What if God was one of us

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neanderthaler | 29 Apr 2008 - 5:40pm

Joan Osbourne

If God Was One of Us Lyrics

If God had a name, what would it be
And would you call it to his face
If you were faced with him in all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

If God had a face what would it look like
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like heaven and in jesus and the saints and all the prophets

And yeah yeah god is great yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
He's trying to make his way home
Back up to heaven all alone
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in rome

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if god was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Just trying to make his way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to heaven all alone
Just trying to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in rome
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A maybe forgotten song, but I just heard it on the radio, and I was wondering if there are more people out there who actually wonder what would God be like and behave like if he had a human body, walking around here on earth.

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femaleLeaa | 29 April 2008 - 5:59pm

I guess with God anything is possible. So many movies and series have been centered on angels among us. Most likely triggered from actual events. Who are we to only believe in a scientific foundation when sometimes one doesn't exist...we must doubt from time to time.


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maleferieguru | 29 April 2008 - 6:41pm

What if there was a god, more interessting to talk about....

femaleLeaa | 29 April 2008 - 6:57pm

fraguru wrote:
What if there was a god, more interessting to talk about....

How do you know there isn't?


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maleferieguru | 29 April 2008 - 7:12pm

Because there are no prof of a gods existence.

maleilovetrees | 29 April 2008 - 7:40pm

fraguru wrote:
Because there are no prof of a gods existence.

There's also no proof that He doesn't exist either.

maleferieguru | 29 April 2008 - 7:58pm

Several thousand years looking for prof, should normally be enough...

maleilovetrees | 29 April 2008 - 8:08pm

fraguru wrote:
Several thousand years looking for prof, should normally be enough...

Funny, you don't appear to be that old.

maleAnton i o | 29 April 2008 - 8:12pm

what prof do you need?
situation

imagine, He say to you smthing like- "i am real" what would you think- hm, smthing in my head --i should go to doctor))). He will show you he exists- sign or smthing- you will say that is only nature, or now we don't know the reason of this event but in next 10... 100 years we understand or that happend just because..

firstly the mativation is going. firstly there are your and only your belief.
who think that science gives answers cheat himself . science make experiment..

natural philosophy, atheism are religions. that's belief.

by the way- i suppose more then 80% of so called athests are pagan or satanists..

maleferieguru | 29 April 2008 - 8:15pm

ilovetrees wrote:

Funny, you don't appear to be that old.

Funny? You say your opinion, I say mine. Why did you find the need to bring in my age into this?

maleferieguru | 29 April 2008 - 8:17pm

Anton i o wrote:

by the way- i suppose more then 80% of so called athests are pagan or satanists..

How do you know that?

malesofsaam | 29 April 2008 - 9:19pm

Am out of this one...
Crazy topic...

maledustybunny | 29 April 2008 - 11:44pm

If I was God and came down to Earth I'd do what so many others do and spread rumors about my non-existence, just for the hell of it. Oooo or even better, I'd pretend to be the antichrist and scare the crap out of people.

maleSnoopy2 | 30 April 2008 - 7:07am

ilovetrees wrote:
fraguru wrote:
Because there are no prof of a gods existence.

There's also no proof that He doesn't exist either.


It is irrational to rule out the existance of god. Think of that. If you have the choice between two purses. One ist definitly empty but in the other one may be or may not be money in. Which one would you take? Surely not the one were there is definitly nothing in. Now analogize that to the beliefs that there is no god at all or that there may be one. It is equally irrational to rule out the second option.

maleAnton i o | 30 April 2008 - 7:13am

fraguru wrote:
Anton i o wrote:

by the way- i suppose more then 80% of so called athests are pagan or satanists..

How do you know that?

most atheists i know or with whom i talked are not against astrology or talk about nature like smthing magic.smthing in this key.

malenitrojen | 30 April 2008 - 2:27pm

ilovetrees wrote:
fraguru wrote:
Because there are no prof of a gods existence.

There's also no proof that He doesn't exist either.


nor there's a proof that God has a sex.


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malepietro della | 30 April 2008 - 2:53pm

i have a friend who says,of course there is no god,but hey, that doesn't mean i can't talk to him once in a while...

maleONE | 1 May 2008 - 5:24pm

Joanne Osborne must have had quite an insight to have sang that song. There is some truth in it.
All the world’s religions have been telling us that God is everywhere and in everything. Scientists are telling us that everything is made up of the same energy. This shows that what we call as God or refer to as God is the energy that is within all of us. We are all Gods and we have everything that God is. He is not out there somewhere separate from us but is present everywhere and in everything.
God is one of us, we are one of God’s images and we are experiencing being separated by this knowing thus God is a stranger and yet one of us. Every person we meet, every stranger we meet is God but we do not know it because we do not know that we are also that.


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"Once you accept all your responsibilities in its totality,
you become mature.
You stop throwing tantrums and
you stop seeking messiahs.
Then there is no need for any Jesus to save you.
Nor can any Jesus save you -
he was exploiting your situation." --- Osho

malepietro della | 1 May 2008 - 5:40pm

Every person we meet is god" One i can't agree with that,but i will say this.If you love god ,then love thy neighbour as thyself..That is where man ain't doin so good

maleONE | 2 May 2008 - 3:56am

:pietro:
I agree that we are not loving others but this is because we do not love ourselves and know ourselves. This is the reason why the sentence says "as thyself". It is impossible to really love the person next to you and to see that he/she is God if you have not known it within yourself first and have learned to love and accept yourself.
It would be very natural to see everything and everyone as God or one energy when you know it yourself and are living as that.


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"Once you accept all your responsibilities in its totality,
you become mature.
You stop throwing tantrums and
you stop seeking messiahs.
Then there is no need for any Jesus to save you.
Nor can any Jesus save you -
he was exploiting your situation." --- Osho

malepsyko | 2 May 2008 - 8:12am

fraguru wrote:
Because there are no prof of a gods existence.

What's that absolute SMALLEST form of matter?

How long (over the past several thousand years) have we had proof that this tiny particle exists?

Where is your proof that something smaller DOESN"T exist?

Wait... we are talking about God, not something small... hmmm

What is a Galaxy?

How long has there been PROOF that Galaxies exist?

How many Galaxies are there in existence?

Where is your PROOF that more Galaxies DON'T exist?

I hope you see what I'm getting at... in the words of SAMMY... the absence of evidence is NOT the evidence of absence.


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malepsyko | 2 May 2008 - 8:23am

Snoopy2 wrote:
ilovetrees wrote:
fraguru wrote:
Because there are no prof of a gods existence.

There's also no proof that He doesn't exist either.


It is irrational to rule out the existance of god. Think of that. If you have the choice between two purses. One ist definitly empty but in the other one may be or may not be money in. Which one would you take? Surely not the one were there is definitly nothing in. Now analogize that to the beliefs that there is no god at all or that there may be one. It is equally irrational to rule out the second option.

Um you left something out of the equation here...

If there are two purses on a table... One purse is DEFINITELY completely empty and you know this... while the other has a 50/50 chance of containing either the secret to immortality or a deadly airborne virus that will ensure your death within a couple hours... which do you choose?

Personally, I can see this as the PERFECT explanation for why there are so many agnostic people running around... they have picked the purse with something in it, but are too afraid to open it up. While others have picked the purse with something in it... and have been doing everything they can to make the best of the couple hours they have left, while others have stumbled upon everlasting life.

Still, Why do the atheists choose the purse with nothing in it? after all, having a purse with nothing in it, and nothing that can be PUT into it is absolutely pointless isn't it?


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malepsyko | 2 May 2008 - 8:28am

ONE wrote:
:pietro:
I agree that we are not loving others but this is because we do not love ourselves and know ourselves. This is the reason why the sentence says "as thyself". It is impossible to really love the person next to you and to see that he/she is God if you have not known it within yourself first and have learned to love and accept yourself.
It would be very natural to see everything and everyone as God or one energy when you know it yourself and are living as that.

Yeah...I have heard that light always prevails over darkness and that good always prevails over evil.. the with this theory, wouldn't it be safe to say that God is PURE POSITIVE ENERGY, while the Devil is PURE NEGATIVE ENERGY???

or is God more than just energy and is actually a being, compiled completely out of PURE POSITIVE ENGERY?

By the way... what kind of ENERGY is love?

How about Hate? Grief? help me with this, cuz i don't think that I quite understand. Very happy


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maleferieguru | 3 May 2008 - 3:25pm

psyko wrote:

Where is your proof that something smaller DOESN"T exist?

I'm not the one that is claiming that something exist, and I don't need to give any sort of proof in this issue, that someone say there is a "god" without any sort of proof to back it up. After all, if the religious people could make up any sort of proof, it would have made their pants wet from here to the Vatican City. But of course they can't, still people let them self be controlled by old grumpy men. THAT is funny.

malepsyko | 4 May 2008 - 12:15am

fraguru wrote:
psyko wrote:

Where is your proof that something smaller DOESN"T exist?

I'm not the one that is claiming that something exist, and I don't need to give any sort of proof in this issue, that someone say there is a "god" without any sort of proof to back it up. After all, if the religious people could make up any sort of proof, it would have made their pants wet from here to the Vatican City. But of course they can't, still people let them self be controlled by old grumpy men. THAT is funny.

True enough but without PROOF that something DOESN'T exist... one cannot factually state the impossibility of something's existence. In other words... without PROOF that God does not exist, you cannot be sure that He doesn't. And then keep in mind that the common belief that God does exist USED to be a belief that was held by those who have had personal experience that made them feel so strongly. (in other words... they felt His presence in one way or another, which was all the proof that they needed to be sure of His existence) I may not be able to prove to YOU that God exists... but God has already proven to me that He does... You, nor anyone else can convince me otherwise... It has already been proven to me.


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malepietro della | 4 May 2008 - 3:03pm

Psycho!! hear hear!

malepietro della | 4 May 2008 - 3:16pm

One: on this post of yours i couldn't agree more.Loving as you always did,albeit from a slight psychological distance,i mean the children, the weak ,those whom life is kicking,That love endures because it is the reality of you YOURSELF and you help because that is your nature,perhaps learned from loving parents..Right now i know that i will always love and help the poor , the tired the hungry,the rest of them ??they can go fuck themselves...

femaleserenity_1 | 4 May 2008 - 11:12pm

I think he would jus mingle amongst us ... not try to be Mr popular and jus relax and see life as it is .... he wouldnt judge too much .. jus accept us for all our human failings unless they bad ... dont think he would tell that to our face thou ..............


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femaleAcOrEaNa83 | 5 May 2008 - 2:18am

God was one of us..He just didnt act like us because after all, He is God!
And those of you that need proof that God exsist, than think of this:
You say you do not believe in God because you cant see him, right?
Can you see the bottom of the Marinara Trench? No, but the bottom is somewhere down there.
Can you see a distant planet? No, but you believe atrologists and scientists who tell you it's out there.
Can you see a virus depleating your immune system? No, but you still end up getting sick from it.
In other words, seeing is not always believing.


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malepsyko | 5 May 2008 - 3:09am

ummm this is actually pretty weak... in fact... the argument that you cannot see the wind, but you can see the effects it has being the same with God, that you can't see him, but you can see His work is weak as well...

but the funny thing about all of this is that seeing in fact IS not believing... because take someone who is blind from birth for example, do they need to SEE in order to believe that they are not the ONLY person on the planet? Do they need to see in order to believe ANYTHING? No they don't, but they can hear...

But what about those who are deaf from birth?

The point is, the only way to know something for sure is to sense the reality of it... yet, too many people are just lazy enough take other people's words for it, rather than experiencing these things on their own. The funny thing is, that if EVERYONE had to experience these things for themselves in order to know that they are real, then Science and Tech would not be anywhere near as advanced as it is today.(even though there is still quite a bit of work to be done)

The problem with this though, is that with science, too much credit is given to the person who discovers rather than to He who gives the gift of discovery. Science has little to do with determining what is right or wrong, moral and immoral etc. so therefore, science is readily accepted. While Religion (or faith in a Deity) has much to do with determining what is right or wrong, moral and immoral etc. and therefore does not sit easy with many people... especially if they have to admit that they are wrong, immoral etc.

The funny thing is that the human race is an ARROGANT race in general. Pride is a pandemic. Just about every deed that most human beings perform is associated with pride in some way or another, science and the scientific community seem to lead the pack. (I have met plenty of scientists and engineers, since i do live in Huntsville, Alabama. Werner von Braun worked from here, perhaps you've heard of him)

It's no wonder that the majority of the planet these days would rather live without acknowledging the existence of God than to be accountable and swallow their pride. After all, what was the FIRST sin ever committed??? Pride... Involving a particular angel. It's no surprise that it is an issue for the human race in general. Hell, even I am guilty of it. Very happy


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femaleAcOrEaNa83 | 5 May 2008 - 2:29pm

whatever...i have made my point. finished!


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