my grandma told me this once, that if you dont conscously* choose God, you subconcously* choose satan. so even if you think by not choosing one or the other, and ignore making the choice, u are serving satan. like the quote, u can only serve one master, from the bible. do you agree with that?
2006-08-26 12:39:39 · 27 answers · asked by Nikki 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
whatever, my grandma is not a psycho, and btw, she's 80 frekkin years old and doesnt have one gray hair on her head :)
2006-08-26 12:50:30 · update #1
lindsay g i agree, but i'm talking about if you've Heard about God, but i agree with u
2006-08-26 12:54:00 · update #2
This works in a purely dualistic universe, where there is absolute good verses absolute evil. Or where there are two clear-cut sides ("God's" vs "not God's).
While I don't pretend to deny the absolutes, the question of innocence does come into play. You can't be held RESPONSIBLE for something of which you have no knowledge. Hence the claim that babies, little children, the mentally incompetant, and the uninformed, automatically recieve grace.
We don't serve "protons" vs "electrons". God is a person, and as such is perfectly cognizant of who is actually serving Him, who is faking it, who hasn't got even one clue, who has deliberately chosen the satan, and who is putting off the "choice" (shuckin and jivin').
Just realize that God is not an idiot. K?
2006-08-26 13:20:25 · answer #1 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Perhaps underneath Grandma's clothes was a wolf, because God was just Satan in sheep’s clothing.
For all you believers, sorry I’m not one of them, how do you know that the God you believe in, and the Bible you believe and follow wasn’t actually the work of Satan. How do you know that it wasn’t Satan that created the Earth, Adam, Eve and all that jazz?
How do you know that Satan didn’t conquer and defeat God, then came down pretending to be God, got millions believing in religion, fighting and killing each other, just because it’s fun for him? What evidence do you have to show that the God in the Bible wasn’t in fact Satan in disguise? The answer is straight forward. If there was any truth to the Bible at all, and the chance of that is totally remote, then God is the Devil, just think about it for a while.
2006-08-26 19:48:56 · answer #2 · answered by Brenda's World 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No I don't agree with that, I'm Catholic. I don't believe this, mainly because, there are many people that don't even know who God is, for a number of different reasons.
Logically just because you ignore one, doesn't mean your serving the other, your just making the choice, not to believe that either one exist or is there.
2006-08-26 19:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by Linds 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
To spend eternity apart from God only requires to do nothing. To spend eternity with God only requires to believe upon the one who purchased the souls for those who believe. John 3:14-18 tells it all.
2006-08-26 19:56:24 · answer #4 · answered by parepidemos_00 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, I don't.
Personally, I don't believe in a God and or any form of religion, Christian or otherwise. Religion is a man made world wide phenomenon, established to place control over the masses by the churches and their leaders. The Christian Bible is a fictionalized history book, which should not be taken literally.
I believe in Spiritualism. We are all beings of energy connected to one another through the collective unconsciousness that repeatedly reincarnate to experience a variety of lifestyles and even both genders.
We are here on this plane of existence to learn, to gather experience, to love, to be loved, to help one another through life, to develop compassion for our fellow men, animals and plants, to appreciate nature, to develop our intuition, to learn to accept and appreciate one another's differences and similarities, to learn honesty, to learn forgiveness, to make mistakes, to learn responsibility and to stand up for one's self.
When we pass away, we go through a life review and judge ourselves and our life experiences. We are not judged by a omnipotent God sitting on a throne in the sky. There is no devil and no hell. There are several levels of heaven that are around us not up in the sky. Your soul's progression and gathered experience will determine what level you are on.
2006-08-26 19:49:26 · answer #5 · answered by astroleolady 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yep, - it's true
and it can be found in the Bible many different ways.
1. no (natural) man has heart after God.
2. no one is righteous, no, not one.
3. serving the world and it's pleasure and natural plan, -is the "world system"
4. You must be born again to see the Kingdom of God (conscious decision)
5. natural man / sin, even one, puts us in enmity with God.
6. repent and you shall be forgiven.
and a whole lot more.
BTW. - A decision needs to be made, - no decision is A decision.
2006-08-26 19:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by MK6 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
No. Your Gran was trying to scare you into submission. For more explanations about religious myths, check out the site below.
2006-08-26 19:44:59 · answer #7 · answered by LaRue 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
That's a popular logical fallacy. It's called a "false dilemma", and involves a situation in which only two viewpoints are presented and held as the only two options, when in fact there are more options (such as that I serve neither).
2006-08-26 19:42:01 · answer #8 · answered by drink_more_powerade 4 · 9⤊ 3⤋
That's the philosophy of "otherness".
That anyone who doesn't think EXACTLY LIKE "US" is not just different, but the ENEMY.
It's a dangerous way to think.
2006-08-26 20:00:01 · answer #9 · answered by Zhimbo 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes i do,JESUS SAID THE ONLY WAY TO GOD THE FATHER IS BY ME.ASK HIM IN YOUR HEART AND TO FORGIVE YOU OF ALL YOUR SINS AND TO TAKE HIM AS YOUR SAVIOR,HELL IS REAL AND SO IS HEAVEN.GOD LETS IT UP TO US TO CHOOSE HIM OR SANTIN.NOT PREACHING TO YOU SWEETHEART,BUT I DID NOT LIKE THE ANSWERES ,THAT YOU GOT,SO I THOUGHT ID TRY TO HELP AND SHOW OTHERES HOW TO BE SAVED. GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU. JOHN 3 16
2006-08-26 19:58:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋