English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

Considering G-d is infinite and omnipresent wouldn't he be in all things or more appropriately wouldn't everything be a part of him?

2007-03-09 07:24:50 · 27 answers · asked by Quantrill 7 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

27 answers

yes, you are right. the reason the bible has such a problem with "false gods" is that spiritually they aren't "high" enough. that's why there are so many passages mocking the use of statues and images - they are like spiritual blockades. the bible sees G-d as entirely spiritual and by creating a physical representation you are bringing G-d down to you rather than raising yourself up to him. by "false gods" it is referring to the way people would worship forces of nature and assign a godly being to each one. it's true that all those gods are part of the underlying G-d behind all the forces, but what G-d in the bible is saying is "why bother? i may be the rain, but i'm not just just the rain. i may be the sun, but i'm not just the sun. i may be in the statue, but i'm not just that statue. i go deeper than that, and when trying to know me you shouldn't just stop at getting to know me through the rain and through the sun and through a statue, because if you stop there you'll never really know me. you should go deeper than that too." the bible portrays G-d as a being who loves people and truly wants a relationship with them. and so the bible made it an actual law that you couldn't place the barrier of praying to smaller representations of deity between you and G-d. you HAD to take it a step higher.

2007-03-09 07:48:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

God is infinite and omnipresent, example when you sit at a desk you are sitting in the desk or at the desk, you are not physically in the desk, God's being omnipresent means that his attention is atuned to all things, he is not physically in the things, Isaiah 66: 1 This is what Jehovah has said: "The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool Psalms 11: 4 Jehovah in the heavens is his throne. His own eyes behold, his own beaming eyes examine the sons of men In refering to false gods, they are the things that men worship, such as money, material things, sports idols, movie idols, these are considered false gods, also idols created by men such as monkey gods, cow gods, whatever mankind bows to and worships as a god, Their idols, in silver and gold, products of human skill, have mouths, but never speak, eyes, but never see, ears, but never hear, noses, but never smell, hands, but never touch, feet, but never walk, and not a sound from their throats. Their makers will end up like them, and so will anyone who relies on them.

2007-03-09 15:48:05 · answer #2 · answered by Nancy 6 · 0 0

If there is a god and it is infinite and omnipresent then anything you worship would be a part of him. From what I understand this is part of Hinduism. It is mentioned in the Baghavad Gita. I'm not sure how it exists in Judaism, you'd probably know better than I do.

Edit:

But then again isn't it the Jewish God that invented the concept of false gods anyway....

2007-03-09 15:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Your perception of God is different than what other people might see. The Hindus and Muslims have a different sense of God while Christians have a Holy Trinity God. Is the way that you see it, considering all the religions in the world I'd say there is no false God.

2007-03-09 15:32:38 · answer #4 · answered by cynical 6 · 1 1

There is a religion that says God is in all things, I forget what it's called but it's not Christianity.

Just because you create something doesn't make you in it. (I create pottery, but I'm not in it.) The Creator deserves the worship, not the creature. Revelation 14:7-12 is drawing our minds back to the Creator and away from man-made things.

2007-03-09 16:30:30 · answer #5 · answered by V 5 · 0 0

You're confusing omnipresence with pantheism. There are LOTS of false gods. Money, power, sex, entertainment, food, and drink all come to mind. Incidentally, the ancient pagan gods represented just these qualities of human desire.

2007-03-09 15:36:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Galatians 4:8 - Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

1 Corinthians 2:5 - That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

2007-03-09 15:43:29 · answer #7 · answered by deacon 6 · 0 1

Certainly. The definition of a god is anything that people worship and put faith in (different than Almighty God). So people "worship" money, other people, sex, thrills...all of these could be considered false gods.

2007-03-09 15:31:41 · answer #8 · answered by surfchika 4 · 1 0

There are people who worship others Gods so really there are false Gods because there is only one God and that is your heavenly father!! If you have any questions write me a comment on one of my questions!! Also people think that there are different Gods for like rain and sunshine which is just crap, uh they need a bible!!

2007-03-09 15:35:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

So are you saying that G-d put on the masks of the other gods before Abraham found him? it wasn't until then that there was a monotheistic belief system and that was during the Bronze Age. What about all the other gods before that one came on the scene?

2007-03-09 15:29:30 · answer #10 · answered by Kallan 7 · 1 2

fedest.com, questions and answers