If God created man in the picture of himself.....

[rockwjz]

If God created man in the picture of himself, then why are there more black people in the world than white people? Or more asians then whites? I cant stand when neo-christians beleive that god is only white, how can they be sure? I love how the movie Bruce Almighty(starring Jim Carrey) choose Morgan Freeman to be God. By the way, Im white myself, but i just dont understand how god can only be white.......OR, is he a mix of every type of human being? Anyone have any explanations? thoughts? inputs? im open!

[DracIV]

Perhaps God created the most important parts, our minds and souls, in his own image. Physical features mean nothing; there is a vast amount of variety within Humanity and only bigots and egotists would believe that they are a "perfect image" of God. After all, the only parts that return to God in the end are the mind and soul, so that should be a good indication that those parts matter and the others do not.

Isaiah 55:8 kind of counters that argument, DracIV. I don't think God really has a race in the way we think of it. If you go to predominately white parts of the world, you'll see Jesus, Mary, etc. as white. Go to black, Hispanic, Asian, Indian churches, or and you'll see them as members of those races. Personally I don't really care. Jesus is probably closer to a modern-day Arab than any other race, but I don't think that race matters at all when it comes to his teachings. And if depicting him as a different race makes him more identifiable by people of a certain race, more power to them.

[Cenright]

God has no physical form. You are trying to contain him down to a human existance, when he is so much more than that. Another reason why he never will is because people would make images of him and worship them instead. AKA Idolatry.

Of course, the catholic church seems to have forgotten that.

Originally Posted by Cenright

Idolatry - Of course, the catholic church seems to have forgotten that.

A common misconception. Catholics do not worship the images, but simply use them as reminders of their faith.

Images of God the Father have been unpopular with Catholics - most Catholic images are of Jesus and saints. (Saints aren't worshiped, either - another common myth.)

[QreepyBORIS]

Um.

My Rabbi explains this like all the time, I have heard it alot.

Synopsis: The image of our souls, not our physical image, is what the Bible/Torah was talking about.


Then, the obvious question: Why is everyone such a giant asshole? Why is half the world really fucked up?

Actually, it's because God's an asshole, and he created a fucked up world cause he's fucked up. Look at the world an tell me it's normal.



Or, of course, there is no god and all religion should be promptly abandoned.

[jewpinthethird]

Originally Posted by QreepyBORIS

Actually, it's because God's an asshole, and he created a fucked up world cause he's fucked up. Look at the world an tell me it's normal.

Exactly, when terrorists and folks like that kill people in order to prove a point, they are considered evil and f*cked up. However, when God kills all the innocent, first-born children in Egypt to prove a point, people create a holiday and celebrate the slaughter.

[zildjian133]

Actually I think there's enough evidense to prove god doesn't exist...

[QreepyBORIS]

Originally Posted by jewpinthethird

Exactly, when terrorists and folks like that kill people in order to prove a point, they are considered evil and f*cked up. However, when God kills all the innocent, first-born children in Egypt to prove a point, people create a holiday and celebrate the slaughter.

Heh, the holiday was to celebrate getting out of Egypt, though. And celebrate is hardly the right term, cause it's supposed to be all sad and you can't eat real food. Like yeast.

If you have a yeast infection on Passover, is it unkosher? XD

[Omeganitros]

"God created man in his own image."

"Oh yeah? What about Pee Wee Herman?"

Ba-Dum--PSSHHH

[Wayfaerer_]

Originally Posted by zildjian133

Actually I think there's enough evidence to prove god doesn't exist...

No amout of evidence can sway the faith some people have in their religion.

[alainbryden]

I'm just satisfied with the fact that faith means blind beleif. Say you have faith all you want, you're blind.

[The_Q]

Most people on here know that I'm a general follower of logic. Why, then, do I follow Christianity?

1. There is just as much proof for it as there is against it.
2. Good history lessons involved.
3. There's always a time when I could feel better knowing that there is an all powerful entity around.
4. Who said God was perfect? It makes perfect sense that he screwed up a few times. Otherwise there wouldn't have been thee Great Flood.
5. Believe it or not, Christian ideals do not clash with economic ideals.

Now that I've got that covered I'd like to go to the issue of God's image. I agree that God shaped our souls after his own but I also believe in misinterpretation. I'm sure someone along the line heard God's saying "You were made in my image." as "you look like me." When you think about it, humans don't really look like anything else that came out of the middle east (or many other places, for that matter).

Basically, it's a goof. There are loads of those in the Bible. Much like how Proverbs and Ecclesiastes are right next to each other (one of the most hilarious blunders in the Bible is the placement of those books).

Q

[lovingdeath]

Originally Posted by zildjian133

Actually I think there's enough evidense to prove god doesn't exist...

I believe that could be true. I mean what evidence is there to prove he is in existence.

[QreepyBORIS]

Originally Posted by alainbryden

I'm just satisfied with the fact that faith means blind beleif. Say you have faith all you want, you're blind.

And after reading Oedipus Rex, we all know how bad blind dismissal of facts is.

[The_Q]

I mean what evidence is there to prove he is in existence.

There's also no evidence to prove he doesn't. To say "There's no evidence for his existence therefore he doesn't exist" is not counter-evidence.

Q

[alainbryden]

What bugs me is how some religious people uses human intellectual inadequacies as their only defence.

"How can you reason God exists."
"Well humans can't comprehend infinity so God can exist"
"oh, well then..."

actually, I think that's the only defence that can't be countered, just because it's not really a defence...

[eyespewgreekfire]

Q, I believe that there is evidence that he doesn't exist. God is supossed to be all loving and good, which implies that there cannot be bad, since he created everything. Pinch yourself, did that hurt? That right there shows that there cannot be a god in the Christian defenition of an all good being. Perhaps there is a somewhat vengeful god who enjoys both helping and tormenting those he creates, but this already proves Christianity, Judaism, and Islam wrong. Personally, I think Buddhism (not including Atheism, Deism etc) is the religion with the fewest holes in its paradigm, but that is a whole different debate.

[QreepyBORIS]

What is pleasing and what is good is different.

Sometimes, suicide bombers do the right thing.

Because that is the way god intended it.

[eyespewgreekfire]

The suicide bomber still feels pain and must sacrifice himself for his cause, as well as harming others. What I am saying is that if god is purely good, as Islam, Christianity, and Judaism say, there can be no pain whatsoever. If god was good but still wanted to have a degree of conflict in the world, that is a bit more feasible, but that contradicts some religions.