In many religions god seems to be selfish, spiteful, and somewhat heartless. So why worship such a being?

Question

Why did man create their gods to be so uncompasionate?

Answer 1

So why worship such a being?

Only ONE reason and it is FEAR.
I know some will say it is love but they lie, again, because of FEAR.

How could you Honestly, Freely and Voluntarily love an entity that reputedly watches everything you say, think and do, 24/7, like a SuperPeepingTom, whilst constantly whispering in your ear: Love me and Suck up to me 24/7 or I'll send you to burn in Hell for all Eternity.

No; TrueBelievers do NOT love their InvisibleSuperFriend - they fear him but they're too afraid to tell the truth which is weird cos their InvisiblePixie already 'knows' what they think.

No wonder there are so many Xians under the care of Psychologists trying to rationalise belief in the InvisiblePixie and reality – too afraid to face reality ‘alone’.

That was fun.
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Answer 2

You're confusing God with an energy form.

Creation occurs when quarks explode and
interface with invisible forces we know as
Laws Of Physics. Time and space are
merely by-products of this reaction.

We find basic code for the universe in
the atomic chart.

Each species writes their own genetic code
by the impressions it's members stamp onto
life.

Much of the religious confusion stems from
mankind's attempt to convert people into
sheep. We 're not sheep and we don't require
a shepherd.

Actually, we have an awesome identity.
We insert the compassion into creation,
where there is none.
We uncover endless possibilities with
our inquisitiveness and constant probing..

A poet once said, creation is God expressing
Himself. I can think of no greater form of worship,
than to worship life.

Answer 3

you have some good solutions already so i'm uncertain there is something i will upload. For me, it would not conflict with extentialism, or humanism, or naturalism... or exceedingly a lot any 'ism' i hit upon significant. I easily have been incorrect many cases yet i think of what God promotes *is* an openess in the direction of all styles of folk and extremely some ethical 'codes' - exceedingly a lot something that does no longer bend or wreck the 'as your self' golden rule. we are all 'sinners'. we are all 'saints'. regrettably we are no longer all empathetic. i think of God meets your standards. a number of the flaws written approximately God are extra beneficial than slightly complicated and the various comments of folk who experience they have an expertise are, on the main extreme, merely flat out incorrect yet i think of that's there. for sure I easily have been incorrect beforehand so take that into attention too.

Answer 4

I don't understand either. The bible says he does things like destroy entire families or villages because one person sinned, or in the case of the Arc, kill off every animal on the planet save for those on the arc. I don't understand why people would worship such a cruel god.

Answer 5

You're right, of course...I can't imagine worshipping such a being. And I can't even imagine why man would create gods to be so uncompassionate. What a pity that they would do such a thing with the one true, living God has been there all along, and they could have been worshipping Him.

The Bible says that the one, true, living God is full of compassion, that His mercies are new every morning, and that he so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whomsoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting life.

On the day of Pentecost, Peter told the people to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and they would receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. This still happens today...a wonderful, loving savior comes into our hearts and lives, sets us free from sin, and fills us with his love, joy and peace in his presence. Who wouldn't serve a God like that?

Answer 6

Because they have no moral backbone of their own, and they need to be drugged up by a bunch of ridiculous promises to make it through life.

By the way, sentiments such as this - "He unselfishly gave His Son to die for us" - are a complete load. The cornerstone of Christian theology is that "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins." Why is that? Because God needs blood, apparently. In the old days, He had His "chosen" offer Him regular animal (and occasionally human) holocausts to satisfy His bloodthirst. The idea of the savages who invented that practice was that you could make God forget about your own misdeeds by plying Him with His favorite food. But then God apparently decided to "send His only Son" so that His chosen could offer him up as a sacrifice instead. The idea there was that people were tired of the inconvenience of ritually butchering animals, and therefore borrowed elements from certain pagan mystery cults that worshiped "dying and reviving" gods, blurred them with the Jewish concept of the Messiah, and came up with the "Christ" theology, in which merely professing belief in the sacrifice of Jesus was enough to get you off the hook with God.

Answer 7

Most Christians don't bother to read the inconvenient parts of the old testament. Many who do choose to apply very biased interpretations that do not follow logically from the text and basically ignore any parts that do not fit with the image they want to see.

Answer 8

I hear this alot, and I understand were you are coming from. I have read the Old Testament hundreds of times, it was the awesomeness, power, and retribution of the God of the Old Testament that I found I loved most. Who wants to serve a mealy-mouth God, one afraid to be GOD. I particularly like the references to God being the potter and man being the clay, he can do with us what he chooses, he made us, not we ourselves. (Isaiah 29:16 & Jeremiah 18:6).

Answer 9

God didn't realy want to be worshiped , but if you already are going to be worshiping some thing of spiritual power ,let it be him , proverbs wasn't set down to actually be followed , it was a way to show the self righteous ,could do no wrongs ,that,,, Oh yes you can ,even you ....

Answer 10

"In many religions" that does not mean ALL religions. There are SOME religions where "God" is very loving and giving. Plus I think it is all in how one interppurts the teachings of a religion.