# God as a Spirit - a question for theists **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-as-a-spirit-a-question-for-theists/513256 "2009-10-09T23:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-as-a-spirit-a-question-for-theists/513256/241 "2009-10-31T11:34:31Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > Yes, my intrepretation is as valid as yours, it is just that and intrepretation of a story that most likely never happened. You do not know my intent. My intent was to show that Moses expected to see something material or he wouldn’t have asked. In those days the gods were seen ,like some worshiped the sun,some golden idols, they all had something they thought was god even some another human. Moses being of that time(although it is unlikely that he was a historical being) expected his god to have a material side;otherwise why ask to have this god show hiself! > > I do not expect you or anyone to accept my intrepretation. Any intrepretation can be possible but since it is an intrepretation it doesn’t have to be fact! I looked through my earlier posts and nowhere did I state my intrepretation was Possibe. but not only was it possible to intrepret it, but I did itrepretate it. I wasn’t there so I only have the author’s words to intrepret. Perhaps when you were there you questioned the author; And that was your authority? ---
**Author:** ![Zanthor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@Zanthor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanthor)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-as-a-spirit-a-question-for-theists/513256/242 "2009-11-07T00:34:49Z")
what no response. No hope? no future? everyone is right except the other soul. no collective ‘consciousness’?. at all, ever? for, ever? No Great Spirit, that overrides all things, even self? Wear Your Love like Heaven… ( also Donovan ) C-mom now, the signposts have been clearly indicated for decades. by many x many ‘Prophets’ from so many ‘creeds’ ‘religions’ but we still do nor ‘see’ nor ‘hear’ How much revelation does a soul need? Zan ---
**Author:** ![Aelita\_Daystar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Aelita\_Daystar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aelita_Daystar)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-as-a-spirit-a-question-for-theists/513256/243 "2009-11-07T03:17:50Z")
Well, I suppose if you go by the Gospel of John then you’ve got justification to say that God is a Spirit. When Jesus is talking to the Samaritan woman he says “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” That’s John 4:24 from the NIV. I didn’t see anybody mentioning it, so I thought I’d bring it up. ---
**Author:** ![Zanthor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@Zanthor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanthor)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-as-a-spirit-a-question-for-theists/513256/244 "2009-11-07T15:44:32Z")
> [@Aelita\_Daystar](#): > > Well, I suppose if you go by the Gospel of John then you’ve got justification to say that God is a Spirit. When Jesus is talking to the Samaritan woman he says “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” That’s John 4:24 from the NIV. > > I didn’t see anybody mentioning it, so I thought I’d bring it up. OK, since no one else seems interested, i will play. lets examine it. Obviously Spirit must be thought that exists without or in our case, with a body. question, does the body dying cause cessation of Spirit, thought?. I think not. what do you think? I think we when we ‘die’. we each return to Source. Not sure about the “Worship” bit tho. What does it mean?. to pay homage, subjugate, diminish ourselves to the obviously higher understanding? who sees all things. at all times, no barrier? which if you follow, still means it is us, that cause what happens in this physical reality, we are solely Responsible, there is no one else to blame. I will repeat my earlier Question… Are We Gods or Men.. ??? TM, Midnight Oil which is it exactly?? are we subjective or objective.the obvious truth actually screams its message, but goes unheard… strange that… The concepts don’t seem that hard to me, how about you? Zanthor [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-as-a-spirit-a-question-for-theists/513256.md?page=12)