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Boaz
Well, through talking with people of several faiths, by reading the Torah, and from my favorite video game, I deduced that God is an intelligent Force intertwined and united with all things both physical and spiritual through the whole realm of existence, and He has direct and complete control of everything at every time. I see God as more of a Force than a deity, and the ultimate source of all things.
I think God wants to reward humans for their good deeds in both the mortal and spiritual worlds. And I also believe that everything happens for a reason, like for example, serious illnesses that some have to deal with, or bad economic situations. I have no idea why God works in this way, but no matter how bad it is, things always turn out for the better. One cannot see the full tapestry by just a single thread. I'm not even gonna try and explain why good people have to suffer so badly or even worse. I can't answer that, and nobody I talked to was able to. Just last July, I lost an old friend to cancer and he was one of the greatest human beings I ever met. But my faith in God will not waiver.
Interesting:
your perception reminds me of the light cone and absolute time:
http://physics.syr.edu/courses/modul...minkowski.html
I think however that God is beyond human conception and perception, that point when physics touches upon sheer poetry and some fantastical that the mind can't wrap around. Completely outside the laws of time and space.. as you would take yourself to a different planet and be subject to a different set of physical laws..
I think this verse from the Quran sums my understanding of one of God's attributes best:
25:35 Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass; the glass as it were a brilliant star: lit from a blessed Tree, an Olive, neither of the East nor of the West, whose Oil is well-nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it: Light upon Light! Allah doth guide whom He will to His Light: Allah doth set forth Parables for men: and Allah doth know all things.
of course there are others about God being the possessor of time:
It is authentically reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah (ra ) that the Prophet (saas ) said: "Allah (swt ), Most Blessed, Most High, says: "The son of Adam wrongs Me: He curses time, though I am time: In My Hands are all things and I cause the night to follow the day."
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light, space and time I think however are the reductionist' approach but it is as close as we'll get to some understanding..
17:85 ------------- and of knowledge ye have been vouchsafed but little.
and Allah swt knows best
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