who is god?and how man believed that there is something like god?

Question

tell how god was formed?

Answer 1

From ancient times, even prehistoric times, people have sought explanations. Where did we come from? Why did this or that event occur? Will there be an afterlife? Why are we here? What is the meaning of life?

The invention of "god" or "gods" provides answers to all these questions. And to the extent that people believe in these gods, people's behavior can be controlled. Therefore the concept of "god" provides a mechanism for maintaining the social status quo, whether it be in ancient Egypt where the common people labored to build monumental tombs for the pharonic gods; in the European Middle Ages where the "god" concept justified the divine right of kings; in modern Islamic countries where jihad and suicide bombings guarantee a blissful afterlife; or in modern America where Judeo-Christian values help justify a war in Iraq.

The "god" concept therefore helps rulers control people's behavior.

The belief in god also provides answers regarding "first causes" or creation myths concerning the origin of life and the origin of the universe. This is what drives the continuing debate over evolution and the Big Bang.

So the concept of "god" is ultimately a creation of the mind of men. God is to grown-ups as Santa Claus is to children. The only difference is that "god" looms much larger in the scope of human behavior than Santa.

Answer 2

Since before the development of civilization by primitive man, mystery was always there, forming the foundation of the learning and creative processes. Groups of primitive men saw the lack of order in their populated societal arrangement, and the development of something unexplainable took further shape. You could say that the few controlled the many by scare-tactic of the unexplainable. These developments by man also included ascribing actions of weather, nature or surroundings as of divine (mysterious) origin, and they structured things to do to please the mysteries and things that when done caused the mysteries, these laws basically forming the beginning of secular governmental structure. As rules or laws were created, they kept the masses in order (backed by approval from the unexplainable). Men often wanted the chance to be in the group of law-makers to be part of the governing process, or to be closer in connection with the mysterious thing which nobody had seen, only seen the actions of; they often fought to get there.
This can be applied to most cradle civilizations. The concept of gods was the attribution of unexplainable things. There were many gods for many things, like rain, sun, clouds, seasons, cultivation, trees. The God of Judaism and Christianity has many qualities, actions and characteristics which can be explained as borrowed from other cultures pre-dating Judaism. The expansion of the Judaic custom and belief system into non-Hebrew societies and cultures by Jesus Christ and his followers adopted even more characteristics from 'pagan' groups.
Even today, a person can ponder whether there is Divine purpose in our life, or if we are just here living and then return to the dust we came from.

Answer 3

I think you know that there is no god and never was.

Till we as man / women learn over time how things came about we will always have believers and non believers.

Did you know that at one time it was a belief that if you got in a boat you could float off the end of the Earth? People believed that there was dragons too. People would even burn people at the stake because they was thought to be a witch.

There are more weak minded people in the world and will always believe in superstitions and fairy-tales.

Answer 4

I agree with bpiguy above. In the movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy,” a native in the Kalahari Desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle.

I found this to be very amusing, but I also began to see parallels between his thought process, and that of the modern day Theist. Both are using CAVEMAN LOGIC to explain their world. I fail to see the difference between “hmm, bottle fall from sky, must be gods” and “hmm, trees and butterflies prove the existence of god.”

In both of these cases, someone is simply replacing one unknown for another unknown, but proving nothing!

Not only can God not be proven, but I will also go so far as to say that God can be disproved. It is impossible for something to be all knowing and all good. If you are aware that something bad is going to happen, and you allow it to happen anyway, then you cannot be all good. If God created everything, then he also created evil. It is also impossible to be all-powerful; can God create a rock that even he himself cannot move?

Answer 5

In primitive societies ancestor worship was common practise. They thought that their beloved dead ones don't die rather they become a part of a constellation. From ancestor worship the society progressed to the worship of nature, then they started worshipping images, deities and finally monotheism. But in the nutshell I think all religion is actually ancestor worship. A son of a muslim will always be a muslim, of a hindu a hindu, and a christian a christian. We just don't open our eyes to understand that with the progress in science and logic, the era of theism is over for good.

As to the final part of your question, man created the god as an idea in his head.

Answer 6

We all need to believe in something Bigger than ourselves, otherwise there is just no sense to living. So we make up a God. That God doesn't have to be "stuck" to any particular religion. He's The Big Guy we talk to when we have problems, when we are fed up, when we seek solutions which are seemingly impossible to find. We create our own God

Answer 7

Primitive people needed to make up stories about why things happened that they didn't understand (why does rain fall, why does the sun shine, etc.). They invented gods as the only explanation they could think of. As societies became more complex, the rulers realized that they could use these silly god stories to control people.

Answer 8

my personal believe is that since cave man, decided to asnwer the unknown by associating things and events to soemthing with supernatural/superhunman powers, hence sacrifices, temples,etc.
man thinks is so insignificnat in comparison to the universe and surroundings. look at the many/diversity ways to idolatrte a God.
I, per se, believe more in mental acts tahyn going to a building and pray and follow like a lamb to the slughther house any dogmas. I come from catholic background and had my share. By now, I'm kind of agnostic.

Answer 9

god wasnt formed he was always there...and man just always felt that there was something greater than himself even without people putting the idea in their head....

Answer 10

God is Jesus Christ and he made us to long for something greater than ourselves so we can have a purpose and meaning to life. If you have any other questions email me and I can send you a helpful book On what on earth am I here for?