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Is God an invention of man's mind or true being?

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probably beyond human imagining in being and in capabilities. On the other hand, the qualities we ascribe to God, qualities such as omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, etc., may limit God.

How is God limited by such high attributions? Personally I think that being God would be the most boring job in all universes if God were all-powerful and all-knowing. It would mean that God could never learn anything God could never experience anything new. It would mean God could never create anything new. It would mean that God could never grow.

If there is a God and that God is a living God, then there must be new things to learn, new things to experience, and new things to create. In fact, if I were God, I would create all of these marvelous consciousnesses in an amazing myriad of forms and non-forms. Then I would use them to learn and experience new things. I would use them to help me to grow and become more and more of who I Am.

People get too overworked over the issue of God's existence. The images we have of God are our own creations. That's not necessarily a bad thing unless you try to cram your version of God down someone else's throat. Any image of God worth its salt should pull us toward becoming the best possible human. If we achieve that, then it doesn't matter if God exists.

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