God is supposed to be perfect. God (supposedly) created Humans. Humans went against God's will, making them imperfect. God failed to create perfect subjects (yes we are supposedly his subjects if we follow him). A failure on God's part makes him Imperfect.
right or wrong?
2006-07-18 03:17:26 · 17 answers · asked by sexydp 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A quote from Carl Sagan's "Contact":
2006-07-18 03:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Your logic seems pretty sound until you get to "God failed to create perfect subjects." Depending on how you mean this there are at least 1 of 2 errors I can see with it.
If you mean "perfect obedient servants," then the error is that doesn't seem to be what God created us to be, else why give us free will? Better to just make robots, problem solved. The Bible never indicates that God would have rather have had robots so we can't assume that's what He was going for.
If you mean "perfect people," then the error is assuming that they weren't perfect - which is just that an assumption. You'd need another set of givens to reach this conclusion. One problem is that if God created us for a loving relationship, which the Bible indicates, then free will is necessary. With free will one must by definition be allowed to choose an alternative path, which we did. That, in my opinion, doesn't mean we weren't created perfect. Just that we were created perfect, with free will.
2006-07-18 10:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by brodie g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that when he made Adam and Eve they were without sin, essentially perfect(Maybe innocent is a better word). (He did live to be 900+ years old, after he ate the fruit) God couldn't create something imperfect. That is why he made the tree of knowledge of good and evil. So that Adam and Eve could become imperfect and mortal. They would be able to learn, grow, and progress. Those were things they couldn't do in the Garden. Then he provided Christ as a savior and redeemer so that all men could be reconciled with God and made perfect again through his sacrifice. God created the entire, perfect, path.
2006-07-18 11:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by Senator John McClain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wrong see god made ppl perfect but there was 1 it's like the saying 1 bad apple spoils the rest as in the book of Genesis now you say god is imperfect right well lets see how you feel about this fact see god created us yes but he gave us minds of our own and left the decision up to us you either repent and believe and trust him then go to heaven or you can sin all day everyday don't repent and do horrible things then go to hell he left it up to you us we the people so think about ok think real hard he didn't create perfect ppl but he didn't create imperfect ppl either he gave us a choice freedom which is why i won't get on your case for not believing cause i can careless as long as i do you know i really like this saying the best do unto others that you want done unto you so don't criticize and make rude comments when you know well enough you don't want nobody else to do it to you and don't act all big and say no it won't bother me cause everyone knows it will now god bless
2006-07-18 10:31:38 · answer #4 · answered by Charnele B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends what God's intents were when creating humanity. Technically, since humanity was corrupted by Satan, God didn't create an imperfect creation in humanity, he created an imperfect creation in satan, and a corruptable creation in humanity.
COULD have God made Satan perfect, or humanity incorruptable? Yes.
Why didn't he? I can't really claim to KNOW, but my personal feeling is that there's a fundamental difference between creating something like a rock or a tree that simply IS and an animal that can choose but can't choose significantly, and something that can choose significantly. If God wanted someone to share creation with, it would be meaningless to share it with something that couldn't comprehend it or that didn't have the capacity to reject it. It would be like baking a delicious cake and then sharing it with your trash can. as opposed to baking a delicious cake and sharing it with your friend. Your trashcan won't complain. you friend MIGHT but they might also say "thank you that was delicious" and knowing that they have the capacity to appreciate what you're presenting and the ability to choose something else but that they choose it, makes a huge difference.
2006-07-18 10:28:30 · answer #5 · answered by rickthewonderalgae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flawed logic. God created humans giving them the free will to chose right and reject the wrong. God has very clearly told us what is accepted as right and what will be considered unacceptable wrong by giving us the scriptures. A new born child is pure and perfect.
2006-07-18 10:40:48 · answer #6 · answered by A K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God did not fail, nor is he imperfect. We are a perfect creation. We are not puppets, nor are we robots. We have a free will to think and choose as we want. God doesn't have to wind us up, pull our strings, or prod us like cattle. Ulitmately, it means that he can talk to us and we give him honest, uncoerced answers. We are independant of him, yet created by him, so he has the perfect companion for fellowship. God's plan for us is perfect, we are not.
Think about it, if you were God, would you have created us any differently? I wouldn't.
2006-07-18 10:31:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God (if there is one) created humanity and instilled FREE WILL...That was his/her/it's mistake...we than took the ball and ran with it to become "imperfect". We didn't go against God's will because he created us to be free thinking and CHOOSE what we want to believe. We're still perfect beings...we don't make perfect choices. (Of course it's all a crock anyway because man EVOLVED and wasn't created, but just to bear out an argument against your logic) PEACE!
2006-07-18 11:41:35 · answer #8 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's you, who are imperfect and wrong. God created humans perfect, they used their freewill wrong to disobey God, the error is their's. Now we have that imperfection because Adam passed it on to us. God is perfect, our thinking is wrong, we are in error.
2006-07-18 10:28:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the writer os writers of genesis didn't think God created us perfectly they thought perfection is something that has to be worked on, which is what is happening now. we are getting closer to perfection.
so maybe in a way God is still creating us
2006-07-18 10:38:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋