Reference the following scenario:
If you are about to get hit by a car and I yell out "Look out dude, that car is gonna hit you!" and you move in the nick of time you are eternally grateful to me for saving your life right? You don't criticize me for "telling you what to do" and I'm willing to bet you're not going to just stand there and say, "That's all right, let it hit me. I don't believe in cars."
Why then do people resent it so much when you try to save their eternal life from certain death and destruction? Doesn't it seem like they would be even MORE grateful?
2006-10-12 17:18:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Until a person is born into the Kingdom of God and receives life from above, they are DEAD spiritually, so they cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God, therefore the world and the things therein are the important priorities for them.
But the natural man understands not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
(1 Corinthians 2:14)
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
(1 Corinthians 1:18)
2006-10-12 17:33:58 · answer #1 · answered by skypiercer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, let me counter with a scenario. You are standing in the street and suddenly out of nowhere I run up and tackle you to the ground. When you act irritable (and who wouldn't?), I am shocked. "But you were going to get hit by a car! Don't you believe me? Seriously, just because you can't see or hear a car doesn't mean it doesn't exist. No, I can't show you the car. But trust me, I KNOW." Walking away from this situation, would you be convinced I knew something you didn't? Or would you just be irritated at my trying to impose my own unproven beliefs on you, supposedly for your own good? In short, stop tackling people with religion. It's almost never appreciated.
2006-10-12 17:32:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, for one thing, I don't believe in eternal life. So it is kind of like you are trying to convince me that aliens are real and they are going to get me if I don't straighten up. (I don't believe that either.)
Second is the fact that, according to you, in order to save my eternal life, I have to change this one, and I happen to like this one just fine the way it is. I don't want to go to church, I don't want to hate or dislike people just because they believe or act differently than me, and I don't want to try to force MY life style on any one. Christians do.
Third, I already know more than I want to about Christianity. I was forced to go to church rain or shine, sick or well, four times a week whether I wanted to or not. And for a good portion of that time I tried very hard to fit in and learn as much as possible because the only time my parents even noticed I existed was when I learned a new Bible trick they could show off. Most of what I learned was pretty horrible, and I wouldn't wish that kind of life on anyone.
So no, I am not grateful when you get in my face and tell me to change my life or I am going to hell. If there were a hell, I think it would be reserved for christians.
2006-10-12 17:27:56 · answer #3 · answered by Jensenfan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not saying your beliefs are right or wrong, firstly.
People put the physical first because they can see it and touch it.
Believing in something takes faith, thats a virtue not everybody can possess.
Also a spiritual life takes a lot of thinking. Most people are too lazy or stupid to want to give it much thought.
Again, its easier to see the nose on your face, as opposed to whats beyond your nose.
2006-10-12 17:24:21 · answer #4 · answered by TG Special 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when it comes to the eternal side of life no one wants to feel like they are being preached to.they feel like death and all the rest of that stuff is something that is a life -time away.
2006-10-12 17:23:21 · answer #5 · answered by demonfirelife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once a person knows and accepts that they need Christ they become accountable. I think a lot of people have a difficult time with the reality of what we (people) really are. Knowing Christ and being accountable means facing the truth and that is just too scary for many people.
2006-10-12 17:26:34 · answer #6 · answered by hiscinders 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think it's because no one ever gets any guarantee of there being an eternal life, in fact, I think most people get confirmation to the contrary..
And besides, what would someone spend forever doing anyway?
2006-10-12 17:21:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whether or not a person is religious is really a personal choice, and I don't think that anyone has the right to say that someone is going to hell because they don't accept or believe in this or that.
2006-10-12 17:21:01 · answer #8 · answered by violet46 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People fail to see the big picture. Since heaven and God aren't staring them right in the face, they have a hard time believing.
2006-10-12 17:20:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This life is verifiable. The 'eternal life' you refer to could easily not exist at all. You have no more rational reason to believe in it than I do. If you did, it would be verifiable and there would be no debate. God would then be taught in science classes instead of mythological institutions.
2006-10-12 17:21:09 · answer #10 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋