Why Did God Create Us?

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I love when the average Christian attempts to answer complex theological questions, because the average Christian simply does not have the knowledge to do so. In fact, I have found very few Christians capable of answering rather basic questions, such as, "Why do you believe what you believe?"

So, let's lighten the mood around here, shall we?

From the Rapture Ready message boards: Why did God create us?

Actually, this is a really good question. An excellent question. Insightful, even. It really cuts to the heart of any religion, any religious belief. (If you have an idea, or know of a good book on the subject, please let me know.) Why would god create humans, the earth, the universe, anything at all? For the joy of creating itself? Because gods are compelled to create? For the purposes of being worshipped? For some reason we couldn't even fathom?

Each possible answer spawns a hundred new questions. Wow, this is just an amazingly thought-provoking question. The kind of question atheists love, in fact.

The answers, not so much.

Meowmix replies: I've wondered this myself, especially since He knew we would fall into sin. see, this is a huge problem atheists have with the whole adam and eve and the apple thing. god made us. god knows everything. therefore, god knew exactly what adam* and eve would do, or at least would be likely to do in that situation, which he knew was coming, so . . . why do that? why not tell adam and eve "don't pay attention to that serpent, he's bad news"? why make every human being in the history of the world suffer? seriously, why? My only conclusion is that He wanted love and loved us and the idea "it was good" i'm not even sure i should try to follow that. After all it [the bible] says "the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep....gen 1:2 not sure what that has to do with anything. maybe He was lonely? an omnipotent, omnisicent being was lonely? really? we're the cure to his loneliness? i can't decide if that's amazingly self centered, or just kinda silly.

SavedbyGrace is confusing the bible with Paradise Lost. (just for the record, that whole thing about the angels in rebellion against god, and the war in heaven, etc. IS NOT in the bible.) he has the whole angelic host that did not rebel with satan. i think savedbygrace is saying that god isn't lonely. maybe angels just aren't good company? i think we are a rebuttal to satan. huh? i imagined satan accused God of not being just and not having love ect. why do you imagine this? any particular theological reason? we are being used to prove that he is loving, cause nothing says loving like genocide and torment and disease and war and torture and starvation and then- eternal torment. Just and anything else that satan accused God of but is false. we are made in God's image and that is one reason why satan hates us. who's image are angels made in? Jesus said he was a murderer from the very beginning and the father of all lies. actually, no he didn't. i looked. i can't find anything like that. satan in the Hebrew language in hebrew means "accuser"

TwinklingofanEye is a little more insightful than most: I've thought of that too. Or maybe since He was "love" ..love needs to give, because the nature of love is giving. that's actually beautiful. i like it. i still don't believe in god, but it's nice, and well reasoned. So maybe God needed someone to give his love to. In fact He wanted to share His love with many, so He made man in His image. ..and well..you know the rest of the story.But i was thinking, since we are made in His image, does that mean God is both male and female? oh, dear, you're seriously overthinking "in his own image". we don't all look the same, right?

Meeker apparently doesn't like to think, ever: Do we really need to know this? isn't "why are we here?" the most basic of questions? the most central thought to the nature of existence, the purpose of it all? the very reason gods were created in the first place . . . oh, maybe meeker's got a point.

TallTimbers also confuses Paradise Lost with the bible: 1/3 of the angels rebelled against a wonderful perfect God while living in His presence.Millions of humans created in the image of God, surrounded by evil, tried daily, surrender their lives to Jesus by faith through grace.There is something big there... I don't think I'll understand it until I'm in heaven, but there is something quite beautiful and meaningful about the whole human experience, and the multitudes that turn to God in faith. i'm not sure what the first part of that has to do with the second, or how that answers the question.

Howdy has swallowed the koolaid: I don't know if this is the "right" answer. But first he created the earth and the whole universe. I believe he created humans to inhabit the earth and have dominion over it, like the angels were created for the spiritual realm. We, humans, make all the mistakes, not God. if something good happens it's god; if something bad happens, that's free will. a necessary belief considering there are only two people in this particular equation: god and man. atheists have a much easier time with the question of why do bad things happen to good people. cause bad things happen, that's why.

anyway, that was fun. this does provide further proof to my belief that before you witness to anyone, you should probably figure out what you believe.

*btw, "adam" is a hebrew word meaning "mankind". kinda puts a spoke in the wheels of the theory that only two people were in the garden of eden.