A poll for all the religous folk out there

[Eukaryote]

Note: If you are not religous please do not vote in the poll.

We all know that God is always feeling love right? But what other emotions does he feel?

 

[Catharsis]

Well, the Old Testament has examples of angry God (the Flood) and happy God (after the Flood). And Jesus's crucifixion could be said to be sad God. So I'm voting for the last option. 'Kay?

 

[Swedishguy]

Are all religious people christians? And they all believe God is happy all the time? Blow me away!

 

[puglover]

Well, the Old Testament has examples of angry God (the Flood) and happy God (after the Flood). And Jesus's crucifixion could be said to be sad God. So I'm voting for the last option. 'Kay?

QFT. God is a complex being with genuine emotions, not a static force.

 

[Lockesdonkey]

Saying that God has recognizable human emotions is like saying that a lizard can have a bad hair day. He is so transcendent, his emotions are incomprehensible to the human mind.

 

[Xanikk999]

Saying that God has recognizable human emotions is like saying that a lizard can have a bad hair day. He is so transcendent, his emotions are incomprehensible to the human mind.

If you say so, after all humans made that concept because it sure doesnt say that in the bible (even if it did the bible was made by humans).

 

[aneeshm]

What if my God cannot feel?

 

[Perfection]

God is Hungry

 

[Mise]

The one thing that always gets me about that picture is why he's wearing a helmet

 

[Narz]

God is sad.

He's sorry.

 

[Narz]

The one thing that always gets me about that picture is why he's wearing a helmet

You look at that picture alot?

 

[Mise]

You look at that picture alot?

Well, whenever it's posted on some forum.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

What if God doesn't have emotions ?

And even worse, what if he doesn't use emoticons ?

 

[Princeps]

Why would God experience human emotions?

 

[Brighteye]

I feel sad, happy and angry all at once.
That's what he told me just two minutes ago.

 

[puglover]

Saying that God has recognizable human emotions is like saying that a lizard can have a bad hair day. He is so transcendent, his emotions are incomprehensible to the human mind.

As Xanikk said, that doesn't come from Scripture. The idea that God is so transcendant that we can't understand him is a relatively new idea.

 

[Lockesdonkey]

As Xanikk said, that doesn't come from Scripture. The idea that God is so transcendant that we can't understand him is a relatively new idea.

I'm not Christian, tho. And while we Muslims do believe that the Bible has some merit, it's too corrupted to be of any use on important matters of faith. As for the Qur'an, it says that Allah's beauty is unimaginable and transhuman, and while it often describes Him as having human emotions, it is reasonable to assume--given the Qur'an's tendency to say "Your language cannot adequately describe X feature of Allah, but We will come as close as possible."--that these emotions are not His but rather the closest thing to His incomprehensible "true emotions", which may be totally different from even its closest human analogue.

 

[Eukaryote]

I voted at first that god was always happy, because he always loves us and love is supposed to make you happy, but after some thought I've decided his emotions probably depend on the situation.