Because we created god in our image
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.
Or vanity. “I’m gonna need y’all to show up once a week to tell me how awesome I am”
People who believe in God have failed to adequately reflect on their beliefs. Religion is fairy tales for adults. Sorry, but that’s the truth. Your question is simply a step on the staircase of rationality.
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.
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.
It’s all fictional, it can be whatever you want
Don’t forget jealousy!
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.
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.
Which of the 3000 gods are you referring to?
Why do you think emotions make you inferior?
That sounds like insane cult shit TBH
Any omnipotent being must be capable of feeling emotions, otherwise that would be a thing they can’t do, making them not omnipotent.
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.
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.
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.
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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