Why do people give God all these attributes and certain stances on social and political issues?

Question

You see it every freakin day: somebody, somewhere, tells someone what God thinks about a variety of different subjects.

Baseball player hits a home run, and guess what? God did it! That's why they point up in the sky.

Somebody reads an archaic book with 1000 of passages that do not pertain to modern society, but soon as they want to use one for their own twisted purposes, they suddenly know what God thinks about it.

Have you ever seen God?

Have you ever talked to God?

Has anyone in the entire world, all 6.5billion of us ever seen God?

Seen Jesus lately?


Quit twisting your religion to fit whatever your personal views happen to be.

If there is a God, then I'm going to take a page out of your book and tell you what he thinks about all this: He's GD tired of men and women manipulating religion for their own purposes.

Answer the questions: Have you seen God? Have you talked to God?

When's the last time you and God hung out on the weekends?

I know the answer to this already. How do I know the answer already? Because not you, nobody you know, or anyone on the face of the planet can answer yes to those questions.

God is akin to little kids having imaginary friends.

You produce some proof and I'll change my mind.

That a deal?

Answer 1

Its called "insanity".

Answer 2

Although I don't know how to answer your question... I can tell you where God is NOT: the United States Constitution

Number of Times God or Jesus is mentioned in the United States Constitution

Zero, Zilch, Nil, Nada

It has often been seen on the Internet that to find God in the Constitution, all one has to do is read it, and see how often the Framers used the words "God," or "Creator," "Jesus," or "Lord." Except for one notable instance, however, none of these words ever appears in the Constitution, neither the original nor in any of the Amendments. The notable exception is found in the Signatory section, where the date is written thusly: "Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven". The use of the word "Lord" here is not a religious reference, however. This was a common way of expressing the date, in both religious and secular contexts. This lack of any these words does not mean that the Framers were not spiritual people, any more than the use of the word Lord means that they were. What this lack of these words is expositive of is not a love for or disdain for religion, but the feeling that the new government should be involve itself in matters of religion. In fact, the original Constitution bars any religious test to hold any federal office in the United States.

http://www.usconstitution.net/

Answer 3

Who would argue with God? They invoke his name to forward their agenda. That agenda is so lame that if they were to try to explain it or get it passed any other way it would fail so they use the name of the Almighty as a tool to say that if God is on our side it must be right.

What they don't realize is that The Supreme Being does not get tangled up in politics. He/She has better things to do. Politics is something humans do through the God given ability to make choices. If those choices are good they will be rewarded if not they will not be rewarded. Who decides the reward or what is good or not? Certainly not some loudmouth preacher who has a holier than thou attitude. Only the Omnipotent one can do that and only if He/She chooses to do so.

I am always amazed at how people claim to know the mind of the Most Supreme Of All Things. Maybe it makes them feel special or they hope it gives them power over others. What it does is make them look especially foolish when they are caught doing something wrong. Jim Bakker is a prime example.

Answer 4

God is in the hearts of those who have accepted him. Your problem is that you are trying to give him human characteristics. Jesus said he would return and has not as of yet. I'm sure when he does we'll toss a couple back. You said your self these passages are archaic yet the practice is around even today. Why do you have problems with Christians. We wouldn't have a problem if you hit a home run, pointed at yourself, and said "I'm the greatest person to not have convictions ever." Your religion is yourself, ours is by faith. You sound scared as if we maybe right. You constantly want to make fun of Christians who believe in something, but never do I see these same posts about Muslims, Hindu's, Buddhist. Our archaic book with 1000's of prophecies tells us this will happen. Over 500 of these archaic prophecies have been fulfilled. God bless.

Answer 5

Hats off to you, Josh, for a question that inspires thought.

My answers to all of your queries are no, but as who cares stated, that's where faith comes into play.

Quite honestly, I don't know what I believe, it would be arrogant of me to think so. I do however feel that everything in existence is interwoven. How that plays out in life is beyond my realm of knowledge. Perhaps in the end, whatever we believed is what becomes of us when our hearts stop? It puts a new spin on self fulfilling prophecy, that's for sure!

Whatever your belief system may be, if it has meaning for you, then it is powerful.

Answer 6

I’m here, I’m not queer, and I’m not going away; Let’s say I go out every night, I meet a guy and have sex with him. Good for me. I’m not married; Originally, I was the only female with long blonde hair; now, they all have long blonde hair; I am emboldened by my looks to say things Republican men wouldn’t; I’m so pleased with my gender - we are not too bright; You want to be careful not to become just a blowhard.
Christianity fuels everything I say. Being a Christian means that I am called upon to do battle against lies, injustice, cruelty, hypocrisy—you know, all the virtues in the church of liberalism; I’m a Christian first and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don’t you ever forget it.

Answer 7

Never seen one.
Never talked to one.
Doubt it, unless they took the red pill.
Yah, I played soccer with Jésus a few days ago. My team kicked his team's tushy.

Because it makes people feel better. God is generally associated with everyone's cheerleader. It forgives you when you do wrong, helps you when things are tough, and keeps things running well.

Personally, I say that the supernatural being/powers at be don't care about what us mere mortals do. It's like the difference between our time and geologic time; they worry about the universe, galaxies, stars, and we worry about next Tuesday.

Answer 8

Right on!

There is a God, but he ain't no lazy-a**ed white bearded guy sitting on a cloud taking personal calls from Bush and his misguided minions in the religious right.

She is the power of people to live together in peace, to transcend the divisions of opinion and greed and to respect the inherent value of of her creation.

Answer 9

Yeah, as a Christian, I have to agree......I always see people using the Bible to justify their hate and agendas but Jesus was NOT a political figure.....He didn't come to change the world, nor was he a revolutionary.....He came for matters of the heart and wanted us to each examine our own hearts.....To change the world with our own example....Not by pushing agenda's or political views on others.....

Answer 10

I believe in Separation of Church and State. Like the Founding Fathers believed.

Answer 11

Well, its to make their own opinion look good. Here's what I say: God doesen't freakin' care about your opinion as long as humanity itself survives. Oh, and god sends people who use him in politics straight to Hell because he doesen't want to be drawn into these things.