no offence but are some christians blinded by their faith?

Question

How come everytime I ask a question, christians will say that I'm not allowed to question God's reason?

How come everytime I talked about feeling a good spirit helping me they say it is the devil in disguise and god is the only super-being capable of helping people?

They say if i don't believe in their God, I'm gonna go to hell when I die. So that is why they are trying to convert me and everyone else so that we can all go to heaven. So what If I want to take responsibility for my own sins instead of letting poor Jesus suffer my punishments? If I am wrong then I wouldn't have the heart to let others suffer for me. What good will heaven do me if I have such guilty conscience?

I'm wondering if christians only believe in god because they are afraid to go to hell and suffer for eternity instead of doing good just for the sake of mankind as a whole?

In church they speak of loving the world, yet they discriminate others the most.

I'm fed up and seriously need some answers.

Answer 1

I feel the same exact way you do. I can't really answer your questions, but maybe I can provide some insights... maybe, but they probably won't help you.

My fiance is a Christian and I am not. I am willing to accept God, "if" it exists, but I need proof. The difference between you/me and Christians is that, they don't need proof. Well, at least they claim not to. I'm with you in thinking it's a fear tactic sent from on high. To be honest, I don't know if I could accept a religion based on fear mongering and a vengeful diety. Some people, like you and me see the world as a tactile or corporeal enterprise. Others see it as a spiritual or ethereal enterprise. Christians seem to be afraid to ask these question because they don't want them answered. To have an answer to a question is to remove faith in the answer itself. Faith seems to be what Christianity is based on. To a Christian, an answer is a removal of faith, and it would be doubly bad if the answer provided negated their concepts of faith.

But your questions, your whys... I can't answer. Perhaps these people are easily led, perhaps they feel they're led by God. Perhaps they are afraid of Hell, or afraid to think for themselves. Or alternately, perhaps they think they have it all figured out. Perhaps they honestly believe that it's all out on the table and perhaps they wonder why we can't see it as clearly as they can. We're all different people, but that does not excuse hypocrisy or double talk. I feel that a true Christian would desire to learn more about their God, to seek answers. If a Christian really feels that God=truth, then they shouldn't fear finding that out for certain.

Answer 2

There's nothing wrong with questioning. If you're honestly asking to learn that's always a good thing. Some Christians may get all in a knot over it, but God doesn't. As for making Jesus suffer, that was his choice. He didn't have to do it for you, he wanted to. He's not suffering now. I don't just believe in God because I'm afraid to go to Hell. And I don't do good things just to earn brownie points. I'm a nurse and believe that is my calling. I love helping people. It makes them feel good and it also makes me feel good.

Answer 3

ROFLMAO
what fool said you can not ask questions of or about God!

Now I don't mean questions like:
"Can god make rock so big..."
"If we are like god dose he have a sex organ.."
These are the questions of fools and the damned!

But I mean real questions!

Now as to sin. If you do not accept Christ then you must live in the law (even if you do not believe in God). There are 613 laws and 10 commandments. The breaking of a law is sin and sin is death, and hell!
Only Christ can remove sin!

Hell is not forever, and some may have a chance in the second Resurrection.

But at judgment many will be destroyed!

Answer 4

Oh they are! Christians are the most close-minded people I've ever known. Every one of them I've met has the fear of the devil--an alleged entity they've never come into contact with--inbedded so deep in their subconciousness that they're even afraid to visit a cemetary at night time. On occasion even durring the day!
On top of their irrational fears, they condemn people they don't see eye-to-eye with for being different. When you debate something with them, they have no intelligent response. They just say "God said so."

Answer 5

You make an excellent point. One of the assumptions of "Christians" is that it is somehow just for one person to suffer to benefit others. This assumption is as old as Mankind; sacrifices have been performed for eons all over the world.

I put "Christians" in quotes because there are two billion in the world who call themselves "Christian," and their beliefs seem to be pretty varied.

One of their common underlying tendencies, however, is to use faddish expressions such as, "He saved us from our sins," "I'm born again," "God loves us, so He sent us His only Son," and "I accept Him as my Lord and Savior." A Christian could not prove anything because a Christian does not even bother to define anything.

Answer 6

i'm a Christian and that i do comprehend your situation. a pair issues: you assert "except blind faith". faith is an impotant part of Christianity, so i might want to assert that faith performs an major section in believing that the Bible is the word of God. i do not have BLIND faith, in spite of the undeniable fact that, as i theory lengthy and confusing before I grew to develop right into a Christian. I regarded at my existence without God (it sucked) and my existence with God (alluring, significant, finished of love) and the actual undeniable reality that my prayers were consistently responded (in a unmarried way or yet another) and determined in accordance to those and many different issues to position self belief in God and the Bible. also, i come across it outstanding that after all those centuries, the Bible is the variety one impressive promoting e book contained in the international and has been each and every three hundred and sixty 5 days on the grounds that they all started monitoring all this. If it develop right into a fraud, and God develop into not in the back of this, that could want to not have exceeded off! As for the translations, you do might want to be careful. maximum translations of the Bible were researched as to the the unique language, the context of words in the time of Bible circumstances as against words in the time of our circumstances, and so on. not all translations are truthful in spite of the undeniable fact that and Christians might want to look into the countless translations and verify that they are employing a sturdy one. final analysis regardless of the reality that, it really is faith, not blind faith, it fairly is why I have self belief contained in the Bible. thanks for asking a actual question!!! really uncommon on Y!A. . .

Answer 7

The religious have confused "belief" with "fact".

If theists want to believe to practice, to state "I think the moon is made of green cheese," then they have every right to such delusion. But most cross the line into claiming absolutes, into claiming a "right" to impose their mumbo jumbo onto others.

There is as much evidence for hinduism as their is for christ inanity - oops, christianity. If the religious were ethically consistent, they would not object to religious other than their own being taught to their children and placed into government.

The issue is not about right and wrong, or true and false, or ethics and morality. It's about power, money, and dominance.

Answer 8

Jesus has already done the work of suffering on the cross. The price has already been paid. By refusing His offer, you are not saving Him, but rejecting the necessary work He did for you.

According to the Bible, nobody can get into right relationship with God except by the work that Christ did. That is why we are condemned unless we accept His free offer and turn away from our self reliance. It is not only the self reliance for washing away our sins but the self reliance for judging our own lives as righteous. Guilty conscience and all, righteousness is only achieved by His washing away our sins, and our behavior and our wills will never line up with God's will until we study His directives and apply His teachings to our lives. He designed us and knows all the pitfalls ahead of time. His teachings help us avoid these pitfalls both on a personal basis and as a society.

Hell was not created for us, it was created for the angels who in knowledge of God, having served Him in heaven rejected Him and tried to steal His position. By rejecting the provision God made for your salvation, you join the fallen angels as a reviler of God. Hell becomes the only other option.

The devil doesn't come to us in a red spandex suit carrying a pitchfork . He comes as a deceiver, making himself appear like a messenger of God to confuse us and lead us away from the life giving knowledge of God.

Down to the crux of your problem with the church, judgment is not a bad thing. It is bad to use it unwisely, but society has come to the conclusion that judgment is what's bad. This is absolutely wrong. This is in fact a bad use of judgment. You judge everyday. You have to in order to survive. You decide who you will accept or reject for advice, you decide who you will take as a friend, you decide who you will or won't date or marry. These are all judgments and this is only common sense. Jesus did say to bad judges "You shouldn't judge." But he said to his disciples to use good judgment. This isn't a contradiction. This was a commentary on what a poor job the leaders of Judaism were doing with their responsibilities.
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Answer 9

Of course they are but so are all members of religious groups that rely on belief rather than direct experience for their followers. Buddhists and other Spiritual people by the way are not based on faith...they partake in thier way of life because it enables them to connect directly with the source....no belief here just presence and experiencing the sacred dimension directly.

Answer 10

The newly converted Christians are the most fanatical due to their being freshly brainwashed. They do not realize that God never endorsed or approved any religion or man-made book.