The bible from gods point of view...

[Lucid_boy]

In the following posts I will try to convert much of the bible into theway I believe god would have precieved the events within. I am no scholar and am no bible expert and will probably miss huge chunks of scripture that should have been in certian chapters. You can completely ignore this or you can post some thoughts here, I don't care. I thought it might be a neat project to do. For ayone who cares, It will take me a minute to get the first chapter of th series on the boards so don't be impatient. Any comments on the idea or the chapters once they actually start are welcome.

[Carôusoul]

If God is all knowing and all powerful and the creator of existence then there is no possible way he has a point of view. He would in this case simply be everything and more. He wouldnt have a subjective point of view.

[Lucid_boy]

I disagree. Everything has a point of view, even god. He feels emotions about a subject and thoughts and opinions and sees things in a certian way.

[Kushna Mufeed]

I don't think I agree with Carou completely, but do you really think you can put yourself in God's shoes? A finite being, such as yourself, trying to comprehend the notions and motivations of an infinite being isn't just dumb and pointless, it's probably blasphemous.

[Carôusoul]

I disagree. Everything has a point of view, even god. He feels emotions about a subject and thoughts and opinions and sees things in a certian way. So he's basically a massive human. Are you sure you want to take the tack you have just said.. because logically it's kind of weak.. I think you maybe would want to revise it.

[dragonoverlord]

It would be interesting, if someone would re wrote the bible from gods point of view, Its like re writing the harry potter books from Dumbledores point of view.

[Carôusoul]

It would be interesting, if someone would re wrote the bible from gods point of view, Its like re writing the harry potter books from Dumbledores point of view. Don't you see how stupid a concept doing something from God's point of view is? It's impossible. You people in doing this as Lucid Boy suggests are literally saying that God is an omnipotent and omniscient human being. It's ridiculous.

[dragonoverlord]

Don't you see how stupid a concept doing something from God's point of view is? It's impossible. You people in doing this as Lucid Boy suggests are literally saying that God is an omnipotent and omniscient human being. It's ridiculous. well duh, i know all the problems that come in when you try to right from "gods perspective" especially because it's impossible for a person to grapple with such a thing, but at the very least it will be an interesting read won't it? I already know how god will be portrayed will be subject to the perspective of the writers view of what god is.

[Needcatscan]

well duh, i know all the problems that come in when you try to right from "gods perspective" especially because it's impossible for a person to grapple with such a thing, but at the very least it will be an interesting read won't it? I already know how god will be portrayed will be subject to the perspective of the writers view of what god is. Hmm, a man writing god's POV based on a book written by men supposedly by god's POV (IE divinely inspired). Sounds kind of circular. I'm game!

[NonDualistic]

Gods point of view is already within all spiritual texts in the language of metaphor The metaphorical representations are embedded in the language and words using the physical knowledge and the point of view of the human writer doing the writing "God" and the huiman writer are one in the same, two aspects of consciousness standing on a balance within the individual Where the focal point of the active consciousness is between the two aspects of consciousness determines how literal or how metaphorical the writings will be ( very interesting, my model of consciousness now has a third aspect, the active consciousness. Thank you for posting this topic)

[Lucid_boy]

Don't you see how stupid a concept doing something from God's point of view is? It's impossible. You people in doing this as Lucid Boy suggests are literally saying that God is an omnipotent and omniscient human being. It's ridiculous. Not really, the bible lists alot of gods emotions and feelings at the time events occur so all I really have o do is make the bible into a (true) story that happened with God as the Main character. By the way thanks for some support, I'm finishing up with some last minute research and then I'm going to begin.

[Lucid_boy]

So he's basically a massive human. Are you sure you want to take the tack you have just said.. because logically it's kind of weak.. I think you maybe would want to revise it. No, he is not a massive human, we just have similar emotions to him.

[skysaw]

I thought I'd give this a shot, since the OP hasn't started yet. This book is hilarious! People actually believe this stuff?! And enough already with the begetting and begotting... I almost fell asleep reading that part. I do like the parts with all the smiting and killing. Some of that is pretty exciting, if a little overly-flowery in language. The whole "jawbone of an ass" thing was a little hard to swallow, but I guess you really need to suspend disbelief for a bit. Oh, and the plagues... nice touch! I'm going to have to try that one of these days just for fun. I can always put things back when I'm done playing. The only thing I find slightly embarassing is all the praying, beseaching, and worshipping going on in my name. Can't these guys just buck up and solve their own problems already? It's bad enough I gotta be woken up early every Sunday morning with a million people calling out to me and worrying about the small shit. Here's a hint folks... it's supposed to be my day of rest. Leave me alone! Sorry... got a little sidetracked there. Anyway, I give the bible a small recommendation for those who like a long quiet read. I'd be even more willing to give it the thumbs up if there had been some decent editing to get the thing down a few hundred pages in size. It's like a frickin' Stephen King novel!

[dragonoverlord]

Hmm, a man writing god's POV based on a book written by men supposedly by god's POV (IE divinely inspired). Sounds kind of circular. I'm game! sweet glad to hear it.

[StephenT]

So... you are literaly going to put words into God's mouth about things that he supposedly did? If that's not the highest form of arrogance I've seen from a Christian in the past month or so, I don't know what is. Well done.

[cuddleyperson]

i don't know if God would like you speaking for him, and we all know what that Guy does when he gets pissed. He already has a book about that. .......WAIT!!!! STOP!! Something occurred to me in my brain! If you want to re-write it as the Bible but written by God and in his point of view. Aren't you saying that the Bible is completely false and does not hold Gods true beliefs. actions and feelings? I mean the Bible is supposed to be the exact word of God passed on to humans to write down isn't it. That's why if i asked someone about say marriage, homosexuality, what ever. A Christian would say " well here God says to us..". SO hasn't God already written a book from his point of view. I think what you mean is write a book but without all the killing and hate and the like. That would be great but it would be like writing a bibliography of me saying i am the greatest footballer ever and hate horror movies. It's just not me. You can;t get rid of one of Gods main aspects. Anyway you might get sued for like copywriter or something.