I’m wondering if one of the roles that we have in creation is to supply a pool of emotions for Almighty God. I’m not sure where or if I’m crossing into heresy here, but I wonder if one of the reasons God wants us around is because He feels because of us.
I was thinking about God being filled with sorrow, and I thought well, maybe God doesn’t feel sorrow, but He does feel wrath. We know that. Then I got to thinking about how it seems to me that God feels sympathy for us, empathy, sorrow, rejection, and so forth. The only target He would have for these feelings is humanity.
Creation itself is inanimate; it is not responsible for what it does. It does not have free will. It cannot respond. It cannot feel. Nebulas don’t repent and ask for forgiveness. When a star goes supernova it does not feel remorse. Black holes don’t feel pain. Human beings do all of those things. In some way that I don’t really want to approach, God is enriched by interacting with us.
Sounds like heresy when we’re talking about the sovereign God.
homo unius libri
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Opus 2024-271: Feelings Source
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