i asked people to choose between spending an eternity with only God, or only your loved one (without God)
a lot of people chose God over their loved ones. That means they rather spend an eternity with a God, and will never see their loved ones again.
I truly wonder, how would it feel if your loved one tells you that he/she would rather spend eternity with God than with you??
i would file for divorce i think, so i really don't understand it probably...
2006-06-20 14:24:42 · 33 answers · asked by Thinx 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is a tough one. Your original question reminds me of Matthew 10:37-39. I had trouble with that passage as a child. I couldn't imagine loving anyone more than I loved my parents. And frankly, I knew it wouldn't be okay with them, which was threatening.
What I've learned is that what we sometimes call love isn't very loving. Sometimes we condition it such that it is merely a means of control or selfishness.
I believe God calls us to love Him most, because if we love on His terms, we love everyone else better. When we learn to define love as patience, kindness, truthfulness, hopefulness; having endurance and belief; able to bear all things; lacking envy, pride, rudeness, self-gratification, evil thoughts; not easily angered, not gloating over the failures of another, and neverending - when we define love as serving others instead of demanding that they please us, we love them to their highest good.
My husband and I both come from dysfunctional homes. Abusive homes. What we learned about love in our families, we knew we didn't want to pass on to the children we hoped we'd have or to incorporate into our relationship. We promised to help each other love God most - even more than we loved each other.
And that's hard sometimes. But loving God most, helps us keep our family patterns out of our relationship. It helps us love each other in ways that would not naturally flow from what we learned in our upbringing.
2006-06-21 02:28:53 · answer #1 · answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Hell, I'd much rather spend eternity with my loved ones than with any god. But, assuming it's the other way around, and one of my loved ones wanted to spend eternity with some god rather than with me, I would definitely feel hurt, but I would also inquire as to why, and if it is a good reason, I would try to respect their answer. I suppose in the end you want what's best for your loved one(s). I know for some people, their religion or beliefs mean more to them above all else, and I'd like to think I could respect that. It'd still be hard, though. Good question.
2006-06-20 14:31:43 · answer #2 · answered by Playwright Extraordinaire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I, as a nonbeliever, would probably not choose as my loved one a person who would rather spend eternity with God than with me, in the first place. I'm a bit picky about where she'd be a couple hundred years from now. But you don't really get to choose, anyway. According to believers, you'll spend eternity with god or in hell. According to us, you'll spend eternity (or till the world is over) as dust, wherever you're buried, or cremated. And so will your loved one.
2006-06-20 14:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My loved ones are all going to spend eternity with God too, so in a sense I will also be with them. The truth is, it will happen that you spend eternity somewhere- why not in heaven? With God and everyone else that is a believer.
2006-06-20 14:30:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I look at it this way, I know that my wife would choose to be with God rather than me, so it only makes sense for me to choose God too. Then we would be together with God even though we will not be married in heaven.
I think that you should work on strengthening your marriage and your belief in God especially if you would consider a divorce over such a thing as this.
2006-06-20 14:43:10 · answer #5 · answered by Marty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spending an eternity with only God he will give you all you need to be happy even put in your life new people
2006-06-20 14:30:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How would it feel to spend eternity with God?
That's a better question.
2006-06-20 14:45:27 · answer #7 · answered by LP S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you consider your self seperate from God in the first place this is a good question. But when you realize that all is one and our egos and senses give the illusion that we are seperate. There is no seperate. All is one.
"As pure water poured into pure water becomes the very same, so does the self of the illumined man or women Nachiketa, Verily become one with the God head." Katha Upanishad
2006-06-20 14:35:15 · answer #8 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is your creator, so he knows your EVERY need. Whereas your mate only knows you as well as you allow. After all, everyone keeps secrets. However with God there are no secrets. Also, just the appreciation you should have for a God that created you when he had no need of mankind for anything should be a motivator.
2006-06-20 14:32:15 · answer #9 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no marriage in Heaven, therefore you are only married till death do you part. You can see your loved one though in heaven or Paradise, but you won't be married & I would rather spend eternity with my spiritual brothers& sistsers worshiping God.
2006-06-20 14:28:31 · answer #10 · answered by candices1999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋