God is the Question
I am an atheist, but recently I started an RSS search feed in my feed reader (FeedDemon) to search the blogs and news for the keyword “God”.
The problem with the word GOD, or GAAD in American Baptist (GAWD in London), is that no one can define what they mean by GOD - it could be almost anything, from a bearded man in the sky, to a general term for the sum total of everything. And if the answer is GOD - what is the question?
There is no point rattling on about a term if there is no clearly defined definition. I have a feeling that if you manage to define the term you will be half way to forming a new religion - and before long you will have more money than god (who is always broke).
Should you be able to define Gaad , you will also probably discover all his hidden names, and he will appear before you and split your head asunder. Though I doubt you can find any of His names, as God uses a different vocabulary to the average mortal - when was the last time you used the word “asunder” (or “smite”)?
But using “God” as a search term is always rewarding, you get the occasional theological discussion, a lot of cussing/swearing, a fair smattering of politics (too much GW Bush perhaps), the latest news on just about every war on the planet, and a not inconsiderable amount of Eric Clapton and various guitar legends. Not a half bad search term for a broad view of the general zeitgeist of the day. Economical to type, mostly entertaining and informative, even a little mysterious.
Seems like our “bossies” tea (as Rooibos tea is often called here in SA) is doing it’s thing for you, making you “bossies” being one of them (another SA meaning of the same word, meaning “bush-mad”, another word for that being “Bosbefok” (meaning “Bush-mad-f*cked”(yes to the pun)))…I mean really, asking to define god/God! I thought that’s the whole point, the indefinable maketh the mystery and thus the man’s imagination runs “bossies”!!! So, the moral being, enjoy your rooibos tea, live forever and you might not need God.
Must get this link and drink more bossies tea!(then again, perhaps not, one goes bossies enough from just living here in Smithfield!)
Comment by Kitty — November 21, 2007 @ 1:11 am
So - if an atheist and a theist sit down to discuss what they believe, can they not define what it is they are talking about? Perhaps thats the problem, theists are always banging on about “indefinable mystery’s”. Perhaps the worst are the warm and fuzzy “spiritual” people who cant bring themselves to realise they are insignificant meat. But at least they are not as dangerous as some zealots who would put a teacher to death for naming a teddy bear “Jesus” (hollow be his name), or a world leader who hears voices in his head telling him/her to go get back our oil gaad buried in a foreign country (for some mysterious reason).
Comment by brett — November 30, 2007 @ 5:18 pm