One thing that puts me off about God, and the creation story...what do u think?

Question

Assuming there is a God, and we were created by him/her, the creation seems incomplete or untruthful to the creator’s talents, as we think he/she to have.

I must subject myself to the understanding of a creator artist, sculptor, etc. What I mean is this, we believe that Gods is perfect, as such would want to showcase his "talent" in his creation.

In the Bible we were created in the image of God, similar to a artist or sculptors greatest work, where they would try to remove any flaw they see in themselves, or in the case of grotesque drawings add them.

Since gods whole creation is not only a image, but soul, and mind, I must ask weather or not he added his flaws, or removed them, thus making us more perfect then "he", or are we incomplete, in which any flaws the creation has is the result of incompletion. Thus the lives we live are apart of the creation, and Prophets are the tools use in the process, to remove flaws.

I.E. Be Perfect as the father in heaven- Jesus

sdr35hw isn't worship vanity.
If you read the bible even before Adam/Eve sinned we were not as he, which gave the serpent reason to entice.

The Serpent said ' and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

God knows Good and Evil and is Perfect, we know the same but are sinners. And the sin itself was created by god.

Some people believe that the Serpent was tool, and Some(unlike me) believe he was the devil

Answer 1

wow thats deep I dont know sorry

Answer 2

Having the “image” or “likeness” of God means, in the simplest terms, that we were made to resemble God. Adam did not resemble God in the sense of God’s having flesh and blood. Scripture says that “God is a spirit” (John 4:24) and therefore exists without a body. However, Adam’s body did mirror the life of God, insofar as it was created in perfect health and was not subject to death.

Part of being made in God’s image means that Adam had the capacity to make free choices. Although he was given a righteous nature, Adam made an evil choice to rebel against his Maker. In so doing, Adam marred the image of God within himself, and he passed that damaged likeness on to all his children, including us (Romans 5:12). Today, we still bear the image of God (James 3:9), but we also bear the scars of sin. Mentally, morally, socially, and physically, we show the effects.

The good news is that, when God redeems an individual, He begins to restore the original image of God, creating “the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness” (Ephesians 4:24; see also Colossians 3:10).

Answer 3

You're completely leaving out free will, a world cursed by the actions of Adam, and the never ending attacks of the devil.

We were created in the image of God, a little lower than God himself. You cannot compare the perfectness of God's ability to the imperfect abilities of a human artist.

Answer 4

Well, if you read the Bible you would know that after Adam and Eve sinned, God put imperfection into the world as a punishment. God did showcase his "talent" by making Eden - a basic utopia. The world was perfect and so were Adam and Eve until they sinned. Then disease, death, lies, pain, suffering and just plain sin was released into the world as punishment for giving in to Satan.

Answer 5

It seems that your question is, 'why did God, a perfect being, create a limited or imperfect creation therefore failing to display what he is infinitely capable of?' I could be wrong. If I am correct I would answer it this way. God created human beings to exist as his children or servants, however you want to see it, and created them imperfect in order for them to be able to accept truth, have free will, etc. God simply could not have created other beings such as himself because he was already in the company of beings like himself. God is more than capable, but we could not live in a world such as that. In making humans limited and imperfect, he had to create a universe that humans could comprehend, manipulate, calculate, etc. The reason the earth is understandable and limited is for our own benefit.
But think on this point. Humans are intelligent, able to create/ invent things, but we are limited in our abilities. Everything that humans have invented are direct results of what we can find here on earth (natural resources, observations of nature, etc.). God, however, is able to invent such a world as this when it never had existed before. When we construct something, we need tools and resources that help us put it together. God was able to create an atom with no tools whatsoever. God was able to create that atom from his own knowledge and abilities. If we had been created as an invisible mind that existed in nothing, we could not create anything in our imagination because there would be nothing stored in our memory, nothing to see,... We couldn't imagine a simple shape as a triangle because we would have no references. God, however, is an entity that had no creation to look at, as a reference, because that would make him as limited as us. So really, the concept of a limited creation is really our own concept. We only think that because we understand the world so much and seemingly find so many flaws in it, yet we could never create rocks with nothing but our hands, think of a new class of animal (birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, mammals, ?). I hope this answers your question.

God bless.

Answer 6

There cannot be any defect in the creation of God. We have created these defects on account of our disobeying the orders of God.
In the book Sri Isopanisad is stated:

"The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance."
PURPORT
The Complete Whole, the Personality of Godhead, has immense potencies, all of which are as complete as He is. Thus this phenomenal world is also complete in itself. The twenty-four elements of which this material universe is a temporary manifestation are arranged to produce everything necessary for the maintenance and subsistence of this universe. No other unit in the universe need make an extraneous effort to try to maintain the universe. The universe functions on its own time scale, which is fixed by the energy of the Complete Whole, and when that schedule is completed, this temporary manifestation will be annihilated by the complete arrangement of the Complete Whole.
All facilities are given to the small complete units (namely the living beings) to enable them to realize the Complete Whole. All forms of incompleteness are experienced due to incomplete knowledge of the Complete Whole. The human form of life is a complete manifestation of the consciousness of the living being, and it is obtained after evolving through 8,400,000 species of life in the cycle of birth and death. If in this human life of full consciousness the living entity does not realize his completeness in relation to the Complete Whole, he loses the chance to realize his completeness and is again put into the evolutionary cycle by the law of material nature.
Because we do not know that there is a complete arrangement in nature for our maintenance, we make efforts to utilize the resources of nature to create a so-called complete life of sense enjoyment. Because the living entity cannot enjoy the life of the senses without being dovetailed with the Complete Whole, the misleading life of sense enjoyment is illusion. The hand of a body is a complete unit only as long as it is attached to the complete body. When the hand is severed from the body, it may appear like a hand, but it actually has none of the potencies of a hand. Similarly, living beings are part and parcel of the Complete Whole, and if they are severed from the Complete Whole, the illusory representation of completeness cannot fully satisfy them.
And that is our flaw.

Answer 7

This question highlights a major flaw in the creation myth.

We are supposed to have been created in God's image and as such, humans should have been incapable of sin or disobedience.

Answer 8

I think we live to perfect ourselves. Just because were not perfect doesn't necessarily mean we have flaws, its just a part of life, its like a small child in a room with 10 adults, just because he's smaller doesn't mean he's flawed he is just not done growing yet. We cant grow and learn if it is just handed to us. If someone gave you an perfect score on a test even though you didnt take it, what would you have learned?, sorry I hear i give really bad examples, i hope you get what I mean lol

Answer 9

If God was an engineer he would have been fired:

Babies are born with their heads too big for their bodies, our joints suffer wear and have to be replaced, our arteries clog up with relative ease, we have a blind spot in our eyes where the optic nerve connects, our eyes deform so easily etc.

Surely as masterpieces of a creator, we should be perfect, even with defects, we should be repaired.

Answer 10

you have a misconception.

God is perfect, correct? let's examine certain traits about God that He cannot copy...

having no creator. having a last state without having an initial state. not subject to physical laws.

as a creation, it is impossible to be up to God's level of perfection. we can only be as perfect as a human being has. God has emotions, but because He is all good (His last state is Good), His emotions cannot lead Him to do wrong.

we were made without flaw. we were made as perfcet as physically possible. we can choose, as all beings can, we can think/will/feel, like all beings can, and we have boundaries, like all beings do.

when man sinned, the possibilities for these traits to be imbalanced was now apparent. for example, God knows His worth; we have self-esteem. when we sinned, suddenly, we saw ourselves differently and began to try and measure our own worth; we either thought we were superior, inferior or on par with someone else in some way.

change is inward. God works on you personally. the prophets said things God told them, a good guide, but that's of no use to you if you don't realize the entirety of their statements. God can break things down on a level you personally understand.

Answer 11

I think we were made perfect humans, however when we ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil we became aware that we were not as perfect as God (of course). And this is where suffering entered into us, because it is a form of suffering to know that you are not as perfect as God. So we banished ourselves from the Garden of Eden (happiness) and have spent the rest of time trying to return to our original happiness. But we cannot forget our knowledge of good and evil, and our dissatisfaction has led us to commit more evil in a desperate attempt to restore our original happiness. Thus we have moved farther and farther away from God, becoming less perfect as time moved on. Then Christ came, and through Him we can receive mercy and forgiveness, and we can start moving back towards God. Christ says "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." - Matthew 5:48. Through Christ we can become perfect human beings again, and therefore return to the Garden of Eden. This is because he washes away our imperfections and gives us the opportunity to constantly improve ourselves. We need only trust Him completely.