Doesn't that make the Father a body; as he'll have a right side?? Jesus is depicted as sitting on the right side of the Father (on the Throne) in churches...why?? If you wanted to incarnate God or the Father, why don't you draw Jesus?? Wasn't he the incarnation of God??! Or are you worshipping two or even three gods??!!
It should be noted that the Father is depicted as an old man with a long white beard...why???! Isn't that a false incarnation as you believe only Jesus to be God Incarnate???!
Why do popes and other clerics approve such drawings??? hy do they approve such fasle sayings??? How will Jesus sit on the Father's right hand when only Jesus is God Incarnate??
Or do you also believe that the Father is a body???
2007-09-19 17:13:58 · 19 answers · asked by Ash'ari Maturidi 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Better yet how did he die on the cross? Anyone who can worship a trinity and call it monotheism can convince themselves of anything.
2007-09-19 17:18:48 · answer #1 · answered by God 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
You ask a question when you have already put limits on a God that has none. Let me start by stating that the question of the relation between Jesus and the Father is widely debated by most Christians and is one of the reasons the Jews had such a big issue with Jesus, so I will state my opinion, for no one truly understands. Lets say that you have a God that can do anything He wanted, so He decide to take the very thing he holds dare, His word, and makes it into a separate entity and calls it His Son. Now this word is everything that makes Him Him, then He takes His hand and separates it and since it does His will He calls it His Spirit. Now lets say that His son is then asked to do something for Him , but in doing so His son would have to give up the unlimited power he has and be contained in a living body. The son does this and since he is now in a body he is human and is under the law the Father set for the spirits in a body(to be forever in an immortal body). Now the son goes back to heaven and is given back his former glory. Now the father gives everything He has to His son making the son god over everything. God gave everything to His son, but being a good son Jesus shares all he has with his Father.(A man has two sons and one day he comes home with a box of candy for his children. One son takes the candy and devours it, and the other son opens hits and says to the father, "Dad, you can have what ever ones like.") If you have a king and the king has a son, do you treat the son as a king, or as an ordinary person? Jesus is our God also, he has power over everything. If you have children then you know that you give them things, just with Jesus, God knows he will take care of what He gives him. Well thats how I understand it.
2007-09-19 17:54:16 · answer #2 · answered by TYRONE S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I can understand your frustration. Jesus on this earth, was God in the flesh coming down to man. When 500 witnesses saw Him ascend, He told them He was ascending to His father, and that He would not leave us comfortless, but sent the Holy Spirit to dwell with us until His return.
He is one God, but there are 3 manifestations of Him: Jesus, God, the Holy Spirit. Man being the inquisitive and stubborn creature that he is, Jesus I am sure, was trying to put what He was doing in laymans' terms so the believers could get a picture of what was happening that they would understand. They quizzed him all of the time.
Also, try to understand that there is much about Heaven no one has been made privy to.....yet. Christians don't have all of the answers, but He does. Instead of getting angry, do some personal research of the Bible in a respectful, prayerful manner and you won't be disappointed.
To the question of why clerics approve of such drawings, I have no idea. They are just human, the clerics, they make mistakes. Try not to be so hard on your fellow man.
My own gut feeling is that God gets a good -natured chuckle out of how we see Him.....
2007-09-19 17:25:25 · answer #3 · answered by talondora 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They're three aspects of the same devine being. The trinity is just a symbolic way of looking at it. God is the father, Jesus is the son, or God as he was on earth in the form of man, and the Spirit is a complicated thing to explain, but it's something like the feeling God gives you to know him(that's not exactly right, but that's sort of how you experience the Spirit.)
As I said, all three are part of one being, which is God.
2007-09-19 17:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Those paintings are just church icons, a representation. The Holy spirit isn't really a dove. We don't worship a bird. Christ isn't really a lamb. The Father isn't an old man with a gray beard.
God is a spirit, he has no physical hands. Right hand of the Father simply means the power of God. The right hand is always been symbolic for power.
2007-09-19 17:21:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is the one who does the judging on the day of Judgment. John 16:4 no one comes to the father expect through him. after Judgment then you meet God. and i dont think God will be in a human form... i dont know what form it will be... just have to wait. Jesus is God in human form and does not need to worry about when it will be time for him to go back to earth. it is God in heaven that has everything planed out and it is he that knows. Jesus cried out to God in heaven. as to your other questions i can not answer being how i do know know the stories or acquire the knowledge at this time. i pray that God blesses you in your search.
2016-05-19 00:12:52 · answer #6 · answered by verla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up the trinity if you are actually interested in increasing your knowledge and not just trying to make fun of Christians. The trinity is one God that exist simultaneously in three forms. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
2007-09-19 17:17:51 · answer #7 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Please note that God refer himself in plural form in the Bible e.g. "Let US make man in OUR image..." Probably my guess is God could be a team, or a family, or a committee, A board of Elders or a group of Scientist etc....Until we meet Him I guess your guess is as good as mine. It takes more than eternity to understand God with no mind limitation. How about now when we only allowed only to use 10% of our brain capability. Do not blame the Pope and Clergyman they are only trying their best to understand. I believe the Father is an entity by itself standing as the leader of the Godhead. Whether it is a body I do not know what from what I read he is in the form of powerful energy. That is probably how He created all things: energy plus will and intelligent --> Matters, the exact opposite of the atomic explosion Matters --> Pure Energy. Presently we can only see through a opaque glass dimly but when we are there we will see Him clearly, but yet it take more than eternity to understand Him. What a study that will be. I am looking forward to studying somethings that has no ends in its power, dimension,forms and ability. Interesting Being God is. I believe He is not limited by time either. He called himself "I AM THAT I AM"
2007-09-19 17:30:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is the "WORD" out of God's mouth that God made into a human being.
The Holy Spirit is the spirit inside of God. The Holy Spirit leads and guides us.
2007-09-19 17:20:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look at it this way... you can be a father, son and a brother and still be one person.
As far as Christ sitting on the right hand of the Father ... I plan to check that out when I get there. But the way I look at it, God is INFINTE and humans are finite. How can you even begin to understand all there is to know about God! That's where faith comes in.
And if you want to demean faith, go right ahead, it won't change my faith at ALL.
God bless!
2007-09-19 17:20:17 · answer #10 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I heard that!! What u got to say about christians?? I feel the same way,i dont think,i no, they are serving a 2 in 1 or 3 in 1 god,when its supposed to be only 1.Plus,its commanded not to make any image of God..so how they drawin pictures actin like they no what he look like just all up in the spot sinning!!..Gone somewhere with that trinity crap. either theres one god or three and we all no its one.Folks believe anything,dont study,and try to make others believe it
2007-09-19 17:25:10 · answer #11 · answered by Ree 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋