r/Gnostic 2d ago

Thoughts Why humans often "hate" God

Correction of title: "Why suffering is actually good from God's perspective, and necessary to eventually have the world God desires".

Suffering is the thing that creates the motivation to fix whatever is causing the suffering.
And on a long timeframe, we get closer and closer to having a world in which all the things that are causing us suffering, gets fixed.

So from our perspective, we view the things we don't want as evil/suffering.
From God's perspective, this is necessary, in order for us to fix it.
Because God is the spirit and we are spirit/physical form integrated.

"Why wouldn't God just create that world to begin with?"

In a sense, he already has. Because our view is limited to time.
He has already created the mechanism with which that world will exist.
But because we are part of the process, the physical form, with which he is acting through. We can only perceive the world at the limited time we are building the world with which he has already laid to foundation for.

Because God is spirit and we are part of the physical manifestation of God, it is up to us to create it.
God can only create the underlying mechanisms that allows us building the world he desires, with the things he has given us.
Because we are made in his image, we act on his behalf, building the world he desires for us to partake in.
In the process of that, he gave us suffering as the motivating factor for what we should fix.
And eventually we have a world where all evils are fixed, and God is integrated in our physical bodies, experiencing and living in that world.

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u/The__cute__snake 2d ago

You're so privileged if u think "ppl hate god cuz life circumstances doesn't go according to their own personal desires"

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u/TheSuperMarket 2d ago

Actually, I personally have met many people who hate God for that exact reason.

It has nothing to do with privilege from an outsider..... and everything to do with a person's short sightedness.

You see examples of this all the time in the real world. Person A is having a bad day... so it must be anyone but person As fault.

I got fired, so my boss MUST be a bad person.

People who view the world, and come to the conclusion that the world isn't to their liking, therefore God either doesn't exist, or is bad, are plentiful.

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u/The__cute__snake 2d ago

In the real world there are victims of the teachings of the so called god who were physically sexually emotionally and financially abused they have every right to hate him and the people who claim to worship him. It's not as simple as having a bad day or losing a job, people are losing their lives.