I've just had a believer inform me that "just as we give consequences to our children when they are bad, so God gives us the same." This makes no sense to me, because she makes God sound -- well, human.
2006-11-25 03:31:35 · 17 answers · asked by ? 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually she made a good point though she may not have realized it. We give consequences to our children. Does that mean that when our children disobey us, we stick them in an oven at 400 degrees for a few hours?
No?
Then how could we possibly think that God would assign any human to tormenting, agonizing hellfire flames for all eternity?
Hannah
2006-11-25 03:36:41 · answer #1 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everything in life has consequences. Everything! Also. consequence does not always mean a negative action. If you touch the Hot eye on the Stove you will be burned, simple. If you take a showe, you will smell nice. God is not Human, But humans are made in his Image. Also, God really doesnt do anything the same way that we do. He does Everything the right way, and better, Which is why he is God and we arent
2006-11-25 11:45:38 · answer #2 · answered by Gyasi M 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We know that there are always consequences to our actions. The bible does tell us that whatsoever we sow, that we shall also reap. I think what some people forget about is the mercy of God. It is His mercy that keeps us from receiving the true "consequences" of our actions and it is the Grace of God that gives us things that we do not deserve. We have to realize that the family is patterned by God. In the same sense that we rewrd our children for doing good, and correct them for doing wrong,God does us likewise. The beautiful thing about God is that His mercy never fails, He is slow to anger, and quick to fulfil His promises. I think instaed of fashioning God to be like people, we need to realize that the things we have are patterned after God's principles and not the other way around.
2006-11-25 11:42:13 · answer #3 · answered by Fugitive Peices 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah is far from being human. There are consequences for everything we do--good or bad. If you study hard for a test, you might pass it. If you eat too much, you get fat. If you drink to much, you get drunk. If you step off a 50-foot cliff, you die. Adam and Eve would still be alive today if they had obeyed a simple command not to eat the fruit from just one tree. They disobeyed. Their actions brought on dire consequences. Is God to blame for that? No.
When we instruct our children, we let them know what their actions may lead to. That is a good way to bring them up. We are imitating our Parent, Jehovah.
2006-11-25 11:36:13 · answer #4 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People try to put God in human terms...after all we are human and can only try to relate to God in this way. However, if you think about it, God loves us so much more than a human parent/child relationship. The love is so unconditional that God's love is an understanding one....even understanding enough to love us through all our faults without the fear of never ending punishment. After all, didn't He/She create us this way...to live and learn through ours and others mistakes? We would not be punished endlessly by this God. I think rather, we review our mistakes made on earth and try to continue our spiritual improvement in heaven.
For the mass murderers and evil mongers, I think they probably spend their time with like individuals and have a much harder path....the after life is eternal that can not be measured by time. So, I think they can even progress spiritually if they work hard enough. How that process works, nobody knows....it's just a guess.
2006-11-25 11:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Greenwood 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I imagine people try to make Him sound human because we have such finite understanding of the infinite power that is God. Too many times we try to put Him in a box and set limitations on that which has no limits. No human could possibly claim to understand God, so we tend to think of Him in terms of our own behaviors.
2006-11-25 11:35:38 · answer #6 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The protestant G-d, I have been told, exists IN time (and possibly in space) but is everlasting. However, G-d can be subject to emotions and changes in this 'version.'
Other beliefs (Catholiscism, through Thomas Aquinas) tend to believe in a God separate from time and space, and unchangeable.
The Protestant God, then, could well be human-like - as shown in the Bible, through his occasional anger and desires.
However, if you believe that God is perfect, loving, omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, I don't think you can also allow God to be so like a human.
2006-11-25 11:55:42 · answer #7 · answered by lady_s_hazy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are made in His image. So, we are a "bit" related.
But the consequences are already covered....
.....By a strange paradox of the divine logic, what the cross means is that our Judge has now been judged in our place. By allowing himself to be crucified, the God who has come to us in Jesus Christ has now born in himself our judgment so that we do not have to be judged........
2006-11-25 11:40:36 · answer #8 · answered by pops 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God isnt like humans humans are like God, the bible says we were made in his image
2006-11-25 11:33:56 · answer #9 · answered by hiya 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is the problem with worshipping a human God.
2006-11-25 11:45:54 · answer #10 · answered by jmmevolve 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋