if horses had gods those gods would have looked and sounded like horses?

Question

the gods we humans have invented are very human indeed. they not only are human but act, talk, and do exactly what we humans do.
is that the reason why our human gods/allahs are so authoratarian?

Answer 1

Narf...what God acts like regular humans...you are following the wrong God

Answer 2

That is a modern view. Take a look at the God(s) of ancient people like the Egyptians (half animal). The gods of native Americans were represented with characteristics that were found in animals. Ancient people understood that the likenesses of their deities were just a representation. Apparently this has been lost.

Answer 3

in case you study the history of religion and philosophy, you will discover that even interior the classic worldwide, God became defined as a transcendent being who had no similarities to guy, and who could desire to no longer be comprehended. in the previous Zeus and Hera have been imagined as superheroes residing on Olympus, the Mycenaean Greeks at Eleusis imagined God as a single, all-pervasive and transcendent Deity. historical delusion constantly starts with an define of a transcendent Deity - the Ouranos of the Greeks, the Apsu of the Babylonians, and so on. If something, anthropomorphism is something further into faith by utilising the fewer contemplative a lot, and in hassle-free terms after the religion has substitute into mainstream.

Answer 4

I've often pondered the same or similar .....
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.
Albert Einstein
yes or a reflection of horses?

Answer 5

their God would look a lot like my picture

Answer 6

I dunno....Good question