ITT we define god

[the last yatto]

father, sun and holy shit what was that

[LMNO]

I don't believe there are sentient forces that can alter the rules of the physical world, and do so at the behest of humans.

I believe in the trancendental experience; the occasional mindset that can't ever be explained, and where art is born trying to describe it.

If I tried to describe it I'd get it wrong, so I won't. 

[AFK]

I don't believe in any kind of personified deity.  If there was one I think it would be closer to Eris then some jolly bearded fellow lounging on a Lazy-Cloud.  I think there's still quite a bit of "stuff" we don't understand.  And this "stuff" does "stuff" that we can't seem to always explain.  Thousands of years ago people thought the stars were like little chandeliers hanging from a dark ceiling.  Now we know better.  Or, we think we do.  Maybe someday we fly out and find out it's gigantic space sloths holding flashlights. 

Anyway, the closest thing I come to in terms of religious experiences is when I'm playing my music.  There are these energies that seem to only be able to be accessed through the maniacal strumming of a guitar.  But the access to that energy is fleeting and can't really be put down in words.  I don't think when I die I'll wake up before some gates with this beardo asking me if I should get in.  However, I'm preparing just in case.  I'm saving my A-game puns for Mr. St. Peter.   

[Cramulus]

Supposing for a second that there is an Eris entity
and we don't totally piss her off by misconceptualizing her
I bet she sends her minions to troll this board ALL THE TIME.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Supposing for a second that there is an Eris entity
and we don't totally piss her off by misconceptualizing her
I bet she sends her minions to troll this board ALL THE TIME.

That would seem self-evident, if you ask me...

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

also I really like Roger's concept of God as a TOTAL MALEVOLENT DICK.

[Tempest Virago]

also I really like Roger's concept of God as a TOTAL MALEVOLENT DICK.

I like the Gnostics' idea of God, it's similar, except with the added bonus of him being completely insane. It explains a lot.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Supposing for a second that there is an Eris entity
and we don't totally piss her off by misconceptualizing her
I bet she sends her minions to troll this board ALL THE TIME.

I agree... I even wrote a poem about it

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=12970.0

[Cain]

also I really like Roger's concept of God as a TOTAL MALEVOLENT DICK.

http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Maltheist

http://maltheism.blogspot.com/

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I couldn't think much of that blog simply because the whole "Atheist pretending to be a Maltheist in order to mock religion" is so trite. I just can't get interested in insincere parody religions these days... they're very 1990's rebel hipsterish and don't go deep enough to hold my attention for long.

[the last yatto]

I don't believe there are sentient forces that can alter the rules of the physical world, and do so at the behest of humans.

besides breaking their own BIP, i dont see them having any uses for humans other then slaves.

I believe in the trancendental experience; the occasional mindset that can't ever be explained, and where art is born trying to describe it.

pictures worth a thousand words kinda thing?
problem, or maybe the most fun part, of symbols is they can often mean many things

could the complex reside in the larger outside world. cavemen drew pictures is where language was born wasn't it?
i assume everyone here has watched the movie 'the gods must be crazy'

[Golden Applesauce]

This is less of a theistic perspective than a semantic one, but when I hear god I either think of something along the Greek conception of a god as a super-person, who may or may not be the only one or be actually omniscient/omnipotent as opposed to just being able to fuck with reality in more limited ways, or one of the many Abrahamic flavours where God is the being to which any given human is utterly worthless by comparison, and optionally defines a set of objective values either by existing or by having the magic ability to define right and wrong.  I'm an atheist with respect to the second kind, and alternate between atheism and suitheism with respect to the first.

Defining "God" to mean something else seems kind of weird to me, because (to me anyway) it implies all the sorts of things that go along with a more traditional Western concept of God.  Calling a state of mind "God" might provide a nice answer to "Do you believe in God?" but I don't get how you can build a theology out of it.  I question the usefulness of muddying up an already complicated word with even more definitions.  If you have a novel concept, use a novel word or phrase.  Language will thank you later.

[Golden Applesauce]

God is force.

and four-part His holy name is EFF-EKWALLS-EMM-AY.

[Requia ☣]

also I really like Roger's concept of God as a TOTAL MALEVOLENT DICK.

I like the Gnostics' idea of God, it's similar, except with the added bonus of him being completely insane. It explains a lot.

That's not the Gnostic concept of God, thats the Gnostic concept of the crazy dick who took over/created the world and *pretends* to be God.

[OPTIMUS PINECONE]

Supposing for a second that there is an Eris entity
and we don't totally piss her off by misconceptualizing her
I bet she sends her minions to troll this board ALL THE TIME.

     That's why I'm here, when I'm not doing work for the White Devil Conspiracy.