it seems to me that every god you ever heard of, plus ALL of the ones you haven't, have this invaluable super power in common. does this not strike you as odd? how does a theist explain that?
and people who claim to see and hear god don't count in the voting...
2007-10-31 16:10:43 · 9 answers · asked by darwinman 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The invisibility is just a symptom of a larger phenomenon - non-existence.
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2007-10-31 16:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oh no; Norse gods (the group with which I'm most familiar) never claimed invisibility. They just weren't this omnipresent, omnipotent force in the universe...Odin wore a wide-brimmed hat, a grey cloak and had only one eye; Thor had bright red hair and a beard to match. Loki was super-handsome (despite being a mischief-maker). Balder was also supposed to be very beautiful (although he ended up getting killed...shame...). Njord, a god of the sea, was supposed to have really great-looking feet...or at least Skadi thought so...
I don't remember hearing or reading a single story in which these gods were invisible at any time. They were sort of like the president: if we didn't have TV, we'd never get to see him, but we'd "know" he was there. That's what the Norse people thought. They might never see their gods, but it didn't mean they were invisible: they just never had a chance to meet them face to face.
2007-10-31 16:41:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is invisible to human beings simply because God is spirit. Some created beings are also pure spirits, like angels and demons (who many peoples recognize and worship as gods). We human beings are also part spirit because we are composed of body and spirit. So I won't discount those who claim to "see" and "hear" God, angels, or demons. As part spirit, human beings have the capacity to receive "communication" from God and spirits.
In Christian theology, God made himself visible by "putting on" human flesh ("incarnation") in the person of Jesus the Christ. He made the invisible God visible.
Does becoming visible make the Christian God less powerful? No. There is power in weakness.
2007-10-31 17:07:56 · answer #3 · answered by Averell A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, most "gods" throughout history were "visible." Literally thousands of Hindi, Greek, Egyptian, Assyrian, and Roman gods were visible and interacted with humans. The Judeo-Christian concept of an invisible God is actually quite exceptional.
2007-10-31 17:04:06 · answer #4 · answered by bwjordan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I don't think it's invisibility as much as inaccessiblity. Gods live on top of mountains, under water, in the sky, or wherever you can't get.
2007-10-31 16:16:05 · answer #5 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gee, the Gods I worship are in the trees, rocks, flowers and animals~oh and me and you.
2007-10-31 16:19:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just one of many.
2007-10-31 16:13:43 · answer #7 · answered by punch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are also mute and deaf
2007-10-31 16:14:18 · answer #8 · answered by Blue girl in a red state 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
apparently.makes sense, huh?
2007-10-31 16:15:17 · answer #9 · answered by amanda c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋