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Imetheman1 wrote: ↑April 13th, 2019, 3:28 pm ( Would God be able to choose which specific body he/she would be reincarnated in? )

Every baby is born pure and innocent.

Since there can be no way within the laws of physics

However, what if the soul of god survived an individual physical existence in an infinity of physical existences, where the particular circumstances of that person's life [through their own studies] enabled them to suddenly realise that they themself represented the physical custodian of the soul of God.

Up to that moment, they had no idea that this was the case.

It is essential and a prerequisite requirement that the theory of everything must include and explain the existence of consciousness and the facility of free will possessed by every intelligent species of animal. Could it be that God can only make himself/herself known by discovering the TOE and that by doing so, the TOE itself reveals that the consciousness of the discoverer represents the consciousness of God him/herself?

Imetheman1 wrote: ↑April 13th, 2019, 3:28 pm Notwithstanding whether you believe in the existence of God or not [BTW I am a confirmed atheist] - it can be assumed that hypothetically IF God exists and IF He/She ever decides to show themself in physical form in a specific physical body again on Earth [ie, as in the second coming],then it follows that the soul of God can only enter the physical world by His/Her reincarnation into the world at the moment of conception [ the fertilisation of the female egg by the male sperm] of a specific physical human body. ( Would God be able to choose which specific body he/she would be reincarnated in? )

Every baby is born pure and innocent. Since there can be no way within the laws of physics which would allow the transfer of information to the consciousness of the new born baby that he/she represents the physical custodian of the soul of God, the individual person may live their life from their birth to their death never knowing that he/she is the physical representation and custodian of the soul of God.

However, what if the soul of god survived an individual physical existence in an infinity of physical existences, where the particular circumstances of that person's life [through their own studies] enabled them to suddenly realise that they themself represented the physical custodian of the soul of God. Up to that moment, they had no idea that this was the case.

It is essential and a prerequisite requirement that the theory of everything must include and explain the existence of consciousness and the facility of free will possessed by every intelligent species of animal. Could it be that God can only make himself/herself known by discovering the TOE and that by doing so, the TOE itself reveals that the consciousness of the discoverer represents the consciousness of God him/herself?

Alias wrote: ↑April 16th, 2019, 11:50 pm

Imetheman1 wrote: ↑April 13th, 2019, 3:28 pm ( Would God be able to choose which specific body he/she would be reincarnated in? )

According to the story, he chose the vessel for his infantile manifestation. Now, he has a lot more nubile young females to choose from.

Every baby is born pure and innocent.

Every baby is born into the sin of Adam and Eve. They must be saved, individually, though baptism, early childhood indoctrination and confirmation.

Since there can be no way within the laws of physics

God breaks those all the time. At, least, he used to.

However, what if the soul of god survived an individual physical existence in an infinity of physical existences, where the particular circumstances of that person's life [through their own studies] enabled them to suddenly realise that they themself represented the physical custodian of the soul of God.

You don't need infinite existences. Since the physical parents are informed of having received this enormous favour, they arrange the kid's education accordingly.

Up to that moment, they had no idea that this was the case.

Up to age 6, there wasn't much expected of them.

It is essential and a prerequisite requirement that the theory of everything must include and explain the existence of consciousness and the facility of free will possessed by every intelligent species of animal. Could it be that God can only make himself/herself known by discovering the TOE and that by doing so, the TOE itself reveals that the consciousness of the discoverer represents the consciousness of God him/herself?

No need to complicate this. God can do whatever.

h_k_s ---- I personally do not believe that God(s) break any "laws" of physics.

I simply suspect that He/She/They have powers that we humans do not have, and therefore it seems to us like They/She/he are breaking them.

Newme wrote: ↑April 28th, 2019, 8:32 pm If there is such a thing as reincarnation, generally past lives are forgotten, so the task at hand - living - can be the focus. So, though it makes sense that consciousness is energy which just changes form, spiritually, each life would have its own distinct purposes and lessons.

There is a hypothetical story of a man who died, goes to heaven to be told he will now return as a different person in another country from the past. He questions, “How could this be?” He’s told, “Eternity is beyond time. You were, are and will be every person on the earth who ever lived, lives or will live.” The moral is treat others as you would have yourself treated.

In discussions of God, it seems definitions are assumed &/or discounted. God is defined over 800 different ways - just in the bible. And God is considered spirit, specifically, “I AM THAT I AM” and such a conscious is within each of us... “the kingdom of God is within you.”

It’s much easier to reject the absurdity of many biblical stories when you take them literally. Yet, “without a parable spake he not unto them.” The story of Christ’s was not told so we’d worship baby Jesus but is symbolically applicable to each reader.

h_k_s wrote: ↑April 29th, 2019, 10:05 am

Newme wrote: ↑April 28th, 2019, 8:32 pm If there is such a thing as reincarnation, generally past lives are forgotten, so the task at hand - living - can be the focus. So, though it makes sense that consciousness is energy which just changes form, spiritually, each life would have its own distinct purposes and lessons.

There is a hypothetical story of a man who died, goes to heaven to be told he will now return as a different person in another country from the past. He questions, “How could this be?” He’s told, “Eternity is beyond time. You were, are and will be every person on the earth who ever lived, lives or will live.” The moral is treat others as you would have yourself treated.

In discussions of God, it seems definitions are assumed &/or discounted. God is defined over 800 different ways - just in the bible. And God is considered spirit, specifically, “I AM THAT I AM” and such a conscious is within each of us... “the kingdom of God is within you.”

It’s much easier to reject the absurdity of many biblical stories when you take them literally. Yet, “without a parable spake he not unto them.” The story of Christ’s was not told so we’d worship baby Jesus but is symbolically applicable to each reader.

Reincarnation is Hindu and Buddhist.

I personally believe that all non-human animals are reincarnated.

But not humans. I believe humans get one chance only. Then it's on to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory.

We are now of course in the realm of Religion not Philosophy.

Aquinas proved well enough that God(s) must exist.

But nobody has proved where we humans are going after mortality.

• “When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
  And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.”--Matthew 16:13-14

Newme wrote: ↑May 1st, 2019, 1:03 pm

h_k_s wrote: ↑April 29th, 2019, 10:05 am

Reincarnation is Hindu and Buddhist.

I personally believe that all non-human animals are reincarnated.

But not humans. I believe humans get one chance only. Then it's on to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory.

We are now of course in the realm of Religion not Philosophy.

Aquinas proved well enough that God(s) must exist.

But nobody has proved where we humans are going after mortality.

Yes, reincarnation belief is ascribed more to Hinduism & Buddhism. However, there’s hint that it also was believed in Judaism...

• “When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
  And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.”--Matthew 16:13-14

I’m not sure what I believe about reincarnation. I tend to think spirituality is all about continual progress (at least that’s what makes us happy and what is generally GOoD). God is omniscient so if that is the goal - then it would take many lives to experience all there is to experience. And there are many gods, when you realize each makes god in their own imagination. Rather than assume twisted dogma, ask, “What is the best, highest GOoD I can imagine?”

There’s a belief that there are various kingdoms or realms after life... “In my house there are many mansions.” I see this as various degrees of ability to love/relate/help. Intelligence is only important to that end. Integrity and active desire for good - I imagine - are what matter most.

h_k_s wrote: ↑May 1st, 2019, 1:47 pm Note that the English word "God" does not come from "good". That it does it a Protestant myth.

God comes from Goth. It is a Gothic word. It means "the Goth" or "the great Goth".

While Gothic did exist and was spoken somewhere in the northern woodlands of Roman Europe, the word God did not exist until the English language was ultimately born around 1066 CE.

God, depending on which Being you might be referring to, does have a name even several names.

We can read some versions of them in the Greek New Testament.

Other versions of them appear in the Hebrew Tenakh.

• “The earliest written form of the Germanic word god comes from the 6th century Christian Codex Argenteus. The English word itself is derived from the Proto-Germanic * ǥuđan.
  
  *Gudan was neuter in gender, and probably only meant "deity" in general.
  
  *The name of the Babylonian god of fortune is "gad."
  
  *Etymology of the Word "God". the name sometimes applied to an idol as the image or dwelling-place of a god. The root-meaning of the name (from Gothic root gheu; Sanskrit hub or emu, "to invoke or to sacrifice to") is either "the one invoked" or "the one sacrificed to."
  
  *From a root *ǵʰau̯- (*ǵʰeu̯h2-) "to call, to invoke" (Sanskrit hūta).