Is God Perfect?

Question

IF so, how come he regretted creating us ( imperfect creations) and wiped out all humans but the Noahs??

Did God make a mistake or what????

Answer 1

Christians are not allowed to think, and therefore they cannot respond to this question. EG, look at the responses here. Their perfect god is such a failure that it wiped out its creation multiple times, and still has to send the vast majority of its latest attempt to everlasting hell, out of love of course.

Answer 2

Here the Hebrew word translated “felt regrets” pertains to a change of attitude or intention. God is perfect and therefore did not make a mistake in creating man. However, he did have a change of mental attitude as regards the wicked pre-Flood generation. God turned from the attitude of the Creator of humans to that of a destroyer of them because of his displeasure with their wickedness. The fact that he preserved some humans shows that his regrets were confined to those who had become wicked.—2 Peter 2:5, 9.
God felt regret, grief, and even hurt, not because his own actions were mistaken, but because man’s wickedness became rife. The Creator regretted that it had become necessary to destroy all mankind except Noah and his family. God assures us: ‘I take no delight in the death of the wicked.’—Ezekiel 33:11; compare Deuteronomy 32:4, 5.

The ancient prophets report that God repeatedly spoke of himself as ‘feeling regret’ over something he had done or was thinking of doing. For example, God said that he “regretted [from the Hebrew na·cham′] that he had made Saul king over Israel.” (1 Samuel 15:11, 35; compare Jeremiah 18:7-10; Jonah 3:10.) Because God is perfect, these verses cannot mean that God made a mistake in selecting Saul to be Israel’s first king. Rather, they indicate that God felt sorry that Saul turned out to be faithless and disobedient.

Answer 3

God didn't ceate us imperfect. We were perfect to begin with, it was Satan who messed people up. If you will read the Bible, you will see that Noah's day closely resembles our own day and time. People were going about their business, but things were bad, because there was violence in the land, killing and immoral things that were going on. The angels from heaven came down and took bodies and had realtions with the women in Noah's day. God saw all this and he had to flood the earth to get rid of the bad angels and the bad people. Noah and his family were the only ones that was doing what God wanted them to do. And Noah did try to talk to other people and save their lives, but they didn't want any of it, they thought Noah was crazy. So they lost their lives. Makes you wonder who you ought to listen to today, huh?

Answer 4

I think that is the Devil's argument. Jehovah made good on that by letting Satan murder him for no good cause. He did that for Noah types today and yesterday.
He would have been perfectly justified in destroying us all and any hope we have.
Being regretful of what you do is a good thing. God is a good thing. Man went bad we were not created as such. Our choice made him regret the good thing he did. That good thing was giving us life.
Would you rather not have been born?
God regreted 'our' choices.

Answer 5

Do you know what the regret means? Why do you think He saved Noah and other creatures if they were imperfect? Why did Jesus die for our sins?
He was full of sorrow. That is what He meant. God does not contradict Himself.

Answer 6

God did not want us to love Him because we were programed that way.

He wanted it to be our choice to love Him, and since we have the choice to love and obey God, that means that we also have the choice to disobey and hate God. It is not a sign that God's creation was not perfect, but a sign that He gave us the choice to accept or reject Him.

Answer 7

God is perfect.

And he does know all, but he has to interact with us within our time line in order for us to understand. If we are to understand that our actions, our sin, offend and hurt him...then we can relate. We understand regret.

The Bible is written for us! It is God's word to us. It's important that we understand so he gives it to us in terms that we can relate to...such as regret!

Answer 8

Wow...that is a heavy question. I think that we are a work in progress. Things are not done yet and we have only been around for a very short period of time, as far as the universe goes. :) Cheers

Answer 9

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Answer 10

Allah (SWT) is perfect.

Interesting question. I use to ask that one, too.