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God is a concept

jasperkent said:
Good Orderly Direction. Works for me.
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Even Mother Nature works for me. Gaia. All kinds of ideas and concepts that there is a wisdom at work. Even the notion that every tree came from a tiny seed or cutting. Then grow to 50 feet and are huge. What miracle?

I was reading about miracles. The notion that someone can turn water into wine just to prove we can control Nature. But if someone can't see the miracle of cells growing into full intelligent beings then turning water into wine will do nothing.

I admit I almost posted the John Lennon song too.

Political stuff belongs in the political forum. But God as a concept should be expanded upon in this thread as to keep it going in a Good Orderly Direction.
 
jasperkent said:
Early in recovery I balked at & then struggled with the concept of a "Higher Power."
I especially disliked the word "God," which appears a LOT in 12-Step literature but has all kinds of negative connotations for me. A sponsor suggested that anytime I see that word, just think of it as an acronym for Good Orderly Direction. Works for me.
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An old friend at work years ago was an evangelical atheist. Not content with simply not believing in God, he had to tell others they should not believe. The message was that there is no message. But, he was a good guy. Not too strident and full of himself like evangelicals from both sides tend to be. He was an old hippiebilly as well and versed in psychedelics. So one day I asked him if he believed in anything at all as a power bigger than us. He said he maybe believed in the "force or soul" of the universe that could be tapped in to. So, maybe toward Buddhist but less so. All I could say was, "Exactly! We aren't so different. Many paths to the same goal, grasshopper."
 
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