The bible says that God loves us. Therefore it is fair to say that God has emotions. Right? So why would God's emotions be limited to only love? Does he fear? Does he hate? Does he lust? Does he get jealous?
2006-08-17 19:23:39 · 15 answers · asked by ks_stud_2005 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Divinity is beyond the ability of humans to understand.
God, as you put it, is the source of Love, which leads to all positive emotions. Whether Divinity feels these (other than Love) is not for us to know.
I would tend to disbelieve anyone who states that Divinity "feels" any negative emotion. These concepts are nothing more than humanity trying to "make sense" out of their own feelings.
2006-08-18 02:37:23 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 54⤊ 0⤋
Your question is complex. Too complex to talk about everything here, but I will try to mention some things. Emotions are certain
kinds of feelings that we experience inside our chest area.God does not have a human body, so presumably, does not have the kind of bodily experiences that we have.
In the Bible God says that we can "grieve" The Holy Spirit, that He
loves us, that He gets angry at us, and that He is a "jealous " God. For us to have some understanding of what God wants to say to us, He uses words that we can understand and relate to.
You have to realize that our intelligence is very limited compared to God's, so that the words He uses are as close to the truth as we can understand.
Another issue is the word, "love". You say that the Bible says that God loves us, therefore God has emotions. Most people in our present culture, that is so greatly influenced by Hollywood and TV, think that love is an emotion, but that is not really the case.
The New Testament was written in Greek and there are 3 words
in it that are translated as "Love". Eros, is what we call "romantic love"; Philo, which can be translated as "family love"; The 3rd is Agape, which is the desire and decision to make a commitment to put someone elses needs above your own.
It is the word, "agape" that is translated "love" when the Bible states that God loves us. This type of love is not an emotion but something much deeper and requires a decision. That is why God can command us to "agape" Him. We can not manufacture emotions but we can make a decision to put God in first place in our lives.
As an aside. In the traditional marriage vows, the couple are essentially promising to "agape" each other.
2006-08-17 20:27:19 · answer #2 · answered by Smartassawhip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think God's emotions are limited to just love. I believe God also has the emotions of sadness & anger too. It makes Him sad when we do wrong. And I believe Sodam & Gamora made Him angry.................that's why he destroyed it. But it is beyond wrong to think that he may have emotions of hate, jealous, & lust. That completely goes against Him!
2006-08-17 19:39:47 · answer #3 · answered by Ash Anne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God can be angry. He can be disappointed by us. He can also hate. He hates sin. God doesn't fear, he is the maker of all things. Of course God gets jealous. He wants to be the one you worship. Look in the Bible for the answers you seek.
2006-08-17 19:29:39 · answer #4 · answered by deegayle4me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the New Testament - love. Old testament wrath and jealousy. So any Christian, Jew, or Muslim, would say yes, God has emotions.
2006-08-17 19:30:12 · answer #5 · answered by kazak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure god has emotions but only good ones because hes perfect
2006-08-17 19:30:06 · answer #6 · answered by [carly] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 commandments, he says you will have no other Gods before me, for I am a jealous God.
2006-08-17 19:30:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a body to have emotions and if god has a body he /she/it is not a god.
2006-08-17 19:28:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't know. To say anything about God is to speculate. We cannot know the unknowable.
2006-08-17 19:29:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know he has a sense of humor, have you seen some of the people around the world now-a-days? LOL
2006-08-17 19:30:19 · answer #10 · answered by Injun 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes all the above!
2006-08-17 19:38:13 · answer #11 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋