Does God have an ego?
One of the Ten Commandments is "Thou shall take no idols before Me." On that exact same note, the Koran says "Verily, God has no associates. Do not like other gods unto God. Other sins He will forgive who He will, but he who giveth God partners hath commited a far gone error.".
So in both books, God is basically saying "Worship me and only me!" Does this mean he's capable of being jealous??
What do you think?
Re: Does God have an ego?
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
One of the Ten Commandments is "[b]Thou shall take no idols before Me." On that exact same note, the Koran says "Verily, God has no associates. Do not like other gods unto God. Other sins He will forgive who He will, but he who giveth God partners hath commited a far gone error.".So in both books, God is basically saying "Worship me and only me!" Does this mean he's capable of being jealous??
What do you think? [/B]
IMO, the god of the bible is a reflection of the will of the leadership of the people of the time. They wanted control over the people, and domination over how the people worshiped was important for controlling this power.
Re: Does God have an ego?
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
One of the Ten Commandments is "[b]Thou shall take no idols before Me." On that exact same note, the Koran says "Verily, God has no associates. Do not like other gods unto God. Other sins He will forgive who He will, but he who giveth God partners hath commited a far gone error.".So in both books, God is basically saying "Worship me and only me!" Does this mean he's capable of being jealous??
What do you think? [/B]
The Bible clearly states that God is a jealous God
Exodus 20:4-5
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God...
Jealousy is not always a bad thing or a degrading quality, but it is always destructive. You can only be jealous if you care.
Originally posted by Goddess KaliYes, God is clearly jealous. However, I disagree that it is always destructive. Even amongst humans it is not and considering God's unique position in relation to us, it is not as applicable.
The Bible clearly states that God is a jealous GodExodus 20:4-5
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God...
Jealousy is not always a bad thing or a degrading quality, but it is always destructive. You can only be jealous if you care.
Originally posted by Nellinator
Yes, God is clearly jealous. However, I disagree that it is always destructive. Even amongst humans it is not and considering God's unique position in relation to us, it is not as applicable.
Jealousy, if left unchecked (unsolved), is destructive just like anger and hatred.
The result of God's jealousy left unsolved is Hell....is that not destructive ? Come on ... 😬
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I was stating that in order to be jealous you have to care. It is perfectly normal to be jealous, for a human, even for a God.
Someone being jealous that you would give another more attention than themself, means they care about you and your devotion/opinion/loyalty means the world to them.
However, jealousy is also the coinside of insecurity. Human Beings, like all animals, are initially insecure, so it's not a huge deal.
But for a perfect God to be insecure suggests he is not so perfect after all.
Originally posted by Nellinator
Not really. You are falsely assuming that God's jealousy is unsolved. In the Bible worshipped false gods and were saved (David, Solomon, etc.).
If I continue to deny God's existance, and worship something else instead, according to your mythology, I will end up in Hell.
That is a destructive result of God's jealousy. Cause and Effect bro.
Originally posted by Nellinator
You're making the false assumption that God's jealousy is born out of insecurity.
All jealousy is born of insecurity.
Re: Does God have an ego?
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
One of the Ten Commandments is "[b]Thou shall take no idols before Me." On that exact same note, the Koran says "Verily, God has no associates. Do not like other gods unto God. Other sins He will forgive who He will, but he who giveth God partners hath commited a far gone error.".So in both books, God is basically saying "Worship me and only me!" Does this mean he's capable of being jealous??
What do you think? [/B]
Read throuh Leviticus or Duteronemy (I forget which). There are places wher it doesn't go more than two sentences without the statement "I am the Lord".
Re: Does God have an ego?
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
One of the Ten Commandments is "[b]Thou shall take no idols before Me." On that exact same note, the Koran says "Verily, God has no associates. Do not like other gods unto God. Other sins He will forgive who He will, but he who giveth God partners hath commited a far gone error.".So in both books, God is basically saying "Worship me and only me!" Does this mean he's capable of being jealous??
What do you think? [/B]
It is a good question and I think that is a big misinterpretation. People have a tendency to interpretate things in the literal way.
Idolatry does not originate from the "jealousness" of God, it means that God is beyond any attemp of interpretation. God can not be reduced to a image(i.e. a concept, an individualized entity, etc), but not a literal image like a statue, idols or something else(like other Gods).
If God can not be reduced to an individualized entity, then God can not have an ego.
"GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE"
according to that, it seems appropriate that he does. the abrahamic god and all the other GODS{of organised relegions} which are categorised as a BEING have egoes. specially the abrahamic god, yahweh, allah, etc. he does many MANY egotistical things, and the very concept of WORSHIP ME OR GO TO HELL is egotistical, ACCEPT ME AS THE LORD. blah blah.
it wud be more accurate to say that "MAN CREATED GOD IN HIS OWN IMAGE" and since man has a self, and hence, selfishness, giving rise to ego, basically men thought out what it wud be like to be in god's position and it was all downhil from there.