In other words, why did God not reveal himself to the Hindu people, or to Greek's, or the Zorastrian believers....
2006-09-01 02:33:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This question is probably best answered with an analogy.
Once there was a father who's son was going to go to his senior prom. The son thought he was ready to go, but the father stopped him to straighten his tie, and then noticed he had some jelly on his chin and so the father sent the son to go clean off the jelly. The son came back and now the father noticed his hair wasn't quite right, so he sent the son the comb his hair again. Well, this went on and on for hours.
The prom had already started, and the son was missing it. Finally, the son reminded the father that it would be best to go with a few imperfections, that everyone at the prom probably had a few imperfections as well, than to miss the whole dance. So the father killed his son as a sacrifice to himself.
Hope that helps.
2006-09-01 02:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Man has always developed religion as a way to answer questions that they do not understand. Back in the ice age, Neanderthals would honor their dead with trinkets and tools they may need in the afterlife. Thus, some sort of religion was deverloped. Man was given free will and was seperated from God due to Adam and Eve Eating from the Tree of Knowledge. Even when Moses led his people from Egypt, God's chosen people were fed Mana from heaven and followed a pillar of fire to the promised land. Despite all of this, when Moses climbed Mt. Sinai to receive the 10 commandments, God's chosen people created a calf of gold to worship.
2006-09-01 02:44:42 · answer #2 · answered by Ty Cobb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all descend from Adam and Eve, that includes Hindus and Greeks and everybody else. God revealed himself to our forefathers. Christianity actually comes from after Jesus Christ was born. Christ sent his message from Heavenly Father out to everyone. We have the gift of free agency which allows us to reject that revelation from God and from his Son.
You will always have a wide variety of religions despite the revelation from Heavenly Father. That is a direct result of the gift of free agency which we are all born with.
2006-09-01 02:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by Sister Cat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you say Christianity and "God", you're condensing the whole point which is the belief in a "higher power". I think these people did believe in a higher power, which is all that I think matters anyway. You sound like you don't believe in that, so this question is really just a poke at "God", which I think is unneccesary. Leave people alone to believe what they wish.
2006-09-01 02:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want a christian answer to this question check out "Where was god when the pagan religions began" by Lester Sumrall.
It's the most bigotted piece of apologetic turd I have ever read. It does, though, answer your question. And, as an atheist, it did provide a few giggles along the way.
2006-09-01 02:38:46 · answer #5 · answered by heidavey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason other religions existed before Christianity is because Christianity is a stem of Paganism. Paganism existed before Christianity and those that didn't want to believe in multiple deities decided to hide Paganism into their belief.
JESUS WAS THE FIRST RECORDED WITCH IN HISTORY!
2006-09-01 03:00:07 · answer #6 · answered by theodore.story 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man was made with a free will. It is much like today..... people hear and believe what they want to. We do not study our Bibles like we should, we let someone else tell us what to think.
God has revealed HImself to everyone. They may not have had a Bible, but God and His laws are in nature also.
Romans 2: 11. For there is no respect of persons with God.
12. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13. (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15. Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
2006-09-01 02:37:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Christianity was from the beginning....In the beginning was the word and the word was with God...............Christ is the Logos of God..........from the beginning sin entered the world and man needed to be reconcilled................God demonstrate this to the Hebrews and abraham......the sacrificial system was designed as a vivid illustration than sin has a penalty and hurts innocents.....the animal sacrifices of the OTwere a precursor to the Lamb of god...the prophet spoke of this progressive unveiling of God's plan to reconcile man's rebellious nature back to himself through the death of an innocent,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I would imagine that OT believers in Jehovah were as saddened by their sin as I am by mine................for it resulted in a very visual loss........God took our punishment and by his stripes healing is announced to the nations......It isn't something we earn it is a free gift by faith.....perhaps if man could work at it...he would like the plan better...lol
2006-09-01 02:47:00 · answer #8 · answered by steve f 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It existed in other terms. You know, Judaism (Moses), was a religion that extended into CHristianity(Jesus). So Judaism was considered the true religion until Jesus came along. (Basically a chain throughout history from the beginning of time beginning from Adam).
2006-09-01 02:39:25 · answer #9 · answered by someone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your answer lies in your question. 'if God is the true god'. Only He says that He is the true god. All of the others say the same about themselves. It seems as though the bible recognises that there are many gods. 'You shall have no other gods before Me' means that there are others but you must ignore them.
Also 'let us make man in our own image' (Gen1:26). And so on.
2006-09-01 02:59:43 · answer #10 · answered by David74 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋