Finding God Philosophically

What does the word God mean? So many religions and even non or sort-of religions use the word as well. Is the Buddhist concept of God the same as the Greek or the Muslim or the Christian? This questioning leads me to wonder what the word means for me primarily. I like to say that God exists. Not because some entity known as God to all people exist, but because some entity exists of utmost goodness that is near impossible to know. Naming this part of my understanding God seems quite sensible.

Here I want to deal with one thought about the conception of God that I had recently. When asking the question of 'does God exist' it is imperative to know what you mean by God. It seems most clear to argue that God, if the omniscient, omnipotent, omni-other stuff entity-like thing does exist, then this is conception of which any person can achieve and choose to accept or deny. God is some thing that exists in the world as a concept important to many people. Each person gets to know the idea of God and decide whether they believe it exists or not for themselves.

However, I could argue that God does exist for everyone. There is some part of every person's being and its surroundings that is inexplainable and in most ways the most important piece of a successful existence. Some may call it spirituality and some call it religion. Regardless, some conception of God is essential and a piece of every human. If it were not, religion would have no place in man's consciousness. The word God deserves respect as existing in some form or it would not be such a focus to so many people. All of the religious conceptions of what God is may be off yet something is being described. Even if the conception is completely wrong, perhaps their is a real component of life to be called God that each person lives with.

To take this one step further into more theorizing than argument I would like to suggest God as merely the human's conception of good. Many conceive of this as a person who created the world and represents the good in it. Recognition of the good in the form of God and worshiping it will bring a greater fulfillment in life and a better way of living. Though some religion's have pressed negatively upon humans' well being, I'm going to suppose that they all ought to. Some describe God as a force or a presence. This also is meant to describe the most beautiful of the world. This force or presence is to guide any people to act in a good way and to focus on and celebrate good sorts of things. This will lead to a good way of life, which is of the greatest importance in living at all. For without goodness in whatever way we choose to discern it, life is not worth living. And you may only get to try this once. You would be an idiot not to try to get the most out of it.
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