One question for God

Dave!

There's a thread in AH, but I'm curious about Christians' response!

I know alot of ye pray and can converse with god in that manner.... but ye will be the first to acknowledge that he 'works in mysterious ways', and we'll never fully understand him. I'm sure there's some questions that you ask him which he neglected to give a proper answer for.

So say you're sitting in your bedroom absent-mindedly watching TV, flicking between Badly-Dubbed Porn and the Sopranos -- and god appears before you, saying "my child, I am here to answer any one question you may have. Please choose it wisely, as this is a once in a life-time opportunity!"

You would say................... what?

Akrasia

DaveMcG wrote: »

There's a thread in AH, but I'm curious about Christians' response!

I know alot of ye pray and can converse with god in that manner.... but ye will be the first to acknowledge that he 'works in mysterious ways', and we'll never fully understand him. I'm sure there's some questions that you ask him which he neglected to give a proper answer for.

So say you're sitting in your bedroom absent-mindedly watching TV, flicking between Badly-Dubbed Porn and the Sopranos -- and god appears before you, saying "my child, I am here to answer any one question you may have. Please choose it wisely, as this is a once in a life-time opportunity!"

You would say................... what?

Get out of the way, I'm watching Telly for gods sake.

BrianCalgary

Well first off I wouldn't be watching what you suggested.:D

I think I would ask Him, how did you do the creation bit?

wolfsbane

BrianCalgary wrote: »

Well first off I wouldn't be watching what you suggested.:D

I think I would ask Him, how did you do the creation bit?

I would be tempted with that one too.

But on reflection I've decided different.

We know the sort of things not to ask:
Acts 1:6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.

and

John 21:20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” 21 Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?”
22 Jesus said to him, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.”

So I think we could not do better than follow this example (my underlining):
Acts 9:3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Pompey Magnus

Why didn't you build a 300 ft high wall surrounding the apple tree in Eden if you didn't want anyone nicking your apples?

wolfsbane

Depeche_Mode signed

:I don't want to start any Blasphemous Rumours
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour
And when I die I expect to find him laughing.

Well, you got a bit right:

Psalm 2:1 Why do the nations rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”

4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision.
5 Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure: [underling mine].

Fanny Cradock

Who killed JFK?

Scofflaw

OK, God - why?

cordially,
Scofflaw

BrianCalgary

Well wolfsbane, I think I like yours better.

What would you have me do? (to bring scofflaw, robin and wicknight to come to know you? amongst others.)

Soul Winner

Akraisa's reply was the funniest even if it is a tad rude :rolleyes:

I know you said one but heck one is not enough. If I were to ask God questions they'd probably be on the lines of:

1. "When is the rapture?"

2. "What were those things Paul heard when he was caught up in a vision to the third heaven which he was not allowed to utter?"

3. "Why couldn't you let me be Adam? I would have told Eve to get out of my face when she tempted me with the fruit of the tree"

4. "How was the Great Pyramid of Giza built and who built it?"

5. "Where did you take Enoch?"

6. "Where was Jesus during His un-documented 18 years from the time He was astounding the elders in the Temple at 12 years old to when He started His earthly ministry?"

7. "What is man that thou art mindful of him?"

8. "Why is there no redemption provided for fallen angels?"

9. "Did antediluvian people really live that long?"

10. "Can you put a fruit pastel in your mouth without chewing it?" Just kidding

11. "Is Chuck Norris really all that?" I'm serious

Hivemind187

Scofflaw wrote: »

OK, God - why?

cordially,
Scofflaw

And to follow (presuming for some peculiar reason we wer in the same room and I got a question to) ...

... What did you think would happen?

neuro-praxis

If evil can't be overcome by evil, why is there genocide in the book of Joshua?

It's my only major theological struggle.

PDN

I would ask, "Why only one question, Lord?"

PDN

PDN wrote: »

I would ask, "Why only one question, Lord?"

there's a queue behind you!

Black Swan

I would remember a line from the end of The Last Samurai film... Something about all of us seeking some measure of peace in our lives but few finding it... Then I would ask him (or her) to help.

Jay P

Does global warming really exist?

Fanny Cradock

Jay P wrote: »

Does global warming really exist?

Well that would be a waste of a question . Global warming is happening, it's the exact causes of it that are in dispute.

robindch

DaveMcG wrote: »

You would say................... what?

I'd ask him why his name is "Allah".

neuro-praxis

Ah robindch, as usual the problem with your questioning is that it comes loaded with assumptions.

Zombrex

I would ask him the solution to a maths problem that is solvable but that no one has yet solved.

I'm amazed that the religious people who claim to converse with him daily have not done this already. It would provide strong evidence to everyone else that he is not just a figment of their imagination.

But of course, and rather conveniently, "faith" is really really important ...

Earthhorse

Charlie, how your angels get down like that?

GhostInTheRuins

I'd want to know if it really was god or just an hallucination or perhaps a hairy madman that burst into my room. Prove yourself!

Hivemind187

D.T. Jesus wrote: »

I'd want to know if it really was god or just an hallucination or perhaps a hairy madman that burst into my room. Prove yourself!

And proof defies faith and without faith god is nothing.

You would have essentially killed God. Nice one

wolfsbane

Hivemind187 wrote: »

And proof defies faith and without faith god is nothing.

You would have essentially killed God. Nice one

Proof removes the necessity for faith. Such proof will be eternally with us, when faith gives way to sight. But in the meantime, faith is required, as it shows our relationship to God and honours Him. It means to trust in Him. Not to do so is to dishonour Him.

Without faith, God is still the same - it is we who are nothing.

You might stand on the Underground tracks and refuse to believe a train is coming, because you can't see it. The event will prove whether it is the train or you that is nothing.

Wacker

Ho do they get the figs into the fig-rolls?

panda100

Oh very intresting question. I think my overriding question would be about creation.If God created our world, who created God?

JoeB-

Are you bored with always knowing what's next, with there never ever ever being anything new to do or to try? Do you get despondent? Do you consider yourself depressed? And if not, why not? Do you wonder about your own creation? Have you told us the truth?

Wicknight had a good idea, ask for the simpliest solution to Fermat's last theorem, about the x /\ n = y /\ n + z /\ n