If god is "always good" and the epitome of morality?
Why did they decide to come up with, what would jesus do,instead of what would god do?
Why did they decide to come up with, what would jesus do,instead of what would god do?
Uncle Thesis
God chooses to have a chief representative.
Bill Mac
Jesus is human... an form or aspect of God (incarnate). He stands as an intermediary or "high priest" between us and God. He was sinless and as such is our standard or epitome of morality. Doesn't mean we will always get it right, but we try because of our love for God and other people.WWJD is a recent phrase that Christians use to remind themselves to live by the Holy Spirit, just as He did. Christians serve a living God and are able to have a loving, dynamic Spiritual relationship with God through Jesus... because of who He is and what He has done. We share this "good news" (gospel) with everyone and hope that you too will come to know the living God.
Here is a thought for you to consider. Good and evil is actually about love... either loving and caring about others or having the lack of it. If you look at the ten commandments in that light then you can see that the first few are about loving God and the rest is about loving others. There are absolutes that most religions and laws are based upon and are in agreement with..... it is wrong or evil (a sin) to kill, steal, etc.That is the standard of morality which everyone can accept as being true.
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That is just a phrase that came from man. Regarding the meaning of your question however, because God is “righteous in all his ways.” (Psalm 145:1), there is no question as to what he would do. Jesus was perfect, but he had the gift of free will as did Adam and Eve who were also perfect. In that sense, one -could- wonder what decision Jesus would make since Jesus had choices. Again, the phrase is not from the Bible so it should not deter from God’s goodness.
Annsan_In_Him
The WWJD slogan is comparatively recent, in some Christian circles, and is not very sound, theologically speaking. If they asked themselves, "What would Jesus have me do?" that would be more helpful, as Jesus shows us the Father and leads us to Him. So, if we fully grasp what Jesus did and said during His time on Earth, we get the help we need to sort out modern-day dilemmas we face.
Jesus said that if His disciples had seen Him (and they had), that they had seen the Father - not literally, but effectively. That's in John 14:6-11. As Jesus spoke the Father's words and did the Father's will, to follow Jesus is to follow God. They are utterly united, as One, even though Jesus had left the Godhead in Heaven to become a man. The Bible says Jesus is the exact representation of God's very Being; that all the fulness of God dwells in Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:15-20).
The Son of God left Heaven to add human nature to His divine nature, to so identify with us that He became one of us, yet without sin. He leads us to the Father, which is why Christians are followers of Christ.
ANDRE L
“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.” ― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
-If one argues, as some deeply religious individuals do, that without God there can be no ultimate right and wrong - namely that God determines for us what is right and wrong - one can then ask the question: What is God decreed that rape and murder were morally acceptable ? Would that make them so ?
While some might answer yes, I think most believers would say no, God would not make such a decree. But why not ? Presumably because God would have some *reason* for not making such a decree. Again, presumably this is because *reason* suggests that rape and murder are not morally acceptable. But if God would have to appeal to *reason*, then why not eliminate the middleman entirely ?- Lawrence Krauss, A Universe From Nothing, Pgs 171-172.
"Why should I allow that same God to tell me how to raise my kids, who had to drown His own?" -- Robert G. Ingersoll