There are thousands of different religions in the world, and in the vast majority of cases people follow the dominant faith of the culture they were born into. Is it not arrogant and self-centred to think that your faith is the "true" one and all the others are false?
Maybe its a miracle you chose the right faith?
2006-07-27 02:39:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
not arrogant but stupid.god itself is a creation of man' s mind.all religions have a god, exceptprobably islam ( thats why they are the only ppl who have most terrorists ).
2006-07-27 02:47:30 · answer #1 · answered by superb240405 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the fact that you chose the religion you did isn't arrogance--you just chose the one that was the best for you. That doesn't mean everyone else is wrong. Remember, every major religion has some form of the Golden Rule, and they believe sincerely in the religion. They should be respected for their faith, too.
2006-07-27 09:45:37 · answer #2 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope God found me and I will forever thank him. Maybe there are laws that God set and we have no idea about.
For instance like a pick-up game of a sport. God picks this person and the Devil picks this person. I dont know you dont wither but who does know? What I do know is God is real and its something you can feel. Not as in touch but feel inside of you. Like when you have to take a dump it starts to hurt but not the same feeling. like in your chest, confidence reasurrance. Not everyone does believe in God but if God does not exist why then do people still follow a religion that is several thousand years old. Most cultures and societies die after so long but not the Jews! They have followed God a long time even though 90% are aethist. Crazy I know., Well peace out holmes one day you'll know TRUELY if there is a God or not. Then it will be your choice to decide if you want the LORD in your life. It will come I know this.
2006-07-27 09:47:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is VERY arrogant. It's so sad how people judge others mostly on their religion and faith. Sure religion is a huge part in our lives, but it shouldn't be that big to judge. Your religion is personal and spiritual, and for anyone to think they are better than others, they are the ones who are the tiniest of people!
2006-07-27 09:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by Dark Witch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's arrogant to "believe in your faith above others." we each have to choose what we believe in, and that often means the exclusion of other ideas.
however, when a person questions the humanity, worth, or intellect of another person because they have a different view, THEN that person is arrogant.
you can be 100% convinced that your faith is the right one, as long as you respect other peoples' right to think differently.
2006-07-27 09:45:39 · answer #5 · answered by Janci 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say less arrogant and more ignorant. As for it being a miracle, free will and miracles cannot co-exist.
2006-07-27 09:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's not arrogant to believe yours over others, but I believe it's wrong to shove it down others throat, christian or atheist they should just keep it to them self.
2006-07-27 09:43:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this arrogance is what makes people the most angry about christians.
If you truly want to know why good loving people sometimes get angry with Christians you actually need to listen to what they are saying. You need to try to understand how what you are doing is making them feel.
It hurts your feelings when someone pokes fun or makes disparaging comments about what you believe in. You know it does. People’s beliefs are precious to them, just as yours are precious to you. Simply thinking or saying but my beliefs are right and theirs are wrong does not help. In fact it is always seen as arrogant and often comes off making the one saying it sound like a fool.
People believe in what makes sense to them from their perspective, even if it makes no sense logically when it is looked at from any other perspective. Look around you at the great diversity the creator has given us to experience in this life. See the colorful and ever changing panorama that we have here to experience within. If this shows us any one thing about our creator, it makes it apparent that He/She loves this idea of diversity. If you look at any aspect of life, trees, birds, languages, or even sunsets you see an almost dizzying array of possibilities. This life we have been given by our Father/Mother God is a veritable feast of diversity from which we may chose what pleases us.
Such is the gift this life we have been given. Why is it so hard to imagine that our creator’s obvious love for diversity would not extend to the way his children expressed their love for him? If it seemed appropriate to have thousands of types of insects, birds, trees and sunsets etc. how likely is it that She would have suddenly become so narrow minded when it came to ways to express ones faith. Think about it. Just for a moment forget what you have been told over and over about their being only one correct way to approach God. Would this God who so obviously thrives on diversity even want that? When viewed from this perspective it makes one wonder about the source of the my-way or the highway idea of god. Sounds a lot more like ego bound narrow-minded human control issues than the work of our God who seems to have made diversity his trademark.
There is only one God; He/She has had many names. After all should we expect people who speak different languages to all call God by the same name? This would hardly seem to be a logical expectation. Jesus told us to love our neighbor, not to judge our neighbor or try to fix our neighbor, Only to love them. We are hardly being loving when we are insulting the way they express their love for our creator by telling them we have a better way. This can only make us seen like an arrogant know it all. The obvious consequence being our comments will hurt their feelings and they will say or do something to return the insult.
If we want our faith to grow we need to stop going around singing “MY Gods better than your God “. We need to shut up about their beliefs and start teaching by example. If we have learned anything about loving our neighbors like Jesus asked us to, it will show. People will be drawn to this loving belief system and want to know more about it. This is what being a Christian means. Anything else is just being an arrogant know it all.
Love and blessings
don
2006-07-27 09:45:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. It is also not very bright to believe that miracles always and only happen to you.
2006-07-27 09:44:28 · answer #9 · answered by Daniel T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God loves the humble... always be humble and consider everyone better than yourself. That is how you win God's favor.
2006-07-27 09:45:51 · answer #10 · answered by Mustafa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋