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Is God Emotional? Do we try to make God too human?

#21 User is offline   JosephM

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 01:29 PM

View PostDHatcherE, on Aug 15 2007, 09:45 AM, said:

I think ALL people attribute far too much to god. We have no clue what god is like at all. Example:

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THEREFORE - if I hear a knock at MY door, what right do I have to assume that a person with red hair, freckles and a funny hat is at my door? In this case I am assigning far too many attributes to the knocker. I can rightfully assume a person is at my door but no more because my experience allows no more.

With god - I assume the existence of him, her, it because I have seen his, her or its work in nature - but there my rights of assumption END because I have not experienced or seen anything further. With this in mind I find it fruitless and not just a little disrespectful to assign attributes to god that I have no knowledge of. I HOPE for an existence beyond this life but I do not KNOW it because I can not prove it to be right. I say HOPE because BELIEF must be justified with evidence of which there is NONE in this particular instance.


DHatcherE,

In my view, your approach is most valid. Perhaps it is by that very refusal to assume things that may or may not be so or true that the door to truth will expose itself to you. Not there there is anyplace to go and look for it but the mere surrendering of conditioned opinions and beliefs and the recognition of that which is false opens a door that is actually not there so that truth may dawn upon you. (because it is self evident when the obstructions are no longer seen).

Just a view to consider.
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Posted 20 August 2007 - 07:02 PM

"I think ALL people attribute far too much to god. We have no clue what god is like at all."

I feel everyone has a different view of God. Like the story of the three blind men and the elephant some feel the tail, others feel the legs or trunk and some don't feel anything. All are valid and true. So one just needs to know oneself and if they don't like the tail they can move to the trunk, leg or nothing.
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Posted 19 February 2008 - 01:22 PM

Is God Emotional?

No.
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Posted 21 February 2008 - 10:43 PM

If you are to believe what the bible says about God then, yes, God is incredibly emotional.
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 11:07 AM

emotional \ adj; 1: of or relating to emotion, esp. to more than usual emotion: as dominated chiefly by emotion: expressing more than usual emotion: prone to arousal of the emotions: motivated chiefly by the emotions as opposed to the intellect: largely lacking a rational justification: appealing to or arousing the emotions. 2: markedly (unduly) aroused or agitated in feeling or sensibilities.

Based upon the definition of emotional, the answer is still, "no".

This post has been edited by davidk: 23 February 2008 - 11:18 AM

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