabbi.lol One nice thing about being Jewish is that the Talmud teaches us that it is permissable to argue with Hashem as long as when we are done, we still follow His law and still believe in Him! Shalom
@icegermany (2524)
• India
1 Aug 08
i m a muslim a we have been taught that god has no body or soul god is just a holy spirit whom we cannot see n can only feel it depends religion to religion n culture to culture, how they have learned n taught of n what they believe it to be
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi icegermany, Thank you for commenting, I like the thought that we cannot see but only feel God. Blessings.
• India
1 Aug 08
thanks to u also, n may god shower his blessings on all of us
• India
1 Aug 08
I don't really think one can perceive God like the way I can perceive my friend because God by definition has to be outside of the dimension of time and space. If he is bound by time and space then God cannot really be God. Since God is so lofty and is beyond time and space one cannot even define God and put him in a box by words... I would therefore say one cannot see God. But it one wants to know God then look at Jesus. That's the way I see. Blessings!
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi headhunter, Thank you for commenting. We do agree on most things, I don't think the human mind is able to comprehend God. I feel that Jesus by his life and teachings, gives us an excellent example. Blessings
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
1 Aug 08
I can imagine a Spiritual Presence that is full of light. This light is so bright that all the world can see it, but no one needs to wear shades. It is the most pure thing that has ever entered this world. I believe that when we go to heaven, we will have glorified bodies and the says that we will be like Him and see him as he is. When Jesus came down, he was in the form of flesh and blood, but I do not put much stock in what the Mormons say.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi Rozie37, Thank you commenting. Blessings.
@Mirita (2668)
• United States
31 Jul 08
I think that God probably looks like all of us ,and maybe he can transform himself into anybody he desires. He probably can be white, black, asian, indian. He can also be a man, woman ,or child.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi Mirita, Thank you for commenting. I think you just might have something there. Blessings.
@vimaal (3361)
• India
1 Aug 08
hi friend,I think that God probably looks like all of us,and maybe he can transform himself into anybody he desires.take care have a nice day.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi vimaal, Thanks for commenting. Blessings.
@Wolfechu (1193)
• United States
1 Aug 08
I'm not most people. Almost by definition, a god would look exactly like whatever he, she or it wanted you to see. The Greeks understood this pretty well.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi wolfechu, You make an interesting point here and you certainly may have it right. Thank you for this. Blessings.
@NrgDfenZ (1810)
• Belgium
1 Aug 08
Well I personally don't believe in God, or some sort of godlike creature.. Although I think there is "something", I can't really describe it, see it as some sort of guidance in life.. Feel free to make any comments on that :)
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi NrgDfenZ, Thank you for commenting. I agree with you, about all any of us can really say is that there is "something". Blessings.
@Tanewha (69)
• Germany
1 Aug 08
If you want to believe in a supernatural being, with or without gender, you are in effect creating this entity and have the power to give it whatever attributes you wish. Let your imaginiation run wild.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
1 Aug 08
Hi Tanewha, You have a point, Thanks for responding. Blessings.