Thursday, April 17, 2008

What god is

On the way into work today, I took the freeway, as opposed to the surface streets I normally traverse. (This was because I didn't go in until later in the day due to the girls having a doctor's appointment. Which Steph wrote about here.)

Anyway, since this was not my normal route, I saw a billboard that I normally would not.

The billboard was all black, with white letters printed on it.

It read:

"I Am." - God


My first thought was... "God is a billboard?" (Yes, I was being obtuse and ignoring the punctuation.)

But. That made me start to think about all the different ideas about god that people have.
I bet if you asked a thousand people "What is god?", you'd get at least 40 different answers. ;)

Hell, I could probably come up with 40 answers to that question myself, and I'm just one person.

God is...
love
a lie
a father
a creator
everywhere
in the tv
a dick
google
no, really, god is google
a guy with a beard up in the sky
omniscient
omnipotent
energy
a dj
music
communication
Jesus
Buddha
Allah
incompetent
dead
imaginary
fictional
money
a concept
on my side
a woman

Well, you get the point.

The better question (or one not asked as often, I guess) would be: "What isn't god?"

So, I pose both questions to you, fellow P@riots:

What is (or isn't) god?

8 comments:

P@ said...

More answers:

one of us
jealous
Alanis Morrisette
a monkey

Amy said...

Dude, I am, too. Does that mean that I'm God?

Anonymous said...

I'm going to go out on a limb and say, not a dj.

Though my final answer:

Real.

-Kirk

Meghan said...

GOD is... Beyond human comprehension.

And, spent some time in human form as Mark Twain.

Amy said...

Incidentally, if I AM God, um, sorry about everything.

P@ said...

Kirk- are you saying God is real or is not real?

An answer that came to me today, and I feel like I'm onto something here:

God is control.

As for what God isn't:
Headaches.
Cat poop.

Or, hell, maybe god is cat poop. It would explain headaches.

CosmicAvatar said...

"We are God, because only we can create the idea of his existence in our holy brains..."

Thank you, Yello. You always have the answers. Oh, yeah.

Anonymous said...

not real. [/atheist]

-Kirk