RE: Why, God? Why?!
February 8, 2018 at 2:37 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2018 at 2:44 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(February 8, 2018 at 12:09 pm)alpha male Wrote:(February 8, 2018 at 10:18 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: Heh?! I’m asking you to clarify what you meant. You said god had a desire for love and companionship, but that these desires differ (categorically?) from the desire for love and companionship that humans experience for one another.
Not categorically, they differ in extent.
Okay...why does god, a wholly perfect and complete entity, want love and companionship from a source separate from himself? Couldn’t god simply generate wholly satisfying feelings of love and companionship within himself?
Quote:Why so defensive?
Quote:Because you're being aggressive I suppose.
Uh, okay. No aggression intended.
Quote:I’d love to hear from Steve. Do you agree with that portrayal of god’s nature? Or, do you have something else in mind? I’m curious to hear everyone’s perspective.
Quote:I probably agree with it with regard to this universe.
Could you expand on that?
(February 8, 2018 at 12:20 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(February 8, 2018 at 9:14 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: So, for fun basically? we’re toys?
Why did you decide to have children? For fun? Are your kids toys?
Of course not, but I’m a human being, not a complete, perfect, omniscient, omnipresent god...so, I’m not sure why you would ever make that comparison. I’m assuming we would have different reasons than god since we are not god. Yes?
(February 8, 2018 at 12:20 pm)SteveII Wrote:(February 7, 2018 at 10:17 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: I have a question for our Christians: Why did God create people? Further, why did he create anything at all?
Good questions.
Why do we desire friendship, spouses? How about the desire to have children? I think it is because relationships add a specific kind of value to the lives of both people. There is joy when the other person succeeds, there is a desire to help when the other is in needs, there is greater satisfaction in shared experiences, there is comfort when there is tragedy, and there is a feeling of peacefulness when everything is good between two people.
I think God created us for those and similar reasons: An eternal relationship has value both to us and to God.
So, god was lacking something, or was unfulfilled in some way before creating humanity? He was...lonely?
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Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
