Why God?

[MWT15.06.91]

Why did man create the image of God? Why do some of us believe that a invisiable person controls all that happen to you on a daily basis. Why do we need to believe that someone made the universe because we are too lazy to search for a more accurate answer? It really confuses me why we question ourselves so much, but I guess that is the enjoyment of life itself, huh? Now I'm really into philosophy but I just can't get around the whole God thing.

MWT15.06.91 Reviewed by MWT15.06.91 on 09-13-2006. Why God? Why did man create the image of God? Why do some of us believe that a invisiable person controls all that happen to you on a daily basis. Why do we need to believe that someone made the universe because we are too lazy to search for a more accurate answer? It really confuses me why we question ourselves so much, but I guess that is the enjoyment of life itself, huh? Now I'm really into philosophy but I just can't get around the whole God thing. Rating: 5

[Cas]

it's part of our nature. every civilization, tribe, race, religion, etc. on earth has believed in a higher power. Perhaps if we are visited by aliens someday or fine other intelligence out there we can confirm that creatures of intelligence comprehend the a supreme being.

[sanguinekane]

Why did man create the image of God? Why do some of us believe that a invisiable person controls all that happen to you on a daily basis. Why do we need to believe that someone made the universe because we are too lazy to search for a more accurate answer? It really confuses me why we question ourselves so much, but I guess that is the enjoyment of life itself, huh? Now I'm really into philosophy but I just can't get around the whole God thing.

I think you'll find that many people who have faith in a higher being (or beings in my case) do not believe in absolutes like you listed. I know many religious people of differeing faiths who believe in the big bang, evolution, and scientific pursuit, and so do I. Science and religion are not concepts that have to be kept seperate from each other, how ever much people from both sides of the spectrum want that to happen.

[afghooey]

What amazes me is that people actually believe this world was created from nothing. It actually baffles me. There's this flower that grows in South Africa that puts off the smell of cat urine to get rid of animals. Now my question is - when the plant was first "created", how the hell did it know what cat piss smelt like!?
That's just an example, but my point is that I fully believe this place had to be created by some higher power (i.e. God.)

I assume you mean the living world, since those who opt for science have their own theories about how the planet came into being, too. Or are you referring to how the universe came into being? In any case, I don't see why the lack of a deistic god would mean the universe had to come from nothing. Maybe it's always existed? Just because the universe is expanding doesn't necessarily mean it sprang out of nothing, right? It just suggests that the energy was contracted into a very small point, which then exploded, sending shrapnel in the form of matter flying in every direction... who's to say the universe isn't in an infinite cycle of expanding and contracting, breathing and living in and of itself? That's one thing that has always puzzled me about the big bang. Every explanation I've read mentions that the theory is supported by the direction that galaxies are moving and the existence of cosmic radiation, but never read anywhere why that's assumed to be the beginning of the universe. Hmmm...

Oh, and as for the plant thing you mentioned... why wouldn't natural selection be plausible in explaining that? The plant wouldn't have to know what cat piss smelled like. It would just have to genetically mutate into a strain that happened to smell a bit like piss.. causing animals to leave it alone, which in turn allowed it to live and reproduce more successfully. The smelly genetics were passed on, and as time went by the species bame more efficient at deterring animals. Of course, there are far more intricate examples that are harder to explain with natural selection alone. For that I like to think that there might be some kind of Jung... collective unconscious thing happening that leads to these more advanced mutations.. 'course I have nothing to back that up with, but personally I find something like that more logical than the universe being created by some outside deity.

[qrvotchfirve]

Aleister Crowley

A note on the chief rules of practical conduct to be observed by those who accept the Law of Thelema.

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." AL I:40

"There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt." AL III:60

"[...] thou hast no right but to do thy will. Do that, and no other shall say nay. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect." AL I:42-44

"Love is the law, love under will." AL I:57

"Every man and every woman is a star." AL I:3




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[Euphoric]

apes and monkeys in general tend to have a monarch/king/leader. some say that God is that equivalent "king" of human society.

[Oneironaut]

What amazes me is that people actually believe this world was created from nothing.

What amazes me is that people who have such a problem with that, think the solution is to imagine a being that created everything and came from nothing!

As to why man invented the gods, it's not that hard to figure out, but you have to think like they did thousands of years ago. Back then, nobody knew what dreams were, or what the stars were, or what caused disease, or what made the weather, or why the seasons change. There was a lot of stuff they didn't know simply because they couldn't have known them without the help of science. But they weren't content to just say "I don't know" whenever their children would ask these things, so they made up explanations. The easiest explanation would be to say that some very powerful invisible man made things that way. Why did he make them that way? Who knows, the invisible man is so smart we can't possibly know how he thinks.

[mrdevious]

There are good arguments for each side.... I used to be an athiest, so I have thought of many different arguments over my life.

I guess the fact that I recently chose God means that the arguments for his side of the story made more sense to me

Each to his own.

I'm curious, what exactly made you abandon atheism and believe in god (again)?

[royalHIGHness]

the REAL question is......why did MAN create GOD?

[Hamlet]

"the REAL question is......why did MAN create GOD?"

Because we knew there was something bigger than ourselves that we couldn't understand.