God is not an entity or a figurehead or a being. And the word "god" is such a misunderstood and misused term that I try to avoid using it.
God does not watch us, god does not get angry or pleased with us depending on what we do, and god does not grant some of our wishes and reject others. God is not an agent or an actor.
Therefore, I'll stop using the word "god," and instead use the word "divinity."
If there is divinity, then divinity is not a "being, " it is the ultimate ground of being. Divinity is the essence of the universe, and the essence of who we are. Divinity is life, in its fullest expression. Divinity is love.
I believe in divinity.
The fact remains that "God" is a title --just as "Christ". Inside a family, there are persons with titles: "Father", "Mum", "Grandpapa", "Grannie". Those are their titles --not their names.
In the same fashion, you can get greatly confused when you refer as "God" to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God Most High, the One God, Creator and Redeemer... I myself prefer to call him Yahweh for instance...
:) Blessings...!
I agree completely, but many people would say that God is actual the name of a "person/being" who lives up there in heaven.
As for Yahweh, isn't that just the Hebrew word for "god"? Or are there different connotations?
Many people would be wrong then. :D
God is not his name, but one of many titles; do you have brothers and sisters? When speaking to them, how would you refer to your --common-- father?
"Dad", right?
Same here, he is God as he is Dad and as he is Christ... He is called "Abba Father". That does not mean it is how he is called...! How is your dad called? :)
Yahweh means "He who was, and is, and will be"; the actual word is lost to us --Yahweh is the closest "guess" from YHWH, the Tetragrammaton... Another one --quite distant-- being Jehovah...
Now, the Hebrew word for "God" is "El", plural "Elohim"; he was named in plural --millennia ago.
"EmmanuEL", for instance, means God among us~, so as you can see it can become a particle inside a word. Also ELyon, which means "God Most High"...
So no, Yahweh is definitely NOT Hebrew for "God", but for "He that is", or "I am that I am", how he called himself before Moses and others.
"Jesus", also, comes from Hebrew "Yahushua"; the "Yah" particle is short for Yahweh. :)
Blessings!
You are speaking of the Dao, I see................