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In your belief why God created us

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
In your belief why God created us

I don't believe that. Presuming that you follow grammatical conventions in which "God" specifically means the Abrahamic one-god, that god is not part of my religion.

With respect to the gods that are part of my religion, my religion does not have creator gods (at least not in the sense that is typically implied in Abrahamic mythos where there's a wedge between "creator/deity" and "creation/not-deity"). Suits me fine, considering I care very little (if at all) about cosmology. Cosmological stories only matter insofar as they inform life's meaningfulness in the present. It's nice that the story you tell yourself about this does that for you, but for me, I don't have that (or care to have it).
 

Truthseeker

Non-debating member when I can help myself
I think God wants love but he doesn't love in return. He is a jealous God afterall.
Why do you say God doesn't love in return? Do you think that because we suffer that God doesn't love us? I don't think that. Part of the reason for suffering is so we won't be attached to this world, and seek the spiritual graces which always bring happiness.
 

Naama

Chibi Lilith
Why do you say God doesn't love in return? Do you think that because we suffer that God doesn't love us? I don't think that. Part of the reason for suffering is so we won't be attached to this world, and seek the spiritual graces which always bring happiness.

Because in the Torah, God has done terrible things to people out of anger or jealousy.
 

Kelly of the Phoenix

Well-Known Member
Like Sid Meier's Civilization series.
I prefer Sims. :p

Well who created us and why
You see, when an egg meets a sperm and fall in love with one another ....

You think he is a failed God
It's only a failure if you stop trying.

You think God is bored
He doesn't even really stick around in His own sacred texts, unlike other gods.

Well we worship Him because He created us
Why is creation alone worthy of worship?

This is probably good for children before bedtime
It's a better story than reading them the parts where if they disobey, you have every right to kill them.

I call it "The Divine Bowel Movement Theory"
Well, I guess we only assume "dust" meant "dirt". :)

So the appearance of fangs in animals eating meat is just a coincidence
Fangs weren't created to eat meat. Meat was eaten more effectively by animals with fangs.

So life takes its course and watches it like watching tv
God is often compared to a potter in the bible. A pot doesn't really DO anything but sit there. There are no buttons to press, no cord to plug in ... it's just a pot.

Yes, pots can be useful, but they can also be there for the sake of being there.

Trust is a man made construct.
But other social animals can do it?
 

BSM1

What? Me worry?
I prefer Sims. :p


You see, when an egg meets a sperm and fall in love with one another ....


It's only a failure if you stop trying.


He doesn't even really stick around in His own sacred texts, unlike other gods.


Why is creation alone worthy of worship?


It's a better story than reading them the parts where if they disobey, you have every right to kill them.


Well, I guess we only assume "dust" meant "dirt". :)


Fangs weren't created to eat meat. Meat was eaten more effectively by animals with fangs.


God is often compared to a potter in the bible. A pot doesn't really DO anything but sit there. There are no buttons to press, no cord to plug in ... it's just a pot.

Yes, pots can be useful, but they can also be there for the sake of being there.


But other social animals can do it?

Not consciously. They have be trained to trust, and animal trust is totally for survival. Human trust comes from a desire to be attached to another like minded individual.
 

dianaiad

Well-Known Member
It's called a hasty generalization.

Not to be picky or anything, Cary, but my quote was taken from a post responding to a very different post than the one you claim it was responding to. As well, while the line "it is better to exist than not to exist' looks like it ought to be fallacious, it's not. It's especially not a hasty generalization.
 

Cary Cook

Member
Not to be picky or anything, Cary, but my quote was taken from a post responding to a very different post than the one you claim it was responding to. As well, while the line "it is better to exist than not to exist' looks like it ought to be fallacious, it's not. It's especially not a hasty generalization.
OH !!! Sorry. I'm new here.
 

Baroodi

Active Member
God created us to worship him.
why to worship him? to have peace in the world. now there is no peace because we are not listening to him

for man God created the sun, the moon, the day, the night etc.. He deserved to be obeyed
when you make a device, a machine whatsoever, you want it to follow you instructions which were loaded in a micro chip
 
In your belief why God created us

Essentially I worship love itself, compassion and empathy, because that is the Spirit of God, his essence. Therefore God created us to generate such love; he created us, because from us will burgeon the glory that is love. If you want apples then grow an apple tree; if you want love then grow humanity.
 
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moon light

even mind can not be trusted only inspiration
It's "Art for arts sake" type of thing. Innate creative and aesthetic pleasure.

Here by us I mean this universe/Multiverse and all things in it.
By create I mean manifest.
Do the gods enjoy

When people suffer
 
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