2006-06-25 17:05:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
keeping the faith, not the religion, is the rewaed of being faithful to Him here on earth
2006-06-25 17:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by 3gs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but religion has played into manipulating people through rewards and punishments, and I don't beleive that's what God intended.
However, I also realize that I have a good life now, perhaps if I was starving, or enslaved I would find the idea of a better life beyond this one very comforting.
2006-06-26 00:11:43 · answer #2 · answered by keri gee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Verily I say unto you, have you observeth the ministers of the really big churches? Mega greed right here on earth? No camel, no eye of needle, just big greed. Jerry F and Pat "700" Robertson aren't po folks. Greed is a central theme, skeer em and shuck em...
2006-06-26 00:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by valcus43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
First, Christianity does not promise "a good life" in earthly terms. It does, however, promise heaven after death.
Greed is "1: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves 2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)" (see dictionary.com)
The desire for heaven is not an excessive desire to acquire more than one needs or deserves. It is a perfectly reasonable and rationale desire to go to heaven, live with one's Creator, and to spend eternity worshiping God rather than in hell. Nor is a desire for heaven reprehensible or a desire for wealth in earthly terms.
Religion is a relationship with God that is a wonderful thing.
2006-06-26 00:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by LookingOut 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope.
okay.there is no difference between the christians claim and promise of heaven and whatever else and the muslims promise of 72 virgins and whatever else.
religion (christianity) is a form of religion. its the people that make it greedy.
2006-06-26 00:07:26 · answer #5 · answered by johnny_zondo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sees religion as more of fear based form of control. And it does work as a means of control, has for centuries.
2006-06-26 00:12:11 · answer #6 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not so much greed, as a carrot and stick based delusion.
2006-06-26 00:08:29 · answer #7 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We should keep our fingers crossed on such topics as nobody knows for sure what happens after death.
2006-06-26 00:08:27 · answer #8 · answered by fmt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. It could quite possibly be. They (Christians) jump on the bandwagon because they think something good will happen to them. How funny that they waste all their time thinking this.
2006-06-26 00:12:13 · answer #9 · answered by Aussie Chick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may be one of the possibility and if it is then there can be means to reach that.. but yeah.. it can also be to motivate someone to do what is asked.
2006-06-26 00:11:51 · answer #10 · answered by masku darling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋