Many of you are confused and are asking, "What NOW?"
And, "Which God?"
FIND YOUR PEACE WITH GOD, YOU WILL NEED IT.
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) It is a matter of sheer survival. If God exists there is a possibility of salvation. Without God, all hope is lost.
Therefore belief in God is part of the human survival instinct.
2) God has many names. These are just
HUMAN LABELS. The experience with the Divine or the Unknown or a Power greater than ourselves to solve problems we are unable to solve has varied from time and place, much like languages and dialects differ from one location or period to another. Nevertheless, the belief in the supernatural has been a constant throughout history. Describing the experience with the divine is not as clear-cut and easy as eating a piece of pineapple. It is about tapping into a supernatural power from which to draw strength from and the methods to do so.
God is infinite, beyond time and space, and cannot be touched or seen. Therefore He is outside of the realm of human control and manipulation. Therefore it is impossible for us to fully define God. Don’t make the mistake of drawing from other conceptions of God rather than your own, because then it is not something that truly belongs to you.
How can you explain the ineffable? Indeed, that is the reason why there are so many religions and numerous denominations within each. The human mind is finite and subject to error. How can it even describe let alone comprehend that which is infinite and perfect? If God is all things then how would the laws of sense experience or empiricism apply, which sees the object world as separate and different rather than being part of a collective whole?
And this is the point I am trying to make: With humans all is maybe or maybe not or perhaps maybe. With God, all things are certain and absolute.
The modern non-religious man assumes a new existential position toward reality compared to all previous history. He regards himself as the sole subject and agent of history, and he refuses with scorn all appeals to transcendence. He considers the sacred as the prime obstacle to his freedom. He believes he will only become truly himself by demystifying everything until he has killed every God.
With the death of the Divine, the marketplace becomes God: