What if God were one of them?

Question

Just some uptight yuppie scum trying to drive his hummer home

I like the Joan Osborne song too and really miss "Joan of Arcadia" I'd like to posit the opposite of "what if god was one of us?" What if he wasn't?

Answer 1

I like that song to..... if god were human what human would that be... I think any human smart enough to be called god would have called themselves human... this is a crazy question because if god were human his or her decisions would be based on his or her human characteristics.... then whether they had a conscience or not would enter into it. god being human does not work...
humans have a conscience... religion damages that conscience... I think religion damages us enough to even limit us from knowing what it feels like what it means to just be human....

Answer 2

I love Joan Osborne's song "One Of Us" which asks "What if God was one of us?" because Christians believe that God did become one of us.

Here are the lyrics: http://xenia.media.mit.edu/~bdenckla/lyrics/relish/one_of_us.html

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

ONe of us and one of them, the least amoung us -- the sick, the dying, those in our prisons the homeless anyone who makes you uncomfortable, in fact them those who make you most uncomfortable ...

Matthew 25:31

31"But when (Y)the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then (Z)He will sit on His glorious throne.
32"All the nations will be (AA)gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, (AB)as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

33and He will put the sheep (AC)on His right, and the goats (AD)on the left.

34"Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, (AE)inherit the kingdom prepared for you (AF)from the foundation of the world.

35'For (AG)I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; (AH)I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;

36(AI)naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you (AJ)visited Me; (AK)I was in prison, and you came to Me.'

37"Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?

38'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

39'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'

40"(AL)The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, (AM)to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'

41"Then He will also say to those on His left, '(AN)Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the (AO)eternal fire which has been prepared for (AP)the devil and his angels;

42for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

43I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'

44"Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?'

45"Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'

46"These will go away into (AQ)eternal punishment, but the righteous into (AR)eternal life."

Answer 4

Prolly. LOL.