What was god's purpose in creating humanity?

Answer 1

He wanted someone who He could have fellowship with.

Answer 2

First thing to keep in mind is that God is not lonely. He is complete for the not-so-simple reason that He is a 3-in-1 God. Therefore He is complete.

Of course, He has the company of angels. But think of all of the good things - delicious fruits, fragrant flowers and all the other good things you see around you - which the angels can't enjoy since they lack physical bodies. That leaves only the humans to enjoy them and appreciate God's goodness. The animals enjoy them too but can't praise God for it!

Answer 3

Please, son, don't worry too much about this one But the basis of the Catholic Church is that there is a battle between God and the Devil and that we are here to enlist in that fight on God's side. God and the Devil are playing out their battle with us Here. (as well as elsewhere, probably). This paradign parallels the Classic struggle between men and woman; husband and wife.

Answer 4

Why would a perfect being to create us let alone need us?

This sounds much more like a man who has no self-confidence; one who needs adoration.

Answer 5

Do Buddhists believe in a creator god?

No, we do not. There are several logical reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern scientists, sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origins in fear. The Buddha says:

"Gripped by fear men go to sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines." *Dhammpada 188

Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of god in order to give him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a god gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in god because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this seems to support the Buddha’s teaching that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief but with rational understanding.

The second reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. There are numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have god’s words preserved in their holy book, that they alone understand god’s nature, that their god exists and that the gods of other religions do not. Some claim that god is masculine, some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their god but they laugh in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of another god. It is not surprising that with so many different religions spending so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their gods that still no real, concrete, substantial or irrefutable evidence has been found. Buddhists suspend judgement until such evidence is forthcoming.

The third reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a god is necessary in order to explain the origin of the universe. But this is not so. Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without having to introduce the god-idea. Some claim that belief in god is necessary to have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are millions of Atheists, free-thinkers and Buddhists, who live useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a creator god. Some claim that belief in god’s power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite. One often hears of people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps, enormous odds and difficulties through their own inner resources, through their own efforts and without belief in a god. Some claim that god is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and Buddhists do not accept such a concept. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.

But if there is no creator god how did the universe get here?

All religions have myths and stories which attempt to answer this question. In ancient times, when man simply did not know, such myths were adequate, but in the 20th century, in the age of physics, astronomy and geology, such myths have been superseded by scientific fact. Science has explained the origin of the universe without recourse to the god-idea.

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Answer 6

I seem to remember someplace in the Bible says that He was lonely. Loneliness is a human failing, so if that's true, God isn't perfect.

Answer 7

So that we can kill one another and be recycled to kill again, again and again till GOD come out with new type of beings to take over humanity..Just like what he did to the dinosaurs.

Answer 8

He wants someone to Love Him unconditionally, without being told to. Love isn't complete until it is given away and comes back.

Answer 9

Nobody knows until the judgement day.

God will reveal all of life's hardest questions.

Yes, God is for real.

Answer 10

Quite simply, it seems that God desired to create us in order that He might be able to simply love us. I think this is evidence in the way creation was begun. God walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden. We see that after their sin, it was the Lord who came looking for them (Gen. 3). They are the ones who hid themselves. God sought them out. He desired to be with them and love them. Therefore, He set up the sacrificial system by covering Adam and Eve with animal skins. Of course, this was a representation of the sacrifice of Christ to come by while Christians are covered and redeemed. God's desire to fellowship and love us is not a weakness in Him, but a manifestation of His character of love.
Love does not focus on itself, but on others. God merely created the universe as a natural manifestation of His love and populated it with us for whom He could express the greatest act of love, which is self-sacrifice, and with whom He could give the greatest thing in the universe: fellowship with Him. In this, He is glorified.
If God had never created us, it would not lessen Him at all. He didn't need to create us due to any lack in Him. Rather, He merely desires to love us and fellowship with us.