If a very religious and spiritual man came to you and told you I talked to God, he took the form of a Burning Bush, would you believe? Or would you think he was Burning some Bush? Why is it that one believes age old scriptures that say Moses spoke to God, God who took this certain form. Yet if this scenerio happened in this day and age, the only time anyone would anyone would listen to the person would be when they are in a restraining jacket, in a padded room, in an nut house, but why? Is it that today no one can be spiritual as Moses was then, or is this world full of blind conviction.
2006-11-06 01:46:50 · 15 answers · asked by Abused Tampon 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Dunno, your question is too much for me. But hey, I did appear to my wife once as a dirty sock!
2006-11-06 01:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well, people may have found it hard to believe Moses who was the only witness to the burning bush event but, when they stood at Mt Sinai and upwards of 1 million people all witnessed it for themselves it was a little harder to deny which is why the belief still burns so strong amongst religious Jews. This is why I have a hard time believing any religion that follows 1 man. Anyone 1 person can make a claim and get a few people to believe him and then spread from there but when so many people all see it together its more palatable.
2006-11-06 01:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by james.parker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have been falsely trained by biblical movies to believe that those times were similar to present day. They were far from it. Back then during warm weather people grew vegetables, grains animals etc. for food. but during winter if your food supply ran out (there was no refrigeration) or if there was crop failure or insect damage or flood, you had to forage for food. People picked up anything that grew and ate it. Any plant, root, the bark of a tree etc was food. If you ate the wrong cactus. leaf or root. you know that you could hallucinate and these ancient people "saw God". When that was depleted they picked up a handful of dirt and swallowed it to fill their stomachs. Biblical movies always give you a cleansed version of Biblical times. When Moses went up into the mountain, when Jesus went into the desert for 40 days, when
Mohammed went where ever he went, they didn't bring a food supply, they foraged for food and if they ate the wrong plant, root, bark etc , they saw what they called God. Religion gives you bits & pieces if historical info that serves a purpose, with which they have created a man who lives in a cloud, heaven, hell . life after death etc. If everyone would go to a university (not a religious one) and study the History of Civilization on this planet, religion would be different. No one asks, "What did these people eat before they saw God, or a staff turn into a snake? I once asked a Rabbi and he told me, that " He didn't want to know". Ancient biblical people were ignorant with a 99% illiteracy rate, they thought that the Earth was flat. Yet we have been forced to accept their "God Concept" and religion has taken it from there and turned it into a $3 billion dollar a year business. There is so much that they don't want you to know. because you would question some of the things that they insist that you believe. Why did "God" talk to Moses as a burning bush? It's anyones guess (including religion's guess) as to what really went on. If you eat the root of a cactus called Peyote or the root of a plant called Mugwort you can halucinate , excuse me, you will hear God talking to you.
2006-11-06 03:06:23 · answer #3 · answered by The professor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is an exceedingly cool thought, if the moon began conversing haha. i think of that God revealed Himself in a burning bush for 3 substantial motives: a million hearth potential cleansing 2 It replaced into on the comparable own point as Moses, (no longer bigger or extra suitable) so it wasn't overwhelming or he would have had a coronary heart attack 3 It replaced into only basic weird and wonderful, (and easily cool) I recommend somewhat a bush thats on hearth and does not burn! (ok perchance it replaced into way cooler returned then.)
2016-10-21 08:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by lagrone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moses is a human being just like us and God is not a respector of persons, but He is a respector of Faith. Moses had Faith which a lot of us proclaiming Christians don't have today...However Moses could not withstand the full Glory of God, and that's one of the reasons why God spoke to Moses through a burning bush....YEt to us it seems so ridiculous but so simple to believe. Moses had Faith and he "diligently" sought after God. Which once again a lot of us don't do today....
2006-11-06 02:30:38 · answer #5 · answered by unknown 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off...Moses didnt go around saying: I SAW GOD!! HE SPOKE TO ME FROM A BURNING BUSH!!!
Ahem...*regains composure* ..he showed them his hand which was pure white (might signify Moses was a black man) and he used his cane to ward off the magic of the magicians.
There are certain criteria by which we recognize messengers of God:
1. The speak the of worshipping no one but God.
2. They never ask for wages.
3.They have miracles from God to support them.
4. And they use whatever scripture God sent them. (they do not make personal choices on such things)
So, faith is not blind ...its got eyes and ears and a heart. And a mind to use common sense with.
2006-11-06 01:53:45 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well just like one million other stories in the Bible, this was clearly a U.F.O. as we call them. Moses was in the burning bush 40 days as his face shone when He returned,radiation.
2006-11-06 01:53:11 · answer #7 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back then there was no TV, radio, media in general. We have become desensitized to bizarre things. Bush talks while it's burning - no big deal, we just saw a 50 foot gorilla climb the side of a building.
2006-11-06 01:52:53 · answer #8 · answered by workingclasshero 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God does talk to people in many different ways, the only problem is that people don't listen. I'm guilty of that, but I've started to pay more attention and listen, instead of doing my will, I try to listen and do His will. Things are alot better when we do God's will and not our own.
2006-11-06 02:05:06 · answer #9 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moses was probably stoned on hallucinogenic mushrooms or drunk-he never saw any burning bush except in his imagination.
2006-11-06 01:50:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That was the only way God could get Moses attention at that time cos if you read your bible you will seee that moses was tending his Father's inlaws sheep
2006-11-06 01:53:08 · answer #11 · answered by godknows 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋