Would a perfect God hang out with humans?

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Mankind is so altogether unpleasant and hostile, that why would God -- a morally-perfect being -- wish to visit with us in the flesh, like one of us? Can you think of a motivation? I can't. Most of us dislike lying in the dirt among cockroaches and worms, and trying to commune with them on their level. Yet we blame God for not visibly and audibly showing up in public amonst comparably lower lifeforms to Himself since the Incarnation.

People keep writing that they don't believe in God because He doesn't show up. Wouldn't it be a strange preference of any perfect being to want to show up on Earth often? The Incarnation accomplished something -- something of paramount importance to us as humans -- so it had a distinct purpose. But why would God simply hang around us for fun, as many who don't believe in Him apparently expect any existent God to?

I don't think god would hang out with humans at all.
The reason I think this is because the bible depicts him as vengeful, jealous, sexist, racist, and all round intolerant.

That being said, why is it that god cannot get over these flaws when there are people on earth that can. If anything, if god tried to mingle with humans, they would be lecturing god on how to improve himself.

I think God would appreciate a good conversation with humans who know how to hold an argument.

I highly doubt that he'd find any pleasure in socilising with those who blindly believe in anything he says- yawn!

I think the problem with humans is they base the context of god as being a man or human or something like themselves which is incredibly scary when I think about it.

If there is such a god.....I'd hope it'd be more intelligent than humans. Like maybe space aliens or something.

Just a slob, like one of us? topic

I suppose s/he could be in disguise already.

Just because God is "perfect" I do not believe s/he could create perfection outside of the Almighty self. And if God is so "perfect" then s/he knows our thoughts and ways before we speak. So why hang out on earth?

As a kid I could imagine God looking down from a cloud upon us and just being curious. No thoughts of intervention/visitation. God just looks, stares, maybe wonders why all this happened.

I sure wouldn't!

If I was god, I would be looking away going..... "Oh god, what have I done?"

Perfection is such an undefinable quality that positing a perfect being probably conjures up a different entity in each person that conceives it. Assuming a perfect being is perfectly aware of all its actions and consequences it is totally illogical it could create such a chaotic social creature as a human being. The obvious fact of human imperfection would deny it as being created by a perfect being.

Ragtime, you seem to have forgotten about John 3:16.

That verse is the answer to your question and it is quite succinct.