In your belief why God created us

[Nakosis]

You think God is bored

Being all-knowing, all-powerful seems like it'd be pretty boring. No mystery, no adventure. Couldn't even play a game of Chess without already knowing who was going to win.

So make a bunch of autonomous folks and see what happens. Do something to mess with their heads every once in a while. World flood, killing all the firstborn, rising from the dead etc...

 

[moon light]

If there was a god, I dont see it apart from the universe as a whole. Through, it, and as god, we are born, live, grow ill, and die to go through the process again in different forms thats part of the earth. For the universe to be a god, by definition, it would need to be worshiped. Since we are in, through, and as god, there is no need for worship outside of culture. Living is worship itself.

Well we worship Him because He created us

 

[RedDragon94]

In your belief why God created us

Both for his and our own enjoyment. After all, it's more enjoyable to exist than to not exist.

 

[David1967]

You think he is a failed God

No. And that is quite a stretch from what I posted.

 

[David1967]

Both for his and our own enjoyment. After all, it's more enjoyable to exist than to not exist.

Are you sure? To not exist would be beyond enjoyment or suffering.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

Well we worship Him because He created us

I dont understand that. Giving thanks, yes, but worship???

I dont know anyone grand enough for me to bow down to. Not in my system. Dont know why others do.

 

[moon light]

Why do I believe God created us? I don't believe that God created me personally.
I think that God created intelligent souls so that God may teach us.

He did not create us
So who created us?

 

[RedDragon94]

Are you sure? To not exist would be beyond enjoyment or suffering.

Well, I'll just say it's better to exist than to not exist

 

[David1967]

Well, I'll just say it's better to exist than to not exist

Fair enough.

 

[Sunstone]

Once there was a god who, having lived a million years, was bored and thus desired to create something He could laugh at.

Once there was a goddess who, also having lived a million years, was equally bored and equally desired to create something that might end even the fiercest boredom -- which is by all accounts, the boredom of the gods and goddesses.

Unlike the God, however, the Goddess thought something to laugh at would not be quite enough to break her boredom. Yet She was at a loss to think of what might be enough until suddenly -- in the flash of but a single, brief, fleeting millennium -- it struck Her: She would create something to cry over.

Naturally, when the two at last met, they together created humanity.

And both were satisfied.

 

[moon light]

First of all, abandon the silly notion that we had to be created.

Secondly, we came to be through the lengthy process of evolution.

Introduction to Human Evolution

Do you think evolution is just coincidence?

 

[savagewind]

He did not create us
So who created us?

Sex?

 

[dianaiad]

In your belief why God created us

Because He needed some place to "test" and teach His kids. It's 'boot camp." Sorta.

In my belief system, we are quite literally His children. Which I THINK puts a bit of a new spin on the 'creation' idea.

 

[QuestioningMind]

In your belief why God created us

There's no verifiable evidence that any god(s) created anything.

 

[moon light]

Once there was a god who, having lived a million years, was bored and thus desired to create something He could laugh at.

Once there was a goddess who, also having lived a million years, was equally bored and equally desired to create something that might end even the fiercest boredom -- which is by all accounts, the boredom of the gods and goddesses.

Unlike the God, however, the Goddess thought something to laugh at would not be quite enough to break her boredom. Yet She was at a loss to think of what might be enough until suddenly -- in the flash of but a single, brief, fleeting millennium -- it struck Her: She would create something to cry over.

Naturally, when the two at last met, they together created humanity.

And both were satisfied.

This is probably good for children before bedtime

 

[Buddha Dharma]

In your belief why God created us

Well I suppose Brahma made the conditions for life to develop because he's creative and generous with gifts. He is one of the more benevolent gods by disposition, it seems.

Of course, Brahma only made the conditions. As a polytheist speaking- he didn't shape human development alone.

I'm pretty sure Brahma has felt great sorrow at times for how things turned out. He couldn't have known everything that would happen.

Brahma is one of the most important and widely invoked gods of the traditional Buddhist pantheon.

 

[osgart]

Some strange life forces go about learning and learning throughout eternity, and they gets bored if they cant create. So they invented nanotechnology, and created us with their giant organic lego set. Trial and error, and adaptation on the fly. So they have a vast eternal memory, and live in the immaterial sea of life. Forever trying to make worthwhile things. Perhaps they are constrained by the limits of the universes.

Curiousity and exploration are their main motivations.

 

[McBell]

Well, I'll just say it's better to exist than to not exist

What is your basis for comparison?

 

[moon light]

There's no verifiable evidence that any god(s) created anything.[/QUOTE]
Well where did we come from?

 

[McBell]

Well where did we come from?

Last time I answered this question, the post was deleted and I got pointed...