My Divine Imaginary Friend

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I've been attending Quaker meeting and one of the thoughts that has surfaced for me is that these ppl and other religious ppl gain benefit from listening for inspiration from the light or their belief in a divinity of some sort

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[dreamshark]

"So what do I want my Divine Imaginary Friend (DIF) to be like? There are so many god concepts to work from. I must say I miss the Christian concepts I grew up with. Abba father = daddy = compassionate loving figure that has the power to protect me and cares about my wounds and well-being. That has a plan that I'm a part of

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Thank you for your thoughtful comment Sharon :)
Nice summary of the theological and psychological problems with these types of god concepts. They are quite problematic.
Thank you for the encouragement. :)
I'm glad you like my phrase! Lol! :)

[dreamshark]

Coincidentally, I just saw a story in my Washington Post feed about Morgan Freeman's new six-part National Geographic series, “The Story of God,” premiering April 3. You might find it interesting.

Not sure if you can follow this link or not without a subscription, but here it is:
Morgan Freeman Thinks Man Invented God, But That Doesn't Mean He's an Atheist

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My atheist group pointed this out too. I'm looking forward to it making it to Netflix someday do i can see it. Thanks for the pointer :)

[skylarker]

I don't think it matters so much whether God is real.

We know that our subconscious minds contain a lot more than we are capable of being consciously aware of. Conceptualizing a greater wisdom, love and power, even as an imaginary friend is a reasonable enough way to access those qualities in ourselves.

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Thanks for your support. :)
I do agree that there is more than we understand. I just want to be careful about how i go about it.