If there was no God, then man would of had to create him....?

Question

We can see this by looking at the various cultures and God's throughout history. Therefore it is more likely the Gods that people worship today were also created, and aren't true Gods Anyone else agree?

NO QUOTING SCRIPTURE

sweet...more mindless crap from snuggles. Cant even answer a simple question

Awesome, Christians working hard to prove my point that they can't even have a discussion about their faith because they are too paranoid that they will be made to look stupid

THAKN YOU DINY!!!! You are one of the few Christians here that is willing to even consider the question

Answer 1

that is what thay did man made god and no the world is paying for it in holy wars big mistake creating god

Answer 2

anAs the mind of man likes to be precise, we needed to explain, how, why and the what of creation, so we created things to explain the incomprehensible and both trees and mountains were deified, the sun, moon and other things were orderly, regular and represented stability to paleolithic and neolithic man and it was this stability that generated the idea that a being was behind everything...not God, but someone of supreme power, but to accomplish that, the god would have to be omnipotent and since it was incomprehensible that such a celestial being could exist, less important deities were created to work in tandum with the chief god. So in many religions there is a hierarchy of gods and goddesses. Several religions have undergone major upheavals, i.e. the Egyptians, where one god fell into disfavor and was replaced by another.As man became more individualistic and less tribal and more independent, he began to believe that a single God could manage on his own and then became monotheistic and shelved the un-needed celestial beings. That explained how the world and man came to be. The what is an issue that men still ponder. Why after a mere speck of time, we live and die, what is the point? So we then created an afterlife but essentially a utopian place where our needs are satiated and we live in harmony with the universe. The various religious tracts should be recognized only as guidelines for human behavior, not truth nor lies, but man's interpretations of the great moralist teachers; Christ, Siddharta Gautama (Buddha) and Mohammed. Confuscius was too a great teacher revered in China. One religion called Cao Dai is in Vietnam and includes all religions under the all seeing eye (the universe), and has saints such as Victor Hugo and John Kennedy. In Asia there is a blending of various beliefs from ancestor-worship, Taoism, Buddhism and the teachings of Confuscius. The Hindu faith is the only one that still maintains polythesism with Shiva, Vishnu, etc. When religion is examined on a world-wide scale, the similarities are remarkable...God didn't create man...Man created God.

Answer 3

Throughout the ages, there have been an uncountable number of gods and deity-like beings. Yet, somehow, each culture believes that their gods are the right ones and all of the others and wrong.

Religion is a very subjective thing. Logically, monotheistic gods cannot exist. Physically, there is nothing to suggest that they exist. Faith is belief minus proof.

Unfortunately, that leads to a lot of people interpreting 'universe minus knowledge equals faith' as 'everything we don't know can be explained by our faith'. Because their religion provides some sort of explanation as to the parts we don't yet know, they assume that things will always be this way. Science has explained many things that used to be referred to as miracles.

Gods were created to fill the gap between that which we know and that which we have not yet learned. As we as a society learn more about the universe, fewer people will believe in a god, until it is only those who deny fact in the preference for mythology who remain religious.

Answer 4

Well, it is interesting. I like that quote- I've read it before, and I support it.

I must start of saying that I am a Christian, and I do believe God exists. I'm glad you brought up the various cultures and gods throughout history. I've taken up studying various monothestic and polythestic religious throughout the years. I've found that all religions have one supreme God, who is comparatively the same.

The easiest example of this is the God of the Jews, Christians and Muslims. There is debate constantly if He is the same God-- and of course He is, as He holds all the same attributes. He wants mankind to pursue peace, and is always emphasizing compassion and taking care of the sick and poor. When you look at other religions, like Hindu, for example-- the supreme god Vishnu is not very different from the God of the Jews. He wants the same for his followers-- and what's to seperate Vishnu from the God that I worship? or, when you step back into the time of the pyramids-- the Sun god, Ra-- what's so different about him than Vishnu than Jehovah?

I really believe that it's culture, and not psychology, that creates religion. Notice I said religion, not God.

God, by definition, cannot be created or defined by something inferior to Him (man). It's like the machine trying to define the maker, the maker is much wiser than the machine-- or else the machine could create itself. for the machine to exist, something had to form it-- something with an intelligence and insight to make it work efficiently.

For me, the proof of God rests in our ability to question His existence. I see no greater honor than our ability to say, wth, are we sure that God exist? are we sure we exist? I love existentialism, because it causes us to search for the beginning of self. When we search for the beginning of self, we draw on conclusions for the world of senses that we can touch-- like things we can create. from the basic logical standpoint, we see that what we create cannot be our master-- because it is not smarter than us-- we are the superior ones. we then understand that, in our search for self-revelation, if there is a beginning, there must be something that began us-- and that something is infinitely smarter than we... that something is superior to us, because it created us.

so, in closing, it's really cute to say we created God. but, it's only a beginning meditation. when you look beyond that idea, you start to peel back the illusion.

Answer 5

It boils down to the origin of the universe. Either God created it, or the universe is a random, pointless, and accidental phenomenon that occured for no reason. From a lifeless state of perpetual "nothingness", the universe came forth? Not rational, or possible at all.

Answer 6

Interesting question...
I willnot quote scripture but really think about this I have come up with this...
As humans we realize no matter how hard we try we cannot control everything, and sometimes can't control anything- we would have had to create a Diety (GOD) or belief bigger than ourselves to aid us in the trials of life and give us a sense of purpose- So maybe- yes....

Answer 7

It is a misfortune for the God who had created you.

Answer 8

i have solid belief in presence of God.my evidence is my Quran,my teachings,n i don't hace doubt at single point.
so according to my point,if there was no God,then there was nothing,neither us nor this universe nothing.as nothing is accidental,everything so well planned can't be accidental.
well that's my view

Answer 9

I Stand Strong
and you will not shake me

yeah yeah pour more sugar and get it out of your system

Edit:
see there ya go.......who is closed minded.....you knew your answer already
have a great Morning

Answer 10

No God=Nothing
Well in fact, there would not be the existence of nothing.