2007-04-11 12:39:38 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Theologists speculated that God is only one emotion, which is love, and since there is only love that cannot be guilt.
To believe that God could feel guilt, would be to acknowledge that God could in fact make error or mistakes. If that was the case, we wouldn't have God at all, but we would have a superior being, alien or otherwise, that judges us as inferior, but harmless.
It's an interesting idea, but it is not God.
2007-04-18 12:33:38 · answer #1 · answered by Boston Bluefish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guilt is only felt when one does something morally wrong. Gods knowledge is infinate, and so God has perfect perception from which to make perfect decisions. Therefore, God does not make mistakes, as he is aware of all consequences of any action.
Often the argument of those who do not like to believe in a God is that God alows cruel things to happen to good people. However, nobody is sinless. Sure, a child may seem sinless, but often people can suffer karmic reactions of acts they commited during a past lifetime. Hence although to our naive perceptions, God may seem to allow injustice, this is not the case. Also, on occasion God will have mercy upon a person by bringing suffering upon him. When people suffer, they often lose some of their ego, and look to God for answers (by reading some scripture of seeing a spiritual master). In this way, suffering brings about a positive change in a persons perspective.
Your question shows the answer. If a person is all-powerfull, then he shall make no mistake hence shall feel no guilt.
2007-04-18 17:59:28 · answer #2 · answered by Yoda 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God doesn't feel guilt. What for? He's a God of love, kindness, and new life. He has nothing to feel guilty about. God loves you more then anything in this world, he would've sent his own son just for you, even if you were the only one. Guilt comes from the devil, he's the spirit of fear, worry, guilt, etc. God loves you so much , don't let the devil try to confuse you.
2007-04-19 13:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by blinking2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whenever you ask "can" in regards to God you are about to enter either the world of the absurd or the world of error.
For the former, consider the absurdity of asking, "Can God make a rock He can't lift?" This thing is a non-entity. Can God do something about a non-entity? Absurd!
As for the latter, God CAN do anything. However, God can not cease to be God. This is no way diminishes Him. Again, it is a non-question. He will not do anything to incur guilt, so the question is moot.
Tom
2007-04-11 19:49:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has no reason to ever feel guilt. He is all powerful and remains so. Everything He created was perfectly made but it was man who corrupted things.. including themselves. Thats not on God since we all are born with a free will to do either good..or bad.
2007-04-19 17:23:02 · answer #5 · answered by phoenixnotalbatross 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He felt ALL the guilt of the those he saved when Christ took on himself the sin of the world. That is one reason he said "Father if it is possible, take this cup from me, nevertheless, not my will..." Christ has known more guilt by far, than any man dead or living. He drank the full cup of the Father's plan - became our sin, took our guilt, our punishment, our estrangement from the Father, and the full brunt of the infinite wrath of God.
Furthermore, God the Holy Spirit living in us feels our guilt with us. He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Do you think that God who knows even every silent prayer simultaneously, and knows the hairs on our head does not know exactly what we are feeling, and does not take our burdens upon himself?
Isa 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isa 53:4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
2007-04-11 19:45:10 · answer #6 · answered by Frak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God knows all sees all and understands all things. I believe he understands guilt but I do not feel that he feels guilt. He is not guilty of anything to be able to feel that emotion. HE IS HOLY AND SIN FREE.
2007-04-18 13:02:52 · answer #7 · answered by Jae 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since God does not make mistakes, his regretting manifestly refers to a change in attitude toward humans. Just what prompts such a change on his part?God’s dealings with humankind assure us that he will never feel regret about his unchangeable purpose. His word will prove true and he will live up completely to the terms of his promises. However, if individuals choose the wrong course, he will change his attitude toward them. Though he does not desire to act against them, their course of action requires that he do so in agreement with his unchangeable standard of justice. May we, therefore, always strive to be faithful to God.
2007-04-18 21:09:42 · answer #8 · answered by Tom J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You talk about 'God' like a physical being... when are people going to get that 'God' is the most evolved spiritual being in existence, beyond all our petty physical notions and only truly concerned with the big picture.... which somehow I doubt has much to do with our limited understanding of emotions...
2007-04-11 19:46:13 · answer #9 · answered by Taliesin Pen Beirdd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can you feel guilt when you are right all the time?
2007-04-11 19:42:04 · answer #10 · answered by YouGotTold 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋