2006-07-27 07:43:21 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I stand corrected. Not all of you have fear. Yet, I disagree with those who have said they have "grown up" , "faith in science" yada yada. Since when have we been able to trust science. The weatherman is always wrong. LOL. And you're wrong. I am not believing in something I haven't questioned. I am not a silly little girl who believes what her parents believe. I have tested it, tried it, and know it it true! May God have mercy on your souls. He is for everyone!
2006-07-27 07:52:47 · update #1
Why is it, I wonder, that you feel that the only reason people reach different conclusions from yours is that they are afraid to believe as you do? That's a mighty arrogant assumption.
When someone disagrees with me, I never assume that it's because they know I'm right but are afraid of the consequences of thinking as I do. I recognize that other people can look at the same evidence I do and still see things differently.
I do not believe in any gods because I see little to no evidence that any exist. Since I don't believe in any gods, I don't believe in the Christian God. Hence I'm not a Christian. Even if I did believe in a god, I would be unlikely to believe in Christianity since there are a lot of factual and moral problems with that particular religion. But fear has nothing to do with it.
2006-07-27 07:53:16 · answer #1 · answered by thatguyjoe 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People refuse salvation either because they aren't ready to or the gospel isn't present in a way that makes them glad they heard it.
The bible says that Jesus is a rock of offense to those who are perishing. 1 Peter 2:8. Therefore, as Christians, we need to be directed of the Spirit of God before we jump in with both feet to 'convert' a lost soul. Zeal without wisdom can be costly in any spiritual situation. His Spirit is able to give us insight into an unbeliever's life that can give us the extraordinary ability to minister exactly the way they need to be ministered to, not the way we think it should happen. Remember, it's not a race to rack up souls at heaven's gates, but a ministry of healing and reconciliation into the life of the lost that he/she may come to know the God that created him/her and called them to be His own.
Quite frankly, it is real disheartening to see the responses toward unbelievers here on Yahoo by some of the people who call themselves Christians. It's not US against THEM. Doesn't matter how nasty they get. Although it doesn't feel good, we are not to respond in kind to poor or offensive behavior. They will remember YOUR nasty remarks quicker than they will ever consider your invitation to be a Christian...like you?
Browbeating someone into heaven has never worked.
2006-07-27 08:12:22 · answer #2 · answered by steves_wifey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not fear being christian. I am an occultist. I have a God that I believe in whole heartedly.
Rather then joining a faith that makes little sense to me I chose something more suitable to my needs. My religion is about finding the hidden truth in all things. This includes but is not restricted to the Christian faith.
Hails to the learned mind,
Silence
2006-07-27 08:02:38 · answer #3 · answered by silencedwatcher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is the end result of a failed search for truth by a very shallow mind, provided that any search was made at all instead of swallowing the pile of delusional bilge that was spoon fed to you as a child. Can't fear what doesn't exist.
2006-07-27 07:51:02 · answer #4 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a bit embarrassing to call today's christians Christians in the real sense. You judge people to be non-christian if they do not follow your dogma. Millions and millions of people on this planet believe in God who are not categorized under your banner of Christian.
Go back, way way back and understand what it is meant to be Christian and perhaps more people will be less afraid of YOU, not God.
2006-07-27 07:58:10 · answer #5 · answered by Mercury 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because whenever I have turned my back on common sense, and asked to believe something highly improbable as an act of faith, it has been an unmitigated disaster. I stick to belief in things I can touch, smell or taste, or can be shown to exist via accepted scientific principles. Everything else is bovine excrement.
2006-07-27 07:50:14 · answer #6 · answered by yellowcab208 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith is a choice. Many will not choose it for every reason under the sun. In Creation I see more and more proof that God exists, I see Him working in my life, I see the foolishness in knowledge (and I'm a doctoral candidate in elec. engr).
We [believers] are to pray for all, because Jesus died for everyone -- even the radical Muslim. We are to not coerce others to believe, but share the Gospel. Do not be discouraged...but fight the good fight. When we keep our reverence and hope in Jesus, we have the power to stand firm in our faith, and even pray for our enemies.
2006-07-27 07:55:35 · answer #7 · answered by BowtiePasta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question would be more meaningful, and useful to you if you were to rephrase it, and ask yourself: "Why am I so gullible and irrational that I find myself believing in the myths, superstitions, fairy tales and fantastical delusions of an ignorant bunch of Bronze Age fishermen and wandering goat herders, instead of thinking for myself?"
Just look at what youe beliefs entail:
* a universe in which all that exists are the earth and heaven
* solid 'firmmament' structure (the sky) seperating the earth from heaven (terrarium earth)
* talking snakes (with legs) and donkeys
* shepherd staff turning into an asp
* demons chased out of people and into pigs
* friendly spirits
* evil spirits
* walking on water
* multiplying loaves and fishes
* food falling from the sky
* conception by a ghost
* people raising from the dead
* stopping the sun in its tracks
* parting seas
* people being bodily sucked up into heaven (which, by the way, lies on the 'other side' of the sky)
* world-wide flood that drowned the earth to a depth of 40 feet above the tallest mountain
* creating people from dust bunnies and ribs
* magical tree of knowledge
* god speaking from a burning bush
* ritual cannibalism, by eating god in the form of a cracker.
2006-07-27 07:57:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not afraid to be a Christian, and I *do* believe in God.
I've been a Christian (Presbyterian, to be exact), and I feel there are too many contraditions and questions for ME to be happy with it as a path. So I searched and found a path that gives me comfort, offers solace, and makes sense to me.
If your faith works for you, great. I hope you're as happy on your spiritual path as I am on mine.
Bright blessings
2006-07-27 07:52:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not afraid. I like to do this bonehead thing called thinking. And i've come to different conclusions then you have. Why does that make you so upset?
You don't aggree with science because the weather report isn't always right???? So I take it when doctors offer you vaccines you turn them down right? The weather.....wow
2006-07-27 07:46:34 · answer #10 · answered by Franklin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋