(42) Alia Caldwell's answer to God: What is God? - Quora


God is the stickiest answer we have ever given to the existential nightmare of our existence: our disorientation and confusion in the face of an apparently meaningless and absurd world. We intuit God from the personal experience of being raised by parents. Hence God is always 'Father' (or occasionally 'Mother').

God is the reflection of superself, your own reflection when you stare into a puddle, all blemishes erased. A god sometimes gets to resemble an elephant (Ganesha) or a Jackal (Anubus), but never in the leading role. God is always shaped like a human in monolithic monotheisms.

God is clarity. The more confusing the world is for you, the more you need God because He comes with a rule book that explains everything in simple terms. His churches are powerful structures filled with serious, authoritative people you can believe.

(42) Alia Caldwell's answer to God: What is God? - Quora Sunday, September 15, 2013 @ 10:00pm

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