If i am wrong, correct me then.
2006-08-05 22:15:40 · 23 answers · asked by redhead2734 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People get more and more confused with undefined names or with innumerable labels.
Instead of calling man as an evolved monkey, or as a spiritual being created by the One True God in His likeness and image, we give him names or labels as thinker, free-thinker, radical, theist, atheist, satanist, religionist, evolutionist, creationist, fanatist, materialist, fundamentalist, terrorist, capitalist, liberalist, conservative, pluralist, rationalist, absolutist, devil, saint...and so on and so forth, which bear no real essence at all.
At present, people who don't believe in God claim that man is an evolved monkey; those believe in God claim that man (or woman) is the son (or daughter) of the Supreme God. His belief is conducting his life.
I don't know what the apeman learns from the monkey for the progress of his life. While I see that he who truly believes in God looks up to God as described in the Holy Books (the words of God Himself), seeking and finding many lessons to buid the Buddhist civilization, the Christian civilization, the Islamic civilization and so on. In our age now, the followers of Baha'u'llah(and perhaps many other believers of God elsewhere) are trying to put the Teachings of Baha'u'llah into practice to build a world civilization, and other Messengers of God will appear to teach men of faith to build an ever-advancing civilization on this earth. Now should we look up as the true followers of the Messengers of God such as Christ, Muhammad, Baha'u'llah... to build a higher and higher civilization, or to wander through empty names and labels for quarelling?
2006-08-06 00:23:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free-thinkers = free thinking!!
I dont believe there are hard and fast rules about how free-thinkers think...
I usually declare myself to be a free-thinker, but my philosophy is that there is a God somewhere, but I just dont believe in Man's ways of worshipping Him(God). Until one day I can convince myself on the best method to believe in Him, I'll not take up any religion.
2006-08-06 10:42:43 · answer #2 · answered by TEsha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free thinkers usually don't believe in religion nor gods. It's not wrong for them to believe that gods exist because free-thinkers are people who think freely, and they believe whatever they want, even gods.
2006-08-05 22:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by horensen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! you are right. Because as a free-thinker, you should not offend anybody religion but always respect people believe. Thus, a free-thinker believe all gods exist.
2006-08-05 22:53:38 · answer #4 · answered by James Louis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are wrong !
There could be god believing free thinkers - non believers who are free thinkers and those who think there is but don't give a damn about it - etc.
Different people think differently - It's up to them - my advice for you is believe in what you think is right, but always be opened for other opinions too !
2006-08-05 22:25:22 · answer #5 · answered by R G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, free thinkers usually don't believe in an established God. They may believe in a non-denominational Creator. Or they may be atheist/agnostic.
I don't know anyone who believes ALL gods exist. That would be strange.
2006-08-05 22:20:27 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe god is real
Some of the bible could be devinely inspired but their is a very good chance it has been manipulated over time due to translations,popes and politics to manipulate the masses into blindly following the church and not to question their teachings but just have faith and pay money!
What Im saying is god is real religon is man made.
I also believe aliens put man on the earth with gods knowledge I call it Alienism, Many passages speak of ufos like moses on the mountain. Wheels of fire in the sky.
Fire was the only word they had to describe light 2000 years ago.
The light bulb was only invented 100 years ago.
2006-08-05 22:58:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After you say that you do not believe in the traditionally acceptd concept of God, then the meaning (for you) of the word 'god' becomes quite abstracted. I have heard of free-thinkers who define 'god' in very non-conventional ways, as if they believe that there _must_ be something (or things) out there worth calling 'god'.
I think you could more or less say that after you reject the 'bookwriter' God of most organised religions, you have left the strictly 'theist' category anyway. Once you're outside of traditional theism, then I would say all freethinkers, agnostics, deists, humanists, spiritualists and whatever else are more or less working from the same tableau - unexplored and unknown space.
Some of them paint a 'god' or two into their picture of the universe. Some of them - myself for example - don't. But we're all more or less painting the same picture.
2006-08-05 22:25:34 · answer #8 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I AM A "FREE-THINKER" I BELIEVE IN ONE GOD BUT I AM OPEN TO THE FACT I MAY BE WRONG. THAT IS WHY I READ ABOUT MANY THINGS. SO IF I AM A FREE THINKER AND YOU ARE CLOSED TO ANY POSSIBILITY EXCEPT THE ONE YOU WERE TOLD TO BELIEVE WHO IS GOING TO "HELL". WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE IN SO I GUESS ITS NOT ME. IS IGNORANCE REALLY BLISS? OR JUST FOR NOW.
SO YOU STAND CORRECTED.
2006-08-05 22:30:35 · answer #9 · answered by loreerocks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free thinkers think you are allowed to think of your own Gods.
2006-08-05 22:23:08 · answer #10 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋