This article doesn't intend to debunk the veracity of the fact that there is God. There must be a force that started all these. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book 1 (4), he wrote: “When God, whichever God he was, created the universe...”

If we believe that evolution took place, there has to be something that made it happen. If we accept the Big Bang theory, which seeks to explain what happened at the very beginning of our universe, we must accept there must be an inciting force that made it happen. You might call this force “God”. This force was the “First Cause”. This post isn’t about cosmogony.

There’s a big difference between spirituality and religion. Religion is a social institution that teaches individuals about God. Conversely, spirituality is an individual’s conceptualisation and relationship with God. An individual might be spiritual but not religious and vice-versa.

I want you to be open-minded while reading this. The aim of this write up is to explain, to an extent, the concept of “God” in the Judaist, Christian, and Islamic religion. Could it be that this “God” was invented to suit the selfish aims of some people? As stated earlier, the aim of this article isn’t to deny the existence of God. It simply seeks to explain that “God” isn’t the way these monotheistic religions have painted him.

Once upon a time, God made the universe. He put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 2:7-15, the description given makes it seem like the Middle-East. All life began in the Middle-East, right?

One day, the devil came in form of a serpent and tempted Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. Puny mortals. Alas! They ate it. God was so angry that he cursed them. Not only that, he chased them out of the beautiful garden. Don't forget that God knows everything before it happens. What was the meaning of that anger? Was it a pretext? Why get angry if you planned something from the beginning? Who does that? Talking about anger, God was angry a lot in the First Testament. Nowadays, He isn’t so angry. You pray and confess your sins and you’re good to go. Just like that. See who went to anger management class!

Fast forward to years later, these people, Adam and Eve, had kids. Their kids had kids and so on. With whom did these kids have sex? Okay, they were incestuous. If they were incestuous, why are there Negros and Mongols and Caucasians? All that variation. But, this post isn’t about that. You can think about this later.

Man had gone ahead to do crazy things like building a tower to meet God. God was mad at them and decided to scatter them across the world with different languages. I told you God went to anger management class? There are many tall buildings in the world right now. And God hasn’t done anything about it.

Mankind didn't learn from that. They still sinned. Literally, God was angry at the whole wide world. He called the only righteous man on earth at the time, Noah, and asked him to build an ark. In addition to that, He asked Noah to gather two pairs of animals for reproduction. Noah said, “Yes, Lord.” Noah went as far as Antarctica to pick two penguins. Okay, there might have been a miracle. “With God, all things are possible.” Mathew 19:26 says: And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." The penguins could have walked on their own to Israel all the way from Antarctica. Or they could have miraculously appeared.

Eventually, God obliterated humankind save for Noah and his wife alongside his holy sons and their wives. If you add two and two together, you’re a descendant of Noah. He and his family were the only ones that suffered the Great Deluge. I didn't know that Ham was an African. How could he have been black when he had a white dad? But then, “With God, all things are possible”. What was the justification for slavery? The Curse of Ham. I read in Wikipedia that: “The story's original objective was to justify the subjection of the Canaanites to the Israelites, but in later centuries, the narrative was interpreted by some Jews, Christians, and Muslims as an explanation for black skin, as well as slavery. Nevertheless, most Christian denominations and all Jewish denominations now strongly disagree with such interpretations due to the fact that in the biblical text, Ham himself is not cursed and race or skin colour is never mentioned.” Interesting, huh? You can Read up Gen 9: 25-27.

Of all the people on earth, God chose Abraham, the father of the Israelites, to be his “earth friend”. As an artiste, you don't prefer a particular work over another. You know the stress it takes in creating something? Paying attention to details is a chore. He choose one nation to be his people and the rest can kick rocks. Who cares if they are saved? When Abraham lied about Sarah being his wife, it was okay. When he pimped Sarah, God was cool, huh? After all, it was Abraham. Father Abraham could do no wrong. Gen 20: 2. The end justifies the means. Machiavelli 101.

Lot deemed it okay for the sex-crazed men to have sex with his daughters instead of his male guests. Homosexuality is bad. Incest is actually okay: Lot had sex with his daughters, God approved it. So far, God didn't mind incest but he had an issue with gay men.

On and on, God was showing Himself. He was munificent! He led his people into battle. He gave them laws on how to treat the spoils of war. He gave them the go-ahead to make slaves out of his other creations. (Leviticus 25:44-46; Exodus 21:7; Deuteronomy 21: 10-14; 1 Timothy 6: 1-2; Ephesians 6: 5- This loving God felt it was an A-Okay to inflict pain on his other creations. Wonderful!

While God was doing his thing, Zeus was chilling on Mount Olympus...

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come here malvisguy12, johnydon22
**whistles and walks out of thread**

any person that is yet to know that god is a production of human concept and wild and imaginary illusions is a REFUGEE..

I enjoyed reading your write up and would love to read more thas all

I like the humour added to this writeup, awesome.

Man will do that upside down, walk with his head and work with his tail and foot. In other words, man actually found that God created man and the universe.

krattoss:
any person that is yet to know that god is a production of human concept and wild and imaginary illusions is a REFUGEE..

Atheists commonly claim that humans
invented God to satisfy some of his fear
of death, therefore, wishing God into
existence. According to the theory, man
realized his limitations and fears and
projected an image of God to calm these
fears. In short, God is what man wishes
to be - a kind of super-man. This model
matches the gods of the pagan religions
quite well, and possibly explains the
origins of these religions. For example, in
nearly all pagan religions, the gods look
like the people - Ethiopian gods were
dark-skinned whereas Greek gods tended
to be white. So, aren't all gods just
inventions of the people who claim
them?
In contrast to the pagan gods, the God of
Judaism and Christianity does not look
like the an old man with white beards .
In fact, He is described as being invisible
to us and not some image that humans
can imagine>>>>
Hebrews 11:27
...Him who is unseen.
Acts 17:29
"Being then the children of God, we
ought not to think that the Divine
Nature is like gold or silver or stone,
an image formed by the art and
thought of man."
Accordingly, we can only see Him in His
glory when we die and are transformed
into spiritual beings. The Hebrews were
commanded NOT to make an image of
their God. The New Testament
specifically says that God does not look
like a man>>>>
Leviticus 26:1
'You shall NOT make for yourselves
idols, nor shall you set up for
YOURSELVES AND IMAGE or a sacred
pillar, nor shall you place a figured
stone in your land to bow down to it;
for I am the LORD your God.
CHRISTIANITY:
However, if people were to have
invented the God of Christianity, it is
unlikely that it would be the demanding
God of the Bible. The God of the Bible is
described as holy , without sin and
without the ability to commit sin>>>>
Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of hosts will be exalted
in judgment, And the holy God will
show Himself holy in righteousness.
The holiness of God is described as being
above anything that humans can attain,
such that no human can stand before
Him as holy. Behaving more morally
upright than most other people is not
sufficient to escape the punishment of
the God of the Bible.>>>
Leviticus 11:45
'For I am the LORD, who brought you
up from the land of Egypt, to be
your God; thus you shall be holy for
I AM HOLY.'"
SALVATION.
In nearly all religions,salvation is
attained through human effort. Only in
Christianity does salvation come solely as
a gift from God , it cannot be earned
through human effort. Clearly, in
doctrines such as the nature of God and
the way of salvation, there is very little
common ground between Christianity
and the religions of the world>>>>
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved
through faith; and that not of
yourselves, it is the gift of God; not
as a result of works, that no one
should boast.
TRANSCENDENT GOD:
The God of Christianity also differs from
the gods of the world's religions in terms
of His nature and existence. Most of the
religions of the world describe their god
as existing within the universe. In many
cases, these gods even have parents.
Both of these attributes are logically
inconsistent with the reality of our
universe. Only a God who is
transcendent to both space and time,like
the God of the Bible,is logically
possible>>>>
1 Kings 8:27
"But will God indeed dwell on the
earth? Behold, heaven and the
highest heaven CANNOT CONTAIN THEE
how much less this house which I
have built!
CONCLUSION:
It is impossible for the christian God to
be invented because men will not invent
God that set an uphill task on how to
attain Holiness and salvation.
Romans1:22-23
Professing to be wise, they became
fools, and exchanged the glory of
the incorruptible God for an image
in the form of corruptible man and
of birds and four-footed animals
and crawling creatures.
Isaiah 1:13
"Bring your worthless offerings no
longer, Incense is an abomination to
Me. New moon and Sabbath, the
calling of assemblies-- I [God] cannot
endure iniquity and the solemn
assembly.

https://www.nairaland.com/2575407/invented-god-image-mankind

malvisguy212:
Atheists commonly claim that humans invented God to satisfy some of his fear of death, therefore, wishing God into existence. According to the theory, man realized his limitations and fears and projected an image of God to calm these fears. In short, God is what man wishes to be - a kind of super-man. This model matches the gods of the pagan religions quite well, and possibly explains the origins of these religions. For example, in nearly all pagan religions, the gods look like the people - Ethiopian gods were dark-skinned whereas Greek gods tended to be white. So, aren't all gods just inventions of the people who claim them? In contrast to the pagan gods, the God of Judaism and Christianity does not look like the an old man with white beards . In fact, He is described as being invisible to us and not some image that humans can imagine>>>> Hebrews 11:27 ...Him who is unseen. Acts 17:29 "Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man." Accordingly, we can only see Him in His glory when we die and are transformed into spiritual beings. The Hebrews were commanded NOT to make an image of their God. The New Testament specifically says that God does not look like a man>>>> Leviticus 26:1 'You shall NOT make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for YOURSELVES AND IMAGE or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God. CHRISTIANITY: However, if people were to have invented the God of Christianity, it is unlikely that it would be the demanding God of the Bible. The God of the Bible is described as holy , without sin and without the ability to commit sin>>>> Isaiah 5:16 But the LORD of hosts will be exalted in judgment, And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness. The holiness of God is described as being above anything that humans can attain, such that no human can stand before Him as holy. Behaving more morally upright than most other people is not sufficient to escape the punishment of the God of the Bible.>>> Leviticus 11:45 'For I am the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; thus you shall be holy for I AM HOLY.'" SALVATION. In nearly all religions,salvation is attained through human effort. Only in Christianity does salvation come solely as a gift from God , it cannot be earned through human effort. Clearly, in doctrines such as the nature of God and the way of salvation, there is very little common ground between Christianity and the religions of the world>>>> Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast. TRANSCENDENT GOD: The God of Christianity also differs from the gods of the world's religions in terms of His nature and existence. Most of the religions of the world describe their god as existing within the universe. In many cases, these gods even have parents. Both of these attributes are logically inconsistent with the reality of our universe. Only a God who is transcendent to both space and time,like the God of the Bible,is logically possible>>>> 1 Kings 8:27 "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven CANNOT CONTAIN THEE how much less this house which I have built! CONCLUSION: It is impossible for the christian God to be invented because men will not invent God that set an uphill task on how to attain Holiness and salvation. Romans1:22-23 Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Isaiah 1:13 "Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies-- I [God] cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.
https://www.nairaland.com/2575407/invented-god-image-mankind

nice

kodded:
nice

thank you my good friend, do not believe in All what this atheists are saying, most of them are agent of satan , serving the purpose of the devil. Their time will soon come to an end, until now, let them fill up the measure of their sins.

malvisguy212:
thank you my good friend, do not believe in All what this atheists are saying, most of them are agent of satan , serving the purpose of the devil. Their time will soon come to an end, until now, let them fill up the measure of their sins.

lolwut?

malvisguy212:
Atheists commonly claim that humans
invented God to satisfy some of his fear
of death, therefore, wishing God into
existence. According to the theory, man
realized his limitations and fears and
projected an image of God to calm these
fears. In short, God is what man wishes
to be - a kind of super-man. This model
matches the gods of the pagan religions
quite well, and possibly explains the
origins of these religions. For example, in
nearly all pagan religions, the gods look
like the people - Ethiopian gods were
dark-skinned whereas Greek gods tended
to be white. So, aren't all gods just
inventions of the people who claim
them?
In contrast to the pagan gods, the God of
Judaism and Christianity does not look
like the an old man with white beards .
In fact, He is described as being invisible
to us and not some image that humans
can imagine>>>>
Hebrews 11:27
...Him who is unseen.
Acts 17:29
"Being then the children of God, we
ought not to think that the Divine
Nature is like gold or silver or stone,
an image formed by the art and
thought of man."
Accordingly, we can only see Him in His
glory when we die and are transformed
into spiritual beings. The Hebrews were
commanded NOT to make an image of
their God. The New Testament
specifically says that God does not look
like a man>>>>
Leviticus 26:1
'You shall NOT make for yourselves
idols, nor shall you set up for
YOURSELVES AND IMAGE or a sacred
pillar, nor shall you place a figured
stone in your land to bow down to it;
for I am the LORD your God.
CHRISTIANITY:
However, if people were to have
invented the God of Christianity, it is
unlikely that it would be the demanding
God of the Bible. The God of the Bible is
described as holy , without sin and
without the ability to commit sin>>>>
Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of hosts will be exalted
in judgment, And the holy God will
show Himself holy in righteousness.
The holiness of God is described as being
above anything that humans can attain,
such that no human can stand before
Him as holy. Behaving more morally
upright than most other people is not
sufficient to escape the punishment of
the God of the Bible.>>>
Leviticus 11:45
'For I am the LORD, who brought you
up from the land of Egypt, to be
your God; thus you shall be holy for
I AM HOLY.'"
SALVATION.
In nearly all religions,salvation is
attained through human effort. Only in
Christianity does salvation come solely as
a gift from God , it cannot be earned
through human effort. Clearly, in
doctrines such as the nature of God and
the way of salvation, there is very little
common ground between Christianity
and the religions of the world>>>>
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved
through faith; and that not of
yourselves, it is the gift of God; not
as a result of works, that no one
should boast.
TRANSCENDENT GOD:
The God of Christianity also differs from
the gods of the world's religions in terms
of His nature and existence. Most of the
religions of the world describe their god
as existing within the universe. In many
cases, these gods even have parents.
Both of these attributes are logically
inconsistent with the reality of our
universe. Only a God who is
transcendent to both space and time,like
the God of the Bible,is logically
possible>>>>
1 Kings 8:27
"But will God indeed dwell on the
earth? Behold, heaven and the
highest heaven CANNOT CONTAIN THEE
how much less this house which I
have built!
CONCLUSION:
It is impossible for the christian God to
be invented because men will not invent
God that set an uphill task on how to
attain Holiness and salvation.
Romans1:22-23
Professing to be wise, they became
fools, and exchanged the glory of
the incorruptible God for an image
in the form of corruptible man and
of birds and four-footed animals
and crawling creatures.
Isaiah 1:13
"Bring your worthless offerings no
longer, Incense is an abomination to
Me. New moon and Sabbath, the
calling of assemblies-- I [God] cannot
endure iniquity and the solemn
assembly.

https://www.nairaland.com/2575407/invented-god-image-mankind

And yet you still participate in your local cannibal rituals, using bread and wine to symbolize human blood and flesh. After rewarding your psychopathic personality with your blood rituals, you then pour out on the streets to unleash your backward ideas on us.

Weah96:


And yet you still participate in your local cannibal rituals, using bread and wine to symbolize human blood and flesh. After rewarding your psychopathic personality with your blood rituals, you then pour out on the streets to unleash your backward ideas on us.

alright.

Long time.

SirWere:
come here malvisguy12, johnydon22

**whistles and walks out of thread**

Bye, love!

malvisguy212:
Atheists commonly claim that humans
invented God to satisfy some of his fear
of death, therefore, wishing God into
existence. According to the theory, man
realized his limitations and fears and
projected an image of God to calm these
fears. In short, God is what man wishes
to be - a kind of super-man. This model
matches the gods of the pagan religions
quite well, and possibly explains the
origins of these religions. For example, in
nearly all pagan religions, the gods look
like the people - Ethiopian gods were
dark-skinned whereas Greek gods tended
to be white. So, aren't all gods just
inventions of the people who claim
them?
In contrast to the pagan gods, the God of
Judaism and Christianity does not look
like the an old man with white beards .
In fact, He is described as being invisible
to us and not some image that humans
can imagine>>>>
Hebrews 11:27
...Him who is unseen.
Acts 17:29
"Being then the children of God, we
ought not to think that the Divine
Nature is like gold or silver or stone,
an image formed by the art and
thought of man."
Accordingly, we can only see Him in His
glory when we die and are transformed
into spiritual beings. The Hebrews were
commanded NOT to make an image of
their God. The New Testament
specifically says that God does not look
like a man>>>>
Leviticus 26:1
'You shall NOT make for yourselves
idols, nor shall you set up for
YOURSELVES AND IMAGE or a sacred
pillar, nor shall you place a figured
stone in your land to bow down to it;
for I am the LORD your God.
CHRISTIANITY:
However, if people were to have
invented the God of Christianity, it is
unlikely that it would be the demanding
God of the Bible. The God of the Bible is
described as holy , without sin and
without the ability to commit sin>>>>
Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of hosts will be exalted
in judgment, And the holy God will
show Himself holy in righteousness.
The holiness of God is described as being
above anything that humans can attain,
such that no human can stand before
Him as holy. Behaving more morally
upright than most other people is not
sufficient to escape the punishment of
the God of the Bible.>>>
Leviticus 11:45
'For I am the LORD, who brought you
up from the land of Egypt, to be
your God; thus you shall be holy for
I AM HOLY.'"
SALVATION.
In nearly all religions,salvation is
attained through human effort. Only in
Christianity does salvation come solely as
a gift from God , it cannot be earned
through human effort. Clearly, in
doctrines such as the nature of God and
the way of salvation, there is very little
common ground between Christianity
and the religions of the world>>>>
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved
through faith; and that not of
yourselves, it is the gift of God; not
as a result of works, that no one
should boast.
TRANSCENDENT GOD:
The God of Christianity also differs from
the gods of the world's religions in terms
of His nature and existence. Most of the
religions of the world describe their god
as existing within the universe. In many
cases, these gods even have parents.
Both of these attributes are logically
inconsistent with the reality of our
universe. Only a God who is
transcendent to both space and time,like
the God of the Bible,is logically
possible>>>>
1 Kings 8:27
"But will God indeed dwell on the
earth? Behold, heaven and the
highest heaven CANNOT CONTAIN THEE
how much less this house which I
have built!
CONCLUSION:
It is impossible for the christian God to
be invented because men will not invent
God that set an uphill task on how to
attain Holiness and salvation.
Romans1:22-23
Professing to be wise, they became
fools, and exchanged the glory of
the incorruptible God for an image
in the form of corruptible man and
of birds and four-footed animals
and crawling creatures.
Isaiah 1:13
"Bring your worthless offerings no
longer, Incense is an abomination to
Me. New moon and Sabbath, the
calling of assemblies-- I [God] cannot
endure iniquity and the solemn
assembly.

https://www.nairaland.com/2575407/invented-god-image-mankind

"For I am the LORD, who brought you
up from the land of Egypt, to be
your God..." Did their God bring your ancestors out of Egypt? Your culture had their own religion. They had their gods that wrought wonders for them. Religion is a means to explain our origin. The Jews NEEDED to explain their origin. Don't tell me you believe the Tower of Babel story.

I do not say there is no GOD. My point is that we have the wrong notion of him.

[quote author=Weah96 post=40489361]

And yet you still participate in your local cannibal rituals, using bread and wine to symbolize human blood and flesh. After rewarding your psychopathic personality with your blood rituals, you then pour out on the streets to unleash your backward ideas on us.
[/quote

Thanks for that point.

SunehriLasgidi:



"For I am the LORD, who brought you
up from the land of Egypt, to be
your God..." Did their God bring your ancestors out of Egypt? Your culture had their own religion. They had their gods that wrought wonders for them. Religion is a means to explain our origin. The Jews NEEDED to explain their origin. Don't tell me you believe the Tower of Babel story.

I do not say there is no GOD. My point is that we have the wrong notion of him.

God say, it was through the seed of Abraham, He will multiple the "NATION ON THE EARTH"

Genesis 22:18
and through your offspring all NATION ON THE EARTH will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."

I am happy you are not an atheist, however, if you believe God Almighty can create this world out from nothing, am very sure the miracle described in the tower of Babel is nothing compear to that. You can believe whatever you want to believed,God in his kindness has let you abuse his generosity,giving you time to come to your senses. Your time, however, is running out.
Anyway Good luck to you.

I will liken you as someone who believe has not brought her to special relationship with God, and because of this, you chose what to believe in. Just as I say to a lady:


To sit on the fence is a marvelous position. From the top of the fence you can look in any direction and watch life
pass you by. Peace!!!

[quote author=SunehriLasgidi post=40515217][/quote]very funny, you think he made a point? I did not reply him because his post was full of insult and ash word.

malvisguy212:
very funny, you think he made a point? I did not reply him because his post was full of insult and ash word.

All that insult o. And they use to go to church, kai!

There are many approaches to the answer you seek. One of them is that such man will be right now in spirit in the Salon of God in His Godsphere. God makes up too, with powders and perfumes, and spirit Angels do this for Him. Haven't you observed the use of censors to distribute sweet smelling perfumes in Catholic Churches? The Saints derive their recognition from this. They are the Angels and Spirits producing God in Heaven. What they have in Heaven to do this is not available on earth. Only artificial gods, whose resourse factors are on earth can be manufactured, produced and made up by man.

SunehriLasgidi:


All that insult o. And they use to go to church, kai!

are you a christian?