Faith in God

I came across this post and would like an answer from someone who understands... Do I believe in God? Look, I think I believe in God, but not in the way other people and even you perceive Him. God is without will, He is a thought. He is an idea in constant search of an answer that we may never find. He is the way in our search and what we do within it. He is thought, inner reflection, and the negation of our self-will and ego, something akin to Buddhism. I do not believe in religions. In my opinion, the very attribution of God to a particular religion is a denial of His sincerity and power. Take, for example, the development of religions. After Judaism came Christianity, and then Islam. So what will believers say? That God changed His mind? First, He chose these, and then those? If so, there is a logical fallacy here in that God is perfect, exalted, and infallible. God cannot change His mind!! In God, there is no good or evil, sorrow, pain, or love. For if He is our creator and had an understanding and desire for good and evil, He would have created everyone good. Otherwise, what is the point? God is thought, action, and result (karma?!). Good and evil are what we have set for ourselves as a social standard by which we want to live, God has no connection to this. We interpret God according to our worldview, each according to the religion in which he grew up. How can you tell me what is right or wrong about my God? The very engagement in religion, and if you are honest, in every religion, there are different streams that interpret differently. And therefore, I understand that the very engagement in religion and the interpretation of God's intentions and desires is a denial and nullification of God. Thought, action, cause, and effect. Conduct according to the laws of nature. Self-awareness, personal reflection, and the search for the right action with empathy for others. This is God in my eyes.

Hello,

It is not possible within the framework of a Q&A site to address all the points you raised, so I will focus only on a few basic points.

A. God is spiritual, but He is not an 'idea' or 'thought', but a 'spiritual reality'. That is, a complete reality with unlimited will and power, not limited by the laws of body and matter, such as place and time.

B. The 'development of religions' is indeed a complete contradiction to the concept of God. Because there can be no change, evil, or lack of sincerity in Him. And there is nothing more dishonest and wicked than changing all the rules of religion and canceling the choice of the 'chosen people', who were promised to be chosen forever.

C. By virtue of being the creator of the world, God also made an unchanging decision about what is 'good' and what is 'evil'. And no social convention, in any generation, can change that.

D. It is impossible for a 'creature' to know what the 'Creator' wants and intends unless the 'Creator' explains it clearly. And this is the Torah given to us, in which it is precisely explained what He wants from us, the creatures.

E. Since God is good, merciful, and loving, He gave us the role to choose good and earn it by our choice, and not impose the desired good on us, which would leave us without value.

F. God is the 'cause' of everything and is not the 'result' of anything. He is above all change, and no good or bad deed we do will change Him, but only us.

Numbers (23:19): 'God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?'

Deuteronomy (30:15): See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, and choose life.

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