Why did god create humans?

[Phlegmak]

why did god create humans.

You know how little children like to pull the wings off insects? So, um, yeah.

You forgot to add he's rubbish at it.

You're right. If I were him, I'd have conquered the world by now.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Errr... I think you mixed that up, he's our imaginary friend yes

Wait a minute, you think youre real? You think thats air youre breathing?

 

[Sidhe]

Wait a minute, you think youre real? You think thats air youre breathing?

I think therefore I am, and that goes for the air too, you really cool guy

I think you've watched the matrix too much.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

See what I mean? You stopped believing in air for a split second, and you started turning blue. Dont worry, take a deep breath, you'll be fine

 

[Sidhe]

See what I mean? You stopped believing in air for a split second, and you started turning blue. Dont worry, take a deep breath, you'll be fine

Hehe, I've read theories about the universe being a computer simulation, they don't pan out very well IMO. So ya booh to your air stalling shenanigans

 

[warpus]

There was a time when 'science' believed the heavens were a dome filled with holes. There was a time when science belived that the stars could not have planets about them. I beleive science is working backwards. Everything exists until it is proven not to

Nah, science assumes that everything is possible until it is shown that it isn't. The thing is that not every single thing that hasn't been proven wrong will have the same probability of being true. Invisible gnomes are pretty much impossible to prove wrong.. yet they have a much much lower probability of existing than say.. electrons, which haven't been disproven either.

It's not a backwards way of working things out, it's the only sensible way of doing it, really.

As for why God created humans, you'd have to look at the question through the lens of every single religion on this planet.. you'd get a different answer each time.. I suppose Christianity is the lens the OP wanted us to look through.. and the Bible doesn't give an answer to the question so any sort of answer people give will be pure speculation.

I suppose Christians believe that souls have always existed. So God created human bodies for us to live in for a while, to learn lessons.. or something.

Then again you could look at it differently and say that God created human bodies so that he could sort the already existing souls into 'good' (heaven) and 'bad' (hell). Then again, if he's really perfect, he would have already known beforehand which soul was good and which one was bad.

Perhaps he was just bored.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I suppose Christians believe that souls have always existed. So God created human bodies for us to live in for a while, to learn lessons.. or something.

To the best of my knowledge (I could be wrong) only Mormons believe that.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

I think you've watched the matrix too much.

Nah, the Matrix didnt present anything really new, it was alot of really old stuff repackaged for an American viewing audience in the late 20th century. Great movie though

 

[warpus]

To the best of my knowledge (I could be wrong) only Mormons believe that.

Really?

Do other Christians believe that God creates souls on the fly, before each baby is born?

That's a bit off topic, I guess, but I always thought that what I said was true of all Christians.

 

[PrincepsAmerica]

To the best of my knowledge (I could be wrong) only Mormons believe that.

That would be more or less accurate, the vast majority opinion is in Creationism in terms of souls, that is the soul is made at the child's conception. Traducianism did have quite a few proponents in the Early Church though.

 

[Sidhe]

Nah, the Matrix didnt present anything really new, it was alot of really old stuff repackaged for an American viewing audience in the late 20th century. Great movie though

Yeah coffee table philosophy, but then to be honest I wasn't watching it for the deep philosophical mysteries revealed, which is a good thing as there weren't any, I just wanted to see some gunishment and a good plot idea well realised

 

[Turner]

Interesting and all that, but let's get back on topic, m'kay?

 

[Babbler]

I doubt God exist.

But still, if God exists, you cannot divine God's reasons for creating us.

 

[Elrohir]

Keep in mind that I have eaten well over 50 chocolate bars; since I'm stuck in time, I can have a near infinite number of chocolate bars and not be sick from them - as long as I take advantage of the nature of time. God doesn't need to do this, putatively.

Why can't God choose to enjoy things in the same way that you enjoy chocolate? Is His power so limited that He can't choose to experience love and joy in the same way we do?

This is a strange thought, to me. You're saying that the ideal (putatively) form of love is not rational? I don't know who would agree with that. Most people would say that true love is truely rational. (You should also keep in mind that those Greek definitions of love are somewhat primitive)

Well, I'm a strange guy, and I don't pretend that most people, or most Christians would agree with the sentiment that love is irrational. But since when is reality a democracy, right?

They may be "primitive" in that they are old, but that doesn't mean they aren't useful or correct. At least they're more specific than our single word on the subject, which covers everything from what you feels towards your God, your wife, and your dessert, all together.