Questions about God, the Bible and Moses

[Cieza]

How could the authors of the Bible have so accurately quoted Jesus?

Who witnessed God's creation of the universe?

Who created God?

If we have the capacity to believe in this kind of God without any physical evidence, then why are we so willing to accept that there isn't a yet higher God who rules over the most immediate God?

How does God get his knowledge of everything? Is it through observation? Through prediction? Or through some other means?

If God injects himself into our timeline, is the portion of him which was injected into our timeline subject to our rules of time?

How can we know that there is only one God that lives outside time?

Is "God" the definition for everything that exists outside of time?

Why do people who speak about God attribute human traits to him when he isn't human?

Does the Bible explain how something can exist outside of time?

Why did the authors of the Bible expect man to believe that the Bible tells the truth about God?

Can it be precluded that "God" is merely a moniker for "infinite regressions of God"?

How do the majority Christians think God gets his knowledge?

Is there anything to indicate that there can be only one omniscient & omnipotent being?

1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight-why the bush does not burn up."
4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!"

Was Moses the sole witness to this?

How could Moses be sure it wasn't a magician playing a prank on him? (back then if one saw a magic trick, they wouldn't think it was an illusionary act, but was real).

5 "Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." 6 Then he said, "I am the God of your father,[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

Was Moses the sole witness to this?

How can we be sure Moses wasn't speaking in a parable?

How can we be sure Moses didn't have this vision in a dream?

If scientists tried to trace the source of the sound Moses claims to be God, what would they conclude?

How does God see and hear if he doesn't have eyes or ears?

How can something that's not of the physical world hear things that are in the physical world?

8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey-the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt." 11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"

Did Moses not find it strange that he was speaking to something he couldn't observe?

12 And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain."

Did Moses take detailed notes of what God said? (I can't imagine he remembered line by line everything God said).

13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?" 14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM.[c] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

I have never heard any account of God's name being "I AM". I've heard him being called Yahweh. But never 'I AM'. Is God's name ever indicated as "I AM"?

Shouldn't Moses be more concerned with other things than what to say if they ask what his name is?

Did Moses not ask God what he should say if the people ask him to show this "God" to them or perhaps to define his physical characteristics? I find it very elementary that Moses would only think to ask what to tell them should they ask what his name is?

After reading the first page of Genesis and it sounding like a kid's fairy tale, am I really supposed to believe that Moses really heard a voice coming from a bush? Why would the authors of the Bible expect anyone to believe that Moses heard a real voice coming from a burning bush?

Is there any mention by historians of whether or not those who claimed to hear God had enough credibility to not be written off as delusional.

Were any attempts made to authenticate the alleged encounters Moses had with God?

 

[drich0150]

How could the authors of the Bible have so accurately quoted Jesus?

They recorded what they saw except for Luke. Luke recorded eye witness testimony.

Who witnessed God's creation of the universe?

God. (You should ask who wrote the first five books of the bible)

Who created God?

This question is based on time being bound to a laminar scale. (Has a beginning and an end.)

If we have the capacity to believe in this kind of God without any physical evidence, then why are we so willing to accept that there isn't a yet higher God who rules over the most immediate God?

You are ignoring the evidences provided by God.

How does God get his knowledge of everything? Is it through observation? Through prediction? Or through some other means?

The bible does not say. We don't know.

If God injects himself into our time line, is the portion of him which was injected into our time line subject to our rules of time?

Through the example of Christ I speculate the answer to be yes.

How can we know that there is only one God that lives outside time?

Because He said so.

Is "God" the definition for everything that exists outside of time?

no.

Why do people who speak about God attribute human traits to him when he isn't human?

Perhaps the human traits we speak of are not human in origin. We are told that we were created in the image of God. Many believe that these "traits" represent that image.

Does the Bible explain how something can exist outside of time?

It points to God existing outside of time but does not explain it.

Why did the authors of the Bible expect man to believe that the Bible tells the truth about God?

The Author was God. Those who seek Him will find truth in scripture, those who do not will find fault.

Can it be precluded that "God" is merely a moniker for "infinite regressions of God"?

not sure what you are asking.

How do the majority Christians think God gets his knowledge?

Being the Alpha and Omega has it's perks.

Is there anything to indicate that there can be only one omniscient & omnipotent being?

Yes. God, and what He wrote in the bible.

Was Moses the sole witness to this?

to what?

How could Moses be sure it wasn't a magician playing a prank on him? (back then if one saw a magic trick, they wouldn't think it was an illusionary act, but was real).

Have you read the accounts of moses in the bible? If you have, and you still can stand behind this question you must believe that This must have been the most expensive longest lasting prank in history.

Was Moses the sole witness to this?

to what?

How can we be sure Moses wasn't speaking in a parable?

Because His task was to recorded the history of His people.

How can we be sure Moses didn't have this vision in a dream?

He did several times.

If scientists tried to trace the source of the sound Moses claims to be God, what would they conclude?

That it was God.

How does God see and hear if he doesn't have eyes or ears?

Don't know that he doesn't.

How can something that's not of the physical world hear things that are in the physical world?

don't know.

Did Moses not find it strange that he was speaking to something he couldn't observe?

He did observe a burning bush that was not consumed by the fire.

Did Moses take detailed notes of what God said? (I can't imagine he remembered line by line everything God said).

yes. or God did, and gave it to Him.

I have never heard any account of God's name being "I AM". I've heard him being called Yahweh. But never 'I AM'. Is God's name ever indicated as "I AM"?

Exo 3:13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”

14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ “This is my name forever,
the name you shall call me
from generation to generation.
Shouldn't Moses be more concerned with other things than what to say if they ask what his name is?

Did Moses not ask God what he should say if the people ask him to show this "God" to them or perhaps to define his physical characteristics? I find it very elementary that Moses would only think to ask what to tell them should they ask what his name is?

Are you not familiar with the story of Moses. God's power and authority was established in the plagues, the parting of the red sea, the time spent out in the desert. countless victories and devastating punishments. The people had no doubt who they followed.

After reading the first page of Genesis and it sounding like a kid's fairy tale, am I really supposed to believe that Moses really heard a voice coming from a bush? Why would the authors of the Bible expect anyone to believe that Moses heard a real voice coming from a burning bush?

These are the words of Moses.

Is there any mention by historians of whether or not those who claimed to hear God had enough credibility to not be written off as delusional.

what historians? Anyone caring for the history of the people in that time worked for God.

Were any attempts made to authenticate the alleged encounters Moses had with God?

Why should there be an authentication when everyone experienced the events described in the account?

How many times have you authenticated Obama's presidency? Why not?

 

[ebia]

How could the authors of the Bible have so accurately quoted Jesus?

Key memorable phrases can be remembered and passed on with a high level of accuracy. But much of Jesus' speaches probably are to some extent paraphrases.

Who witnessed God's creation of the universe?

God

Who created God?

God is not created.

If we have the capacity to believe in this kind of God without any physical evidence, then why are we so willing to accept that there isn't a yet higher God who rules over the most immediate God?

Nothing leads me to think that's the case.

How does God get his knowledge of everything? Is it through observation? Through prediction? Or through some other means?

If we take the bible seriously it seems to be some of each. Some things he just knows. Other times he investigates, finds out, discovers, experiments, even (it seems) is occasionally surprised. It seems God chooses to have a genuine interaction with his creation.

If God injects himself into our timeline, is the portion of him which was injected into our timeline subject to our rules of time?

We don't have language to think about someone outside of time anyway.

How can we know that there is only one God that lives outside time?

All we have to go on his what God chooses to reveal to us.

Is "God" the definition for everything that exists outside of time?

I don't think so.

Why do people who speak about God attribute human traits to him when he isn't human?

Because we are his image in the world. If God were physical, we are the most like what he would be. When he became incarnate it was as one of us.

Does the Bible explain how something can exist outside of time?

Human language isn't up to that explanitory task - except maybe mathematics.

Why did the authors of the Bible expect man to believe that the Bible tells the truth about God?

That was not in question w.r.t. their original audiences.

Can it be precluded that "God" is merely a moniker for "infinite regressions of God"?

Sounds like an essay question.

How do the majority Christians think God gets his knowledge?

I don't presume to speak for anyone except myself.

Was Moses the sole witness to this?

So the story says.

How could Moses be sure it wasn't a magician playing a prank on him?

You'd have to ask him.