Why did God choose to be a man?

[Daisy]

Now you've seen the phrase and where it comes from.

Yeah, I know...

Never heard of that phrase...I'm only aware of Jesus's words in Matthew 6:10..."Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth" I suppose that's the origin...it's certainly not meant in the context you used it...

 

[dairyair]

Yeah, I know...

Never heard of that phrase...

Now you've heard of the phrase outside of Matthew. You seemed confused by the poster who posted it. Claiming you never heard of that phrase...

 

[Daisy]

Now you've heard of the phrase outside of Matthew. You seemed confused by the poster who posted it. Claiming you never heard of that phrase...

Nope, the original is from Jesus in Matthew...the other is a copycat...and not even a good one at that...

 

[grip]

God isn’t a scientific equation. God is beyond such limiting definitions.

Are you telling me you comprehend the incomprehensible?

 

[Michael Cole]

God and Stevie Winwood were buds.

 

[EnchantedMuggle]

No, I'm implying no such thing. God being masculine doesn't need a feminine goddess to exist. 'God is' and He is masculine.

The Bible says God created man in His image.

Lees

"Male and female created He them."

If god created man (not *a* man...man, mankind) in His image and "male and female created He them," then God is both male and female and the person who wrote the story used "He" because it was a patriarchal society.

 

[phoenix2020]

I want public schools to have the "Bible" atmosphere it possessed in 1959. You had to be there. A few verses from the Bible were read as part of opening exercises. No explanations just a short reading of a few verses from the Psalms or Proverbs by a student who wished to. Catholics, Jews, Protestants, Muslims and yes even Hindus all appreciated the words. "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:" An atheist is the one who had the Bible ejected and things didn't suddenly improve as a result. In fact, things got decidedly worse within weeks, in early 1963...

Uh, just a heads up but the adherents of these other religions “appreciated” your words like they appreciated an out of control toddler knocking over the pastry table. You know how sometimes an adult simply nods and smiles while a toddler face-plants over and over? That’s what the adherents of these Tier 1 religions were doing while your Tier 3 religion was putting on some classroom exhibit. Smile, nod, say “well done, nice religious word things!” then walk away as quickly as possible. That said I’m glad they gave you a participant award.

Sorry you didn’t have the self-awareness at the time to realize what was happening, but don’t worry, this happens to a lot of Christians. They always assume everybody wants to be a part of their boring, bland, sucky, depressing life when in reality the vast, vast majority of life in the universe evolved beyond your pro-incest, pro-pedophilia mythology eons ago.

Still, I’m glad that you have your mythologies and tall tales to comfort you.

 

[Dans La Lune]

I am not sure the creator of the Universe exactly needs our support or permission, but okay

Well, God is the highest authority, right? Right are determined by those with the authority to enforce them.

No - God the Son is a man.

So God is not a He/Him.

Exactly - and so to attempt to take any other kind of "transition" (say, for example, the Incarnation) and say that this makes that person "trans" in the gender sense would be incorrect.

I'm saying that God transitioned into a male from genderless state. This is indisputable, unless you're saying the universe and its creator, not a biological entity, is naturally male.

 

[Daisy]

 

[cpwill]

Well, God is the highest authority, right?

Indeed, which is why it is sort of a ridiculous inversion when Humans presume to judge Him.

So God is not a He/Him.

God the Son became Man.
God the Father has taught us to refer to him as him, and as a father.
God the Holy Spirit is described in the masculine (parakletos).

I'm saying that God transitioned into a male from genderless state. This is indisputable, unless you're saying the universe and its creator, not a biological entity, is naturally male.

Hm. I think that, also, would be inaccurate, as there was no time when He was not (as it was he who created time in the first place).

 

[Dans La Lune]

Indeed, which is why it is sort of a ridiculous inversion when Humans presume to judge Him.

I'm not judging him. It's just amusingly ironic that those who are most judgmental, and see God as the ultimate conservative authority, judge others for the freedom that God represents.

God the Son became Man.
God the Father has taught us to refer to him as him, and as a father.
God the Holy Spirit is described in the masculine (parakletos).

Yes, for human consumption, not for his own consumption.

Hm. I think that, also, would be inaccurate, as there was no time when He was not (as it was he who created time in the first place).

Well, the notion that God transcends time is not really borne out, biblically. The New Testament is actually proof that God is linear, as it's a revised religious template. You have to cast this advanced, scientifically-derived assumption about God's nature, onto God, due to how humans have come to understand time/space in the modern era. For the longest time, God was indeed a linear being, the Earth was the center of the universe, and the universe was ~10,000 years old.

If I were reading the Bible(s) today, I'd assume that God was in fact very linear, and changes his mind. He didn't snap the the universe into existence. It took time to mold. Which is in stark contrast to a trans-linear, omniscient mental capacity. This is a foundational concept to the Bible.

 

[devildavid]

Are you telling me you comprehend the incomprehensible?

I am telling you that you calling god energy is you trying to call god compressible by reducing it to energy. You are wrong. God is not the same as energy.

 

[devildavid]

Indeed, which is why it is sort of a ridiculous inversion when Humans presume to judge Him.




God the Son became Man.
God the Father has taught us to refer to him as him, and as a father.
God the Holy Spirit is described in the masculine (parakletos).




Hm. I think that, also, would be inaccurate, as there was no time when He was not (as it was he who created time in the first place).

Humans create gods and define gods. That in itself amounts to a judgement of gods. Human beings pretend to know gods which means that all our religions are based on nothing but what we want gods to be. All the details are made up We really have no clue about gods which is why we like to attribute so many specific things to it to back up our widely and wildly varying religious beliefs.

 

[Daisy]

 

[grip]

I am telling you that you calling god energy is you trying to call god compressible by reducing it to energy. You are wrong. God is not the same as energy.

Energy is defined as the capacity to do work, which means it is the force that causes objects to move or change. That defines one aspect of god's infinite potential.