And why did he have to give a command to anyone, if he was all powerful?
2007-12-25 23:29:14 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It seems a lot of you are confused about the time line. There were no people, no ghosts (holy or otherwise) and Jesus hadn't yet been born (neither was Mary for that matter).
If he was talking to other gods, then there is more than one god.
2007-12-25 23:52:30 · update #1
your mom because she was so fat :D
when god said "let there be light" she had to move
2007-12-25 23:36:31 · answer #1 · answered by pokerface 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The scholar Gary Greenberg shows strong links between the Bible's formation and the influence of ancient Egypt. Regarding the quote from Genesis 1:3, Greenberg points out:
* " The initiation of Creation by the spoken word comes from the Egyptian Creation myths. "
* " The Egyptians believed in the power of the word to create and control the environment "
* The Egyptian (Theban) Creator deity is named 'Amen' (i.e. , the wind) but was also known as 'Ptah', the Creator god of Memphis.
* " the biblical author has eliminated any reference to Ptah as the speaker and merged the Memphite Creator deity (Ptah) with the Theban Creator deity (Amen). "
* " in the Theban view 'Amen the wind' and 'Ptah the Speaker' are both forms of the same deity. "
2007-12-26 00:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by Tuxedo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is creating light. Would you imagine if a creator will not tell what he created?Everybody will be in a guessing situation. God did not command anybody to obey. He didnt create human to be a robot.Did you notice that you have a brain and a will to do things the way you want it to be?God just give us commandments to avoid sins and be in the right direction. There so much democracy on earth. Just open your eyes and use that dumb brain of yours.
2007-12-25 23:44:04 · answer #3 · answered by mandala_04 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe it was actually through Jesus.
God is a God of order. He uses his servants in such a way.
He is also showing his power not just for humans, but millions of angels and other creatures in heaven also. So there are other intelligent beings, that are observing how God is dealing with his creation.
2007-12-25 23:38:31 · answer #4 · answered by fire 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To Jesus ( He was with Him all the time - in the beginning, there was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ) and the Holy Spirit.
2007-12-25 23:45:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the Canaanite mystery cult that the Abrahamic religions evolved from, there was a whole PANTHEON of gods, and Yahweh (who would eventually morph into the Christian God) was just one of them -- the god of lightning, to be precise. It's just a holdover from an often mistranslated and sloppily edited book. It also explains why Genesis uses the plural form "elohim" in Genesis 1:1 (properly translated: "In the beginning, the GODS created the heavens and the earth..."), and why Joe Hovah can simultaneously insist that he is a jealous god, and that all other gods are false (it's just psychotic to be jealous of imaginary people)...
2007-12-25 23:34:45 · answer #6 · answered by The Reverend Soleil 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
the father stated this to hold approximately the "be conscious" who's the clarification of the father for this reason His information and is the energizing rigidity or "capacity" that created all issues and each being. This "be conscious" grow to be carried by applying the father's Holy Spirit of "information" and "certainty" that placed all of them at the same time. He stated this to the fabric components for he already created the Heavens and the Earth for even the fabric components could desire to obey Him.
2016-10-09 04:49:43 · answer #7 · answered by kohut 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 86.
I say this knowing the Dominionist Christians oppose all organized workers.
2007-12-25 23:32:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
God was talking to light, which was in his imagination, That's the power of faith combined with the spoken word . (faith filled words) Faith CALLS those things that BE not as though they BE..What He really said was "LIGHT BE !!!"...........So everything that God created came from Him, it came from His heart, His mind, His imagination...God's faith is so strong that when He spoke to light, and everything else in His creation and commanded these things which were in his mind, his imagination, all things as He envisioned , His faith forced the things he spoke to, to obey His Words and Be manifested.....Faith is a force !
2007-12-26 00:16:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Originally, to Israelites, now, to the saints. It means 'Let there be moral light, to show the difference between good and evil.' Nothing to do with photons, except as analogy.
And I don't charge!
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2007-12-25 23:41:00 · answer #10 · answered by miller 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He wasn't talking to anyone and wasn't commanding anyone to do anything.
Ok...this is a bad example...but let's say God is a magician....or an ILLUSIONIST....when magicians do spells, they have to say phrases.
So lets just say, for the sake of the example "let there be light" was God's "special phrase" for his "magic trick" that brought light.
2007-12-25 23:34:22 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋