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Is God a Metaphor?

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Dear Friends,

As you probably know, authors of essays are often eager to find readers.
I am one of such authors.

That is why my mini-book, "Is God is a Metaphor?", costs less than
one dollar, at amazon.com .

Just type the book title into their search box, and click RETURN.

This mini-book will probably trigger a debate.

I do have the pdf version of this essay; I will email it to any person who asks for this privately, in anticipation of posting comments.

Please share this information with all who might be interested. Thank you in advance.

Ludwik Kowalski Ph.D. (See Wikipedia)

kowalskiL@mail.montclair.edu
 
Could you summarize one idea here, to get the discussion started, so we can see what sort of cool debate your essay triggers? I'm not going to deal with asking for, downloading and reading an essay, before I even know if it's special enough to warrant it. We've already got Navigator here to tell us how the universe works, but at least he offers it in digestable posts.
 
Pup said:
Could you summarize one idea here, to get the discussion started, so we can see what sort of cool debate your essay triggers? I'm not going to deal with asking for, downloading and reading an essay, before I even know if it's special enough to warrant it. We've already got Navigator here to tell us how the universe works, but at least he offers it in digestable posts.
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Metaphor...a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
"when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor"
synonyms: figure of speech, figurative expression, image, trope, allegory, parable, analogy, comparison, symbol, emblem, word painting, word picture; literary conceit
...a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.
"the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering"

Should it be assumed that the OP is referring to a specific God, (probably the Abrahamic one) and that this idea of God might be a metaphor for...for what?

If so, then the metaphor is different for the three main OARs (Organised Abrahamic Religions) and indeed, also different for all the subsets of belief systems involved within the three main supersets (OARs)...

Beyond that, and particular to my own understanding GOD is a metaphor for Consciousness (conscious self awareness) in relation to the concept that Consciousness has always and will always exist and is ultimately the reason for everything which exists.

I refer to that (GOD idea) as "First Source". All consciousness (obvious or not) derive from and are of this One Consciousness. (We are aspects of IT, experiencing this universe - specifically life on this planet)

But ...deep as we are into the rabbit hole, I understand that the Jewish idea of G-d (as they tend to write the word) is that of a jailer/prison administrator who has specific agenda in relation to his role and our role as we - the jailed - within this reality membrane we call the physical universe.
 
kowalskil said:
Dear Friends,

As you probably know, authors of essays are often eager to find readers.
I am one of such authors.

That is why my mini-book, "Is God is a Metaphor?", costs less than
one dollar, at amazon.com .

Just type the book title into their search box, and click RETURN.

This mini-book will probably trigger a debate.

I do have the pdf version of this essay; I will email it to any person who asks for this privately, in anticipation of posting comments.

Please share this information with all who might be interested. Thank you in advance.

Ludwik Kowalski Ph.D. (See Wikipedia)

kowalskiL@mail.montclair.edu
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and to save look up time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwik_Kowalski
 
The concept of a "God" seems like a metaphor for, "The Bigger Picture of Life to which, each one of us, belongs".

At least, to me.

I don't believe in "gods", per se.

I do, however, believe in the bigger picture of life, to which each one of us belongs.
 
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Is God a metaphor?

Sure, could be. Might not be. Some people say yes, some say no.

That's the thing when a word like 'god' can be defined to mean almost anything; it becomes meaningless.
 
The Norseman said:
Is God a metaphor?

Sure, could be. Might not be. Some people say yes, some say no.

That's the thing when a word like 'god' can be defined to mean almost anything; it becomes meaningless.
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Only if it cannot define all things. All things can thus be defined as, altogether, meaningful.

It is that which does the defining which is a metaphor for GOD
 
Navigator said:
Only if it cannot define all things. All things can thus be defined as, altogether, meaningful.
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It can define all things, or not-all things. Or one thing. Or a bunch of things which already have names and definitions. The latter is a favorite from what I've seen.

For some (like your definition below), it's fairly vague and ultimately nonsensical. For others, it's perfectly coherent to themselves but they can't even properly convey what it is they mean.


It is that which does the defining which is a metaphor for GOD
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Sure, so you say. But you could be wrong. In many people's minds, you ARE wrong. What then?
 
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