Do you think the God described in the bible is a sore loser? (Jesus, Moses)

[Yasin]

Originally Posted by GodLovesUs

Appreciate the comment, its just so hard to see that thousands of years people followed a confusing book as the path to God. I wish I had a time machine.

And yet we are told, that "God is not the author of confusion" (1 Cor. 14:33)
Interesting!

Respectively, Yasin

[dawny0826]

Originally Posted by Yasin

And yet we are told, that "God is not the author of confusion" (1 Cor. 14:33)
Interesting!

Respectively, Yasin

HE certainly isn't. The trouble lies within MAN.

[Scuba Pete]

Scriptures are inspired by God, but written by imperfect man. Such, they are merely a blog of man trying to understand the most high. It never CLAIMS to be perfect and to me there are many, many times where man ascribes human emotions and frailties to God.

We know this: God is love. If the actions you read do not seem to come from a loving God, then maybe you are reading where man has blamed God for his own hate.

[Seyorni]

"For thou shalt worship no other God: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." -- Exodus 34:14

Here God seems to acknowledge the existence of other Gods.
God cannot be jealous of His creation. That would be seriously psychotic/paranoiac. He can't be jealous of that which doesn't exist. That would also seem to indicate madness.
So what is He jealous of? Whover's trespassing on His turf must be pretty imposing, to elicit so base and craven a reaction from an almighty God.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by Seyorni

"For thou shalt worship no other God: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." -- Exodus 34:14

Here God seems to acknowledge the existence of other Gods.
God cannot be jealous of His creation. That would be seriously psychotic/paranoiac. He can't be jealous of that which doesn't exist. That would also seem to indicate madness.
So what is He jealous of? Whover's trespassing on His turf must be pretty imposing, to elicit so base and craven a reaction from an almighty God.

The devil is called a god. So are various demons.

[Bangbang]

Originally Posted by MdmSzdWhtGuy

Well buddy,

I must admit, I am stumped by this as well. Trying to make logical sense of the Bible started me on to a path that led me to Agnosticism/Athiesm/Skepticism, so if you value your faith, my personal advice is not to think about this stuff too much, and whatever you do, don't attempt to apply logic to it.

B.

No crap!!!!!!! I could not have said it better.

[Searcher of Light]

Originally Posted by Seyorni

"For thou shalt worship no other God: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." -- Exodus 34:14

Here God seems to acknowledge the existence of other Gods.
God cannot be jealous of His creation. That would be seriously psychotic/paranoiac. He can't be jealous of that which doesn't exist. That would also seem to indicate madness.
So what is He jealous of? Whover's trespassing on His turf must be pretty imposing, to elicit so base and craven a reaction from an almighty God.

I have never thought of it that way. Thank you for such an interesting point of view.

[spookboy0]

It looks like the God at least in the OT is a vengeceful God and someone who hates losing.

Since God created the difference between winning and losing, and winning and losing altogether, He isn't subject to it's rules, like a father isn't subject to his offspring's rules.

Although He doesn't want to lose us, He can't lose to us.

[greatcalgarian]

Originally Posted by Seyorni

"For thou shalt worship no other God: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." -- Exodus 34:14

Here God seems to acknowledge the existence of other Gods.
God cannot be jealous of His creation. That would be seriously psychotic/paranoiac. He can't be jealous of that which doesn't exist. That would also seem to indicate madness.
So what is He jealous of? Whover's trespassing on His turf must be pretty imposing, to elicit so base and craven a reaction from an almighty God.

I think He is jealous of human worshipping other gods, which as a matter of fact, He knows that those gods did not exist. He is jealous of the human action. He want total devotion of human to worship Him alone, even though there is no other god, and human may be worshipping a non-god figure.

[Franklin]

Originally Posted by Victor

Certainly it would be difficult if done so on your own faculties. That book was never intended to have one person wrestle over it by himself. It's a collection of writings of the family of God. So it's to be expected that somethings would not be properly understood. Perspicuity was intended to be accomplished through the family. Trying to do it any other way will result in a recipe for chaos.

Is that scriptural, or belief?