I've been especially enjoying the theological threads lately. I've also stumbled upon a challenging question I've never answered so I thought I would add to the threads. Why did God create the earth and humanity? If God is omnipotent, what purpose does our creation serve?

If God is omnipotent

 

So, God can't have kids? :confused:

 

That might explain the immaculate conception.

Tough question. You are going to be hard-pressed to find anyone that has an answer- Christian, Muslim, Jewish, deist, pantheist, anyone. I'm also tempted to give a lame answer like "God was bored" but that gives way to the thought that God has a human feeling of boredom, which I doubt.

 

Just giving a bit of thought to it, from my perspective it re-affirms my believe in a personal God. I can't think of any reason other than Love. An impersonal God (such as that of the deists) wouldn't have any conceivable reason to create anything. This may be a Christian viewpoint, but if we are "made in the image of God", would not our motives be the same as God's? And our motivation to do anything is love. Whether it is misguided (love of money, love of material goods, love of sex) or not (love for others, love for knowledge, love for God), the motivation of any of our actions is out of some burning desire.

 

But then I give way once again to assuming that God has natural, burning desires like any human. But yet again, on the other hand, as humans, we learn about God only from studying our own humanity, so maybe that is our only way to learn about a greater being. Who knows. I'm sure I helped a ton. :isurrender:

I've been especially enjoying the theological threads lately. I've also stumbled upon a challenging question I've never answered so I thought I would add to the threads. Why did God create the earth and humanity? If God is omnipotent, what purpose does our creation serve?

 

I think it is like that episode of South Park. People are the ultimate reality show.

I think it is like that episode of South Park. People are the ultimate reality show.

 

:laugh::thumb:

Man, I couldn't BEGIN to understand why God does things.

Man, I couldn't BEGIN to understand why God does things.

 

And thats the beauty of faith, we dont have to :thumb:

Man, I couldn't BEGIN to understand why God does things.

 

I've long suspected He has a very twisted sense of humor. I've always envisioned him as sitting back in a big 'ol recliner with a high-tech remote control watching a massive bank of TVs monitoring all the crazy stuff we do. And laughing at most of it.

Tough question. You are going to be hard-pressed to find anyone that has an answer- Christian, Muslim, Jewish, deist, pantheist, anyone. I'm also tempted to give a lame answer like "God was bored" but that gives way to the thought that God has a human feeling of boredom, which I doubt.

 

Just giving a bit of thought to it, from my perspective it re-affirms my believe in a personal God. I can't think of any reason other than Love. An impersonal God (such as that of the deists) wouldn't have any conceivable reason to create anything. This may be a Christian viewpoint, but if we are "made in the image of God", would not our motives be the same as God's? And our motivation to do anything is love. Whether it is misguided (love of money, love of material goods, love of sex) or not (love for others, love for knowledge, love for God), the motivation of any of our actions is out of some burning desire.

 

But then I give way once again to assuming that God has natural, burning desires like any human. But yet again, on the other hand, as humans, we learn about God only from studying our own humanity, so maybe that is our only way to learn about a greater being. Who knows. I'm sure I helped a ton. :isurrender:

 

Is it possible that God has "human" feelings and emotions? If humans were created "in God's image" could all of those feelings and emotions (even the bad ones) have come from the same source? I'm sure that's a question that has been answered many times before, but I'm unfamiliar with it. It would at least begin to help explain the original question in this thread, if it were true.

This may have something to do with it...

 

Sleeping Giant

I've been especially enjoying the theological threads lately. I've also stumbled upon a challenging question I've never answered so I thought I would add to the threads. Why did God create the earth and humanity? If God is omnipotent, what purpose does our creation serve?

 

You'd think it was all created for BHO.

Is it possible that God has "human" feelings and emotions? If humans were created "in God's image" could all of those feelings and emotions (even the bad ones) have come from the same source? I'm sure that's a question that has been answered many times before, but I'm unfamiliar with it. It would at least begin to help explain the original question in this thread, if it were true.

 

I'd say he has a pretty wicked sense of humor as stated above. Just think of how funny it would be to watch how people live their lives. The little things we stress over, get mad over, get excited for, etc.

I've long suspected He has a very twisted sense of humor. I've always envisioned him as sitting back in a big 'ol recliner with a high-tech remote control watching a massive bank of TVs monitoring all the crazy stuff we do. And laughing at most of it.

 

I could buy that.

I've long suspected He has a very twisted sense of humor. I've always envisioned him as sitting back in a big 'ol recliner with a high-tech remote control watching a massive bank of TVs monitoring all the crazy stuff we do. And laughing at most of it.

 

Get hold of an episode of an old Showtime comedy show called Steambath. You won't be disappointed.

Is it possible that God has "human" feelings and emotions? If humans were created "in God's image" could all of those feelings and emotions (even the bad ones) have come from the same source? I'm sure that's a question that has been answered many times before, but I'm unfamiliar with it. It would at least begin to help explain the original question in this thread, if it were true.

I'm inclined to say no, but the more I think about it, the more it may the case. But if God is all-good, then where do those sorts of emotions fit in? Perhaps that is the key to being a good person- you can't rid of negative feelings and emotions- the key is controlling them.

 

Get a few beers in me and I might have a better answer. That's all I got.