Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,155,781 members, 7,827,883 topics. Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2024 at 06:30 PM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Religion / Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? (1404 Views)
Did God Create Man Or Did Man Create God? / Why Did God Create The Tree Of Good and evil If He Didn't Want Man To Sin / See How This Equation And Analogy Prove The Idea Of The Trinity Wrong (2) (3) (4)
Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by OLAADEGBU(m): 2:51am On Dec 16, 2015 |
Is God man-made? Did man create the idea of God? Is the concept of God simply a way to explain things we don't understand? |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by kejes10: 3:39am On Dec 16, 2015 |
You will know when you get to the great beyond. Be patient! |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by Scholar8200(m): 10:44am On Dec 16, 2015 |
N !!!!! |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by CoolUsername: 4:27pm On Dec 16, 2015 |
In the beginning, man created God. 4 Likes |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by lepasharon(f): 11:27pm On Dec 16, 2015 |
Maybe |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by malvisguy212: 11:35pm On Dec 16, 2015 |
https://www.nairaland.com/2575407/invented-god-image-mankind
Atheists commonly claim that humans
invented God to satisfy some of his fear
of death, therefore, wishing God into
existence. According to the theory, man
realized his limitations and fears and
projected an image of God to calm these
fears. In short, God is what man wishes
to be - a kind of super-man. This model
matches the gods of the pagan religions
quite well, and possibly explains the
origins of these religions. For example, in
nearly all pagan religions, the gods look
like the people - Ethiopian gods were
dark-skinned whereas Greek gods tended
to be white. So, aren't all gods just
inventions of the people who claim
them?
In contrast to the pagan gods, the God of
Judaism and Christianity does not look
like the an old man with white beards .
In fact, He is described as being invisible
to us and not some image that humans
can imagine>>>>
Hebrews 11:27
...Him who is unseen.
Acts 17:29
"Being then the children of God, we
ought not to think that the Divine
Nature is like gold or silver or stone,
an image formed by the art and
thought of man."
Accordingly, we can only see Him in His
glory when we die and are transformed
into spiritual beings. The Hebrews were
commanded NOT to make an image of
their God. The New Testament
specifically says that God does not look
like a man>>>>
Leviticus 26:1
'You shall NOT make for yourselves
idols, nor shall you set up for
YOURSELVES AND IMAGE or a sacred
pillar, nor shall you place a figured
stone in your land to bow down to it;
for I am the LORD your God.
CHRISTIANITY:
However, if people were to have
invented the God of Christianity, it is
unlikely that it would be the demanding
God of the Bible. The God of the Bible is
described as holy , without sin and
without the ability to commit sin>>>>
Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of hosts will be exalted
in judgment, And the holy God will
show Himself holy in righteousness.
The holiness of God is described as being
above anything that humans can attain,
such that no human can stand before
Him as holy. Behaving more morally
upright than most other people is not
sufficient to escape the punishment of
the God of the Bible.>>>
Leviticus 11:45
'For I am the LORD, who brought you
up from the land of Egypt, to be
your God; thus you shall be holy for
I AM HOLY.'"
SALVATION.
In nearly all religions,salvation is
attained through human effort. Only in
Christianity does salvation come solely as
a gift from God , it cannot be earned
through human effort. Clearly, in
doctrines such as the nature of God and
the way of salvation, there is very little
common ground between Christianity
and the religions of the world>>>>
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved
through faith; and that not of
yourselves, it is the gift of God; not
as a result of works, that no one
should boast.
TRANSCENDENT GOD:
The God of Christianity also differs from
the gods of the world's religions in terms
of His nature and existence. Most of the
religions of the world describe their god
as existing within the universe. In many
cases, these gods even have parents.
Both of these attributes are logically
inconsistent with the reality of our
universe. Only a God who is
transcendent to both space and time,like
the God of the Bible,is logically
possible>>>>
1 Kings 8:27
"But will God indeed dwell on the
earth? Behold, heaven and the
highest heaven CANNOT CONTAIN THEE
how much less this house which I
have built!
CONCLUSION:
It is impossible for the christian God to
be invented because men will not invent
God that set an uphill task on how to
attain Holiness and salvation.
Romans1:22-23
Professing to be wise, they became
fools, and exchanged the glory of
the incorruptible God for an image
in the form of corruptible man and
of birds and four-footed animals
and crawling creatures.
Isaiah 1:13
"Bring your worthless offerings no
longer, Incense is an abomination to
Me. New moon and Sabbath, the
calling of assemblies-- I [God] cannot
endure iniquity and the solemn
assembly. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by OLAADEGBU(m): 3:02pm On Dec 30, 2015 |
kejes10: You can know it now before it gets too late. |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:01am On Jan 07, 2016 |
Scholar8200: Happy New Year my brother. |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by Scholar8200(m): 6:36am On Jan 07, 2016 |
OLAADEGBU:Happy New year to you too. |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:28am On Jan 09, 2016 |
OLAADEGBU: Suggested answer: Some people argue that God is man-made; that is, the concept of God is merely a human fabrication handed down through the generations from those who didn't know any better. They claim that the idea of a God or gods is simply the way human beings explain things that are too difficult to understand. Some state that belief in the supernatural ignores science and embraces superstition. So, is the idea of God a fantasy based on ignorance and concocted by our forefathers before science proved it to be false? |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:05pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
CoolUsername: In your own imagination. 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by CoolUsername: 4:28pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
OLAADEGBU:You're right, it wasn't exactly "in the beginning". 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by Oluwaseytiano(m): 8:03pm On Jan 20, 2016 |
hmmmm tough question. The only answer I can give that no one knows |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:54pm On Mar 01, 2016 |
lepasharon: Why are you not certain? |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by lepasharon(f): 8:50pm On Mar 01, 2016 |
OLAADEGBU: Are you certain ? Actually im certain |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:50pm On Mar 05, 2016 |
CoolUsername: When was it then? |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by CoolUsername: 2:15pm On Mar 05, 2016 |
OLAADEGBU: When man developed a mind, complex enough to question his origins and death. It also served as a method of societal control. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by UyiIredia(m): 4:23pm On Mar 05, 2016 |
CoolUsername: Nature, by itself, can't make a pin talkless of a mind. |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:59pm On Mar 05, 2016 |
CoolUsername: But God has already spoonfed you the answers to those questions. "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter" (Proverbs 25:2). |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by orisa37: 9:20am On Mar 06, 2016 |
The Conscience a Man feels in him, makes him think that his Motives reside in the Supreme One. 1 Like |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by OLAADEGBU(m): 6:16pm On Mar 14, 2016 |
UyiIredia: But evolutionists would want us to believe that order can come out of chaos. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by cloudgoddess(f): 3:44pm On Mar 17, 2016 |
UyiIredia:So, according to you, organisms are not a result of natural processes that have been occuring for billions of years, but instead the purposeful creation of a supernatural entity no one can see? And that entity is not Krishna or Zeus or any of the gods that have existed as early as 10,000+ years ago, but specifically Yahweh, the god created by Jewish middle-easterners 2000 years ago? So, the multiple species of flesh eating bacteria that exist are not born as a natural result of evolutionary need for survival and adaptation, but instead their very DNA and cell proliferation are intentionally directed by this Yahweh, so that unknowing swimmers can have their flesh mutilated and torn apart by organisms too small for the human eye to detect? Same for parasites that burrow into the eyes of children who drink polluted water in 3rd world countries, and then lay eggs there so that the child's eye is left in a disturbing state of ruin? All purposely directed by the magnificent hand of all-loving Yahweh, correct? 1 Like |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by UyiIredia(m): 5:36pm On Mar 17, 2016 |
cloudgoddess: After all you've said, where is the evidence of nature making a pin much less forming life by itself? |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by cloudgoddess(f): 6:24pm On Mar 17, 2016 |
UyiIredia:You didn't answer my question. |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by UyiIredia(m): 7:38pm On Mar 17, 2016 |
cloudgoddess:I don't have to. |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by UyiIredia(m): 7:38pm On Mar 17, 2016 |
cloudgoddess:I don't have to. |
Re: Is God Man-made? Did Man Create The Idea Of God? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:54pm On Apr 05, 2016 |
Oluwaseytiano: Peruse the suggested answer I posted above. |
(1) (Reply)
Open Heavens Daily Devotional 14/05/16 / Christian Prayer Partners Whatsapp Group / Pastor Dies Attempting Jesus' 40 Days & 40 Nights Fasting
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 55 |