Where is God

JehovahsWitness · Post by **JehovahsWitness** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:24 pm

Jehovah's Witnesses believe God to be in Heaven, but that he can see everywhere and that his power can reach any part of the universe.

My question is: Where do you believe god is?

- Does he live Heaven?
- Does he literally live Inside of you (in your heart or another organ)?
- Is he literally everywhere?

Peds nurse · Post by **Peds nurse** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:36 pm

I believe that God is in Heaven, but manifests Himself in this world through His Spirit.

TheBeardedDude · Post by **TheBeardedDude** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:38 pm

I believe gods are relegated to the imagination.

polonius · Post by **polonius** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:05 pm

This thread could quickly turn into philosophy.

If we consider God to be an eternal entity (or being) not composed of matter, then he is everywhere, that is, he is not space-occupying.

God in heaven, is a nice story, but rather meaningless if one tries to describe heaven as a place.

JehovahsWitness · Post by **JehovahsWitness** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:12 pm

polonius.advice wrote: This thread could quickly turn into philosophy.

If we consider God to be an eternal entity (or being) not composed of matter, then he is everywhere, that is, he is not space-occupying.

God in heaven, is a nice story, but rather meaningless if one tries to describe heaven as a place.

Well I was hoping for people to use the bible as the basis for their answers. The scriptures do say God is in Heaven, but I have heard people also refer to what they understand to be Jesus' words that the kingdom is within.

JW

dio9 · Post by **dio9** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 6:17 pm

God has no body , has no inside or outside.

Willum · Post by **Willum** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 6:29 pm

Well, the best explanation is that God IS everything.
This allows him to be all-knowing and all-powerful.

I don't envy you your trade-offs, however.
Respectfully,

ttruscott · Post by **ttruscott** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:13 pm

Willum wrote: Well, the best explanation is that God IS everything.
This allows him to be all-knowing and all-powerful.

I don't envy you your trade-offs, however.
Respectfully,

Hmmmm, unless you have another way of looking at it, GOD then made part of HIMself to be evil which HE hates and then other parts of HIMself to suffer unbelievably for no reason, choosing to rescue some parts from suffering but not all and sending those other parts of HIMself into hell. I'm pretty sure this can't be right...

postroad · Post by **postroad** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 8:07 pm

[Replying to post 8 by ttruscott] If all humanity has it's first cause and continued existence from God, it would follow that which alone allows us to experience reality, created that reality and also experiences what we experience.

Job 34:12-15New International Version (NIV)

12 It is unthinkable that God would do wrong,
that the Almighty would pervert justice.
13 Who appointed him over the earth?
Who put him in charge of the whole world?
14 If it were his intention
and he withdrew his spirit and breath,
15 all humanity would perish together
and mankind would return to the dust.

Keep in mind that God had just allowed Satan to kill Job's family and destroy his worldly goods while inflicting him with painful boils.

OnceConvinced · Post by **OnceConvinced** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:26 pm

JehovahsWitness wrote: Jehovah's Witnesses believe God to be in Heaven, but that he can see everywhere and that his power can reach any part of the universe.

My question is: Where do you believe god is?

- Does he live Heaven?

I guess it depends where Heaven is. Perhaps Heaven is an alternate universe which can link with this one. Who knows. The bible does seem to indicate he's in Heaven, but also that he is omnipresent. Is that omnipresence something he is all the time or is it something he is if he chooses to be?

JehovahsWitness wrote: - Does he literally live Inside of you (in your heart or another organ)?

It's funny, there was is an old hymn that goes "You ask me how I know he lives. He liiiiiives within my hearrrrrt.

Which is really quite silly. How can anyone live in your heart? Your heart is a blood pumping organ and if we want to say it's a metaphor for your brain, that's kind of silly too. Why would God live in a brain?

Once an atheist workmate asked me why I believed that Jesus was still alive. That hymn came to mind and automatically I said "He lives within my heart" and then straight away I realised how absolutely ludicrous that sounded, so I quickly changed what I said "Because he's done so much for me. I've seen the reality of him in my life".

God is apparently so much bigger than just something that dwells in someone's brain or heart.

JehovahsWitness wrote: - Is he literally everywhere?

This was my belief as a Christian. As he was omnipresent, he was everywhere and could see everything you did. Which is why on Judgement Day he is going to be able to examine every part of your life. That's because he was there to witness every little bit and even every little thought you had.

Of course there is the issue of God forsaking Jesus on the cross. Where did he go? If he was omnipresent, how could he have abandoned Jesus there on the cross? Was Jesus wrong?

One thing we can see with the bible is it's all very contradictory. God lives in Heaven, he lives in our heart, he's everywhere....

Your thread is a good one because it really does expose a major bible contradiction. It does really expose bizarre and silly beliefs about God. It shows me that the bible writers all had different opinions on God and they weren't in unity.

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