what is so great about a rainbow?
and it doesnt have to do with gold or the color
2007-08-13 07:32:10 · 58 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
its not about gay pride either
2007-08-13 07:39:48 · update #1
The rainbow is the symbol of God's promise that He would never destroy the world again through flooding.
2007-08-13 07:36:51 · answer #1 · answered by Gal from Yellow Flat 5 · 9⤊ 9⤋
Oh yes! I can!
Since this question has been asked soooo many times before I am going to imagine that you are being original and actually want an answer beyond that it's "God's covenant with man". I am going to imagine you want something far better than that. Now, we all know that simple beauty can be enjoyed by all regardless of their belief in deities. Why? Because we're ALL human, shockingly. Yup. Every last one of us. But even THAT is too easy. And acting as if rainbows didn't exist prior to the New (and Old) Testaments would be ludicrous in the face of physical fact. This would be a dried-up old question if you weren't looking for anything new, right? So I shall give you the new answer you covet!
What makes rainbows tremendous is that people can suspend belief in actual proof to make it seem like they're only a couple of centuries old. And this is not even the REALLY amazing part! The REALLY amazing part is that people like "Buttercup" can use something as beautiful as a rainbow to spread hatred and bigotry around, just because others aren't like her. You may be a Christian, bluejeans, and I can respect that regardless of my own beliefs, but certainly as a worshiper of Christ you wouldn't believe that prejudice and animosity is helpful to society? You would love all, right? You would remember that Jesus ended Mosaic Law by dying on the cross and you would take Leviticus for what it was meant to be - a symbol of antiquity. You wear cotton-polyester blends, right? You don't mind farmers only owning more than one goat and you wouldn't kill a man for eating shellfish, would you? Because Leviticus tells you these things just as it talks about 'man lying with man' and YOU know that Levitican laws were eradicated by Jesus' death. Right? And that is what makes you a true Christian. You actually follow the beliefs of the man you worship and love others not exactly like you.
This is what is so amazing about rainbows. Buttercup can take the beauty from them and say homosexuals "stole" the rainbows. You & I (I imagine) would recognize this as being silly and un-Christian. We both know good Christians who would never be that hateful. If symbology was 'stealing' then all religious peoples, Christian, Muslim, Pagan, etc. - allshould be accused of stealing and therefore go, according to the Christian mythology, to Hell. Right? I know you're with me on this, blue jeans. I know because that is also what is so amazing about rainbows. We can all love them, regardless of race, gender, religion, or sexuality. We can all see their beauty. And we can all be amazed. Some of us will thank God, others will thank nature, others science and there are those who will simply be bedazzled and just appreciate it for what it is - a thing of beauty. And perhaps then a rainbow will teach us all more about how to live together despite our differences and the world will become a more peaceful place.
I couldn't imagine anything more amazing than that.
2007-08-13 13:46:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A Rainbow is God's promise to us that He would never flood the earth again...
Even it was before (the Rainbow)
even the sin some times exist and bad
but God make it new promise of this point.
2007-08-13 07:47:35 · answer #3 · answered by Mosa A 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think what is amazing about a rainbow is that it usually comes after a period of gloomy weather. After it had been raining with gray, depressing clouds, the sun comes out and a rainbow compliments the joy. It shows in life how the dark will always pass and if you are patient, the sun and the rainbows will always come out eventually.
2007-08-13 07:45:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Well, let's see
1. It's Beautiful, it calms me down
2. God said that as long as you see a Rainbow, you will never have to worry about a flood
3. one of the most spectacular light shows observed on earth.
2007-08-13 09:12:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a beautiful and interesting way to teach my young daughters. It brings up subjects that can be shown, such as angle of incidence/angle of refraction, the fact that mixing colors creates white (actually, using paint it does the opposite, but that also is a lesson), discussion of what our atmosphere consists of, relation to moon dogs and halos, and perception, among other things. All interesting and a lot of fun.
As far as the Biblical perspective, it doesn't really comfort me to know that God said he wouldn't flood the world again. If he just flooded it, I could get on a cruise ship and be ok.Our technology is much better than it was in Noah's time, and many people would survive, along with the knowledge to continue our societies, our sciences and cultures.
What if he burns the whole place next time, or bombards us with asteroids? No way to escape...
2007-08-13 07:46:21 · answer #6 · answered by silverlock1974 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
From a Christian stand-point, the rainbow represents the promise of God not to ever destroy the Earth by a flood (of water)/
2007-08-13 07:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It makes me happy. And what's so very great about rainbows is that I know that there's always one of them somewhere on this beautiful world of ours. That thought alone can cheer up my day.
Thanks for the reminder. Tonight I needed it. Blessings.
2007-08-13 18:19:30 · answer #8 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rainbow is symbolic of God's promise never to destroy man kind again by means of a flood.
2007-08-13 07:47:50 · answer #9 · answered by ۞ JønaŦhan ۞ 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You're looking for Gods promise to Noah aren't you.
It's an allegory not a fact.
It's a principle of physics, for God to change the properties of light he would have to destroy and recreate the universe.
It may inspire you, which is great.
I find them beautiful myself.
God does love you, but rainbows aren't newer than water droplets and light.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh-1JVctSOY
♥Blessed Be♥
♥=∞
2007-08-13 07:48:07 · answer #10 · answered by gnosticv 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Every rainbow is light refracted from raindrops in the air. Since they are light beams, everyone's rainbow is unique. Meaning everyone's perspective of a rainbow is different, even if they right next to you.
2007-08-13 07:50:51 · answer #11 · answered by aCeRBic 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋