Well for one, they’re all made up and as such, imaginary.
The older religions (Christianity, Islam, etc) were written well before most of our current scientific knowledge was available and as such, things like “omnipotence” being a logically inconsistent idea wasn’t exactly known.
Theae stories have been written by that age’s equivalent of fanboys so it’s no wonder that these rather extreme powers are shown off so much
You’re sort of mixing metaphysical beliefs here.
The Ancient Greek concept of gods don’t align 1 to 1 with the Abrahamic concept of god, etc.
Each faith has a different concept of god, omnipotence, and what that means. It’s also changed over time. For example, the Romans saw wealth and prosperity as signs of piousness, as one would have to be blessed by the gods to possess so much. Christianity (ostensibly) argues the opposite.
Though, in short, god(s) demonstrates human traits because they’re abstractions from humans, the creatures that created them for various reasons throughout history and modernity. To get specific answers about each faith, you’d be better off speaking to spiritual leaders of those faiths.
You mind of explaining a little bit on the first sentence on metaphysical beliefs and how I am mixing them? Not looking for a fight just want more knowledge much love
some religions think of god(s) as sharing human aspects like you suggested with sex. Other religions consider their god(s) to be different from humans and therefor may not share all or any of our emotions/needs/wants.
Gods are a human invention so they are like us.
So suspend disbelief for a second. Lets say they are not. Why do they show that human side more than other things? For sake of saying I would take the Sahara and plant a shitload of trees and make a river run through it and so on. Why would taking all the old testament…cause fuck that forgiveness shit be even close to human understanding. Is it just a dumbing down of said god? And if so how come the old testament, the best testament, vastly different from the hippie dippie New Testament?
Well the question of “why are the new and old testaments so different?” will have different answers if you ask a believer vs a skeptic. I think its just because these are stories written by people to control others, so the old and new testaments differ so much because different people wrote them at different times. To me, the difference is because its that religion trying to modernize, trying to change with the times.
I’m not sure omnipotence (all encompassing power) had anything to do with having emotions
The Great Courses has a series on Comparative Religion.
They also have a series where each course covers a different world religion.
Then another course covers different mythologies (e.g. Norse) from different regions.
The first course would answer all your questions, the rest will fill out your understanding.
See if your local library carries them - mine does.
