i beleived god was invented by humans so we can blame someone for our failures.Do you believed this?

Answer 1

No.

Though any evidence that could prove this is probably long gone, I suspect we came up with the idea of God because we needed some kind of authority to decide how other animals could and couldn't live. If we were to take control, we needed something telling us we were superior to other animals. That kind of authority could only come from the gods.

Origins of the Fall of Adam and Eve.

The Old Testament is basically a compilation of selected oral traditions passed on from one culture and a few of the surrounding tribes. Basically these oral traditions were the stories told around the campfire to give the early hebrews a cultural identity. Pretty much all tribes had their own oral traditions, but what is written in the Old Testament survived because the tribe eventually wrote them down.

There are a few things to consider about this... the first is that all these stories have some truth to them in that they were important enough stories for the tribe to pass them down throughout the generations until eventually they were important enough to write down. The second thing to consider is that these stories were passed on for thousands of years before being written down. Surely the significance of the stories would have changed their context over this vast period of time. The third thing is that these stories were never meant to describe the entire world, only that particular culture. In other words, the stories were based on all that they knew, not all that was.

So what could the story of Adam and Eve have represented for the early Hebrews? The creation of the world? We know this is not the case, but what could have happened that these Hebrews would have found so significant that they would hold it in so high a regard as to call it creation? Can history give us any clues as to what could have been so significant to these people 8000-10,000 years ago?

The fact is, history can tell us about a very significant event that happened at around the same time and in about the same area. This event was the Agricultural Revolution.

Now, it should be said that humans had been around for hundreds of thousands of years prior to the Agricultural Revolution. During this period, human population growth was rather slight. These early tribes were mostly hunter-gatherers with some low-level farming. A comparative look at some of the isolated tribes of today shows that they have a high respect for nature, and concepts like ownership of land and ownership of food are pretty much non-existant. They lived as animals, and by that I mean that they killed and ate what they needed, and for protection, but very rarely more than that. This was pretty much a law of limited competition as we see amung other animals in the wild today. Humans did not claim dominion over the planet or its food. One day the human hunters caught the deer, another day the deer got away, and yet another day a tiger caught the deer. The humans did not resent the tiger for this because they were living as the tiger did.. in a way, whether the deer lived or who caught it, was up to the gods. By "the gods" I of course mean the Animist "gods" found in the majority of tribal cultures.

Fast forward to the Agricultural Revolution when humans began to think differently about their food. Rather than rely on "the gods" for their food, humans began a concentrated wholesale campaign to grow and have complete control over their own food. Animals were domesticated and raised on farms for the purpose of eventually eating them. This time the deer or other livestock belonged to the humans first and foremost. The deer's fate was sealed from birth, it belonged to the humans. The livestock were also protected from other prey, and when necessary, the humans went to war with other would-be competitors for the livestock. To put it another way, humans suddenly took control and decided who lived and who died. Until the Agricultural Revolution, this was the "Knowledge of the Gods."

Do you see where this is going?

The story of the fall of Adam and Eve is the story of the Agricultural Revolution. The story was probably originally told from the point of view of a neighbouring tribe who watched the revolution begin. They believed it was an abomination what these early Hebrews (possibly) were doing. The gods had provided for all up to then and by claiming the knowledge of the gods (eating the apple) they had begun living outside of the laws of nature which had worked so well from the beginning of time. These observers assumed chaos would ensue and "the gods" would no longer provide for them or protect them, thus they were "cast out of the garden." Fortunately for the early Hebrews, this new form of making a living seemed to work quite well. It is likely that the observing tribe was assimilated or at least took up this new way of making a living as it very quickly spread all over the world.

So the story of Adam and Eve wasn't about the creation of humans, but the creation of civilization as we know it! Surely an event worthy of being passed down in a story for generations.

Another thing that is interesting about this, is the spiritual basis of these people was taken away from them. What right did they have to claim dominion over the world and all the animals and plants in it? Who could possibly have given humans the authority to have the knowledge of the gods, of good and evil? Well, who else could give that kind of authority, but the gods themselves.

So this wasn't just the birth of civilization as we know it, but it was also the birth of religion (or perhaps I should say God) as we know it as well. What better coronation story for us, than to be created by god in his own image to rule over the earth.

Answer 2

I believe God is around because he always has been. There is no other logical explination as to how anything is around. People deny God so they can feel in control because they dont like the idea that anyone is above them. Also I believe people should know how to spell "believe" and use proper english skills before they start typing questions online.

Answer 3

AND I believe humans where invented by God to c what a bad mistake he did,

not the GOOD ppl, though, i mean ppl like u

Answer 4

No, I believe that when people look deep inside themselves and find something they don't understand it scares them a little and they wish to externalise it. God is simply what they see deep in themselves.

The kind of person who doesn't accept responsibility for their actions does not specifically need the invention of god - he will blame anything and everything except himself.

Answer 5

Yes I believe that and the other day I was walking home and right in front of me 2 big rocks banged into each other, when the dust settled there was this beautiful house with electricity and running water.

Answer 6

No. Man is incapable of writing prophetic passages.
http://schnebin.blogspot.com/2006/05/gods-word-proven.html

It would be wise to stop making excuses regarding your need for eternal salvation.

Answer 7

I believe man creates gods, but the reasons are myriad. No simple explanation can cover all of the many reasons.

Answer 8

No, I believe god(s) were created to explain the unknown as well as a means to handle the fear surrounding the unknown.

Answer 9

I think the ten commandments were invented just to make us fail. From the second we are born we are set up to fail.

Answer 10

Why can't we blame ourselves for our own failures, while remembering that the Lord gave us each free will to do what we please with it? If you botched something up, there's no need to blame God for it...just keep your head up, and try again. After all, you were the one that failed, not God.