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Why does God get angry?

Last of the Fraggles said:
Well for the atheists I suppose the answer is a short, he doesn't because he's not real but, ignoring the obvious, and taking the stories at face value can anyone comprehend why God gets downright pissed off with people at times?

He knows what is going to happen and he has the power to stop it at any time so why the heck does he get angry with what people do after the event?

Right from the very start, he creates Adam and Eve and tells them not to eat the apple knowing fine well that they will. He created them to do it. He knew it would happen. Then he punishes the whole of humanity after the event.

Seems a bit convoluted, no?

I'll create 'perfect' beings but design them in such a way that they will render themselves imperfect after about 2 minutes then I can punish the lot of them for all eternity.

He's a funny bloke that God. It's almost as if someone just made the whole thing up after a big night in the pub.
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God doesn't get angry. God gets even :)

M.
 
I'd generalize the question to be "Why did humans keep inventing anthropomorphic gods?"

My guess is it has to do with the fact that we're wired to look for human things--face recognition (witness all the examples of pareidolia), looking for human causes behind pretty much everything we don't understand, and so on. It had survival value for a highly social animal--but just like any superstitious behaviour has no truth value at all.
 
JoeTheJuggler said:
I'd generalize the question to be "Why did humans keep inventing anthropomorphic gods?"

My guess is it has to do with the fact that we're wired to look for human things--face recognition (witness all the examples of pareidolia), looking for human causes behind pretty much everything we don't understand, and so on. It had survival value for a highly social animal--but just like any superstitious behaviour has no truth value at all.
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Why not generalize the question to "Why did humans keep inventing any gods?"

And did humans actually "invent" gods? You have evidence for that?

Not being funny here, just wondering if some of us lack the imagination that may be required to understand such things.

M.
 
Mr Clingford said:
A horse is a horse, unless it is a zebra (I thought I read on imdb or suchlike).
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The zebra thing was a parody on snopes.com. They created a few of their own urban legends, and that was one of them. Predictably, it has made the rounds as a real story.

For those who haven't heard of this, they (snopes.com) claimed (in the parody) that Mr. Ed was really a zebra.
 
Tanstaafl said:
The zebra thing was a parody on snopes.com. They created a few of their own urban legends, and that was one of them. Predictably, it has made the rounds as a real story.

For those who haven't heard of this, they (snopes.com) claimed (in the parody) that Mr. Ed was really a zebra.
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Well, damn! I don't think I told too many people. But thanks for the heads up.
 
Moochie said:
Why not generalize the question to "Why did humans keep inventing any gods?"

And did humans actually "invent" gods? You have evidence for that?
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Well it is stated somewhere in scripture that God planted eternity in the human heart which would explain it to me quite well. The evidence is in the life of the believer. We can know God by receiving His Son! Jesus is no myth guys.
 
kurious_kathy said:
The evidence is in the life of the believer. We can know God by receiving His Son! Jesus is no myth guys.
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Considering how often I've seen believers get involved in drinking, stealing, adultery, and child molestation, I would have to question your conclusion.

Marc
 
kurious_kathy said:
Well it is stated somewhere in scripture that God planted eternity in the human heart which would explain it to me quite well. The evidence is in the life of the believer. We can know God by receiving His Son! Jesus is no myth guys.
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This leaves a lot of questions and raises even more. Why do people predominately believe the god unique to their culture? What if my life leads to believe the Muslim religion is true? Hindu? Sikh?

Neuroscientists, social scientists/anthropologists tell us that based on observation and empirical data the more a believer goes to church, follows ritual, reads their holy texts and prays then the more fervently those individuals believe. If we look at all of the religions this bears itself out which is why believers are willing to sacrifice their own lives for their god or kill other people for their god (see 9/11 and bombings of abortion clinics).

This explains why the more you commit to Christianity the more fervently you believe and the more true it becomes in your mind.

The scientific answer is more encompassing and more parsimonious than your's kathy. Sorry.
 
Like I have said before and it is not just me.

God is only in the mind of its creator and looks so remarkably like that creator in it actions and deeds.

Paul

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Paulhoff said:
Just see the shuttle go off even from down 30 miles north of Miami.
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:) Amazing isn't it. We as a species have advanced so far in many ways but in others we are still mired in thousand years old superstitions.

We can send men to the moon but people like Kathy believe in magical thinking like a magical person who turned water into wine and walked on water.

I've got my mind in the heavens.

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Paulhoff said:
Like I have said before and it is not just me.

God is only in the mind of its creator and looks so remarkably like that creator in it actions and deeds.

Paul

:) :) :)
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To quote Inherit the Wind, "God created man in his image, and man, being a gentleman, returned the favor."


Marc
 
I just noticed this thread, so sorry if this has been said.

But why would God have emotions at all? Wouldn't that be a huge flaw for a "supreme being"?

Besides, doesn't anger originate from frustration? Why would God be frustrated by anything?

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Yea, it looked very red at first like the sun when it is low in the sky, when yellow and white, and after it dropped the solid fuel rockets it looked like a star. It is the first time I have gotten to see it lift off by eye.

Paul

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Pardalis said:
I just noticed this thread, so sorry if this has been said.

But why would God have emotions at all? Wouldn't that be a huge flaw for a "supreme being"?

Besides, doesn't anger originate from frustration? Why would God be frustrated by anything?

:boggled:
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That is just one of many of the problems with their god, it isn't very god-like.

Paul

:) :) :)
 
Ever watch Babylon 5 and listen to G'Kar about how god looks remarkable like ourselves.

Paul

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