Genesis 6:6
And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart.
2007-01-31 07:50:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ha, I love that verse. There is another one about god "repenting." (If you're incapable of evil - what do you have to repent from? If you're god, who do you repent to?)
Exodus 32:14
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
2007-01-31 07:58:07 · answer #1 · answered by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 6:6—In what sense can it be said that Jehovah “felt regrets” that he had made man? Here the Hebrew word translated “felt regrets” pertains to a change of attitude or intention. Jehovah is perfect and therefore did not make a mistake in creating man. However, he did have a change of mental attitude as regards the wicked pre-Flood generation. God turned from the attitude of the Creator of humans to that of a destroyer of them because of his displeasure with their wickedness. The fact that he preserved some humans shows that his regrets were confined to those who had become wicked.—2 Peter 2:5, 9.
2007-01-31 08:05:00 · answer #2 · answered by Tomoyo K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That passage is a myth and disrepects the nature of God.
Ask yourself if you regret anything in your life, what you could have done and what prevents you from doing it now. Oftentimes we regret not saying something special to a loved one, but nature allows us to hold that close to our hearts so we can speak truthfully the next time we encounter someone dear to us.
2007-01-31 07:58:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I grieve when my children hurt, even when I did not cause the hurt - does that mean I was at fault? God grieved because man chose to alienate himself from God. God knows the outcome, but that does not imply fault on His part. God regrets our choices, not His choices - His are perfect.
2007-01-31 08:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
When we assign human emotions to God, it is simply our effort to speak of Him in terms we can comprehend. We cannot comprehend eternality or omniscience or omnipotence. So we say and write things like "God is angry when ..." or "God is disappointed at ..." or "God regrets ..." or "God forgets our offenses" or "God is pleased by ...". In fact, God does not experience any such human emotions and mental processes. But if we are to talk about Him at all, we have to do so in our native languages, even though they are utterly inadequate to express anything about God accurately. And so we "humanize" God, to bring Him within the limitations of our language, our experience, and our ability to comprehend.
2007-01-31 08:08:56 · answer #5 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally believe that this passage means that he was sad at what happened. He is a perfect God, no chance that heis fallible in any way.
2007-01-31 08:01:26 · answer #6 · answered by Chase 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont believe God is regretful....He was infinetly upset about the wickedness of man....read the verses before....but He found favor with Noah...and He revived the earth bringing everything back :)
2007-01-31 07:56:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes.
2007-01-31 07:56:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋