What does “god” mean to you? ⛪️ 🙏

[DarkRange55]

I've talked about this concept on here before but curious what anyone else thinks
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[noname223]

I've talked about this concept on here before but curious what anyone else thinks
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My opinion on God changed. I was raised somewhat religious. When I had my first major depression with suicidality I dreamed of hell, I felt guiltly and I felt horrible about God. So I became a convinced atheist. I had a pretty cool, young religion teacher. He said to me your suffering might change your religious beliefs? And smiled. He knew it made me an hardcore atheist.

When I read a little bit about quantum physics. And I don't know much about it. I am like this person with pychosis who fantasizes to understand the meaning behind it while having an actually pretty distorted notion of it. There are not a few people with psychosis who take quantum physics as evidence for their delusions. So quantum physics made me pretty anxious. I listened to some interviews with Anton Zeilinger who is a strong beliefer and catholic. And I tend to be more ambivalent now. I am more a mix between atheist and agnostic.


Actually, I would call myself a pragmatic atheist. I just coined that term for me I don't know the actual meaning. You know if you had psychosis you have a lot of cognitive biases. And one of them can be superstitious thinking. So I adapt my beliefs of higher beings depending on which impact it has on my mental health. I tend to fear bad karma. But doing the right thing isn't always objective. I try to be strategical with my decisions. And if there is an actual God he should not be too judgemental about a poor individual only worrying about his mental health. Solely this sentence shows how skewed my thinking is.

Most of the time I don't believe in God. And I hope there is no God. And I hope there is nothing after life. And these beliefs give me hope and help me mentally. But I am not fully certain on it anymore.

 

[dayhell]

nothing

 

[SchizoPolyGymnast]

I believe that God is the network of energy and consciousness that permeates everywhere.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Bewilderment. I'm not sure about anything. I definitely can't envisage them as the loving father figure they are sold to us as. For me, there's more a genuine fear they may in fact exist. In which case- it troubles me we are under the control of a narcissistic sadist type character.

But then, if they don't exist, I find it hilarious so many have been taken in by the world's greatest con effectively. Then I wonder how much damage religion has done vs. good. It was maybe the John Lenon song 'Imagine' that first got me questioning whether religion is entirely a good force.

 

[itsgone2]

I believe there has to be something behind all of this. That there must be some point. I'm struggling though as my own life seems pointless. Entirely. Why would He even allow someone like me to exist?
Life seems strange. Why even allow it?

 

[vyvanceandvodka]

absolutely nothing

 

[LonelyPrince]

Absolutely nothing. Nonsense.

 

[OzymandiAsh]

It can mean anything and everything. Mostly I like to think of God as an infinite and eternal Game. But it can also mean a personal God.

 

[Arvayn]

The whole; both nothing and everything, the complete collective of all existence and non-existence taken as one. An infinity of infinities.