Such as "If God existed, he would end all suffering" or "God exists and he inspired this book"....?
Are some of these assertions more arrogant/audacious than others?
2007-09-26 03:50:13 · 11 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's very presumptious.
Robert Hienlien wrote a book called 'Job: a comedy of justice.'
It's about the trials of a modern day man thrust into a bet between God (the Christian god) and Loki. In the end, we find out that God has a Creator who is just as all powerful to him as God is to us. God has a competition with the other human dieties (like Loki), and humans are just pawns in a scheme that not even God fully understands.
It's an interesting concept. Imagine how a lab rat views a human. Could a lab rat grasp the concept of God? Are we the lab rats? Is God just a sentient presence that questions his existence, much as we question ours?
2007-09-26 03:58:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as "God exists and he inspired this book" is concerned it is not presumptuous because those who have come to know the Lord personally know He exists by the association and daily contact they have with Him just as you know your family and friends exist by the same means.
Those who know Him have challenged God to prove His Word by praying according to the scriptures and receiving very specific answers. That is far from presumption.
People who have never met God personally and established an ongoing relationship with Him can only presume. It is impossible to know the Lord apart from divine revelation. It is equally impossible to understand His word apart from the leading and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
People outside of Christ obviously find this hard to grasp because they are not spiritually alive. The Bible states in First Corinthians 2:14 that "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness to Him; neither can he know them because they are SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED."
A person who is dead in sin and trespasses (which is spiritual deadness) cannot understand spiritual things because their spiritual eyes have never been opened. Salvation is the key to understanding spiritual things. Prior to that there is no true understanding of anything spiritual in nature irrespective of what anyone might say.
Of course it all comes down to whether we accept the Bible's claim that all men are sinners in need of a Saviour. Nobody ever came to Christ who didn't see the need first.
2007-09-26 11:06:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think its a genuine curiosity...and I think some people aren't as open to such questions because they are not allowing themselves to think beyond the horizons
2007-09-26 10:54:07 · answer #3 · answered by Cilantro 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes indeed and the stupidity of this is the fact that these things are said by us who cause sufferings in the first place by our inhumanity to man.
2007-09-26 10:56:27 · answer #4 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gee, I can think of an old book that makes lots of claims about god.
I have no more reason to believe it is any more authorized to do so than any of the people you criticize.
2007-09-26 10:54:32 · answer #5 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a wonderful question!
I think He gave us a brain to think with, but we are rather fond deciding His opinion and stating it is His when really it's ours.
2007-09-26 10:56:43 · answer #6 · answered by DavinaOpines 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its also presumptuous to speak of unprovable higher powers in singular, not plural..as its presumptuous to assume that *god* is the name of the higher power
2007-09-26 10:55:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course. God is and does as He sees fit.
2007-09-26 10:55:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They're all arrogant in my opinion. Who are we to say what God should or shouldn't do? He is God!
2007-09-26 10:53:07 · answer #9 · answered by Elle 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
You can learn a lot about God's character in His book. If you can back up your statement with the Bible, you have a better ground to stand on with your claims.
2007-09-26 10:54:19 · answer #10 · answered by The Daughter of the King, BaC 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋