Is the Trait of Modesty Associated with G-d?

[meltzerboy]

I admit this seems a bizarre question. But it occurred to me that we are supposedly created in the image of G-d according to our positive internal traits or dispositions. This would pertain more to our positive traits, for although we may have the potential for good at birth (based on Judaism, which does not speak of original sin), there is also an evil inclination within us. So I was wondering about the trait of modesty, which one might consider a positive attribute in humans. If this trait comes from G-d, does G-d too have it despite His being omnipotent and omniscient?

 

[steboyz]

Do you have a reason for spelling God without a “o”?

Ger

 

[John_Russell_Jr]

… my dear friend ,

… no takers for your q yet , i’ll give you my thoughts : we only need modesty as a result of the forbidden knowledge of good and evil , and hence he loss of the garden of eden which is reality , you don’t need or have modesty at all in reality – only in a fallen world like this , and god is completely different to us so we should not try to think of god as exactly the same as us and even the godman jesus as a man was the long awaited new adam and so was like a person in the garden of eden though he had to adapt to a fallen world so would need to display modesty in this environment , hope this helps ,

… may god bless and love you ,

… john …

 

[John_Russell_Jr]

Do you have a reason for spelling God without a “o”?

Ger

… he’s jewish dear friend , gods name is sacred and they do this out of respect for it , i think it’s a lengthy ritual each time they write gods name so this avoids the need for the ritual all the time when talking like this , god bless you

 

[steboyz]

OK.ger:thumbsup:

 

[Aelred_Minor]

I admit this seems a bizarre question. But it occurred to me that we are supposedly created in the image of G-d according to our positive internal traits or dispositions. This would pertain more to our positive traits, for although we may have the potential for good at birth (based on Judaism, which does not speak of original sin), there is also an evil inclination within us. So I was wondering about the trait of modesty, which one might consider a positive attribute in humans. If this trait comes from G-d, does G-d too have it despite His being omnipotent and omniscient?

Could you clarify exactly what you mean by “modesty”? Do you mean not showing off your virtues, that sort of thing? Do you mean sexual modesty, which would obvously connect to God very abstractly since He doesn’t have a body (ignoring the Incarnation for the moment)?

 

[meltzerboy]

Could you clarify exactly what you mean by “modesty”? Do you mean not showing off your virtues, that sort of thing? Do you mean sexual modesty, which would obvously connect to God very abstractly since He doesn’t have a body (ignoring the Incarnation for the moment)?

I mean the former, not showing off one’s virtues.

 

[fhansen]

I mean the former, not showing off one’s virtues.

I think not showing off, at all, would be His MO, having no need to. Jesus, whom we believe revealed God’s nature most explicitly, demonstrated this in the gospels.;

 

[MissRose73]

I am sure that it is in my opinion. I am sure since Adam and Eve realized they were naked & covered themselves, I am sure God most likely gave them that gift of modesty.

 

[bmonk]

Certainly, after the Fall, Adam and Eve were ashamed, and G-d showed them how to be modest. Also note that, especially relative to the neighboring and contemporary cultures, Jews were notoriously modest–consider the shock seen in the books of Maccabees in which some Jews began going to the Gymnasium to exercise naked, as the Greeks did. (1 Macc 1:12-15; 2 Macc 4:12-15)

Jesus chose to be born into that culture, and the early Church promoted modesty. For example, St. Paul’s letters to the Corinthians speak of proper modesty in Church assemblies–indeed, not just sexual modesty, but proper restraint in the use of tongues. (1 Cor 11:4-7; 14:2-12, 20-28)

Now, does G-d have modesty within Himself? Is it a personal trait? That would be harder to answer: does G-d need modesty, not haven fallen into sin? Probably not. Yet, for our good, G-d would present Himself modestly, not because He needs it, but because we do.

 

[4Horsemen]

God doesn’t need to “show off” His virtues or attributes; nor does He need to repress them. His attributes speak for themselves, and being God, the all-Mighty, all-Powerful, all-Knowing, etc . . . He is all of His attributes because they couldn’t exist by themselves or in any other creature. His attributes shine since He is All.

 

[James224]

I admit this seems a bizarre question. But it occurred to me that we are supposedly created in the image of G-d according to our positive internal traits or dispositions. This would pertain more to our positive traits, for although we may have the potential for good at birth (based on Judaism, which does not speak of original sin), there is also an evil inclination within us. So I was wondering about the trait of modesty, which one might consider a positive attribute in humans. If this trait comes from G-d, does G-d too have it despite His being omnipotent and omniscient?

Modesty is a part of the virtue of Temperance. Virtues have to do with the excellence of things and God is the perfection of all things, ie, modesty is associated with God.