Is the Sun equal to God?

(Note: This is a very touchy subject. I do not wish to upset anyone with this thread. I just thought it was a thought provoking subject. If I offend anyone with the subject matter contained in this thread I apologize.)

This is a very interesting subject. You can look at it from many different prospectives, but I prefer to look at it on it on the most basic level.

Many of the ancient religions look to the Sun as being God or one of many Gods because the sun is the bringer of light and life. Without the Sun, everything we know would not and could not exist. Mankind owes its entire existence to the Sun, and at some level they knew this to be true.

Without the Sun, mankind’s earliest ancestors, the single cell organisms, from which all things evolved, would have never climbed from primordial soup. The life forms that evolved to become the oxygen providing plants and algae, which provide our breathable atmosphere would have never, came to be.

Because without the Suns energy providing rays, those most basic life forms would have never been able to produce the sugars and proteins needed to fuel themselves nor would they be able to reproduce and become plentiful. This in turn, provided our earliest ancestors with a food source on which feed and fuel those most rudimentary bodies. This enabled them to evolve and become higher life forms. Nor would we have been able to evolve to what we are today.

Also, let us not forget that the Sun is a star. It is proven that we are made of the stuff of stars. So in turn, in a way, we are made in the Suns image. Such as it is said, we are made in Gods image. So, the sun is the creator of life such as it is said, God is the creator of life.

So can the Sun be considered a God?

In my opinion, the Sun was and is able to produce life. Its work is equal to what some believe to be God or The Gods work.

But mostly the answer to this question is something one must reflect on and figure out for oneself. No one can give the one true answer.

But I guess it all boils down to what one choses to believe.

What are your thoughts on this subject?

We are no more "God" than the sun is. It's just got a more important job than we currently have.
Sun worship is a far better and less lethal a concept than the current belief systems that caused the deaths of millions of innocent lives.

i chuckled when i say this cause i always thought the same. i would alwys say "god is the sun cause it gives us the enegry we need"

i deff could believe that god is the SUN

Wow two replies and so far no one has said your going to hell! im impressed.

Yes Humans have worshipped the sun much much longer than any individual "god" also as you said we are made of th ecomponents which are ejected froma star, we are infact made from star material, you could say we're the real star people!

Also, the Sun has proven to provide us with much benefit and has asked for nothing in return,

can this be said about ANY "god"

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The Sun was one of billion's created by God. End of.

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The sun alone is not a bringer of life. That is why many cultures worship many deities. Without air, water and earth, the sun is just a hot ball of gas and who knows what else, which can create nothing on it's own.

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This is just something that I have thought about for a while and I really didn't want to post this thread because of the subject matter. I just hope it promotes stimulating conversation instead of arguments. I'm glad I'm not the only one to think about this.

The warmth of this solar system which supports our life is very high on my list of things that define God for me.

Originally posted by GonzoSinister
Wow two replies and so far no one has said your going to hell! im impressed.

I know! But I'm sure it will coming at any time now. That is the reason I didn’t want to post this thread. But I hope that the reader can realize that this is philosophy and not a religious doctrine.

good point in this thread but i'm gonna have to say no on this one, cause every major religion says God is a He and last time i checked the Sun doesn't have a wang dangling around from space :/ ...... jus sayin

So who is the god of the Sun?

If you believed that then the sun would have had to create the universe. And when you consider the scale of the universe it would be the equivalent to an ant creating the Earth......

There is a book about this out at the moment - the author makes a very interesting case that the inorganic world has all the requisites for information processing that awareness/conciousness demands - in the sun's case light itself, where entangled photons can relay information instantaneously.

www.sunofgod.net...

Logically I do not understand how anyone can get around the fact that the Sun created life, in a way, and since a God is a creator of life, it stands to reason that the sun is a God. Of course that doesn't mean anyone is going to worship the sun, because this is just from a technical point of view. It doesn't really change anything.

For me to tell anyone that they are going to heaven or hell would be for me to assume an authority that has not been given to me. In other words, that decision is way above my pay grade. Thankfully, I might add.

As for the sun, it is a finite object, busy with consuming itself as it gives us heat, light, and yes, allows for life as we know it. It will burn out, eventually. As it is in effect, mortal, it cannot be God.

Originally posted by 1littlewolf
So who is the god of the Sun?

If you believed that then the sun would have had to create the universe. And when you consider the scale of the universe it would be the equivalent to an ant creating the Earth......

Dont think thats what the OP was getting at...

See i Dont think OP thinks the Sun created the universe, most likley see's it as somthing that came to be due to chemical processes, this is about the Sun From the point of view of earth and how it in many ways can be related to what the basic understanding of god means



BTW OP correct me if im wrong i was kinda applying my thoughts to your post sorry

No.

Originally posted by occrest
For me to tell anyone that they are going to heaven or hell would be for me to assume an authority that has not been given to me. In other words, that decision is way above my pay grade. Thankfully, I might add.

As for the sun, it is a finite object, busy with consuming itself as it gives us heat, light, and yes, allows for life as we know it. It will burn out, eventually. As it is in effect, mortal, it cannot be God.

Yes but we did not that the Sun is Mortal untill recently in our evolution! and thus to us humans a thousand years ago would have seen the Sun as an infinite being.

OP, If you have not seen Zeitgeist, you may really like it....Someone showed it to me a year or 2 ago, I can't tell you which one covers this for sure, but i think it's the 2007 film. I do remember it was downloaded on someones computer, it was one film split into four, one hour parts. So I can't be certain which film it is but it is part one of which ever it belongs to....you should recognize the beginning as a bunch of clips detailing the horrors of man (no narration) then it goes into the sun and religion.
Like anything...use your brain to decide what you believe and what you don't but this is a super interesting film none the less.
Zeitgeist series I do believe the are free (though they ask for donations)

Originally posted by GonzoSinister

Originally posted by 1littlewolf
So who is the god of the Sun?

If you believed that then the sun would have had to create the universe. And when you consider the scale of the universe it would be the equivalent to an ant creating the Earth......

Dont think thats what the OP was getting at...

See i Dont think OP thinks the Sun created the universe, most likley see's it as somthing that came to be due to chemical processes, this is about the Sun From the point of view of earth and how it in many ways can be related to what the basic understanding of god means



BTW OP correct me if im wrong i was kinda applying my thoughts to your post sorry

edit on 16-11-2011 by GonzoSinister because: (no reason given)

Maybe you should have written his post for him then.....

His original question was "Is the Sun equivalent to God" with capital G, not 'a god'. And the thread equates him to the god of the Bible, which Chistians beleive to be the architect of the universe and all within.

If it were merely chemical processes and life creation then you may as well ask 'Are mothers equivalent to god'.....

Originally posted by GonzoSinister

Originally posted by 1littlewolf
So who is the god of the Sun?

If you believed that then the sun would have had to create the universe. And when you consider the scale of the universe it would be the equivalent to an ant creating the Earth......

Dont think thats what the OP was getting at...

See i Dont think OP thinks the Sun created the universe, most likley see's it as somthing that came to be due to chemical processes, this is about the Sun From the point of view of earth and how it in many ways can be related to what the basic understanding of god means



BTW OP correct me if im wrong i was kinda applying my thoughts to your post sorry

edit on 16-11-2011 by GonzoSinister because: (no reason given)

You are 100% correct Gonzo. Hit it right on the head.