- Were they worse than present day human.
- Had they had FreeWill to live.
- What made benevolent God to became very upset.
2007-06-23 15:59:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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Ah, I had assumed 100% that God of Genesis is exist and Bible is the word of God.
2007-06-23 16:04:06 · update #1
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CNJRTOM
Thank for your POV, I agree with you somehow. It was the reason, I said, I assumed 100% TRUE ( I truely doubt )
2007-06-23 16:15:52 · update #2
Guys
Did really benevolent God need human worship to him.
Doesn't He has unconditional love ?
2007-06-23 22:34:51 · update #3
According to the story -
1. God created a world that he thought was perfect.
2. People messed it up.
3. God failed to manage the situation properly.
4. When everything went to heck in a handbasket -
5. God got PO'ed and decided to destory everything.
6. God never considered blaming himself.
In truth, it's all just a big scare story.
2007-06-23 16:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by Alan 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God flooding the earth and wiping out humanity (except for Noah and the others) and all the creatures on the earth was not the act of a cruel God. If anything, it was the act of a loving God. Let me explain. Noah was the only one on the earth that believed in God. God saw that the rest of the earth didn't and was sickened by that fact. Imagine if God had not caused the flood to come upon the earth... Noah would have passed on and then the entire earth would have become a world where there was no God. God simply had to wipe out humanity because the whole notion of him would have be wiped out. God cleansed the earth. It wouldn't have made sense for him to have made any other choice. God actually had to interfere. That's how bad of a situation it was. And every other time God has interfered, it is because the situation could only be resolved if he did. When there is no hope, God interferes and gives hope. And these people did have free will, but they used their free will to be evil people. And evil can only exist in Hell, that's the point. If you don't want your life to end unexpectedly, then live a Godly life. God did not make a mistake when he made the earth, this part of earth's history was inevitable (obviously, because it happened). The flood is the act of a God that wanted to save humanity.
God bless.
2007-06-23 17:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a wonderful question! You're asking so many things, ex: is the flood a punishment? Did all living things die because of the deeds of Humans? You scream about the benevolence of God which I interpret as an accusation that He is not benevolent at all because of this act. Plus your extra credit questions.
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What is the assumption of God. If He is GOD who are you to question Him? Yes. I know that grinds you, but GOD is sovereign and is above any understanding or feeling that you may posses.most people will not accept this and so create a more palatable god who is their own creation...not GOD (1).
I am sure that you a familiar with the story of the flood in the Bible. Remember the part that said that human society was described as being in a state where "every inclination of (mans) heart was evil all the time"? Genesis 6: 6 And that God was grieved that He created Man and that Gods' heart was filled with pain. So GOD is affected by Man. Re-read why GOD made Man in the beginning. You may find a gem there to help you understand the relationship of Man and God.
This answers your first sub-question; yes, they were "worse than present day society". Also the second, for they were not forced or programmed to worship Him but were allowed to degenerate into Darkness.
The Third sub-question is a statement more than a question because you are imposing your judgement on GOD rather than asking if the flood was beneficial to Man. Using hind-sight you will see that Jesus is the main vessel of Beneficial action from GOD and that the flood was a correction of free-will gone too far to the left.
It seems that the actual question is Who is God? Also, what is my relationship to Him and how much of my belief system is scripture vs. religion and/or tradition?
Here is a favorite of mine: How much of your religion and traditions are you willing to give up in order to know GOD?
2007-06-23 17:12:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Noah story is another version of a common flood story from the Middle East and Asia. Check out the Epic of Gilgamesh. The writer of the version that is in Genesis made it a moral tale by saying God punished humanity because they were evil. In other tales, like the Epic of Gilgamesh, the gods wanted to kill humanity just because they were loud and annoying. I think that the flood itself is a metaphor for how you have to "wash yourself clean" from your former evil life if you want to make a change. For instance, if you have friends who are a bad influence, you have to stop associating with them. If you believe the Noah story is totally literally true then you have to believe God killed all the little babies who couldn't possibly have been evil yet. Personally, I don't believe God would do that. Also, there is a lot of historical evidence showing that the Bible is composed from various sources written in different time periods by different people. That does not make it any less holy or meaningul to me.
2007-06-23 16:10:52 · answer #4 · answered by CNJRTOM 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have never seen People like that on the Earth, and then, if you ever did, YOU would want to END their MISERY too.
GOD putt'em out of their Misery.
Period.
None of them woulda' turned back to GOD, none.
They had Become too Evil and Wicked.
The VIOLENCE was the WORST part.
So, GOD put them to Sleep.
Just like an Animal that gets torn up too bad to help (run over by car but Still Alive).
Mercy.
GOD had MERCY on them.
That is what Sin will do to a Human Being if he,she keeps going on into that sin deeply.
Ditto.
2007-06-23 16:06:58 · answer #5 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God has many attributes. The flood came from his attribute as judge. It is his prerogative to judge evil when and how he wishes. In this case, the Bible tells us that the thoughts of men and women were evil continually. What is scary is that they were so bad, that God himself gave up trying to change them. His only hope was to save the remaining one who was righteous before God and start over. That sounds to me like a pretty terrifying time to live!
2007-06-23 17:05:24 · answer #6 · answered by Steve Husting 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says that God drowned everyone because he regretted making them. IOW, it was because of something HE did, NOT them.
2007-06-23 16:07:36 · answer #7 · answered by gelfling 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
-yes
-yes
-he gave them generations and generations to improve
it made way for a better world
2007-06-23 16:03:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should NEVER have quit school.
2007-06-23 16:03:30 · answer #9 · answered by MotherMayI? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you believe in Noah's Ark?
Are you retarded?
2007-06-23 16:02:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋