Am I more Loving than God?

Question

I love my children unconditionally…I don’t require them to worship me.

I don’t choose favorites…I wouldn’t reveal myself to some, but not others

If one of my children ate an apple after I told them not to…I wouldn’t punish my grandchildren and every generation thereafter

If I someone was harming my children (Satan), and I had the power to stop him, I would stop him.

I would forgive all of my children for any deed. They wouldn’t even need to ask.

I believe there is no religion without love. You can talk about it all you want, but if it doesn’t teach you to be kind and generous to ALL living things, it’s a sham.

Answer 1

Good Question! I don't have any children but I have 2 nieces. I can't immagine loving a child more than I do them and I know I will love my children more because they are mine. I always present my friends with the question, "Is there anything your child could do that would make you burn them for eternity?" The anwser is always No, not if they killed, stole, did drugs, abused someone, or anything. God is supposed to love us more than we could ever love our children, why whould he do something like that if he did? I believe like you it's a sham. I practice love, kindness, and joy. Not Fear, punishment, and sadness.

Answer 2

I do not think your issue is really with God. I think your issue is with man, and what he does to manipulate God's will. If you examine the commonalities of all major religions, it boils down to this: love God and love your neighbor. If the people who claim to worship God did these things, you wouldn't have to ask this question (and a good question it is, too!). Your argument is based on two things. One is a traditional Judao-Christian view of religion, which more and more Jews and Christians are rejecting all the time. This is the "punishing the grandchildren" and "choosing favorites" point of view. The second thing is the fact that bad things happen. If God exists, and I believe he does, then he is a being greater than time itself. We cannot see the overall big picture from where we are at. What is bad and what is good is relative, and in the overall scheme of things, I believe that all wrongs will be made right. There are some contradictions in your argument, but judging from the way your formulated it, I would have to guess that you are a very caring person with good intentions. I would argue that you are reflecting the true nature of God, even as you question his very existence.

Answer 3

Let's start with you are not immortal and you did not create all that we can observe.

The definition of worship "The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object." There is no requirement.

Revelation has nothing to do with favorites. Just look at prophets lives. Not a pretty picture.

It is not an apple and your children are now mortal. Once mortal, all offspring are mortal.

Really regarding Satan. Do you really think Satan is harming you or your children? Or is it a matter of temptation?

Oh? You would forgive one of your children for killing another? I think not.

God is love. Religion is a way of life. Your religion doesn't ask you to be kind and generous to all live things? What a shame.

Answer: No, for many more reasons than stated above. Sham begins with you.

Answer 4

At first blush, you may feel that you are more loving than God. Of course, this implies that your standard is the one by which to measure the quality and quantity of love. If we are honest with ourselves, surely we would recognize the presumptuousness of such a position.

Unconditional love means different things to different people. If some take it to mean that God should love his human children irrespective of what they do, that is not love, that is total indifference. A loving parent cares what happens to his child and takes the time to teach and discipline. That is a manifestation of love. God loves his entire human creation, even though the vast majority choose not to worship him. God does not require anyone to worship him. He does however patiently teach them that it is in their best interest to do so.

It is a good thing not to choose favorites. If you are impartial, you are to be commended. God too is impartial as we read at Acts 10:34. He reveals Himself to everyone but it is a fact of life that most choose to turn the other way and then say "I don't see him."

You say that if someone were harming your children and you had the power to stop him you would. Again, you are to be commended. There is no question that God has the power to stop Satan. To contend that He has not done so as quickly as some would expect - even demand - is short-sighted and shows a lack of understanding of the issues involved. More is involved than just protecting humans from this demonic creature. Suppose your child needed surgery for a life-threatening condition. Would you rush to the hospital and demand that the janitor perform it? Or would you wait for the surgeon to arrive? Do you want it done quickly or do you want it done right? Do you want a Band-Aid or a cure?

You would forgive all your children for any deed without their asking. On the surface that truly sounds wonderful. But when we peer a little closer, humans will ultimately take advantage of such an overly generous attitude. There must be a basis for the forgiveness of wrongdoing. Else we would be forgiving sexual predators and serial killers left and right without punishment. That is not forgiving the person. That is enabling the person to do even more. Thus we read at Ecclesiastes 8:11: "Because sentence against a bad work has not been executed speedily, that is why the heart of the sons of men have become fully set in them to do bad." Put another way, refusing to mete out deserved punishment equates to allowing the person's heart to harden and embolden him to do more and worse.

You are right, we must be kind and generous to all living things. But again, standards must be met. And those standards must be set by one who has the right and the authority- the Creator.

We recognize the law of the land in which we live and we submit ourselves to those laws. We recognize the benefits of such for ourselves and our loved ones. How much more so should we recognize the benefits of submitting ourselves to the laws God has put in place! How foolish to suggest that when he maintains those laws and standards, he is being unloving and unjust! To suggest that we know better than God is the height of hubris. Which is one of the reasons we are in the mess we find ourselves today.

"For this is what the love of God means: that we observe his commandments. And yet his commandments are not burdensome." 1 John 5:3

Hannah

Answer 5

1. Your children show you love in return of your love, worship is the way we show God love.
2. God doesn't choose favorites. He reveals to some and not others because some aren't ready to experience God to a greater extent.
3. It wasn't God that's punishing. It was sin. Eating the fruit was sin. It would be like one of your children playing somewhere that you told him not to, and then contracting a deadly disease. Even if you didn't punish him, he would still feel the effects of the disease for a long time. And, as a person of knowledge to some extent, you know of diseases that can be passed to offspring.
4. If you resist the devil, God will help you. But (because of freewill) God will only help if you want him to. You can want to help your children all you want, but if they don't want help, you cannot do much.
5.If you children defied you multiple times, and weren't sorry, you would not reward them, right? You would want to know that they are sorry first, and that is how you come to forgiveness.
6. And let me tell you, about this last statement you have made, God IS kind and generous and loving to all things. He is NOT a sham. And, if you think He is a sham, than made God have mercy on you, and bring His truth to your humanly feeble understanding.

Answer 6

NO. Because, apparently, all you seem to care about is your own dang kids.

And to top it all off, you don't understand how complicated it is to be the sole, honorable authority figure over the entire Universe. Here's a sample of the quandary. If one of your kids decided he wanted to constantly torment the other one non stop no matter what the poor guy did to try to make him stop, what would you do?

The answer, you'd punish the little Bastard. And as we all know, most punishments are totally useless, so you'd finally find yourself in a situation where you'd wind up sending Damien's evil littleass to boarding school, so the other kid would have a moments peace.

So don't give me this "Ooooh, look at me. I'm a perfect little girl that wouldn't harm a fly" routine. All it proves is that you have no understanding of GOD's predicament.

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Answer 7

But you are not so loving that you mind attacking people's beliefs, intentionally trying to upset them and belittle their faith. This is not an act of unconditional love, it is an act of ego.

Also, comparing the role and duties of motherhood to the role and duties of a deity are not logically comparable in the way you have set up. It's a bit like comparing the captain of a sailboat to the captain of a nuclear submarine, claiming that because the sailboat captain can get everything done without having a rigid hierarchy and system of punishments for insubordination, s/he is the better captain.

Answer 8

It is because of God that I know what unconditional love is.
I don't pick favorites but just as God I entrust my most responsible child with responsibilities that I don't give my irresponsible child.

If my child is disobedient I do believe in Karma and that disobedience will follow my child without me cursing that child, what you put out is what you get back...

I can tell my child not to be tempted by a so call friend who's friendship may cause them harm but if my child does not listen some things are not learned until experienced. But Glory to God the bible says God told Satan you can test Job, but you can not kill him, and Job's trial and tribulation only made him stronger in character. So you truly can not protect your children from everything some things help your child for battles yet to come, and who will protect them when you are not there?

I will forgive my children for anything to it's called unconditional love, but if my child deliberately disobeys me they give me respect and return that love by admitting their wrong, and being humble enough to say Mama I am sorry do you forgive me? Although they know that the unconditional love is there and that forgiveness comes with that, but they also feel the need to show me that same unconditional love.


Rom 8:17 (Isn't God saying no child is greater than another?)
17And since we are his children, we will share his treasures-- for everything God gives to his Son, Christ, is ours, too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.
(NLT)



Heb 12:6-7 (What does this tell you?)
6For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes those he accepts as his children."
7As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Whoever heard of a child who was never disciplined?
(NLT)


John 15:12
12I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you.
(NLT)

John 3:16-18
16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
17 God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.
18 "There is no judgment awaiting those who trust him. But those who do not trust him have already been judged for not believing in the only Son of God.
(NLT)



The Truth Is In His Word It Is Up To Us To Accept And Live By It!

Answer 9

And when your children grow up and become adults, will you bail them out or will you love them enough to allow them to learn from their mistakes. Will you continue to feed, shelter and care for them or will you expect them be self sufficient. God loves us enough to give us the choice to follow him. He could just destroy all of those who oppose him, but instead sent his son to die on the cross as the ultimate sacrifice for all our sins. The angry god you're referring to was in the old testament, the new testament explains everything. Have you read the Bible or are you one of those people who blindly believe what someone else says...you should pick up a copy and read the new testament. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Merry Christmas and God bless you, you'll be in my prayers.

Answer 10

I still would worship Jehovah God and his son Jesus Christ. I love my children unconditionally also