The God of the Bible, for example, displayed all kinds of human emotions and quirks; and many people still believe he exists and rules the universe. Our human race occupies an infinitesimal speck of the universe; yet the whole universe is ruled, many people suppose, by this humanoid God. Other Gods, too, are quite human. Wishful thinking on a grand scale perhaps?
2007-01-20 08:18:49 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Exactly, humans want the universe to be human, and that's what keeps religion going. It's all very emotional.
Religion is the wishful thinking of the masses of church people. Yes.
2007-01-21 11:41:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say that. I agree that very often people describe a God displaying a variety of human emotions and attributes, but that doesn't mean that He isn't real. Also, just because we haven't met any other extraterrestrial human race doesn't mean that we are the only humans on the universe. The universe might be much more crowded that we can possibly imagine. Seeing is not knowing...
2007-01-20 16:40:02 · answer #2 · answered by Alexander K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The God of the Bible is a living God, but also "an all consuming fire" and also a "spirit" and also a "Godhead of three." The 3 being the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. He created it all to sustain the earth so His creation of human beings would have a place to live and which one day He would come down from the third heaven which is way out there in north space and live with us. He said He calls all of those trillions of stars by name. He says He knows the number of hairs on your head. He says He does not change that He is the same yesterday, today and forever. The Alpha and Omega which you know is beginning and the end. He says there is no God but Him. He tells us He created the angels to serve and they are so powerful that one slew 185,000 men in a day. He tells us He is the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE and no one comes to Him except through His Son Jesus Christ. He tells us that He is all powerful and none are more powerful and that He gives His glory to no one. He tells us that He rules and reigns in the hearts and minds of men which means He can manipulate your thinking. He tells us that He knows every thing we have said and done and we will all be judged by His word the Holy Bible one day. He tells us wisdom and knowledge is His and if we want to be smarter ask Him. My God is on a grand scale and there is nothing small about Him. It is impossible to get away from God. Our life is in Him.
2007-01-20 16:45:30 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It`s not God being human , but man was created by God "after His face and ressemblance " . Man has something from God`s nature , is similar to God in his deep essence , and he feels it. That`s why he " makes God human" . The error occurs when he extends this similarity to the physical feature . Especially simple minds ( simple , but not stupid , we can better say - education missed-ones ) like to see God as a greater and almighty human master . He is great and almighty , but not in human shape . Of course , for our better understanding , " He made himself man , and sufferred from our pains " - just in order to teach us how to live . But His essence is not human . Man`s essence is divine , and not by reverse .
On the other side , on the Mount Sinai , when God talked to Moses , He named Himself " The one that Is being " and gave no name . In this way , He wanted to make human give up his antrhopomorphic conception .
2007-01-20 17:04:55 · answer #4 · answered by Florina R . 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible describes God as though he were human, because the book was not written by God but by humans. Other books about other Gods are also written by humans, so nothing that we have really comes from God.
2007-01-20 16:24:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The bible has nothing to do with God. Yes, we tend to give God a human quality in personality and appearance. We have no idea what He looks like or thinks.
2007-01-20 16:24:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The bible teaches that God is not a humanoid. God is a spirit, eternal and almighty.
no wishful thinking, just the facts.
god bless
2007-01-20 16:24:38 · answer #7 · answered by happy pilgrim 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes. Humans are comforted by the idea that the being
that governs their lives is exactly like them in the
physical and mental aspects.
2007-01-20 16:24:24 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
This is called the projection theory of religion. Feuerbach developed it and Freud made it popular. It is pretty weak when trying to explain the fullness and variety of religious activities and experiences. It is what it sounds like, half-baked arm-chair musings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection
"The philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach based his theory of religion in large part upon the idea of projection, i.e., the idea that an anthropomorphic deity is the outward projection of man's anxieties and desires."
2007-01-20 16:24:07 · answer #9 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
No thoughtful theist believes in an anthropomorphic God.
2007-01-20 16:22:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋