What does God want?

Again, who is this talking baby that called itself God? And how did it have a memory at conception when it didn't have a brain?
 
I have a memory of conception! I said he'd talk AFTER crying. I didn't say immediately.

"In the beginning there was the word." -The Bible.
 
Does this bring back memories?


I get it now, your talking about the baby that grew up and committed suicide by cop.
 
That's illegal, and is punished without a Church burial. How could a man living alone in the dark without access to drugs or weapons kill himself??

"He's no Father. He goes home and barely knows his own Daughter."-Marshall Mathers.
 
James R said:
This is a companion thread to my popular What does God do? thread. Surprisingly, so far very few theists have ventured to describe what God does in the world, here and now. I'm not sure whether that is because they aren't sure what God does, or because they've never considered the question, or because they feel embarrassed about answering it for some reason. Maybe there'll be some more informative answers later. The question sounds to me like one a good theist should have a ready answer to.

So, to the current thread, which has a similar theme. Again, I address this question to the theists who are reading.

Most of you describe God as a Being, like a person. Many of you describe relating to God as if God is a person. For example, you might pray to God, and God might choose to respond in various ways to your prayers.

Given that God is like a person (or at least has person-like traits), and given the kinds of things that major religions tell us about God, it seems that God has desires, plans, and emotions that are recognisably comparable to those of human beings.

My straightforward question this time around is: based on your own understanding, what does God want? I'd also like to know: how do you know what God wants?

I look forward to your responses.
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It's not that hard to imagine what God does and what God wants ... bearing in mind in 'theory' we are made in his image.

If we were (and we do intend to, attempt to all the time) to be God what would 'we' do and 'what would 'we' want. As 'we' are not collectively all the 'same' in regard to good moral conscience, we can't assume what ourselves playing God would do or want because that depends on how good or bad or whatever that 'God' being is.

So the question is (and who's God are we asking this question of?? Let's assume you're referring to Christian God) then 'God is Good.'
Is their God 'good' ? I haven't studied the religion so don't know how they describe this entities moral compass. Let's assume it's good?

If God wants to do 'good' then he'd surely seek to eliminate the majority of the human population so the planet and all its beautiful (otherwise living harmoniously and in balance with nature) creatures can exist without our increasigly dangerous presence.
 
ToR original said:
If God wants to do 'good' then he'd surely seek to eliminate the majority of the human population so the planet and all its beautiful (otherwise living harmoniously and in balance with nature) creatures can exist without our increasigly dangerous presence
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Totally idiot response

Your implying a omnipotent god created humans (remember it is preached he knows everything) to get rid of us because it didn't work out?????

HE'S OMNIPOTENT HE KNOWS IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT AS HE'S MOULDING THE DIRT TO MAKE ADAM

Note to self - settle down

:)
 
If God wants to do anything or wants anything it is worth while to establish if he exists...can we do that ? No well God does not exist.
Alex
 
Michael 345 said:
Totally idiot response

Your implying a omnipotent god created humans (remember it is preached he knows everything) to get rid of us because it didn't work out?????

HE'S OMNIPOTENT HE KNOWS IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT AS HE'S MOULDING THE DIRT TO MAKE ADAM

Note to self - settle down

:)
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Presumably, the idea is that, by giving humans free will, he is deliberately switching off his omniscience.
 
DaveC426913 said:
Presumably, the idea is that, by giving humans free will, he is deliberately switching off his omniscience.
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Interesting idea

Not sure how that would work

Will go back to sleep and think about later. Three hours before normal wake up and breakfast time

:)
 
Did God say he was omnipotent or did his followers claim he was? Either way, regardless of what one says, doesn't make it so.
 
DaveC426913 said:
Presumably, the idea is that, by giving humans free will, he is deliberately switching off his omniscience.
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OK awake and just 1 cup coffee into the day

Not sure how switching off omniscience works because that would generate a memory of what has been switched off which in essence be the same as what he has switched off (the knowledge it wasn't going to work out)

But I'll let it slide

Next though I don't see how it relates to free will

My position on free will - we do have free will subject to
  • physics and
  • imponderables (zillions of butterflies effects)
Even with zillions of impondrables the omniscience would still allow the knowledge "it's not going to work" to be known to god

So I stand by

Michael 345 said:
Totally idiot response

Your implying a omnipotent god created humans (remember it is preached he knows everything) to get rid of us because it didn't work out?????

HE'S OMNIPOTENT HE KNOWS IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT AS HE'S MOULDING THE DIRT TO MAKE ADAM

Note to self - settle down

:)
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And I have settled down

:)
 
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