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15 Feb 07
Originally posted by MonsieurGeeMaybe God is just lazy.
How come if God is all powerful did it take him 6 days to create the Earth, surely it shoud have taken him 1 day, or possibly even 1 second, or possibly even... Anyway, the other point is why did he have to rest on the 7th day, surely God doesn't get tired does he?
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by Bad wolfYeh I guess so. Though judging some of his later work, when he wants to the old man can really get those plagues-a-plaguing when he wants. I do worry sometimes that he seemed to take to being destructive with a bit too much gusto for my liking.
Maybe God is just lazy.
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by MonsieurGeeMy guess is that humans created a God who created the world in six days and rested on the seventh because it gives them a good reason to have a rest day every seven days. Had he been created in our modern Western world, he'd probably have done the work in five days and rested for two days.
How come if God is all powerful did it take him 6 days to create the Earth, surely it shoud have taken him 1 day, or possibly even 1 second, or possibly even... Anyway, the other point is why did he have to rest on the 7th day, surely God doesn't get tired does he?
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by MonsieurGeeThis is the kind of rest I think Moses was meaning.
How come if God is all powerful did it take him 6 days to create the Earth, surely it shoud have taken him 1 day, or possibly even 1 second, or possibly even... Anyway, the other point is why did he have to rest on the 7th day, surely God doesn't get tired does he?
Say if you built a house in seven days like on extreme makeover home edition. You would reflect on what you have created. I think that is what God was doing on the 7th day.
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by RBHILLCompletely frolicsome.
This is the kind of rest I think Moses was meaning.
Say if you built a house in seven days like on extreme makeover home edition. You would reflect on what you have created. I think that is what God was doing on the 7th day.
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by RBHILLWhy would an omniscient being ever need to reflect on anything, since he already knows the conclusion he'll come to?
This is the kind of rest I think Moses was meaning.
Say if you built a house in seven days like on extreme makeover home edition. You would reflect on what you have created. I think that is what God was doing on the 7th day.
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by MonsieurGeeIf you really wanted to know you would just read the book, wouldn't you?
How come if God is all powerful did it take him 6 days to create the Earth, surely it shoud have taken him 1 day, or possibly even 1 second, or possibly even... Anyway, the other point is why did he have to rest on the 7th day, surely God doesn't get tired does he?
REST has more to do with peace than anything else. His peace, his rest. It's a theme in scriptue. I wish you were really interested in it, and I hope you find it.
16 Feb 07
Originally posted by josephwWhy would an omnipotent being need rest? Surely, he's not tired.
If you really wanted to know you would just read the book, wouldn't you?
REST has more to do with peace than anything else. His peace, his rest. It's a theme in scriptue. I wish you were really interested in it, and I hope you find it.
16 Feb 07
Originally posted by scottishinnzDo you think God needs rest? Obviously he doesn't. So there must be more to it don't you think?
Why would an omnipotent being need rest? Surely, he's not tired.
Like I said in my post, God's rest is a theme throughout scripture. The setup begins in genesis with God resting from the work of creation.
Keep the sabbath holy!
16 Feb 07
Originally posted by josephwI am a believer, so don't get me wrong. But why is it that we take the six days that the universe was made in to be literal, then when we get to something we can't explain, we start finding alternate meanings for it? The Bible doesn't say anything about His peace and all of that. So God rested, so what?
If you really wanted to know you would just read the book, wouldn't you?
REST has more to do with peace than anything else. His peace, his rest. It's a theme in scriptue. I wish you were really interested in it, and I hope you find it.
We take death and resurrection so literal, even though Jesus says let the dead burry their own dead. This He says to a person who was dead before but now is alive because he believes. He says this about those who are alive, but since they do not believe they are dead. And still we insist on taking dead, life, and resurrection to be literal. But we argue over His resting.
If we can believe that we are going to die, then God will resurrect us in the same body that we died in to live again, then let us also believe that God rested because He was tired. What is one more unbelievable detail that we have to argue over it?
16 Feb 07
Originally posted by josephwDo you think God needs rest? Obviously he doesn't. So there must be more to it don't you think?
Do you think God needs rest? Obviously he doesn't. So there must be more to it don't you think?
Like I said in my post, God's rest is a theme throughout scripture. The setup begins in genesis with God resting from the work of creation.
Keep the sabbath holy!
Or a whole lot less.
Keep the sabbath holy!
Keep it yourself.
16 Feb 07
Originally posted by scottishinnzI wasn't telling YOU to keep the sabbath holy.
[b]Do you think God needs rest? Obviously he doesn't. So there must be more to it don't you think?
Or a whole lot less.
Keep the sabbath holy!
Keep it yourself.[/b]
Is it just me or does it seem like everybody is testy?