If 'believers' believe that God has already predetermined mankind's life from beginning to end...then it would be correct to say that He also created non-believers?
2006-09-11 08:28:52 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes. It would be correct. It also would mean that the entirety of the human race is nothing more than an amusement for an omnipotent child.
2006-09-11 08:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by Quietman40 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think there is a big gap between creation of the human race, and being omnipotent. Then again I do not claim to know the ways of "God".
This is because the daily lives and prayers of 6.54 billion (10^9) people being controlled by one single entity is beyond my mortal imagination. Note that the number I cited is the current value of population. If we were to count all the dead people of the ages past -- and yet to come, the number would be much higher.
I would however question the intelligence of an entity who would record and keep track of all these details of human activities just to determine if they are to go to Heaven or Hell. It would be such a waste of effort and resources.
I don't doubt the possibility of an existence of an entity as vast as the universe itself. After-all, it would have as much time as the age of the universe to evolve and the human race has evolved in much less time.
I only doubt the descriptions of "God" as stated in certain books -- written by men with a motive to manipulate and control society.
2006-09-11 11:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by : ) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
♥♫♦ OK let me be more specific this time. Just like the angels have a choice so do we. We have learned that humans have a choice from Adam and Eve and we have learned that angels have a choice because of the choice that Lucifer has made. Now think about it like this. As we grow up we have a choice like to lie or not to lie and if we do this certain thing will happen but if we tell the truth this certain thing will happen. As adults we still have a choice and it goes like this. If you have children then this will be the perfect example remember one of your first boyfriends it might not have worked out but have you ever wondered what would happen if you two did stay together then you might not have children today because the reason that you did not stay together is because your purpose was not to stay with him because you have to have the life that is made for you already. I also believe that before we come down on earth that we are chilling with God first and that is why we always want to be loved unconditionally but we never can, but anyway while we are up there with him I think that we help him plan out our life. Like maybe he says to us do you want this or do you want that and we choose it according to what ever it is that we want to learn in this life time. I hope that I was clear in my answer and I hope that I have helped you.♥♫♦
2006-09-11 10:30:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
GOD has risked everything for man so that he would not have a puppet show. Each one is given freedom to follow the path of a believer or unbeliever but the destination of the two however is already predetermined.
God foreknows but does not predetermine any man to believe HIM or not.
2006-09-11 10:15:02 · answer #4 · answered by Ichabod 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Faith and religion are two different things. Through faith, I have been taught things that few understand. The soul is the essence of life, and is in a process of continual learning. The body is a cocoon which serves us during a phase of this learning process. Things learned before we were placed into this body are called natural instincts, here we learn natural instincts necessary to continue learning in the next phase, which some call the spiritual realm. Only when you quiet your mind and ask for guidance through prayer can teaching be accomplished. Prayer is common to all faiths and religions. Peace is the test of the source of your instruction. Patience is necessary, a kindergartener cannot understand the concepts of astrophysics. Answers will be revealed to you as your teacher sees that you can accept them. I call my teacher God, you may feel free to call Him anything you are comfortable with. Some students think they already know everything, and close their minds to further instruction. I call them non-believers. Your decision is this; what are you, a student, or do you already know everything? Best of all in your search for the truth.
2006-09-11 08:40:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jimbo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
by using fact the Christians unfolded around the Roman empire, and previous, they encountered Pagan cultures. particularly than suppress the Pagan practices, the Christians changed them, and declared they at the instant are Christian practices. Ask around, and locate out. substitute into it Saturnalia or Lupercal which grew to become Christmas? Why is the specific ceremony honoring St. Bridget so precisely like the Celtic ceremony honoring a Pagan Goddess? Why is All Souls' Day celebrated on the comparable time as Samheidin? Why would Jesus, a Jew, raised to observe their strict nutritional rules, be reported as having steered His followers to eat His human flesh and drink His human blood? and so on. of course, the extra you learn religions, the extra probably you're to notice that they do no longer make sense. yet it relatively is an significant area of the physique of recommendations of having to be attentive to information.
2016-09-30 14:18:39 · answer #6 · answered by fritch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gamerbear is an idiot....
But I agree with the other two....
People choose not to believe...they aren't created to not believe, how would that be possible? Believing in and of itself is a choice and you can't have a genetic makeup that determines what you believe....
1.BELIEVE---to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
Everyone chooses what they believe in
2006-09-11 08:40:32 · answer #7 · answered by Youbeenkickedoutofamarinebase? 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you think about the big picture, i.e the size of the universe and then think that some 'supreme' being cares what these people on a planet the size of a spec of dust is doing, get a grip. It's like you caring about the molecules of a grain of sand on an entire beach....like some supreme being is there doing this??? Listening to your prayers? We would be idiots to think that WE are the only thing living in a universe this sized....get a grip...join reality!!!! Organized religions are made to control people and generate profit....get it? Think beyond your little world and look at our world in context of the 'big' picture and you'll realize the idea of a supreme being is stupid....
2006-09-11 08:40:57 · answer #8 · answered by BOB 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i'm going to go on the assumption that in the second question you are really restating what you meant in the first one. the answer is correct in saying that GOD created the non-believers too. you left out freedom to choose.
2006-09-11 08:47:25 · answer #9 · answered by sheepherder 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God creates the path we call life. We make our own choices about how to walk along that path.
2006-09-11 08:31:56 · answer #10 · answered by Isis 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋