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Where would God feel at home?

Asked by saint (3975points) November 9th, 2011

I watched a movie the other night when I was having trouble sleeping due to war nightmares.
The Name of the Rose.
Great flick, supporting the notion that Sean Connery has never been in a bad movie. Connery plays an Aristotelian influenced monk (Brother William of Baskerville) in Europe’s “Dark Ages”. He is visiting a monastary where a mysterious death has taken place. Possibly caused by the Devil.
At one point, this conversation takes place between Brother William and his novice, Adso…

Adso- Do you think that this is a place abandoned by God?
William of Baskerville- Have you ever known a place where God WOULD have felt at home?
Good question.

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marinelife's avatar

I think the opposite. I think god would feel at home anywhere.

Kardamom's avatar

I denno, the craps tables in Vegas?

saint's avatar

@Kardamom That’s what I thought as well.

rebbel's avatar

Church?

Judi's avatar

My sappy answer, but I’m sticking to it…...“In our hearts.”

zenvelo's avatar

A serious answer- wherever one person extends a hand to help another.

mazingerz88's avatar

I have absolutely no idea. We are talking about the ultimate creator here of heaven and earth. Maybe in a far away galaxy where a thousand solar systems support planets full of hot orange chicks?

Fifteen years ago, I would have answered something like God lives and feels at home in the hearts and souls of those who believe in Him.

Btw, Christian Slater and Sean Connery were good in that movie where I also first saw that actor, Ron Perlman?

poisonedantidote's avatar

Just outside the reach of our latest telescopes.

Thats how he operates. He used to live in the sky until we came up with telescopes, once that happened he had to move out a bit further in to the heavens. Then in 1990 when we deployed hubble, he moved out a few billion light years in to deep space. Now due to recent advances in technology, the poor guy has had to move all the way out of the universe, space and time.

You would think we would give the guy a break, but nop, here we are screwing around with atom smashers and string throry. I wonder where he will move to next. Omnipresent nomad, a curious concept.

thorninmud's avatar

Seems particularly drawn to toasters.

Berserker's avatar

Excellent movie, I own it myself. There was a lot of neat philosophical insights in there indeed, and the villain is actually very impressive in his motive.
Considering the question and the dark times (in the movie) that may have invoked it, I can certainly see the slight cynicism behind that…for some reason I’m very curious, if we’re to speak technically here, if there would be some place abandoned by God, rather than where He’d feel at home…I guess in the movie, things can be deceiving on both questions, since the movie ends in a good way for both William and Adso…mostly. So since they’re hardcore believers, they may not ask themselves that after the incidents.

So my answer is…Las Vegas? if God’s real, I hope He’s a little more laid back than how He’s portrayed in that movie through beliefs, and those times themselves. I bet God would enjoy a cold one in a nice quiet bar. And why not?

ConfusionIsFear's avatar

We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.

AstroChuck's avatar

In Starbucks.

ZEPHYRA's avatar

The whole universe is home, every single inch of it.

cockswain's avatar

Anywhere in the deep south.

Blackberry's avatar

In the sack. An all-powerful entity has to know some bad ass moves in bed.

cockswain's avatar

You don’t think He’d get bored?

gailcalled's avatar

@saint: Treat yourself and read the book now. It’s richer and has many more interesting subtexts than the movie.

Adagio's avatar

@ConfusionIsFear My very favourite quote, Anais Nin hit the nail on the head, that’s for sure.

tinyfaery's avatar

Totally alone. God is always alone.

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

I’d think he’d be okay in my house.

ucme's avatar

Angel Falls, he could take a shower there perhaps.

smilingheart1's avatar

Wherever He is sincerely sought by a person.

cazzie's avatar

“When you get to your wits end, you will find, God lives there.” ~Author Unknown

Funny, I never bothered to look him up when I was in the neighbourhood and I’m in that particular neighbourhood frequently these days.

XxBOOMxX's avatar

He’s omnipresent!
Is this a trick question? ;-)

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