Ship of Fools: Describe God succinctly

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Posted by moron (# 206) on :

(it's OK to borrow words)

quote:
Her face was grave, but her lips were twitching.

Posted by Spike (# 36) on :

[Confused]

Posted by The Great Gumby (# 10989) on :

I thought I knew roughly what this thread was going to be about, and then I read the OP, and now I have no idea.

Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on :

I've no idea about the OP either, but regarding describing God succinctly, I'm told that he is bigger than a submarine.

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

I think the OP is a great description of God - with a grave face but twitching lips.

I must admit that, rather than read the Bible these days, I follow God (@TheTweetOfGod) on Twitter. Whoever helps him write his account makes me smile as he 'gets' God rather well....

Posted by Lord Jestocost (# 12909) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Chapelhead:
I've no idea about the OP either, but regarding describing God succinctly, I'm told that he is bigger than a submarine.

Higher than a skyscraper, too.

Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Lord Jestocost:
Higher than a skyscraper, too.

If we build a taller skyscraper, do you think god will get bigger?

I've also heard it suggested that we make god in our own image, so I imagine he must be incredibly good-looking.

Posted by MSHB (# 9228) on :

Greater than our greatest thought.

Posted by Moo (# 107) on :

So high you can't get over him
So low, you can't get under him
So wide you can't get around him

Moo

Posted by Gextvedde (# 11084) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Moo:
So high you can't get over him
So low, you can't get under him
So wide you can't get around him

Moo

I almost feel the need to do the accompanying actions.

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :

God is like unto a Giant Mirror Ball, and each tiny facet reflects an individual soul.

Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :

I Googled it ..

The top answer was "God is not a Christian"

Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Gextvedde:

quote:
Originally posted by Moo:
So high you can't get over him
So low, you can't get under him
So wide you can't get around him

Moo
I almost feel the need to do the accompanying actions.

That's another million years in purgatory for you.

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

He Is.

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

Given that Jesus said 'I am', that sounds like the beginning of a Grammar lesson. Or the index of a set of worship songs:

I am the bread of life.
You are worthy.
He is Lord.

Posted by Karl: Liberal Backslider (# 76) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Chorister:
Given that Jesus said 'I am', that sounds like the beginning of a Grammar lesson. Or the index of a set of worship songs:

I am the bread of life.
You are worthy.
He is Lord.

And you, Chorister.

Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Moo:
So high you can't get over him
So low, you can't get under him
So wide you can't get around him

God is very fat?

Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :

God is neither male nor female.
God is neither gay nor straight.
God is neither black nor white.

Or am I thinking of Michael Jackson?

(Sorry! Adapted from an old joke.)

Posted by Caissa (# 16710) on :

She is.

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

Mantis Shrimp.

Posted by Spiffy (# 5267) on :

Well, God, she's just this guy, you know?

Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :

Universe Maker.

(aside to Spiffy: [Overused]

)

Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :

The fiery furnace of love where all existence is forged.

Jengie

Posted by W Hyatt (# 14250) on :

quote:
The fiery furnace of love where all existence is forged.

Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :

Me! Me! Me! I know this one!

4. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.

I don't often get a chance to use the Shorter Catechism. I don't suppose you'd like to know what Man's Chief End is?

North East Quine, blissed out Presbyterian.

Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on :

quote:
Originally posted by North East Quine:
I don't suppose you'd like to know what Man's Chief End is?

Something to do with the Bishop of Rome's enormities?

Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :

I'd like to think God was as Bruce Cockburn describes in "All the Diamonds".

"Like a pearl in sea of liquid jade
His ship comes shining
Like a crystal swan in a sky of suns
His ship comes shining."

But I would say two things, depending on my mood:

1.
God contains the most of everything;
joy and sadness, hurt and happiness, surprise and sorrow.

2.
God is both the killer and the killed, death and life.

Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Chapelhead:

quote:
Originally posted by North East Quine:
I don't suppose you'd like to know what Man's Chief End is?
Something to do with the Bishop of Rome's enormities?

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :

Per Hildevert of Lavardin, some centuries back:

Over all things,
Under all things,
Outside all,
Inside all.

Within, but not enclosed;
Without, but not excluded;
Above, but not raised up;
Below, but not suppressed.

Wholly above, presiding;
Wholly beneath, sustaining;
Wholly without, embracing;
Wholly within, filling.

Posted by Emendator Liturgia (# 17245) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
The fiery furnace of love where all existence is forged.

Jengie

Posted by The Great Gumby (# 10989) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Golden Key:
Per Hildevert of Lavardin, some centuries back:

Over all things,
Under all things,
Outside all,
Inside all.

Within, but not enclosed;
Without, but not excluded;
Above, but not raised up;
Below, but not suppressed.

Wholly above, presiding;
Wholly beneath, sustaining;
Wholly without, embracing;
Wholly within, filling.

Wholly inconsistent, fabricating;
Wholly meaningless, blathering;
Wholly contradictory, bullshitting;
Wholly vacuous, drivelling.

It's not clever or meaningful to make a series vague, empty or self-defeating statements. It's not profound, it's just empty verbiage and a waste of pixels.

God is a colourless green idea sleeping furiously.
God is the golden corner of a purple sphere.
God is a frumious bandersnatch.

Posted by Spike (# 36) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
I Googled it ..

The top answer was "God is not a Christian"

What utter rubbish. Next you'll be trying to tell us He's not English.

Posted by mdijon (# 8520) on :

Well he usually has an American accent. (Unlike the devil - he's the middle-class English one).

Posted by The Great Gumby (# 10989) on :

I thought the devil was Barack Obama.

Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :

God is man's attempt to personify something indefinable...

...but he's definitely a Clapton fan.

(also from an old joke)

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