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Why does God need books?

Workman

UNIQUE
Do you have kids? Are you aware what toys do? Toys are made from science, toys buys your child’s happiness therefore forgetting in another being matters more than an object
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
No that’s where your wrong faith can come in different certain ways, today we have a lot of people having too much faith in themselves, becoming their ego or such! If that’s what I see in most that are in this forum then what’s of the whole world we live in? The book teaches on how to have faith through your heart! And that’s what lacks in today’s world!
I agree about having too much faith in self, that it misplaced faith.
Faith comes through the heart.
What book are you referring to?
 

loverofhumanity

We are all the leaves of one tree
Premium Member
Why does God need books (or other written text) to spread his word? Seems like an incredibly inefficient means for an all powerful being. Surely an all wise and all powerful God could have come up with something better. I mean such things as sacred text and oral tradition, that is so crude and clumsy it seems more like something people would come up with.
Please excuse the interruption, but Baha'u'llah explained why:

“He Who is the Day Spring of Truth is, no doubt, fully capable of rescuing from such remoteness wayward souls and of causing them to draw nigh unto His court and attain His Presence.“If God had pleased He had surely made all men one people.” His purpose, however, is to enable the pure in spirit and the detached in heart to ascend, by virtue of their own innate powers, unto the shores of the Most Great Ocean, that thereby they who seek the Beauty of the All-Glorious may be distinguished and separated from the wayward and perverse. Thus hath it been ordained by the all-glorious and resplendent Pen…”
Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, pp. 70-71

Thanks Trailblazer. You’re awesome. I knew there was a quote like this but it’s a different one, very similar.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Do you have kids? Are you aware what toys do? Toys are made from science, toys buys your child’s happiness therefore forgetting in another being matters more than an object


They also aid a child's learning, and learning is the most productive thing a child can do
 

Workman

UNIQUE
Let me say! For in those that don’t believe in free-will, they become blind in what their eyes disallows; watch the young kids! They are the proof of free-will without any science involved.
 

FearGod

Freedom Of Mind
Why does God need books (or other written text) to spread his word? Seems like an incredibly inefficient means for an all powerful being. Surely an all wise and all powerful God could have come up with something better. I mean such things as sacred text and oral tradition, that is so crude and clumsy it seems more like something people would come up with.

What's wrong with books? what other methods you think are better?
 

Workman

UNIQUE
Why does God need books (or other written text) to spread his word? Seems like an incredibly inefficient means for an all powerful being. Surely an all wise and all powerful God could have come up with something better. I mean such things as sacred text and oral tradition, that is so crude and clumsy it seems more like something people would come up with.
I tell you what the book gives; the book offers afterlife only to the few that will believe it.
However..
Science book offers nothing but learning in ego: not to mention!! Doesn’t offer afterlife.
With that said! what does one have got to loose in believing in afterlife, I mean; it’s free isn’t it? Doesn’t cost you nothing except your heart! Why is it so hard for some to believe? Is it because of your ego? Ok then! If so; what about your loved ones family or kids, do you love them? Would you not want to see them again after death? Not for in only this world, don’t you think you owe them that understanding to live forward to? Why not? It’s free? Take it? It’s your free will! If not! I can only understand that one is selfish not to.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
I agree but what about the time it steals

The time is well spent, they are children, they have all the time of their lives. If toys provide enjoyment, that can only help yo build a balanced outlook.

Would you not rather teach your own yourself

I do, as do professional educators, as does play and toys.

Toys cannot teach morals

This could get heavy, morals? Human morality or some particular version of a religious faiths take on morality. The vast majority of children learn what is morally acceptable by interacting with others, ie, play, often with toys.

Are you saying that your own children are not allowed to learn by experience?
 

Niblo

Active Member
Premium Member
They also aid a child's learning, and learning is the most productive thing a child can do

'We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.' George Bernard Shaw.

Replace 'playing' with 'learning' and the result is the same.
 

Jumi

Well-Known Member
Why does God need books (or other written text) to spread his word? Seems like an incredibly inefficient means for an all powerful being. Surely an all wise and all powerful God could have come up with something better. I mean such things as sacred text and oral tradition, that is so crude and clumsy it seems more like something people would come up with.
Books are quite limited, but helpful if you've taken the first step. Before that step, they can even be a hindrance. And they are people communicating with each other, not a direct line to God.
 

Vee

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
Why does God need books (or other written text) to spread his word? Seems like an incredibly inefficient means for an all powerful being. Surely an all wise and all powerful God could have come up with something better. I mean such things as sacred text and oral tradition, that is so crude and clumsy it seems more like something people would come up with.

He doesn't. Books are a means of communication for the benefit of humans. The Bible contains a message for us.
 
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