All y'all talk about is "One man created everything". Do you really think that happened? Are y'all blind to the fact that science figured it out. Do y'all really want to spend the rest of y'alls lives believing in someone that could have possibly been made up? Seriously now, how can you "worship" someone you have never even met or seen? Y'all also ask questions like, "Do you think God was man or woman?" If you don't know and you have to guess, then why the hell would you believe in him? I believe there is no God, no Heaven, no Devil, and no Hell. You are your God, your personality and attitude and all that, is how you "create" yourself. If you live happy and comfortable that is your heaven. If you live bad, and not happy and are not comfortable, that is your hell. And as for the Devil, he is just some one that was made up to scare little kids. How do we know the Bible wasn't made up? It could have just been some people writing a book with things their way. It could all be made up!!!!
2006-08-23 05:51:37 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I didn't ask this for y'all (sorry you all) to get offensive. I understand it could be true, "magical" things could have happened back then. I just have not seen any proof that he/she "God" exists. Sorry if i offended any body. I used to believe in God and all that, but then i grew up and stopped reading fairy tales. And thank you to those who are complete christians and are not upset with me. Thank you for understanding my confusion. I am not saying this in a rude or upset manner. This is why its hard to interpret of the computer, you can't hear my tone of voice, its quite pleasant right now. I am just saying, the Bible could have been something that someone made up because that is how they wanted it to happen. I will listen to what people have to say about "God" but it might not change how i feel. Plus, if you say god backwards, its DOG. Just a thought.
2006-08-23 06:04:36 · update #1
OK then, will someone tell me how god came to be, who created him???
2006-08-23 06:18:33 · update #2
Listen you are so right, the bible was made by man, it is a book that might not be accurate and has not been scientifically proven.
Now take some time to reflect of this please, regardless of how accurate the book is, the messages and lessons it teaches are GOOD ones, after all you grew up and no one has killed you, people treat you nicely am i right, they respect you and you are free to say what you wish with someone or online. Could it be that we live in a society where people were taught good life lessons? Where do you think people learn them from, no not MTV, they learn these from their religions. "Thou shall not kill" "treat others the way you would like to be treated" i could go on but can't. Bye:)
Look, i am not upset by your question, you have a right to question your world, i do that all the time, my questions are not like yours though, i am way past this, now i am considering the theory of God being an alien from a more advanced race, sort of makes sence in a way don't you think, about how we just are not as scientifically advanced as they are.
2006-08-23 06:08:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmm.... just relax... the nurse will be along with your pills shortly...
First, this is typed... so I have to read it and I can't listen to your voice because when I read all I hear is my own voice.. (since I have no clue what your voice sounds like)...
God created the universe in Spirit.. then He gave His power to Jesus to create it physically.. so there were at least two beings involved...
Yes I do believe it happened tha way!...
Science has just confused itself and has not figured it out yet...
I don't believe that it is made up...
Hmmm.. what makes you think we haven't met Him?
God is a HE...
I don't have to guess...
Hmmm... ok... for the rest...
I used to think that the Bible was written by intelligent people to control the lives of lesser intelligent people... and that it was not the word of God... and that it had changed over the years to fit whatever men needed it to say...
and then I read the Book of Mormon... and I pondered... and I prayed...
Now I believe that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God...
And the Bible is also the Word of God... that any mistakes in translation have not seriously degraded the text to where the Holy Spirit cannot testify to you of its truth and meaning...
and the Whole truth comes through the Holy Spirit.
2006-08-23 13:06:31 · answer #2 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Science says the world just HAPPENED one fine day? Or perhaps that your forefathers were apes? What happened to apes of today? Why didn't they change to human beings? Ever thought WHO is mother nature?
About devil, WHY are you pulled towards WRONG doings if you don't struggle. Would you have been the good person you are today if there were no laws to force you?
I think you should start looking at the world with open mind and realize that there IS a show runner. And that's ONE and only God. Not a human being.
2006-08-23 13:02:32 · answer #3 · answered by The Analyst 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are right, it could all be made up. The bible was written by man and man has a way of changing history to suit his own needs. But personaly, I don't want to take the chance that there is no God. I don't push any of my beliefs on other people though. We are all free to do as we please. Stop being so angry and just enjoy the life you choose to live.
2006-08-23 12:56:11 · answer #4 · answered by Dovah 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are some subtleties at work here that seem to escape the notice of most people. They have to do with the nature of 'belief'.
A rational person might say "I believe in the Big Bang." A religious person might say "I believe in creation, as described in Genesis." But these statements are not even remotely similar, with respect to what is meant by the word 'believe'.
For the rational person, the statement of 'belief' in the Big Bang means that they understand that the concept provides a scientifically and mathematically consistent explanation, congruent with the evidence, which accounts for the evolution of the universe from a fraction of a second after the initiating event, up until the present. When the 'inflationary model' came to the fore, rational people said "Well, good... that clears up a few questions and makes things even more coherent." NOBODY threw up their arms and wailed "Oh, no... oh, no... ain't so... ain't so... the Big Bang is the inerrant truth... not this ridiculous, atheistic 'inflationary' model."
See... when we say "I believe in the Big Bang", we don't really mean the same thing as the religious person means when he says "I believe in creation, as described in Genesis," or "I believe in God." Our 'belief' in the Big Bang (or anything else) isn't really a 'belief'... it is more properly a 'paradigm'... a useful way of looking at something, or thinking about something. If additional information is uncovered that adds to the conceptual model, that is a good thing... not a disaster. If part of the conceptual model is discovered to be incorrect, and must be tossed in the trash and replaced with something completely different... that is also a good thing... not the end of the world as we know it. And often, no matter how highly confident we may be of the accuracy or completeness of a particular paradigm, we may have reason to apply a DIFFERENT paradigm to the same thing, in an effort to tease out new insights; for example, we might want to contemplate the potential implications of a change to a theory from the perspective of the Tao Te Ching, the Gaia hypothesis, or ecological homeostasis. We KNOW that all theories are approximations... and that is OK. We KNOW that we don't have all the answers... and that is OK, too. There is nothing wrong with saying "We don't know... yet; but we're working on it."
But these modes of thinking, perceiving, contemplating and understanding are utterly alien to the 'religious' mind. For the religious mind, a 'belief' is not a paradigm... not a useful way of thinking about something... it is an internalized conviction that one knows the absolute 'truth' pertaining to some aspect of existence and/or fundamental reality. 'Beliefs' are one of the key interpretive component filters of the religious person's 'self-description'... a part of what DEFINES them as a person... the very thing that creates their world-view... an underpinning of their 'subjective reality'. Any challenge to one of these internalized 'beliefs' is perceived and interpreted as a vital threat... an attack upon the 'self-description'... and an assault upon their subjective reality.
And here is the key difference: When there is a change in one of the paradigms dealing with a scientific concept, or a new insight into the workings of the universe, to the 'rational' person it merely constitutes an interesting new piece of knowledge and understanding... a new insight. However, if that same new insight, or piece of information (a feature of the universe, for example) seems to threaten a tenet of Christianity, everybody goes to battle stations, goes into 'damage control' mode... for fear that the whole edifice will come crashing down. And, ultimately, it will.
So, when a fundie disparages evolution, for example, it really has nothing to do with a genuine, intellectual dispute regarding scientific details... they are generally scientifically illiterate, anyway. Any 'scientific' arguments that they present are inevitably not even understood... they are just lifted from the pre-packaged lies and misrepresentations that are found on dozens of 'Liars for Jesus' (LFJ) web sites, and parroted. They are in a battle. They are trying to sink science before science sinks them. They are desperate... and science is (mostly, and unfortunately) oblivious to the fact that they are even in a fight, and that somebody is trying to sink them. They are just blithely bopping along, doing what science does... figuring out how nature works.
No... none of this has anything to do with a mere disagreement pertaining to evidence and understanding. It has to do with minds that deal with fundamental issues in an entirely different way. It has to do with a flexible, open-minded, intellectually honest (willing to question and doubt one's own presumptions) curiosity about the universe, contending with a rigid, unyielding world-view that depends from a certainty that certain delusional faith-based (willful ignorance and magical, wishful thinking) 'beliefs' represent the absolute 'truth' of reality.
We might as well be talking to an alien species, from a distant planet.
When the religious enter a venue like this one, they are (generally) NOT seeking answers, or new information... these might cause them to QUESTION their beliefs, or might put their beliefs at risk. No... they are seeking VALIDATION... of their beliefs, and hence, of their self-description.
2006-08-23 12:55:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, did you ever think that maybe God created science? I believe in God out of faith and trust. When I die, then if I am wrong, I am wrong...but I would rather live believing in God and finding out there isn't one than to live like I didn't believe and then find out there is.
2006-08-23 13:08:37 · answer #6 · answered by Veryconfused 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
Psalms 14:1
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate. Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did no know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 1:18-21
You my dear girl, are very deceived. I pray you will come to know the truth of God, his love for you and his plan of salvation through Jesus Christ his only Son.
2006-08-23 13:16:47 · answer #7 · answered by Noor 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible and Christians' beliefs have long been disproven, only no one told the Christians, lol :P
2006-08-23 13:01:17 · answer #8 · answered by p2prox 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody has 100% proof that God is or isn't real so sit down and be quiet. I personally have faith in God and believe He is the creator.
2006-08-23 12:57:49 · answer #9 · answered by BeeFree 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your right , it was all made up. So that means your not even real! So why the HELL anm I talking to you?
2006-08-23 13:00:34 · answer #10 · answered by nooodle_ninja 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋