God does not exist - and even if they do exist, they have about as much consideration for the human race as we as a species have for paramecium
Sounds like you want God how they’re portrayed in Druze: The Druze conception of the deity is declared by them to be one of strict and uncompromising unity. The main Druze doctrine states that God is both transcendent and immanent, in which he is above all attributes, but at the same time, he is present.[188]
In their desire to maintain a rigid confession of unity, they stripped from God all attributes (tanzīh). In God, there are no attributes distinct from his essence. He is wise, mighty, and just, not by wisdom, might, and justice, but by his own essence. God is “the whole of existence”, rather than merely “above existence” or on his throne, which would make him “limited”. There is neither “how”, “when”, nor “where” about him; in this way, he is incomprehensible.
To be omnipotent first need to exist. If don’t exist then anything after is nonsense, therefore can be portrayed as wild as author’s imagination is.
I’m not religious. But I’m pretty sure they would say that we are created in his image.
So, if we have emotions. I don’t think it’s beyond reason that god might have them as well.
And holy shit these comments are insufferable. This isnt about your personal vendetta against religion, just answer the god damn question.
tbf in most cases with personal vendettas against religion, the religion started it…
Maybe, I don’t know. But that doesn’t excuse people taking it out on this guy for just asking a simple question.
It’s called “no stupid questions”. I always thought that also means “no stupid answers”
idk if we can expect people to not be stupid sometimes, thats just how we are.
thats why we get our lil votes and such, yes?
Because we created god in our image
Or vanity. “I’m gonna need y’all to show up once a week to tell me how awesome I am”
The main idea is that books like Bible and Quran were sent to humanity so they are made for humans of the time.
The “anger” isn’t supposed to be a literal anger, just how humans identify what happened.
For example most verses about wrath follow with curse or punishment etc, so maybe “wrath” is just what humans call it when God curses or punishes people; and it’s not a literal feeling of anger.
There was a similar debate with how some verses say God heard/saw “humans were doing [insert thing]…” etc in the books.
Less relevant info.
Also in the case of Islam for example, different branches and even sects have different popular interpretations.
I know one Sufi theologist saying “All creatures were made to reflect God’s light” so they might call it “What our own emotions were modeled after, and are distorted versions of?”
Then there is Ahl al-Ra’y (Mainly followers of Maturidism today) who see Hadith as “uncredible” so they usually have slightly different views on most stuff. But I am not religious enough to learn theology that far.
I know one Sufi theologist saying “All creatures were made to reflect God’s light” so they might call it “What our own emotions were modeled after, and are distorted versions of?”
This is (unsurprisingly, since Islam is an Abramic faith, also further descended from ancient Sumerian religion) very similar to “the shattering of the vessels” in certain sects of Judaism. And incidentally, I agree with it.
If a deity like the Judeo Christian god is real, the reason they have emotion is we have emotion so early people would tie their emotions to them and think they have it as well. Something bad happens and it has to be god being angry and punishing them, because that was the only explanation they had.
Any omnipotent being must be capable of feeling emotions, otherwise that would be a thing they can’t do, making them not omnipotent.
Which of the 3000 gods are you referring to?
Because it’s God’s nature? Sorry, but this seems like a pretty weak gotcha. The “Can God create a stone that he himself cannot lift?” is much better. This one is like asking “Why, if electrons present particle characteristics, do we don’t know (precisely) where an electron is at any given time?”. It’s just their nature, there is no reason behind it.
Because god is a delusion used as a means of social control and as an excuse for violence.
I was raised Hindu and omg this is so evident. Dharma and karma are essential in the faith. Dharma outlines your roles and responsibilities in life. Basically, you’re born poor because of your past karma. You deserve to be poor. So don’t overstep your boundaries and stay in your lane. And let the rich and powerful walk all over you because they are more deserving.
Man, amazing how a lot of religions align with letting the rich be douchebags.
Don’t forget jealousy!
God has emotions because it is created in man’s image. It’s pure projection sold through propaganda to keep the weak, scared, and stupid under the thumb of the kind of men who wish to rule.
Less cynically, I believe the argument in scripture is the inverse. Man was created in god’s image therefore we probably inherited a lot of properties of the devine.
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It’s a perfect cover to call people cynics for simply revealing the poor situation we find ourselves in. The denial will never end. This was one of the best sentences I’ve read in a while. Very succinct, thanks.
Humans anthropomorphize pretty much everything around us with varying levels of accuracy. I’m fairly certain that my dog and cat feel anger and love in a very similar way to the way I do. I’m pretty sure plants really don’t, but they might a little bit more than a storm cloud. However you apply that to your spirituality or your perception of that of others is going to be a highly personal experience for you.
