Lonely God?

[TriptychR]

Loneliness is something we've all had to face in our lives, some of us more regularly than others. It's a mysterious emotion. Someone can feel lonely in a room full of people as long as they don't know anyone in that room.

I was wondering if it was possible that God can feel loneliness. God is everywhere, right? And there are places where people don't know or are not thinking about Him. Could loneliness exist within God at those places?

I know it's a weird question, but it seems many of our emotions come from God, whatever mutated form we might experience them as. I wouldn't necessarily deem loneliness an evil emotion since, like pain, it alerts the spirit that something is wrong. ...I'm rambling. What do you guys think?

 

[desi]

Sure God could feel loneliness. He may feel it more than people think as he is the only being in his position; hence, only he can know what its like to be him.

 

[mina]

Jesus is God and Jesus felt lonliness. In the garden his human friends deserted him, so i'm sure he felt lonely on a human level. On the cross, God turned away from him and he felt forsaken and that is utter lonliness. Christ knows every human emotion and is able to sympathize with us because he has experienced it. Why did God create men? Did he desire a relaitionship with us because He was lonely? I'm sure God does feel lonely when we choose not to spend time with Him.

 

[TriptychR]

Jesus is God and Jesus felt lonliness. In the garden his human friends deserted him, so i'm sure he felt lonely on a human level. On the cross, God turned away from him and he felt forsaken and that is utter lonliness. Christ knows every human emotion and is able to sympathize with us because he has experienced it. Why did God create men? Did he desire a relaitionship with us because He was lonely? I'm sure God does feel lonely when we choose not to spend time with Him.

Very good points. I wasn't sure whether my theory was nuts or not.

 

[Apollonian]

I concede that Jesus felt loneliness. I didn't think about that initially. However, I don't think it is the same sort of thing when you talk about God and the Spirit.

For one thing, loneliness stems from you not knowing anyone else in the room and not simply because no one else in the room knows you. If you know no one, even though there is someone there who knows you (and you don't know about it), you can still be lonely (if you followed that). God knows each and everyone in the Church and at any given time, I'm willing to be there is someone on Earth keeping God company (or more importantly - vice versa).

Loneliness is that sentiment which comes upon us when we wish to lovingly interact with other people. I think that this is God's way of nudging us in the right direction.

Sometimes, I quite enjoy being in a room full of people who I don't know. Other times, I'd rather go find the one or two people I do know and avoid the crowd for fear of that feeling that I have no connection with any of them.

I do, however, think that 'loneliness' is a sentiment stemming from the emotion of 'fear'. Perhaps it is simply the fear that we will never be able to get to know the right kind of people, or that we will never meet any nice people of opposite gender.

 

[Xen_Antares]

Correct me if Im wrong but wasnt Gods reason for creating man out of loneliness?

 

[TriptychR]

Correct me if Im wrong but wasnt Gods reason for creating man out of loneliness?

Is that ever actually stated in the Bible? It seems almost practical to us, but would he have that need?

 

[TriptychR]

For one thing, loneliness stems from you not knowing anyone else in the room and not simply because no one else in the room knows you. If you know no one, even though there is someone there who knows you (and you don't know about it), you can still be lonely (if you followed that). God knows each and everyone in the Church and at any given time, I'm willing to be there is someone on Earth keeping God company (or more importantly - vice versa).

I guess I was thinking of God's presence in regards to individual areas rather than omnipresence. From that perspective, it doesn't seem God Himself would feel loneliness, no.

Sometimes, I quite enjoy being in a room full of people who I don't know. Other times, I'd rather go find the one or two people I do know and avoid the crowd for fear of that feeling that I have no connection with any of them.

I wish I could feel good being in a room full of strangers, if only sometimes.

I do, however, think that 'loneliness' is a sentiment stemming from the emotion of 'fear'. Perhaps it is simply the fear that we will never be able to get to know the right kind of people, or that we will never meet any nice people of opposite gender.

Right on. Loneliness can be both a catalyst, goading people to find new connections, or a wall that prevents them from moving at all. Where is that difference made, though?

 

[fishstix]

I concede that Jesus felt loneliness. I didn't think about that initially. However, I don't think it is the same sort of thing when you talk about God and the Spirit.

For one thing, loneliness stems from you not knowing anyone else in the room and not simply because no one else in the room knows you. If you know no one, even though there is someone there who knows you (and you don't know about it), you can still be lonely (if you followed that). God knows each and everyone in the Church and at any given time, I'm willing to be there is someone on Earth keeping God company (or more importantly - vice versa).

I disagree that loneliness stems from one not knowing anyone else in the room. A person can be surrounded by people that they know and still be lonely. I think it's more a lack of meaningful interaction with others than whether or not you know people.

Loneliness is that sentiment which comes upon us when we wish to lovingly interact with other people. I think that this is God's way of nudging us in the right direction.

Sometimes, I quite enjoy being in a room full of people who I don't know. Other times, I'd rather go find the one or two people I do know and avoid the crowd for fear of that feeling that I have no connection with any of them.

I do, however, think that 'loneliness' is a sentiment stemming from the emotion of 'fear'. Perhaps it is simply the fear that we will never be able to get to know the right kind of people, or that we will never meet any nice people of opposite gender.

Agreed.

Correct me if Im wrong but wasnt Gods reason for creating man out of loneliness?

I think that is just a human interpretation of the situation to make it easier for us to understand. God would have always had communion with Himself (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) so He probably wasn't lonely - at least not in the way we understand loneliness. I suspect that it would probably be more like why many couples decide to have children - not because they are lonely but because they want a child to share their love with. But again, that's just my human interpretation of the situation.