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some people think that god (all of them) are really aliens. that its been aliens all along through out history... in the bible, in ancient egypt, the gods of mt olympus, the mayan and aztec deities.. that behind em all and behind all the 'miracles' (as in the theory that Mary the virgin was artificially inseminated) were aliens in an endeavor to keep us all opposed to eachother, causing discord to keep us more controllable. machiavelian's theory of divide and conquer.

a huge conspiracy theorist and close friend of mine introduced me to this concept. and you know... while I dont go in much for conspiracy's or put much credence in them, this one is really no less valid than any other idea about what god is.

My grandmother once told me that humans can't comprehend what God is like so when the Bible says that God made humans in his own image, that means that God looks different to everybody because everybody is different.

I think that holds true across the religions of the world- people need to believe in something to survive, otherwise the universe is cold and unfamiliar. So different people, from different cultures, created God the way they need It to be. Thus nobody's wrong and nobody's right, and neither way can be proven.

Personally, I believe in three principles:
1) The usual Christian idea of God and Satan is inaccurate- neither force is all good or all evil, for ultimate evil doesn't realize it's evil since it has no conscience. Not knowing indicates innocence, and isn't innocence good? Thus, everything in nature is a combination of both forces, life is colored in shades of grey.
2) God is who you need it to be, and can be called whatever feels right to you. Because of this, God is also wherever you need it to be- positive energies surround you whether you're in a church or at work, in a hospital or a graveyard. It doesn't make a difference except for the residual energy left from past generations is stronger in certain places.
3) It's better to have a good idea than a strong belief. Anyone who has seen the movie Dogma knows this theory- "People die for a belief. Ideas are changeable." Live your life the way you think you should, and all will be well. If it's a good life, swell. If it's a bad life but you genuinely don't see it that way, you're still good.

yeah, I dont go in for it myself personally. and there are documentaries on the history channel that go over the bible and pick out places in it where it couldve been aliens.

I have a slightly different view than your grandmother. I think god is different according to different people because man made god in THEIR image and likeness to try to better understand the divine and life in general. man sought to bring the limitless within limited human perception. but yeah, that's my atheistic perspective.

well here this might help it has been proven that if you want to get somehting done you yourself have to do it right!?!? if you want to get a job you might pray but praying will not change your outcome it is the same in the situation you don't ever in your life pray for your shoes to be tied YOU YOUR SELF NEED TO DO IT. But if you deeply belive in god then you should pray for your shoes to be tied. Praying to a jug of milk to tie your shoe's is the same as praying to god it's never going to change the outcome.

I can respect that too im just saying there are so many people in this world who come to me for advice with dire life situations and they say praying doesnt help i tell them time and time agan that you have to think logilly. LOOK all im saying is that there are so many people in the world that have there prayers unchecked and unfufilled

I do not believe there is a god, or any other type of creator for that matter. And i acually do not give a damn. If there was a god why would he want us to spend so much of our short time here worshipping him? Why would he let all this chaos happen? He could stop it if he wanted, correct? But he would rather let his "place of pefection" go to a disaster than to try and correct it? It is a bunch of bullshit, if you ask me the bible is just a made up story that got intrepretted wrong. And if there is a god, well, i'm going to hell. Amen.

But is it truly "perfect" ?