Is God a mistake of Man's or Is Man a Mistake of God's? ?

Question

or could it go both ways? (lol) I'm not an atheist or anything, I just like a good philosophical debate now and then :P

Answer 1

I don't think God is exactly a mistake of man. Man just outgrew God and realized he was no longer necessary to explain everything.

Answer 2

No god said that man is his greatest work. We are made in the image of god to become godlike. Why does the artist paint the picture? does he paint to just paint? if he paints is it a mistake. No my friend the answer is that the artist paints because it is what he does. He creates. We are creations of a god. Yes, a living god. Why would he go to the trouble of creating a human? to give us a chance. to let us grow and experience life. to give up choice and accountability. To allow us the chance to prove to him, the creator what we are. That we are his children that we will one day meet him again and he will ask? so what did you do? what have my creations become. Does the artist purposely say painting you will inspire joy in the people who see you. No we the viewers bring it to the table. We bring our own thoughts and joys into this life. We think we perceive we act. We are unique in that we are the only creatures who bring something to the table when looking at the world. We are children of god. Therefore we are not a mistake. Can a chicken think her eggs are a mistake? It's a natural part of life. It's the way it was designed.

Mostly, humans never ever do anything with out thought. The schools you attend, the life you live are brought to light by the actions the words and the thoughts you speak and think.

I think therefore I am. Or is it because i think that i am. Who can say when the first became first. Or are we all last?

The truth is it really doesn't matter. But in the end we the human race are a combination of spirit, thought and choices.

That's a great question. LOL thanks for the fun.  

Answer 3

neither.

simple as that.

man didnt create God.

and God loves us,

we arent mistakes!!

Answer 4

God Is not  a mistake and also man is not a mistake. Man is incarnation of God. God made a man to enjoy the bliss within him. God is formless so he has to take the form of man but in this  process man fergot the process of enjoying the bliss within him and became Sad.  

Answer 5

What if we are just microscopic bacteria on a cows ***?

Answer 6

Neither.  Even assuming that one or the other created the other there is arguement against the mistake part.  One could agrue yes god created man but it wasn't a mistake.  Your question assumes it is a mistake either way thus you do not allow the reader/answerer the question with out a predisposition on belief.  Its like me asking "When did you stop beating your wife?" it assumes you beat her.

Answer 7

"God did not create man, but ancient man who created God." -- Carl Sagan. That's why even united, the religions can't get God to show up.

Answer 8

neither. why would you think either way?

Answer 9

I don't think it is so much an issue of where the mistake is, assuming there is a mistake.  When humans invented the concept of God to explain everything they couldn't understand, they were sweeping their ignorance under a rug instead of trying to solve their ignorance.  But it has taken humanity many thousands of years to realize that they can do better than believing in something they cannot even verify exists.

It will be a mistake if humans continue to believe in God.

Answer 10

this is such a dum question, man didnt make GOD! ...wow...

Answer 11

i`ve seen man and know he exists ,

as for god , sorry , no evidence yet !!!

Answer 12

NEITHER....... End of story

Answer 13

Neither is true.  God is real and doesn't make mistakes.  Man makes a lot of mistakes, but believing in and trusting God is not a mistake.

God is perfect and man imperfect.  That doesn't mean that God made a mistake.  He made man with a free will and we make mistakes using our free will.  God is so perfect, He even provided a way out for us by providing a perfect sacrifice for us in Jesus.

Answer 14

God is a rudementary mime that humans adopted to explain the laws of nature to children

Answer 15

God was mistakenly created by humans in their minds,

fortunatelly its fading away by time

Answer 16

There's like 2 option of both having a negative side

Gos a mistake of man's--- Negative thing is that human hasn't even discovered evidence that god exist and therefore worship somebody that may or maybe not exist. And the other negative is that god is disapointed that we haven't found him yet  

Answer 17

“Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.”

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.”

“I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good, make you who you are. Erasing any of life's experiences would be a great mistake.”

“All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.”

"God writes straight with crooked lines".

It is when you follow those crooked lines over time and see that they were for the best - that is when you truly learn to trust in the hand of Spirit guiding you.

Love & Blessings

Milly

Answer 18

God is a mistake of  man... exactly what I'm saying

Ok so a year or 2000 ago some dude didn't know what was going on... no scientific explainations for everything...

So he's scared of things he can't explain.... what does he do ? He makes up a god... awesome... no proof that the god exists.. but still..

Now... in a time where they can explain most things with science (not all... too bad you Christians keep saying... yah... you can't explain EVERYTHING... but that's not possible because we can't go everywhere in the universe you dumbasses) people just keep on believing for no reason at all

Why ? Parental brainwash :D

Answer 19

If horses had the ability to draw, and you gave them crayons and said, "draw what god looks like." They would draw a big horse.

...Think about it.

Answer 20

Hopefully man will evolve a bit more in the future. If I'm in the afterlife in 1000 yrs time I'll let you know if man is a mistake or not ;)

Answer 21

For all the Atheist in the house: God cannot seen or proven even as the "Big Bang" cannot be seen or proven nor will ever be proven, so lets cut the ignorance short right now.  Man never created God and there is no documentation or proof that states so.  And God doesn't make mistakes... the Bible says that man is "fearfully and wonderfully made."

Answer 22

Interesting question.

To assume God is a mistake of man is to say that God was created by man. You would have to be atheist to believe that.

To assume God was man's mistake means you are a theist. So, the question is whether or not you believe in God. AND, if your a theist, you wouldn't think man was was God's mistake because most religions teach that man was created in God's image and is the greastest creation of God.

I personally think that God is man's mistake. I think religion and Gods/godesses were created to explain the natural phenomenons of life. I also think particularly that religion is used as a means to control people, and at times surpress them and free thought. It is our differing views of God/religion that cause so much of the violence and war in the world. But then again some people need to be controlled...idk, good question

~chai