It's like saying there is a round square. A square cannot be round. The pure essence of love cannot have hate.
God is a being of pure love, but he also smites and often appears very angry in the bible.
2006-12-13 15:46:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes i do have different moods and emotions and sometimes i can also be evil and bad. We also kill and other stuff. Are you suggesting God can also be those as well? Well he does kill sometimes. God is not human God shouldn't have mood swings buddy.
2006-12-13 15:50:18 · update #1
yeah but my dad isn't a being of pure love. He has love but he isn't the essence of love. He's a mixture of things. If my dad were truly love he would never get angry at me. He'd need anger to get angry but anger don't mix with love so my dad ain't pure love. If you are pure of one thing you cannot be mixed. God is perfect, my dad is not perfect.
2006-12-13 15:57:02 · update #2
Well, wraith can fit into justice but God isn't just wraithful he's also angry. I mean he can be wraithful but i do recall there are lines in the bible which says God is angry. Anger has nothing to do with just or unjust. Punishment does but states of emotions do not.
2006-12-13 16:03:50 · update #3
Well God shouldn't or wouldn't ever punish the wrong or the sinful he would convert them. I'm saying the bible contradict itself at parts. God would still be able to determine what is wrong and right he would simply reconcile and try to reconcile those who would not follow him forever. And ever hear of the saying, God is love. That means God is love.... Like iuno I wouldn't say I am love but I'm sure you can say God is love. I am merely trying to convince people that God isn't love he might contain it but he is not it.
2006-12-13 16:09:57 · update #4
Wraithfullness is best done on a full stomach.
2006-12-13 15:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where do you get the idea that God is a being of pure love? Did you just make that up? You can't find that teaching in the Bible. Do you understand that such a being would not even possess personhood? What would you say to a person who walked around town saying only that he loved everyone he met? Crazy? If God was only pure love how could he judge between right and wrong? And then how could he do anything about the wrong? Would he "love" serial killers to death? I perceive that you are really trying to thinking deeply about philosophical issues. My suggestion is don't. Or at least take some college courses first because you are committing logical fallacies in rapid succession. Your statement, "the pure essence of love cannot have hate" is actually the self contradictory square circle because how would pure love respond when faced with hate? Would it love hate? No it would hate it. If it loved hate it would actually be evil. But if it is evil then it ceases to be love. Do you see the dilemma? Philosophy is not a good place to launch an attack on the Bible because it will always confirm the very thing you hope it will deny.
2006-12-13 16:04:52 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are confusing wraithful with unjustice.
No one was ever punished by God without having a chance to change his ways. God tells us how he expects us to live. He then tells us the results of our actions. If we listen to him, we will have a better life. If we do not, well the wages sin pays is death.
God does love everyone and he can read our hearts. The only ones being punished are the ones that will never change. They reap what they sow and it is for the benefit of the rest of us.
2006-12-13 15:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by Futures_Inc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the concept was invented by humans and as a result was given very human traits. People can do great and terrible things but also have a need to shift blame which results in deity that is responsible for the best and worst mankind can come up with.
2006-12-13 15:52:00 · answer #4 · answered by Rabble Rouser 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As I understand it, the Bible has many mysteries.... things I can't understand.... some day all will be revealed. I see God's wrath as a reminder to me of His power; I find it humbling and I take great comfort in His promise that He will not destroy all of humanity, again.
God is all powerful, all knowing and ever present. The more I draw near to Him, by reading the Word and by obeying his commandments the more I experience His love.
You can experience it too....just be asking Jesus into your heart to show you. My first prayers went something like.... I don't know if you exist, if you are out there or why you would care... but if you do, I want to get to know you....please help me, please show me , now. As I have continued to walk with Christ I have found His mercy and love to be beyond anything I could have ever imagined.... Psalm 120 begins... I took my troubles to the Lord, I cried out to him and He answered....
For years I could not understand how a crucifixion() could be love...all I could see was death and despair. Someone pointed out to me that God is a blessed trinity.... and they used this analogy... A judge was seated behind the bench when a childhood friend appeared before him for sentencing. The judge listened patiently and with a heavy heart as the friend, who was more like a brother, explained the twists and turns of his life that lead him to the crime that brought him into this court. The judge, heartbroke, took a recess. When He returned, he sentenced his friend and brother to the fullest extent of the law for the crimes he had committed were serious and irreputable. After the sentencing, he removed his robe and stepped down from the bench, tears filled his eyes. He hugged his friend, paid his bail, covered his fines and helped him with his community service. He visited him in jail. See, as a judge he was bound by the dictates of the law...but as his friend he followed the dictates of love. In fact, the judge was the only one who supported him at all....love gave him a second chance. God sent his only son, Jesus, to die for our sins; in love with mercy for me..... the thought overwhelms me.... forgiveness from an all powerful, all knowing, loving God....
2006-12-13 17:11:34 · answer #5 · answered by Sweetserenity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have ever been a son to a father you would notice that your father loves you very much. But your father also gets upset with you when you do things that he knows is bad for you. Your father also knows what is best for you and wants the best for you. When you mess up, your father gets angry. Is that so hard to understand?
2006-12-13 15:51:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we were made in the image of God. that doesnt neccessarily mean physical. dont you have different moods and emotions?
2006-12-13 15:47:47 · answer #7 · answered by latenightdrives 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is also Just.
2006-12-13 15:48:28 · answer #8 · answered by tas211 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what is wraithful?
2006-12-13 15:47:55 · answer #9 · answered by anirbas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋