Anger of God
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| + | "He [God] was thought [[wicked]], because some very disagreeable effects resulted from the necessary workings of [[nature's laws]]; to appease him, [[victim]]s were needed: whence [[fasting]]s, [[maceration]]s, [[penance]]s, and every other sort of [[idiocy]] ..." -- ''[[Juliette (novel)|Juliette]]'', [[Marquis de Sade]] tr. [[Austryn Wainhouse]] | ||
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| - | In many religions, anger is frequently attributed to God or gods. [[Primitive people]] held that gods were subject to anger and revenge in anthropomorphic fashion. [[Hebrew Bible|The Hebrew Bible]] says that opposition to God's Will results in God's anger. The Hebrew Bible explains that: | + | In many [[religion]]s, [[anger]] is frequently attributed to [[God]] or gods. [[Primitive people]] held that gods were subject to anger and revenge in anthropomorphic fashion. |
| + | ==Hebrew bible== | ||
| + | [[Hebrew Bible|The Hebrew Bible]] says that opposition to God's Will results in God's anger. The Hebrew Bible explains that: | ||
| <blockquote>God is not an intellectual abstraction, nor is He conceived as a being indifferent to the doings of man; and His pure and lofty nature resents most energetically anything wrong and impure in the moral world: "O Lord, my God, mine Holy One... Thou art of eyes too pure to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity." | <blockquote>God is not an intellectual abstraction, nor is He conceived as a being indifferent to the doings of man; and His pure and lofty nature resents most energetically anything wrong and impure in the moral world: "O Lord, my God, mine Holy One... Thou art of eyes too pure to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity." | ||
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| + | ==Christianity== | ||
| Christians also subscribe to the God's holiness and his anger in the sight of evil. This anger, they hold is not inconsistent with God's love. They also believe that the wrath of God comes to those who reject Jesus. | Christians also subscribe to the God's holiness and his anger in the sight of evil. This anger, they hold is not inconsistent with God's love. They also believe that the wrath of God comes to those who reject Jesus. | ||
| - | + | ==Islam== | |
| In Islam, God's mercy outweighs his wrath or takes precedence of it. The characteristics of those upon whom God's wrath will fall is as follows: Those who reject God; deny his signs; doubt the resurrection and the reality of the [[Islamic view of the Last Judgment|day of judgment]]; call Muhammad a sorcerer, a madman or a poet; do mischief, are impudent, do not look after the poor (notably the orphans); live in luxury or heap up fortunes; persecute the believers or prevent them from praying;... | In Islam, God's mercy outweighs his wrath or takes precedence of it. The characteristics of those upon whom God's wrath will fall is as follows: Those who reject God; deny his signs; doubt the resurrection and the reality of the [[Islamic view of the Last Judgment|day of judgment]]; call Muhammad a sorcerer, a madman or a poet; do mischief, are impudent, do not look after the poor (notably the orphans); live in luxury or heap up fortunes; persecute the believers or prevent them from praying;... | ||
| + | ==Later views== | ||
| + | The [[1755 Lisbon earthquake]] was ascribed to the anger of God and the publication of ''[[Fanny Hill]]'' supposedly caused two [[earthquake]]s. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Catholic guilt]] | ||
| *''[[Aguirre, the Wrath of God]]'' | *''[[Aguirre, the Wrath of God]]'' | ||
| - | + | *[[Dies irae]] | |
| + | *[[Divine retribution]] | ||
| + | *[[Fear of God]] | ||
| + | *[[Problem of evil]]'' | ||
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"He [God] was thought wicked, because some very disagreeable effects resulted from the necessary workings of nature's laws; to appease him, victims were needed: whence fastings, macerations, penances, and every other sort of idiocy ..." -- Juliette, Marquis de Sade tr. Austryn Wainhouse |
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In many religions, anger is frequently attributed to God or gods. Primitive people held that gods were subject to anger and revenge in anthropomorphic fashion.
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Hebrew bible
The Hebrew Bible says that opposition to God's Will results in God's anger. The Hebrew Bible explains that:
God is not an intellectual abstraction, nor is He conceived as a being indifferent to the doings of man; and His pure and lofty nature resents most energetically anything wrong and impure in the moral world: "O Lord, my God, mine Holy One... Thou art of eyes too pure to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity."
Christianity
Christians also subscribe to the God's holiness and his anger in the sight of evil. This anger, they hold is not inconsistent with God's love. They also believe that the wrath of God comes to those who reject Jesus.
Islam
In Islam, God's mercy outweighs his wrath or takes precedence of it. The characteristics of those upon whom God's wrath will fall is as follows: Those who reject God; deny his signs; doubt the resurrection and the reality of the day of judgment; call Muhammad a sorcerer, a madman or a poet; do mischief, are impudent, do not look after the poor (notably the orphans); live in luxury or heap up fortunes; persecute the believers or prevent them from praying;...
Later views
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake was ascribed to the anger of God and the publication of Fanny Hill supposedly caused two earthquakes.
See also
