Who is God?

We ask Questions to God!
If everything in the world is happening according to God’s wish, then why do we need to punish people? For example, Hitler was only carrying God’s instructions. If Hitler, a church priest and Charlie Chaplin were in the middle of the sea, then whom will God save? If god existed, then he would save the church priest and Charlie Chaplin, but that never happens in real life, does it? Why are good persons dying of cancer? Why can’t God stop genocide in the world? These are realistic views on God, in fact, the concept of divinity. 

Why does God ask us to worship Him? How do animals think of their god? They may think god in their shape i.e. a tiger thinks their god like a tiger, and so humans think god is shaped like a human! When earthquakes happen, millions of people die, including good persons! Why is that, if Heaven and Hell are the ultimate reward and punishment? Why are babies dying in Africa from hunger? Is it the baby’s fault or why does God punish innocent babies? Are new born children sinners? Or neutral (that mean zero sin or zero goodness)?

Why people are born as a sinners? (Christian belief ) If people are born as sinners, they cannot commit further sin, isn’t so? What is the point in judging sinners on judgment day?If all dead persons are sent to Heaven and Hell, then why is there the need to recall dead bodies on judgment day?

If someone commits a sin and prays to Jesus, then god takes away their sins. If that is the case, then Hitler, who was a mass murderer, could have asked Jesus to forgive him and God would have! If everyone in Hell asked god to forgive them, then why would we need to have Hell? Everybody could stay in Heaven! The Buddhist philosophy focuses on the existence of karma, which states that for every action that we do, there is a consequence, or a re-action, here on earth.

If we take these views on God even further, think about the fact that we take many antibiotics to kill millions of germs and bacterias and we also use insect killers to kill cockroaches, beetles, earwigs, silverfish, woodlice and other crawling insects. Are we committing any sin?
What about bacteria or mosquitoes? Are all of them going to Hell or to Heaven? A lion or a tiger is killing other animals for food. Are they committing sin?

The opposite to sin in hindu religion is called punya (goodness) i.e. If someone committed sin, then doing an act of goodness will create neutrality? In this neutrality, there is half of sin and half of goodness, so that person has to spend some time in hell, then in heaven? Or, because of the neutrality he or she doesn’t have any place to go to?

My Views on God

Children are part of their parents, because parents created the children, therefore if god created everything, then everything is part of the god, meaning that me and you are also god.

All the things are made of compounds, compound is made of molecules, molecule is made of atoms. At the present moment, new studies have found that an atom is a collection of quarks, therefore all the things in the universe are made of quarks, so we can replace god with quark. God never wrote any book on Heaven and Hell, only people wrote those “holy books”. Also read more on  “http://noneism.org/about_us/”http://noneism.org/about_us/.

Jewish God
The Old testament
The authors of the New Testament took for granted the existence of God, as presented in the Old Testament. They believed in Yahweh, “the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,” whom the Jews worshiped as the one true God (Ac 13:32; Ro 3:29, 4:3). (Thanks Wikipedia)

Christian God

The New-testament

The Council of Nicea took place in 325 A.D. by the order of the Roman Emperor Caesar Flavius Constantine. Christianity consisted of many sects. By converting Constantine (The Great), the Paul heresy triumphed as the concept of trinity (father, son and holy spirit) and the ending of the Mosaic law (which made swine flesh permissible) brought this version of Christianity very close to the Hellenic paganism that was practiced in Rome and Greece. At Nicea, Constantine had 300 versions of the Bible burnt, thus legitimizing and patronizing only the Paul heresy.

Actually, legend has it that at the Council of Nicea, Constantine was
unsure of what else to include as a holy scripture (which later became the Bible). He threw the batch that he was to choose from onto a table. Those that remained on the table were in, those that fell off were out. Thanks to  “http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/nicaea.html”http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/nicaea.html.

So Moses law has only one god, but Constantine made it three gods: threw Moses law away and implemented the concept of trinity. His council made the decision that Jesus is the son of god, therefore existing the father – yahweh, the son – Jesus and the holy spirit.
Thanks to  “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1asoxwkTWC0&sns=em”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1asoxwkTWC0&sns=em.

Hindu Gods
The Trimurti (English: ‘three forms’; Sanskrit: त्रिमूर्तिः trimūrti) is a concept in Hinduism “in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahmā the creator, Vishnu the maintainer or preserver and Śhiva the destroyer or transformer,”[1][2] These three deities have been called “the Hindu triad”[3] or the “Great Trinity”,[4] often addressed as “Brahma-Vishnu-Maheshwara.”- (Thanks Wikipedia.).

Islam god (Arabic word for god is Allah)
In Islamic theology, God (Arabic: الله‎ Allāh ) is the all-powerful and all-knowing creator, sustainer, and judge of the universe.[1][2] Islam emphasizes that God is strictly singular (tawḥīd )[3] unique (wāḥid ) and inherently One (aḥad ), all-merciful and omnipotent.[4] According to Islamic teachings, God exists without place[5] and according to the Qur’an, “No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision. God is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things” (Qur’an 6:103)[2] God, as referenced in the Qur’an, is the only God and the same God worshiped by members of other Abrahamic religions such as Christianity and Judaism. (29:46).[6], (Thanks Wikipedia.)

Buddhism – The Buddhist philosophy is Not a religion – Never talks about God
Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”

The Four Noble Truths of the Buddhist philosophy

1. There is Suffering! Suffering is common to all.

2. Cause of Suffering! We are the cause of our suffering.

3. End of Suffering! Stop doing what causes suffering.

4. Path to end Suffering! Everyone can be enlightened.

Buddha taught practical ways of handling suffering, as the suffering of a human being is inevitable. He did so by realizing and accepting thecause of suffering.

Just look at this scenario: I have to finish my work today at 16:00 because of my son birthday party, which is around 19:00 at ABC hall in London, but when I’m just about to finish my work, my boss turns up and suddenly gives me a very urgent job to finish. Therefore, I finish my work at 17:00. There are two different ways to handle the situation: I need to go to my son party and enjoy the party, therefore please see below both examples and decide which way you will handle it.

Example 1 – Solving above scenario as the ordinary human way:
I finish at 17:00 and go home, where my wife shouts at me and I argue back, which leads to me getting depressed. I rush myself to get ready and drive the car like crazy, I get stuck on traffic, get caught on speed cameras and because of the over speed, the police stops me, causing further delay. I  arrive at ABC hall very late, stressed out and depressed. I can’t enjoy my son’s party, everything is messed up. It all happened because I was under a lot of stress, so my mind did not work properly, therefore I drove very fast and got caught by speed cameras and the police, causing myself to arrive even later to the party where many friends were waiting and causing embarrassment.

Example 2 – Solving above scenario using the Buddhist philosophy:
I finish at 17:00 and go home. While I’m driving home, I realize that I’m late and there is nothing I can do about it, so I have to face the consequences. I expect my wife to shout at me, therefore I accept her point of view. So, I do not argue with her, but calmly explain to her what happened at the office. Then I quickly get ready and, because I am calm and not stressed, I choose the best route and arrive at the ABC hall just in time. Now I am in a happy mood with my family and friends. I enjoy my son’s party very much. The bottom line is that the two facts – getting home at 17:00 and my wife shouting at me – are inevitable.

This has less to do with my views on God, but rather with the accuracy of the Buddhist philosophy, which states that there is no need to get tensed or stressed, because when we do, our hearts beat faster, blood flows at high speed, as work most of our organs, causing a lot of wear and tear. It is like constantly pressing the accelerator of the car, while the gear is in neutral. The car engine will eventually end up in the scrap yard and just like that, we are reducing our life time.

Buddha’s Four Noble Truths teach us that: 1.realizing and 2.finding – accepting the cause of suffering make us feel normal. 3.We should try not to repeat these mistakes. 4.Everyone can be enlightened i.e. Everything is equal or one in this universe. Everything is made out of energy presented in different forms. This idea is very powerful and attractive, because if everything is one, then everyone is god.  “http://noneism.org/category/the-basics/”http://noneism.org/category/the-basics/.

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