If God is omnipotent and omniscient, we are infinitely small and infinitely stupid.
And yet God seems to need our undying devotion and adulation. He seems to need to hear constantly how great he is.
Is it just me or is there something bizarre and slightly nauseating about that?
2007-03-02 22:14:45 · 11 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is very clear you have no understanding about who God is? Why ask questions to antagonize?
If you understood the way God set up creation, you would also understand that it is not just praise alone he seeks.
It is okay for you to have questions asking for real answers, but to just be an idiot....go to a different subject.
2007-03-02 22:20:58 · answer #1 · answered by ggirl 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You can call me a Deist if I need a label, but I agree with you on this one.
I feel no need, no compulsion to "worship" God. I feel no need to "praise his Holy name."
Whoever created this universe may indeed be benevolent, but I don't think he requires constant adoration.
The best thing I could do to "please" God would be to just not $hit on other people.
I've read the Bible; I'm well acquainted with it, but I'm not an unbearable fundie. I don't get off judging other people.
But regarding others, there is that one verse that speaks about "as ye have done it to the least of these." If people could just get hip with that, the world would be a much better place.
2007-03-03 07:41:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just you. You're prideful, selfish, irreverent, and you're really nauseating.
God neither demands nor requires our "undying devotion or adulation". What He does ask for is the love of those He created. And if we truly loved him, devotion and adulation, as well as worship, would come naturally.
2007-03-03 06:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by C J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has a multiple personality disorder!
Personality disorders form a class of mental disorders that are characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and actions. Because of the inflexibility and pervasiveness of these patterns, they can cause serious problems and impairment of functioning for the persons who are afflicted with these disorders.
Personality disorders are seen by the American Psychiatric Association as an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it. These patterns are inflexible and pervasive across many situations. The onset of the pattern can be traced back at least to the beginning of adulthood. To be diagnosed as a personality disorder, a behavioral pattern must cause significant distress or impairment in personal, social, and/or occupational situations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_disorder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God
2007-03-03 06:25:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
God does not need us period. We are part of his creation and therefore he loves us just as he loves everything that he has created. The Bible says in 1 John that God is love. Love always involves a relationship. Our relationship with God involves our adoration of him and his relationship with us involves his nurturing. This is not a symbiotic relationship. Yes, we do need the things of creation to live and we need someone to provide those things for us on a constant and reliable basis. We cannot have gravity being turned on and off like a power plant that goes into blackout and then comes back on line. Our worship of God is more for our benefit than it is for God's. God provides for you even if you do not worship him because his love for you is beyond anything that any of us can imagine----it is pure love that is unconditional. Too often people want to dress God in human emotions and human logic and this is where they make their mistake in trying to understand the relationship between God and man. Trying to figure out God is pointless---our minds just cannot handle his vastness. It is best if we just accept him as he is.
2007-03-03 06:28:46 · answer #5 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes God is in vain to his expectations on his creatures. Many have committed sins against God and the first creature who committed sin is Eve, then Eve induced Adam. Many people made graven images and claimed it is their God. Many are robbers, killers and all everything that against God
2007-03-03 06:26:11 · answer #6 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that's what the whole covenant idea is all about. its an agreement to serve each other. our side is not exempted just because you have pride issues. what responsibilities would G-d have towards human beings if he could not ask for something from us in return?
2007-03-03 06:26:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
And omnipresent. If he's omnipresent, then we are but extensions of him.
By they way, where did you get the idea that god was emotionally dependant on humans? Sorry, I'm an agnostic and I've never heard of a religion believing that.
2007-03-03 06:17:30 · answer #8 · answered by mmm_billy01 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
You have a mistaken conception of Father God, in my opinion. And we in our present state are finite in both areas without Father God.
2007-03-03 06:22:10 · answer #9 · answered by martha d 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes
2007-03-03 06:20:33 · answer #10 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋