Does God suffer from Loneliness?

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@MNathaniel How is there a trinity in a childless union, due to infertility then?

The point being that a trinity in marriage would prevent lonliness just like how God prevented lonliness by never actually being alone because He was always a trinity
 
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@Heavenward God has emotions like jealousy and pleasure, according to Holy Scripture, so an emotional God, would no doubt have other emotions, like loneliness-doesnt this make logical sense?
 
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You don’t have to have direct experience of something to know it, do you?
Physically snowboarding as opposed to snowboarding in a game is an example of having to experience it personally to grasp what it entails

Hope this answers your question; at least its something to consider
 
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How can He know lonliness unless He has experienced that?
God knows that Adam will know hunger and being cold. Does God know these things since He is a spirit? He doesn’t have a body but he knows because he put these things in order like a watchmaker knows a watch.
 
Our current creation is fallen. There is disease, disorder. Nonetheless marriage in which the spouses are open to marriage and would have children if they could (though disease etc may prevent it) is still a good (though the infertility is a suffering, to be offered up to God). One frequent approach for infertile couples is to adopt children. This is also a Trinitarian image. And remember, we are God’s adopted children. And in a sense, Jesus was the ‘adopted’ child of Joseph.
God has emotions like jealousy and pleasure
Mary, you’re jumping around here quite a bit, haha. It sounds like you’re struggling to ‘grasp’ God right now? But that’s probably not going to happen. God is bigger than all of us – like the sky is bigger than our lungs. We can breathe in and out, in and out – but only hold one breathful at a time. Not the whole sky.

Is there some specific ‘big question’ you would like to have addressed? Because from the outside, it sort of looks like you’re rapid-fire developing one grand ‘theory’ of God and throwing statement after statement about God, when actually none of the statements are supported by the Church, and it might be more fruitful to ask questions, than to presuppose that you already know the answers.
 
Really good and thought provoking and helpful answers so far, thank you…more are welcome
 
Cheers 🙂 If you’re hungry for learning about God (which is fantastic!) I’d highly recommend checking out Catholic Answers youtube videos (they have a (videotaped, so you can see them while they talk) radio program where professional theologians and apologists answer caller questions live on air, and you can search questions by topic, to find answers on a topic you’re interested in)
 
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something about suffering that draws us closer to Him

does God suffer? and isnt lonliness suffering?

many good answers have come so far, thank you everyone for participating
 
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does God suffer?
That’s a great question. Jesus (who is God the Son, one of the three persons of the Trinity), certainly did suffer in his humanity. When we pray the rosary, we remember some of these sufferings in particular:
  1. The agony in the garden of gethsemane, as Jesus anticipated the horrors that were about to come upon him, while his friends were unable to even stay awake to offer him emotional support in his grief;
  2. The scourging at the pillar, where Jesus was violently whipped.
  3. The crowning with thorns, where soldiers (created beings who Jesus loved with all his heart) mocked him, and spat on him, and scorned him. Covering his eyes and striking him, telling him to “prophecy” and say who struck him.
  4. The carrying of the cross. So many long, heavy steps. Falling, and probably wanting to stay down, and just be killed with a spear on the spot. But getting back up, and continuing to walk all the way to where his death was going to be conducted by an instrument of torture.
  5. The crucifixion. This innocent man, this perfectly good man, who loved every single person who was doing this to him, was laid down on this heavy cross, and had heavy nails hammered through some of the most sensitive parts of his body: his hands (where our nerves are clustered for sensitivity in touching things), and his feet. Then the cross was lifted up, and his own body weight dragged down against those nails. Breathing may also have been a challenge; it often was, depending how they hung them.
I could go on. But yes, God suffered for us, in the person of Jesus Christ, the Son.

If you’re asking whether he still suffers, I think that’s a question I’d defer to the experts (e.g. Catholic theologians and professional apologists). I’m pretty sure the general answer is that since the resurrection, no, God does not suffer. His suffering is over (temporally, although in a sense all times are equally ‘now’ to God, so… that’s a possibly interesting question, about whether in a sense His own suffering will always be before Him), and He is now in glory at the right hand of the Father.

At the same time, I’m pretty sure some saints (e.g. St. Faustina) have reported private revelations where they seem to suggest Jesus uses language with them of feeling grieved over human behaviour, and that sounds like a kind of suffering. But private revelations are NOT binding on the faithful to believe, so I wouldn’t rank that too highly.
 
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in a sense all times are equally ‘now’ to God, so… that’s a possibly interesting question, about whether in a sense His own suffering will always be before Him), and He is now in glory at the right hand of the Father.
If God transcends all space and time, then He still suffers

(I am pondering this query)

Yes, these are interesting questions, especially if all times are equally “now”-thank you that is an excellent point

my idea was to try a new thread for my first time, in trying to muse over tough queries and try and maintain the thread, which is challenging!
 
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Haha I wouldn’t worry about maintaining the thread 🙂 No rush, and typically responses filter in over a matter of days. Probably best to sift things out into separate questions, then maybe have one thread per question?

I think it’s great that you’re asking questions, and looking for answers! And I can’t emphasize enough the benefits of seeking out the real experts as well, not just amateurs on online forums (like myself). We’re capable of getting things wrong, haha, and are really just talkin’. I’m an adult convert myself, and those ‘Catholic Answers Live’ videos were hugely helpful in my conversion to Catholicism, and answering questions I’d accumulated over years of my life.
 
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I think it’s great that you’re asking questions, and looking for answers!
Thank you. I love that these threads are for everyone, even beginners like me, to ask questions

I beleive in the theory that there are “no dumb queries,” as my old rcia instructor taught me.

God bless you
 
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to answer the query entailed discussion of Gods emotions

and possible casuations for His actions

Again, the query was: Does God suffer from lonliness?

Perhaps this could be also another thread topic of does God suffer?

IDK, trying to keep head above water with the same query I had originally
 
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If God transcends all space and time, then He still suffers
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that idea. It seems like you have a desire to empathize with God, which is to say to know and love Him. I wouldn’t trade that for an academic understanding. The former is better.
 
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that idea. It seems like you have a desire to empathize with God, which is to say to know and love Him. I wouldn’t trade that for an academic understanding. The former is better.
You got it exactly! Thank you for acknowleding my sheer innocence in asking. My queries are from a good place of seeking in my heart.

Bless you a whole bunch!

Roses for you 🌹 🌹

Just want to know HIm and Love Him more.

Doesnt every body?
 
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In John 15 we read that Jesus said we will remain in Him if we keep His commandments…

We’re the ones who need Him!
 
Obviously, philosphy is not for the faint of heart. All I can say is that I sincerely tried something new by attempting this discussion. 😅

and yes, I broke out in a sweat, lol!

But when I review these kind answers it still makes me ponder the mystery of it all.

Thank you to those who answered. You are appreciated.
 
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God is not lonely because God already is a complete community within Himself. The Father loves the Son and the Son loves the Father, the Holy Spirit is the love between them.

Adam was made in God’s image meaning he was made for that reciprocal love, but he did not have anyone to love reciprocally. It would be a like God created a lock with no key and then said, This isn’t right, a lock without a key is incomplete. This makes no sense. Well with Adam, God said This isn’t right, a gift without someone to give to and receive the gift of is incomplete. This makes no sense.

Or to put it another way, Adam and Eve were made in God’s image, but it was only through their love for each other that they could live that love out. Adam was made for a purpose that he couldn’t fulfill without Eve.
 
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God is not lonely. God is existence itself, he would not need created beings to make Him feel “not lonely”.
God did, however, create humans in His Perfect Image and Likeness so we could glorify him by serving Him and experiencing His love.

God bless and Mary keep you.
 
Basically, he wanted some people to work for him. Not because he needed employees, he just thought it would be worth the risks to share the wealth.
 
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