how old is god?

[help please!]

my baby brother of 7 years, asked me how old god is. He then answered me saying 'No, no-one can answer that' Then he asked if god had had any children. i replied jesus. he then asked ' but how did god have jesus' i told him that god created him, an angel in his image. my brother was then confused, 'but if god made jesus like him does that mean god is an angel too?...So why did he make adam and eve? If we were made like god in his image, that means that we wernt made by anybody when we were born then?'' obviously my brother has had the birds and the bees talk,this is why he was confused on this part. Although this may sound confused, the boy has a point, we were supposedly made in gods image, so why are we the way we are. im not sure if im making myself clear, but please give ur views on the childs point of view and the many questions his comments have risen. none of which i have mentioned here.

[Chillum]

On Saturday I watched "Millionaire" on tv with my six year old son. I knew the answer was "D" but he insisted on choosing "C". I asked him "why don't don't you believe your dad when he tells you the answer".Tonight  (Monday) he came to me and said, " You know why I didn't believe you about that question?" "Because it's better to belive in yourself". Insightfull young man, if I say so myself.

[arthurstace]

There are no such thing as God and gods.

[jenstar]

God is 58,220,845,267,314,620 years old. His birthday is 5 September.

[ursula62]

If your brother goes to sunday school, then suggest he asks his sunday school teacher these questions,  or suggest he asks his teacher at school.

 

If that doesn't work then take him to the library and let him look up the things he is asking about.

 

I did the library thing with my nephew. After lugging back 3 volumes of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica and poring over pages of tiny print he decided that Arsenal was more interesting than God anyway!

[Hamish]

It would depend on where you want to put your base referance. According to the Bible, God is infinite in time, had no beginning and will have no end. Jesus is called the son of God and this describes the relation ship between them, but he is in himself fully God, part of the trinity. If your son can handle it it is best to explain that God exsits outside of time, and is therefore no subject to it. also in the same way get, obtain and precure mean the same thing, they are differnt words. So God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Sprit are one God but three persons.

[Octavius]

God's birthday is 5 Sept - that means he is a virgo like me!  I always knew I had god-like qualities!  :o)

[Octavius]

God is not physical, therefore he does not have an age.  He created humans in his own image.  Adam and Eve are a pseudonym for humankind in general.

 

Jesus: You are referring to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.  The "mystery" of the Trinity is primarily about relationships the perfect relationship between the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Trinity = Tri-unity 1x1x1 = 1.  The Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are Three distinct persons in one God.  This means that God is "three-in-one" and it is said to show us that there is a "community of love" within the Godhead. God is a "family", so to speak; a Father and a Son bound together by an eternal love which is a third person, the Holy Spirit.

There is another question about Jesus Christ in History & Myths about the father of Jesus.

Age: http://www.keyway.ca/htm2004/20041228.htm

see this link for an explanation on the age of God.

[jcherbstritt]

Jesus never called himself the son of God.  He called himself the son of Man. 

Alternatively, it could be argued that Jesus was the first person to fully realise he was the son of God and properly believe it.  if we all believed we were sons of God then maybe we would start acting like Jesus (or maybe we would just become very arrogant!)  But one of the main messages of Jesus was to have faith - to believe we can move mountains.  So maybe your brother was right - God did make Adam and Eve in his image, but we haven't realised it yet!

[goldheart]

How do you know or anyone for that matter that God's birthday was 5th September!! Unbelievable!

[Scarlett]

Hmm. I wonder about God being a Virgo. I guess he would have to be a Virgo to make everything with such detail and precision! But does he have the temperament of a Virgo? He seems to me like he would be quite maternal ( making lots of people and wanting them to populate the earth etc) and very patient. In which case, I would think God would be Cancerian. But then he could be a Leo, because lets face it, he IS the centre of attention!

[krissy04]

If anyone has ever read the bible then they would know that he has always been, and always will be...so making him kinda like INFINITY, never ending and you get the idea....no hard feeling to ne non-believers :)

[landie]

I dunno, did man invent God or did God create man?

[help please!]

comment. i am not a 'believer' as it were when it comes to the bible and the issue of god. i am however extremely open minded and feel the same way when it comes to man creating a superior being to explain existense.

i agree with that