Why are we constantly on an endless pursuit to find God...

I can't fault anyone for seeking spiritual truth, but I have found that for me personally worrying endlessly about the existence of God is not beneficial. I feel like to ponder "god's" existence is almost to miss the point entirely. In fact, I'm not sure if I can even conceive of God existing or not existing anymore... I know that the universe holds many secrets, and I don't really feel the need to pin them down and label them anymore.

 

No, ofcourse not. That would also be a quite rational way of getting into spirituality...
Labels belong to the church / other religious institutions. You can't label spirituality, and you don't need to pin it down from any heaven/sky...

It's right where you are....

----wolf----

 

How can you be sure? Did you look everywhere? Could they have caught you busy looking somewhere, and sneaked over to hide somewhere you've already looked?

:jester:

 

I'm pretty sure that Santa is my dad. I don't have to examine every inch of the North-Pole to conclude that he's my dad. And believe it or not - I'm having a friend that told me that Santa is also his dad!

That's deductive rather than a inductive way of concluding, as the terminology in sciences say. I don't need to roll a dice 1000 times to experience that there is 1/6 chance to roll 6 - I can deduce to it.

But I'm more in doubt about the easter bunny...

 

It became clear to me when I myself became a parent that neither entity - santa or the easter bunny exist - or if they do, they're not doing their job very well.:H

 

No - the people who make laws didn't make the world, or ask slatibartfast to make it for them. They just somehow imagine they have a right to didctate to us all how we live regardless of where it all came from.

 

I think it's so sad...
When I was a child, 20 years ago, Santa always visited me at Christmas Eve.

But he don't come along anymore. Nowaday dads just has to pretend being Santa, not to disapoint the children.

What happened to good old Santa. Did he die? Let's send an expedition to the North Pole to find his frozen corpse...

Our modern age is so superficial. Even Santa is fake nowaday...

 

I am god. You can stop searching now.

 

Cool. Good to know

Also, can you give me the superpower of having a new and completely random superpower every day? Could be a lot of fun!

 

i gave all of you that power. unfortunately, most of you don't try to dream anymore. i give you the gift of life, and you only stay partially conscious through 2/3 of it. you silly little creatures.

 

i'm from eugene, wolf. ever go to saturday market? (yes, god is from eugene.)

 

I think the only reason we strive for a god, a supreme ruler, is just so we have a scapegoat. someone to blame for when things go wrong. "I didn't get the job becouse god hates me!" and all that crap.

 

there's probably alot of reasons

 

Man is afraid of what he will find on the other side. He is afraid that all of his bad deeds will not go unpunished. He feels he needs something to believe in or these thoughts will haunt him.

We'll all find out eventually.

 

Some people seek God because:

They want to experience a sense of the sacred.

They feel bad and seek a way to feel good, and to know good, and to be good,

They feel good and seek a way to express gratitude,

They feel grateful and seek inspiration,

They feel inspired and seek a way to be creative and meaningful,

They feel a sense of impermanance and seek a sense of the eternal,

They feel lost in the dark, helpless and alone, suffering and sorrowful, and all they need to feel better is just a little light.

Peace and Love

 

The number of words in the Bible divided by the number of verses equals exactly 666

 

right.....

 

How many years did you spend counting words in the Bible?..

 

...and meanwhile, did you ever consider there would be something more funny thing to spend your time at?

Were you never envious when all the other kids were swimming in the pool at summer? And were you never envious when they were building snowmen at winter?

...while you was just counting & counting & counting words...

 

I never seek God b/c I have always been able to see Him or at least Jesus, Mary and others and see what they do for me
just thankful, my life is praise and thanks

God bless