If people didn't love the God they created, would that make them sado-masochists (enjoy inflicting/feeling pain)?
2006-10-05 02:38:34 · 17 answers · asked by Left the building 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Missy, I'm an atheist and my God is US currency. It even has "In God We Trust" engraved on him to signify his deity. And, 99.99999% of all Americans worship him as much as I.
Difference being I don't lie about it.
But, I don't love or hate him. I just want as many of him as I can get.
2006-10-05 02:48:39 · update #1
hey J.T, i am in complete agreement with you...we have quite similar opinions...i too believe in the currency god(be blessed!)except that mine has got an old hag on it...THE QUEEN! bloody sterling! could't they put ian mckellen on them! (he's gay aswell!yay!). i do not lie about it either, even though i do try to convince myself from time to time that there are more important things. and true, some things are, but whatever you do you will always need money, and that is what the world goes round.
all the best!
cheerio!
2006-10-05 03:14:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because that 'love', in spirit, is actually vanity. If it were possible to create our own god, at what point in our lives would that god be unable to fulfill our needs? Let's say you create your god at twenty years old--would that same god suffice for you at 40? 60? Would we find ourselves knee deep in various gods according to our experiences and levels of maturity? Would the god of youth have respect for the old or compassion for the afflicted? Man's love is halted without the spiritual discernment of a holy spirit--such holiness comes from without the physical seeking Man first; this is why we are 'moved' or 'inspired' to love and we express what we feel in return--the gods we create CANNOT love us in return--leaving them dead works made by crafty hands. Love of God is manifested by ones love for peaceful co-existence with his fellow man--the 'image' of which is not found in endless arguments, but of a journey of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding that transcends our fleshly desire to fulfill our vanity...
2006-10-05 03:37:07 · answer #2 · answered by George A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tough question. Can those who think they are not worthy of God actually love themselves? Going strictly by your question....
Oh, everyone loves money... I do not have a problem admitting it. I enjoy eating, having a car to get me around, etc... I guess it depends on what you are doing with that money that makes people dislike it.
2006-10-05 03:21:04 · answer #3 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A mirror "image" is the reverse of the "likeness".
Likeness says right, the image says left is right.
Endless mirror war ends by "from such turn away".
Turn away from such "law law", and let it "vanish". Then:
What's ready to vanish: Heb 8:13 shall vanish: 1Cor 13:8.
Eg: in Merlin movie, the real magic is at "the end",
where they all turn away from evil, and it vanishes.
Our Father, deliver us from "evil": Mt 6:13
We are delivered from the "law": Rom 7:6
Perhaps law isn't the solution, but the problem.
The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
2006-10-05 02:51:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
People usually do love the god they created to suit themselves and their own desires. For the atheist and probably the agnostic, that god is him/herself, which he/she usually also loves.
If people say they don't love God, or hate Him, they're generally referring to the God of the bible, whom they also don't believe in or understand.
2006-10-05 02:43:04 · answer #5 · answered by ©2007 answers by missy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You've got it backwards pal...
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
2006-10-05 02:50:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are many people who do not love God because they do not want to follow His commandments.
2006-10-05 03:14:46 · answer #7 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ISLAM, LIKE SATAN - WANTS ONLY SLAVES, and YOU.
Most Muslims do not realize that Islam allows no freedom. This alone should make them realize that it is Satan behind Islam, and not an eternal God. Satan wishes only to enslave Muslims to help him enslave the entire world. He does this by turning them away from the truth -- that salvation is yours already, if you only have faith in God's Son, Jesus. Islam is a religion based on intimidation and fear. The word "Islam" does not mean "peace." It means "submission." A Muslim is not allowed to leave Islam or else risk his or her life. At birth, a person is branded either Muslim or non-Muslim depending on one's descent.
Among other things, the religion of Islam is a brain-washing religion, and that is why so many Muslims turn into crazy mindless zombies. The Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day in Arabic to a God who is not there, from the moment they embrace Islam; and when they do so they touch their head to the floor. That is one reason they get so brain-washed, this repetitive prayer. You can often spot fanatical Muslims by the marks on their foreheads resulting from this repetitive touching their head to the floor, where they may whack their head if they really get into it. As an example, take a look at the below image (and all others released) of Osama's Al Qaida second in command, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, who always gives an anti-U.S. rant; Dr. Ayman has this tell-tale bruise on his forehead from too much head-whacking.
If you are a Muslim, and not praying the mandatory 5 times a day (in Arabic), which must be preceded by the ritual washing/ablution (Wudu) , according to Muhammad you are in great danger of going to hell. Muslims may be excused from observing the other pillars of Islam like fasting, almsgiving, pilgrimage to Mecca. But, no Muslim is ever excused from mandatory 5 times a day prayer. In Christianity there is no compulsion or mandatory prayer. The Lord God has given Christians free will. Christians know they are to honor God every day, and not just on a Sunday. Muslims should count their "blessings". During Muhammad's fanciful mystical Night Journey to Heaven, Muhammad said that he was originally told by Allah to command his followers to pray fifty times daily, but later Allah revealed this to be too much of a burden. What Muhammad probably meant was he soon found out that even he couldn't keep up with fifty mandatory prayer sessions a day. So like many Sura's you'll see below, miraculously a Sura appeared to help Muhammad out in his personal life.
In Christianity, there is no such compulsion. Yahweh wants heartfelt prayers. Not scripted prayers. Christians know enough to speak with God as their "Abba" (literally - daddy in Aramaic). Muslims typically never even think of one-on-one, two-way prayers to God. Muslim prayers resemble a "broadcast"; and no reply from their Allah is usually ever expected.
Jesus told us: "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen (pagans) do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." Matthew 6:7 - 8
2006-10-05 02:58:06 · answer #8 · answered by thomas 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What are you talking about? Humans hate themselves plenty.
2006-10-05 02:46:48 · answer #9 · answered by Josh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you used the IDOL to inflict sexual pleasure.
2006-10-05 02:43:34 · answer #10 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋