2006-09-03 21:32:11 · 21 answers · asked by The Maulvi Who Sold His Maruti 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If I knew, I'd be God
2006-09-03 21:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by mel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, I have to say something before I even answer. Somebody gave this question a 'thumbs down.' That goes to show how pathetically closed minded some people are. It is a perfectly valid question, it has no inflammatory comments, it uses proper grammar... what is wrong with some people??!
It demonstrates how little regard many people have for seeking knowledge or the truth--or for those who do. It is no surprise that this kind of prejudice about a question often comes up when the topic is religious, or political, since questions are often discouraged in those realms. Can't have inquisitive people!...they might discover we're full of sh__!
It may also demonstrate how sensitive and reactive some people are... to the point where the question was taken as a disguised statement with a hidden agenda. It very well may be that, but only the asker knows. (I confess to having reacted, myself, to a question or two, on this site that seemed to be pushing an agenda. But nothing so harmless-looking as this!) I see no good reason to give such a reasonable question a 'thumbs down.'
Having said all that, the answer is: nobody knows. Many people think they do. And many neglect to even *consider* whether their beliefs are more than a gut feeling -- or a replay of something they were taught -- as opposed to genuine belief. Then there are the genuine believers. But I don't believe that *anybody* *knows.*
I don't believe that anybody even *knows* God exists. If there is such a person--who really knows--he or she is privy to some source much more credible than most of us have access to. Perhaps a direct contact from God Himself.
While I'm here...
To witchfromoz2003, while you may be right that he never has been here (I tend to agree), the earth was *not* always here. It is about 4.5 billion years old.
To jamesmom, I don't know if you're kidding or not, but it doesn't matter. I'll use your words as an example of just how ____ - centric humans tend to be. (Fill in the blank with any number of things: nation, religion, earth...) It's all about *me* as a person, *us* as a country, *us* as a planet, *mine* as the right religion, *ours* as the right political party... blah blah blah blah blah. Doesn't this narrow-mindedness get old?? This inability to think outside what I or we grew up in, and consider other viewpoints, is a serious problem with the world. The same comments to 'heart intelligence.'
To louise c, your answer wouldn't take care of it, for me. Do you *truly* find it intellectually satisfying to say there's always been God, and let it go at that? No curiosity about how that could possibly have happened? And if you're willing to believe that God always existed, and created the universe, why not save a step and assume the *universe* always existed? (Acknowledgements to Carl Sagan.) Wouldn't that be one less leap of faith? Just wondering. Replacing one unanswerable mystery with another has never cut it, for me.
Likewise to temp73... since you're the one saying God always existed, you tell *me* who created him... or again, how he could just always be. Your logic seems backwards to me.
JRB... I was following you (at least as far as an agnostic can when the Bible is cited)... until you included the "various ranks of angels" in the cosmos. D-oh!! But {sigh} who knows?
Piripiri, maybe it's just a language barrier but......... huh?
2006-09-04 08:01:21 · answer #2 · answered by Question Mark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He created the earth, the stars and the universe within seven days, on the seventh day he rested. There was always been God, so before God time didn't exist, hope this takes care of your question!
2006-09-03 21:36:39 · answer #3 · answered by louise c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Created the universe?
2006-09-03 21:34:11 · answer #4 · answered by Fenrir 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says "In the beginning" referring to the the creation of the Earth and everthing living thing on and in it. There is still the whole cosmos, the visible and the invisible to the human eye, including other beings, such as the various ranks of angels.
2006-09-03 21:43:08 · answer #5 · answered by JRB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
creating the rest of the universe to make living conditions on earth optimal for sustaining life
(that takes a long time)
2006-09-03 21:35:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was experimenting how human beings, other animals and plants can co-exist peaceful on planet mars.
His first thought was to take human beings to live on the sun but he somewhat changed his plan because personalities like Bushes of America would have their brains burst open due overcooking lies.
Plan be then became to mix wild animals, plants and human beings- Move on as He is planning to move the Jews to the promised land-Sun.
2006-09-03 21:45:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth is the final output .. before earth he experimented with so many galaxys...
Also he was thinking about the creatures who will be accomodate here..
2006-09-03 21:37:47 · answer #8 · answered by heart_intelligence 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was busy creating other planets and universes this was the crappiest one and hes not around so much anymore because we are very bad ppl.
2006-09-03 21:38:44 · answer #9 · answered by thought 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was going over his past mistakes to make sure that there would be no repeats here on earth.
2006-09-03 21:41:07 · answer #10 · answered by eddie_schaap 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drinking.
2006-09-03 21:34:59 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋