Is your god good or evil?

Question

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.

9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.

8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.

7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."


3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.

Answer 1

wowo!! excellent! well said.

Answer 2

I'll do my best to answer each point the best way possible.
10.What others believe is none of my business and my christian faith is that there is only one God. That is my business. I do not hate or ridicule anyone else for not following my beliefs. I would appreciate the same respect from those same people.

9.I have never felt dehumanized or insulted by the theories of science. But, they are that; theories. Even Darwin was a man of christian faith. As far as being created from dirt, well my flesh is not my spirit. That was the life created when God blew into the nostrils of Adam. Just imagine, the breath of God!

8.If my God is everything. Then he is the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. He is my father in heaven, His son represented Him on earth and the Holy Ghost was present at the creation of the church.

7.The difference was that the egyptians were given ample warning before this happened. You know, six others plagues. You would think they would have gotten the point. It is a good lesson to learn about not being cruel to others and the consequences of doing so. As far as Joshua, it is the same thing. Where allah is concerned, I do admit that I do not know enough about the religion to make a comment and as far as my face turning purple, well sometimes change can be fun.

6.NO I DO NOT HAVE ONE PROBLEM WITH BELIEVING IN THE VIRGIN BIRTH. As far as laughing at other religions, it is not my practice of making fun of others beliefs.

5.I would never waste my time trying to prove or disprove the beginning of the world or how old it is. That is for the scholars to do. God gave us the ability to continue learning and helping each other from that knowledge. It will probably turn out to be a little of both. But, I do watch enough Discovery and History Channel to know that the men of the Bronze Age probably did not use tents or sit around pontificating about the birth of this great earth. They had more important things to do, like surviving.

4.I guess you could say that I do agree with you to a point. If a person does not (A) Admit their sins, (B) Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and accept HIm as their Lord and Saviour and (C)receive him in baptism them Yes, they are doomed to an eternity in hell. This is the tenet of my faith. But, if you do not believe in my faith, why should it bother you. Refusal of my faith is also a refusal of my beliefs, so why worry about it?

3. People rolling around on a floor speaking in tongues does not give me proof of God. It has been the influence He has had on my life personally. Your generalization of my faith tells me that you have not done a fair research and are going only on hearsay and not truth.

2. It depends on the prayers, don't you think. Let's just say that all you pray for (I am assuming you pray) is a new Hummer. Well all you may get is nothing. I truly believe that God answers all my prayers, not just part of them. It may not be the answer I want, but the needs of my life and heart have always been met.

1.My Bible tells me that even the demons of hell know Gods word chapter and verse. They even recognized Christ for who He was before His own disciples. You seem to me to have a problem with christians in general, why? I as a christian do not have a problem with you. You have use your knowledge of what you know to ask a difficult question. I do believe though that you were not looking for knowledge, but a venue to bash the christian faith. I will be praying for you.

Answer 3

Hmm..ok that's what I heard, devil become God's brother...and they both lived in heaven, then devil did some evil doing or something undesirable so God despatched him to Hell to stay provided that he did incorrect. If that's real..isn't God extremely evil? I recommend anybody makes mistake is there extremely a favor to deliver your human being flesh and blood to a distinct position because of a mistake? I understand if it become rape, or killing or something. yet damn...i'm no longer Christian or something, yet that's what I heard from those who suggested they were Christian. So can someone sparkling this up? ..also to respond to your question I do imagine god will be evil and would do evil. I recommend who would not do evil issues once later on? no individual is perfect and that i understand God isn't both, and no i'm no longer 'hating' on God or something..yet only speaking what's logical.

Answer 4

It is true that hypocrites who call themselves "Christian" have brought great reproach upon the bible, the Judeo-Christian deity, and organized religion in general.

Interestingly, the bible itself foretold a time like ours:

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

(1 Timothy 1:3,4) Command certain ones not to teach different doctrine, nor to pay attention to false stories and to genealogies, which end up in nothing, but which furnish questions for research rather than a dispensing of anything by God in connection with faith.

Learn more about the pure worship of Jehovah's Witnesses at their official website:
http://watchtower.org

Answer 5

My God is a good and mighty God and only He knows why you are such an angry young man. The good thing is you are a seeker; you have posted at least half a dozen questions about religion but, as intelligent as you obviously are, pray to your Higher Being for a more open mind. Rereading Ernest's answer is a good start.

Answer 6

The University professor challenged his students with this question.

"Did God create everything that exists?"

A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!"

"God created everything?" The professor asked.

"Yes sir", the student replied.

The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we are, then God is evil."

The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a
question professor?"

"Of course", replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?" The students snickered at the young man's question.

The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460? F) is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."

The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a
term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course as I have already said. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist sir, or at least is does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

The young man's name -- Albert Einstein (gotta love 'em)

Answer 7

God is good, but I agree with some of what you're saying. Everyone has the right to believe what they want to believe though.

JSYK(just so you know) I'm not a Christian

Answer 8

people have the choice of religion. Religion is belief,belief is someone's opinion on what they think is their all-time god. So I just say it's up to YOU wheter or not you think you god or religious appritition is good or evil? THis is an opinion question? Everybody knows human became on this because of evoulution!

Answer 9

Where should you go to seek for God? Are not all the poor, miserable, the weak, Gods? Why not worship them first? Why go to dig a well on the shores of revers? Let these people be our God - think of them, work for them, pray for them incessantly - the Lord will show you the way........

Answer 10

I could just kiss you----- but my husband whould get jealous.

I dont believe in the God of the abrahamic three. I beleive God is neutral not good or evil.

Answer 11

GOD;S IS WHOLENESS, THIS ESSENCE IS THE SOURCE OF WHAT WE CALL GOOD AND EVIL. EVIL, SEPARATION FROM TRUTH, IS IN THE SERVICE OF GOD. WITHOUT EVIL WE WOULD NOT BE GOADED TO AWAKEN TO OURSELVES. EVIL, THEREFORE, IS A TEACHING TOOL FOR GOD, ACTUALLY A GIFT TO US. THE CURRENT BETWEEN THE POLES OF GOOD AND EVIL MOVE US ON OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.