Is there a higher power, e.g. a God/Allah whatever influencing or watching us, or is it all in the human mind?

Question

Yes, quite a deep question, just wanted to gauge the general opinions of the public on the rather taboo subject of religion, and the differences between them- and if any of it makes any sense!

Answer 1

Would your behaviour change as a result of finding the truth?
the book I'm reading on buddhism 'the tibetan book on living and dying' says that the theory behind reincarnation doesn't allow any room for the possibility of a divine authority..which is nice.

Answer 2

Nope. God was conceived/created by a human mind, probably one wanting to sit on its A$$ and do nothing while collecting 10% of a working mans salary.

It really is a very basic concept reward greed and laziness to absolve yourself of guilt. Glad I never felt guilty.

Answer 3

I don't believe it's influencing us... whatever we do, say, etc... we are the one's doing it... not by some influence of a god (or a satan for that matter). As for watching... well, I really hope it averts its "eyes" when I'm bathing.

Answer 4

Have you been reading any of the questions in this section already?

Answer 5

There is one God, the God of Israel.

(See Scriptures below).

Isa.44:6Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and beside me [there is] no God (Isa.45:5 below).

Isa.45:5I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me (Isa.44:6 above); I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

Ex.29:45And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God (Isa.44:6, Isa.45:5 above).
Jer.31:1At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel (Ex.29:45 above), and they shall be my people.

Ps.41:13Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel (Jer.31:1 above) from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Lev.25:55For unto me the children of Israel [are] servants; they [are] my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God (Ps.41:13 above).

Deut.10:12And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Josh.10:42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

Judges 5:3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, [even] I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing [praise] to the LORD God of Israel.

2 Sam.12:7And Nathan said to David, Thou [art] the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

1 Kings 8:17And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

2 Kings 18:5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [any] that were before him.

1 Chron.15:14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chron.6:7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Ezra 7:5And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation [is] in Jerusalem,

Joel 2:27And ye shall know that I [am] in the midst of Israel, and [that] I [am] the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

Matt.15:31Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel (Lk.1:68 below).

Mk.12:29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord.

Lk.1:68Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people (Mk.12:29 above),

Jn.1:49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel (Lk.1:68 above).

Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Acts 10:36The word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

Gal.6:16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

Eph.2:12That at that time ye (Gentiles – 1 Cor.10:32) were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Heb.8:10For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:



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