Thread: Is it possible for us as men to have a discussion on God

Well I consider your post to be the start of that thread.
I believe that there is a God(s). I think it is pointless to put value in names, other than to name him/her in a conversation or to call on him/her.
Whether you call him Yaweh, Jehova, Allah or Odin it doesn't matter. Male and female gender are human things and I don't think it matters at all.

I also think it is not a problem to believe in more than one god. As far as I am concerned they are just representations of different aspects of the divine entity.
There is only one federal government per country, but it has a department of defense, department of healthcare, ... I don't see why the notion of multiple gods should conflict with the notion of 1 god.

One thing in which I might differ from others is that I think that churches get in the way of true religion.
I don't need priests to talk to god, I can do that myself. If god can hear the priests he can hear me too.
I also don't see why a priest / bishop / pope should be more authorative than me. their functions are pure human inventions, with promotion based on human criteria. as far as I can see, god is not involved in the whole process.

Furthermore, if we look at the past, it is safe to say that religious institutions have caused atrocities beyond belief. All of them have so no one is better than the other. If God really had something to do with organized religion, he sure made a fine mess of it.

Then there are the holy books. I can only comment on the bible because that was what I was taught in school (I am a non practising catholic).
The bible is a compilation of several separate pieces, made by whoever was in power at a time.
The contents of the New Testament were determined by a group of men with an agenda, and they scratched everything not in line with their thinking.

I do believe, but not in institutions. Institutions are only interested in pushing their own agenda.