How Do You Know What God Wants?

Question

I see a lot of post saying god is for this and against this - because the bible says so. Why so lazy? If it's your immortal soul on the line why stop at the bible - why not investigate other religious doctrines or spiritual texts and scientific texts? Wouldn't this just lead to a broader understanding of the world and it's people and God? If you are still so sure you are right after this study that you can speak for the creator of the Universe, then you will have some credentials to back up the claim. Isn't just deciding you're right because of one book or one translation of a book a bit narrow minded? My studies have convinced me even more of the existence of god (this includes studies of the latest scientific evidence) and even more that people who claim to speak for god are borderline nuts.

Answer 1

There's a wonderful book called, "What God Wants" by Neale Donald Walsch. It's not a big book. And there's a warning label on the back of it that says something like, "This is a very dangerous book." I honestly (not sarcastically) think you'd like it.

Answer 2

What makes you think that Christians have not investigated other religious doctrines, spiritual texts and scientific texts? What makes you think that we don't already have a broader understanding? Have been narrow-minded. Have been closed minded. Now mind is made up. My studies and journeys have convinced me even more of the existence of God.

Answer 3

I agree, religion is funnily one area that has progressed very little over time. If I was a scientist and said that I only believed in what Newton had found out and no other scientist mattered I would be laughed at. I think it's the same with religion. They all hold keys for humanity. It is time we start looking at the whole picture.

I don't believe God wants us to DO anything. I do not believe in a punishing God. God IS and he/she loves all. It doesn't matter what you do. What is right and wrong is down to culture, don't mix God into the picture. I believe in living in a way that honors all life.

Answer 4

I love it how theists are always saying that nobody can comprehend the mind of God, and then procede to tell us everything they comprehend about God. Or they say that this or that holy book is THE way to understand what God wants. As I am very fond of pointing out, anyone can write anything in a book and claim that it came from God. How do you know that they are telling the truth? By believing their delusions, one becomes delusional.

Answer 5

The problem with religions and scriptures; is that they are divinely inspired to answer THAT person's spiritual questions.

I believe that God (the one, the universe, the higher power, take your pick) approaches us and trys to teach us spiritual truths to answer OUR spiritual questions.

The problem is that people wrote the scriptures because God, the one, the universe, whatever you choose to call the supreme being, and tried to force their brothers and sisters to accept the scriptures as "THE WORD OF GOD" , and persecure others because they do not have the same beliefs.

Horse hockey! God taught Moses, Muhamed, Jesus, Buddah, etc spiritual truths according to their level of awareness.

God did not change. WE changed, and gained wisdom to understand deeper and more profound spiritual truths.

I have read the bible from cover to cover in many translations, I have also read the Rg veda, the book of Nephi, Tao Te Ching, assorted Buddhist sutras.

You ARE a manifestation of the God, and God wants you to be happy, and to acknowledge God as you see fit.

If practising Christianity, Taoism, Gnosticism, Islam, Wicca, Shamanism, etc makes you happy, and answers YOUR spiritual questions; GO FOR IT; and allow your brothers and sisters to walk the spiritual paths that answers their questions.

Answer 6

Cool, just as Einstein who came to that conclusion. Since your open minded and studious, I have something I would like to suggest you to find out about, and this is the baptism of the Holy Spirit or being filled with the Holy Spirit and speaking in other tongues as a result of it. Have you heard about it? This because of your question; I think it would be the cherry on the icecream of your search for answers.

Answer 7

I absolutely agree with you. Whenever some1 asks me which religion is right i tell them my opinion but also tell them to research for themselves All the different religions and beliefs. After that they should be able to make decision based on facts and logic. There is nothing worse for believing or not believing in something simply because your parents did or didnt, or you were brought up that way. I personally think we were given brains for a reason, shame some people dont use it that often.

Answer 8

God always seems to want the same thing that the person saying it also wants...funny that.

Or God always likes or hates the same things the person saying it does..they could just as easily get a sock-puppet and pretend the sock-puppet was speaking their likes and dislikes... but it has more authority if you put your words into God's mouth than into a sock puppets mouth.

Answer 9

I've always felt people dismiss the Bible, the Koran, and the Torah too easily, when they are very important spiritual teachings. Everyone from every backgound can study these. It would be wonderful if everyone did.

But I think everyone is watching porn and reality TV instead.

Answer 10

you've requested a question like this in the previous... i will be sure you've faith strongly in something that you're attempting to teach us. i imagine first we pray for ourselves... Prayer is continually a spread of work, and when we pray for ourselves we are operating for our personal temporal and religious salvation. when we sense that we've all we want (no matter if by potential of non secular or temporal advantages) the organic feeling is to desire for procedures to go back the favor, or for the potential to help human beings. Praying to precise gratitude and to ask for God's potential to extra usefully serve Him IS an expression of a extra blessed religious state... yet all of us want to make steps in the route of that, and the first steps that folk make are purely as needed because those that ensue extra alongside the course. Prayers of religion are continually strong, IMHO.