like we like and dislike things - so we assume God likes and dislikes things? We make up this "good" and "evil" game so we assume God makes up a "good" or "evil" game.
Do we not give more latitude and strangeness and mystery to our concepts of outer space aliens then we do to the concept of God we have? Like God is a man or a woman or God is white or black? Or God had a son and makes kids like we make kids?
Is this not all quite preposterous?
2007-01-08 01:31:33 · 11 answers · asked by lowroad 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
and this is why i like the Hindu gods and goddesses. tho human like they're at least weird. they arrive from other planets, they're multi armed, have exciting skin colors and soar around in flying chariots battling equally strange demons.
PS.and yep. nothing mysterious about me. i'm an ex Christian Fundy and i flog Christian Fundies because they embarrass me with my past. i haven't yet "let go" because early childhood conditioned fear remains embedded in my psyche. i attempt to exorcise that Pavlovian fear reflex.
PPS. thank you for your observations of my behaviors. might prove helpful.
2007-01-08 04:07:56 · answer #1 · answered by nebtet 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, if we look back to ancient history, before the rise of states like Egypt, societies were not yet rule by patriachy and there where mostly goddess worshippers around the meditaranian. This was because woman gave birth, women seemed to make life, so god was thought to be a woman. Then with the raise of nationion states with their male armies, the women were demoted to house wives and servants. That was when god became a man. God changes gender according to whos in power. Yes, this wishful thinking seems a reflection of the thinkers own ego. The need to justify rule over others by claiming they are a close reflection or image of god.
Well that may be one way of looking at it.
2007-01-08 01:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Man since the beginning of Adam has tried to put God in a box and make Him what we want Him to be.Sad part is, He is much bigger than man could ever comprehend.If we would just let Him out of the box we could then see the changes made in our life's that we so desperately need.Let's you and I get started on this.
2007-01-08 01:38:45 · answer #3 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it incredibly is attainable that God might motivate us to work out Him greater for sure. One desires basically look into the lots of the super Christian artwork or pay attention to Bach to work out what I mean. How lots is in keeping with certainty? Does it definitely remember? in certainty that something has inspired somebody to create something so pleasing that something human beings can basically stand in awe. because of the fact the eastern religions tend to be non-theistic, we see a distinctive yet notwithstanding only as pleasing artworks produced and inspired with the aid of their non secular faith. Kuma
2016-10-30 08:15:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes we try to put god in a box and think he thinks as we do but are tiny minds could never understand what god thinks or does. we have very high opinions of are self's
2007-01-08 01:42:29 · answer #5 · answered by noot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has passed judgement according to the Bible. Sodom and Gomorrah, the flood.
2007-01-08 01:47:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have definitely made Him too small in our minds. But He is big enough to handle that...lol
2007-01-08 01:35:39 · answer #7 · answered by Pilgrim 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God gave us His word(the Bible) we did not put thoughts into His head, He put thoughts into ours, without Him we would have no knowledge of anything, even our limited knowledge.
2007-01-08 01:34:51 · answer #8 · answered by JesusFreak 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Excellent analogy.
2007-01-08 01:34:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"we don't see the world as it is, but rather as we are"
2007-01-08 01:33:13 · answer #10 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋