God is another word for "the ultimate mystery of life". Or, some say, it's no accident "God" is almost the word "good", so maybe the "ultimate goodness in life". In other words, people who say God is this or God did that are totally full of it. God is just a concept we can't rationally define.
Being the ultimate mystery, we mere humans can't even begin to theorize about what "God is", if he/she/it is even anything we can conceive of. Maybe God is just mystery. The big question mark, or a feeling in our hearts. Whatever. In any case, religious zealots have to take a big leap of faith, but once there, they all disagree about my God vs. your God and that's how wars start. Look around the world. Peoples' zealotry about "God" is one of the roots of evil in the world.
What is evil? Evil is lies, dishonesty, arrogant pride, malicious acts, caring only about yourself, profiting on other peoples' pain, destroying nature, putting yourself above the law. Kind of like a lot of Bushie politicians, huh? |
