Why did God send a flood,why not just magic everything away?.?

Question

Oh hang on I forgot it's just a stupid story and it(god) doesn't exist.

Answer 1

I don't know how anybody with half a brain cell can defend that story? Consider the facts! God told Noah to build a boat big enough for two of every creature. That boat must have been bigger than the QEII. The next point, god made it rain for 40 days and 40 nights and the earth flooded until there was no land. What a load of cr*p! The UK has had more than 40 days and 40 nights of rain this year alone and we still have all our land. If 40 days and nights of rain can't put the UK under water there's no way it could put the whole planet under. And what happened to all that water? Did the sun come out and dry it in as many days? Anyway, at least we know there was plenty of water for the animals LOL and after 10 days the food ran out so Noah caused the extinction of many creatures and it was probably Noah that sent the DoDo into extinction but I bet it made a lovely Sunday dinner LOL MMMmmm just imagine a nice Dodo leg with roast spuds, roast turnip and gravy...

Answer 2

There is magick everywhere, just open you eyes and your mind and you will see it...
As for God and his flood, well God doesn't exist and therefore the flood was a non-event...
Blessed Be... )O(

Answer 3

Magicking everything away is boring. Watching all society flee in terror from towers of waves, listening to screams turn to gurgles then to silence. Now that's fun--well, if you're God.

Answer 4

Why use magic when you can use the elements?

Obviously the symbolism of the flood is missed on you. That is one of the beautiful things about the scriptures. There is always underlying symbolism that is completely consistant with what is being taught. however its lost on too many people because you show no real interest in knowing whether its true or not.

Luckily, there are some people who will humble themselves before God and come to know Him personally.

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.

Answer 6

Wanted the "Wicked" people to suffer more by drowning. That old testament god was pretty twisted.

Answer 7

God does exist and I agree with that guy up there ^^
Plus... It was to teach a lesson... What's magicing everything away going to do?
And he isn't a wizard =S

Answer 8

Uh, maybe because it's a bullshit story made up to delude children and animals?

Answer 9

Because He wanted the people to see whose the real God and what the real God can do...

Answer 10

Cos then he wouldn't have been able to show his true character.