Does God regret creating people?

[laurelk]

I admit I have no real idea who God really is because of decades of spiritual abuse by my sperm donor and many "churches" that reinforced it, but I really wonder if God thinks, "Geez, I regret creating people. I should've named the animals myself and surrounded myself with a bunch of them."

How many times do I hear people say, "my dog/cat is better than any human I've known." I wonder if God has had the same thought--a lot.

 

[Spunkn]

Hey Lauren

I could answer you in an email, but I'll answer here.

There is a few verses in the Bible that would seem to indicate this particular thought. That God was "sorry" for creating mankind. But it's more used in terms of language we as humans understand.

Genesis 6:7 And the Lord said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, for I am sorry that I have made them." (New American Standard Bible)

KJV translates "for I am sorry" to "for it repenteth me"

When you first read this voice it does seem like God is sorry He created mankind, and you could get the wrong impression that it was a "mistake". But God knows everything. So when God created mankind, God knew that they would disobey, but God chose to create us anyway.

As the example you used with pets. Pets are wonderful. They're great therapy, loving, and provide us with company and laughs. However, they get into trouble themselves. They make messes where they shouldn't, eat things they're not suppose to, chew / tear up furniture. So when you decide to get a pet, you know there are some times when that pet is going to make you get upset. But you know that the benefit of having that pet outweighs the bad things it will do. In the same way, even though God knew that we would disobey, God already had a plan for us to be redeemed through Christ. So while I think we as humans can make God sad at times, we can also bring joy, glory, and love by accepting salvation through Jesus and that good part, outweighs any negative that we may have done before.

 

[Johnnz]

Thats a reasonable question sometimes. The sheer amount of pain and misery in this world is horrifying.

But in taking on all of humanity's pain and suffering Jesus forcefully declared that people did really matter to Father and Son. Jesus also means we have hope - it will not always be like it is now - which is what His resurrection declared.

John
NZ

 

[laurelk]

Thank you for the replies!