World Blog by humble servant.The Danger of Humanizing God

When I was growing up in Christianity, there were certain ideas that I

heard over and over and just took for

granted. I didn’t give them much

thought. Looking at those phrases

now I can see Satan’s hand in them.

They make it easy to diminish God, to

humanize Him.

Things like: “God is sad when you

don’t believe.” God doesn’t need our

worship. He doesn’t need our prayers. If we fail to heed His guidance, it

doesn’t hurt Him in any way. Under

the subtitle: Believe For Your Own

Good, 39:7 3+7=10+9=19 makes this clear.

If you disbelieve, GOD does not need

anyone. But He dislikes to see His

servants make the wrong decision. If

you decide to be appreciative, He is

pleased for you. No soul bears the

sins of any other soul. Ultimately, to

your Lord is your return, then He will

inform you of everything you had

done. He is fully aware of the innermost thoughts.

Or: “He created man in His image.”

This phrase gives one a mental picture of God with a face and a body,

feet and hair. The painting on the

Sistine Chapel of God reaching out

His hand to give life to Adam makes it

seem like one man touching another,

equals. God is Light and Energy and

Truth and Peace. He doesn’t have or

need a body; He is so much more.

Or: “He so loved the world that He

gave His only begotten son…” To

place God on the level of a human

male, begetting a child, is blasphemous, as the Quran clearly tells us in

19:88-92.

They said, “The Most Gracious has

begotten a son!” You have uttered a

gross blasphemy. The heavens are

about to shatter, the earth is about to

tear asunder, and the mountains are

about to crumble. Because they claim

that the Most Gracious has begotten

a son. It is not befitting the Most Gracious that He should beget a son.

Or: “On the seventh day He rested.”

Perhaps more than any other, this to

me made God seem human.

. I get tired; I need to sit down and relax; I

need to sleep. If I exercise strenuously

or work hard at a task, I need some

time to recuperate. This phrase put

God on that same level. Putting together this whole universe (in fact,

seven universes), and then figuring out

how to make the world work properly

for millions of years—well, that’s hard

work. It must have tired Him out. Of

course, He needed to rest.

How easy it is to get caught up in

those thoughts. Unless we’re blessed

with God’s guidance, we may never

examine closely what they really say.

The first time I read 2:255, it hit me

how awesome God is, how high above

all of our follies. And the phrase that

really struck me was: “Never a moment of unawareness or slumber overtakes Him.” Never a moment. He is

never unaware of anything on earth or

in the heavens. He never takes a vacation or a coffee break or a power nap.

Doesn’t even close His eyes for a second.

 ·Because He doesn’t need to.

We are not created in His image. We

are not like Him. Compared to God

we are less than a speck of dust. Remembering that can help us to be

truly appreciative of all of His qualities and thankful that He offers us

chance after chance to stay on His

right path.

[59:22] He is the One GOD; there is no

other god besides Him. Knower of all

secrets and declarations. He is the

Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

[59:23] He is the One GOD; there is no

other god besides Him. The King, the

Most Sacred, the Peace, the Most

Faithful, the Supreme, the Almighty,

the Most Powerful, the Most Dignified. GOD be glorified; far above having partners.

[59:24] He is the One GOD; the Creator, the Initiator, the Designer. To Him

belong the most beautiful names.

Glorifying Him is everything in the

heavens and the earth. He is the Almighty, Most Wise.