Definition:
1. penalty for doing something wrong: a penalty that is imposed on somebody for wrongdoing
Where did punishment come from if not from GOD?
2007-05-10 10:43:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God did set up the rules but it was up to men to use good judgement.
2007-05-10 10:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by julie 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Communities created punishment to keep order in their midst. If you take something from someone else you get X punishment. Ever hear of Hamurabi's code? The 10 commandments were based off of it, BTW.
What a silly question. If all these people believe that everyone gets their just deserts in the afterlife then why do we even bother with jails? Let the murders run free and god will deal with them later. See how long that plan lasts.
2007-05-10 17:51:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would a being who needs nothing to complete his perfection, have any need to punish? Do you really think that it would be possible to "offend" a being that is totally perfect, has no need for either your approval or your worship and you cannot harm? Do you think that it "hurts" god if you don't go to church?
God has no need to punish if god is omnipotence. You cannot hurt him in any way, neither can you do him any good, neither can you anger him.
As far as people being "sent" to hell and all that, the answer is that people choose hell, not that god sends them there. That's one of the things that you need to "interpret" in your bible. Otherwise, it makes no sense.
2007-05-10 17:59:20 · answer #3 · answered by gehme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a) who says this exactly? In what context? Does anyone actually say, "God is not allowed to punish people, only men can"?
b) Where does punishment come from if not from God? From man.
2007-05-10 17:50:32 · answer #4 · answered by Dan X 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well when real empirical proof shows me a deity is real then I will think that the ability to punish may apply to them, until then it is a duty of the secular world set, at least in my country, by a jury of one's peers.
2007-05-10 17:53:17 · answer #5 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God doesn't exist. Punishment was invented by men who didn't like what someone else was doing and had the power to enforce it.
2007-05-10 17:48:03 · answer #6 · answered by nondescript 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Punishment did come from God...how else would we learn...
2007-05-10 17:49:26 · answer #7 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rev 18-22
Matt 24-25
James
Jude
Malachi 3&4
God will judge and He doesn't need (non-believersand liberals) permission to.
2007-05-10 17:57:55 · answer #8 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is not real. That's his only excuse for being genocidal. He acts like a six year old with a magnifying glass burning ants.I could make up a kinder more just diety than that!
2007-05-10 17:47:38 · answer #9 · answered by Uncle Meat 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I haven't heard anyone say that. Frankly, that does sound ridiculous.
2007-05-10 17:47:47 · answer #10 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋