Go to any Christian church service and included with the positive messages are always firm underlying messages that God has determined our fate, we should put our lives in the hands of God, we should pray to God for answers, and God has a reason for the unfortunate things that happen to good people that we just don't understand yet. Is this really proper personal accountability? I know plenty of good church going Christians who take full accountability for their lives, but you so often hear the poor accepting their lack of success as part of God's plans.
If God created humans in his own image, maybe humans are designed to look within themselves to look for answers...maybe humans were created with the ability to succeed or fail on their own?
The purpose of the seed is to grow to its full potential, maybe even a tree. Isn't this a better message for humans as well as oppose to just accepting bad thing as God's will. Personal accountability goes a long way to success/failure.
2006-09-05 14:19:38 · 7 answers · asked by Marcello 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
AiW, great point. I guess one thought that occurs to me is that too often in Christian beliefs the human body is made out to be of little significance. I think whether you believe in God or not, the idea that the human body/life means little is disturbing. Even if you believe in a better afterlife, I would think it would be insulting to God that you didn't take this beautiful like he gave and do the absolutely most with it you possibly can.
2006-09-05 14:32:54 · update #1
God has a plan for every one. They either learn or repeat lesson until they "get it". I'm older,now looking back I can see the path. Bad things that happen to me and love ones,were life lessons. Sometimes things happen and I wonder why? It may take some time,but I find out why.
2006-09-05 14:30:38 · answer #1 · answered by whataboutme 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Yes. It is no coincidence that the poorest parts of the world are the most religious. Take the Bible Belt for instance. Many Christians do not value this life as much as they should. To them this life is just a doormat for you to wipe your feet on for the more important life to come.
These people are much more willing to just accept that they were meant to be poor and drown themselves in false delusions that it will all be made right in an afterlife. It is truly sad. Many also think that god will pull them out of it, and they wait and they wait and they die in poverty having led a miserable life.
This problem extends even further though. Consider the victims of Katrina... Many thought god would protect them, so they stayed..these people are dead now because of their sincere belief in a god that doesn't exist...it is so very tragic.
2006-09-05 21:28:58 · answer #2 · answered by AiW 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Are the only people homeless christians? Every christian church does not teach the same thing .I'm 100% if the christians who ''do not take accountability for their actions'' you are trying to describe read the bible they would see all the scriptures about hard-work. And there is another misconception that all people who are poor are lazy or just accept things as they are . Some have been through real hardship and that's why it doesn't matter your religion.I doubt you understand the poverty statistics -nor the people involved your just saying statements to talk.
2006-09-05 21:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by godsnoriel 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and it is disgraceful to see rich TV preachers who live in high luxury, drive Rolls Royces, etc. -- all because they scammed people into giving them money. The money should be given to the poor, to provide for their needs (including heath concerns).
Below is a link of Jan Crouch from Trinity Broadcasting asking for grocery money from poor people -- and consider the incredible wealth of Trinity -- $340 million. And yet Jan Crouch has all kinds of cosmetic surgery and her husband defends their incredible weath.
2006-09-05 21:36:42 · answer #4 · answered by LaRue 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If we do not include God in our lives we will ultimately fail in this life and certainly the next. God gave us free will. He also gives us guidance and encouragement and strength. When we are weak He carries us. We are accountable. And He will hold us to account for our sins. He will also reward us for the things we do for the less fortunate among us. God does allow bad things to happen to us and then He uses them to teach us something, to help us grow stronger, to try to reach our full potential.
My ex failed miserably as a husband and father. He was one of those people who blamed others for the bad things that happened to him. Toward the end of his life he made a choice. A choice I believe God was just waiting for him to make. He chose to rededicate himself to Christ. He was baptized again. And through his ministry and witness he brought many people to Christ. People who were baptized in the Lord after my ex's death. I believe that God wanted him to be with Him in heaven. And he waited, patiently, through my ex's declining health, until he had returned to the fold. My ex finally grew up and took responsibility for his life and his death.
2006-09-05 21:35:59 · answer #5 · answered by celticwoman777 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Partly to blame!?!?!?! How about completely
2006-09-05 21:23:17 · answer #6 · answered by John D 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
no
2006-09-05 21:46:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋