Question

Finally, explain anthropomorphism and clearly explain at least two key problems that are raised in relation to God and anthropormorphism.?

Answer 1

Anthromorphism is made up of two words "anthro" and "morphism". Anthro means human and morphism means their form/appearances. This term basically explains the human nature, emotions, and human intentions through various mediums which are considered close to humans but are not humans.

Suppose if we portray a monkey drinking coffee in office in well suited form then it is a depiction of Anthromorphism. It is a basic and innate tendency in study of human psychology. It mainly aims at depiction of animals to appear and behave like a human.

It is different from personification of objects. It is also a medium through which various human traits such as greed, beauty, wisdom, power, jealousy etc can be shown in human form. Greek Gods like Apollo and Zeus are good example of such type of Anthromorphism.

It also says that God relate to us in Human form. Various places in Bible also depict Anthromorphism. This term is used because there is a belief that we can not rise to the level of God but God can come to us in form of humans. Bible talks about resting of god, powers of god, his asking abilities and a lot more.

It is like a human is talking to some other human. Sometimes it also creates problems in mind of those who have normal thinking. They can not understand the gist of all these representations. They argue that if God behaves like human then how can he be so powerful.

If God is so powerful then why evil even takes place. All such questions remains in our society as a topic of discussion. People argue on the existence and non existence of God. This situation sometimes take the form of superstitions.

Sometimes these harsh realities also become the cause of violence due to differences in thoughts. There is need to maintain the harmony ans synchronisation between these different thoughts in order to ensure the smooth running of society.