how many Christians would there be? Does the answer imply that belief is really self-serving?
2006-10-18 22:35:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Slave: Nope, that wasn't my question at all. Take it at face value please.
2006-10-18 22:51:03 · update #1
Probably a lot less would say they're Christian. But a Christian's motives for his/her belief should be to lead a good life, and to help others as best he/she can. If they're not, God, being the omnipotent being he is, would see through a, as you say, "self-serving" belief. So, in essence, according to Christianity, a person who believes in god merely to help him-/herself isn't really Christian; in other words, there'd be just as many true Christians if there was no promise of eternal life.
2006-10-18 22:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by Joez2103 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said that few would find the path to eternal life and that not everyone who calls Him "Lord" will enter His kingdom, but only those who do the will of the Father. There are far too many people in our churches now (just as there always has been) who are there to see what they can get from God, not because they want to have a relationship with Him. Since eternal life is contingent upon making Jesus our Lord and Savior and having a relationship with Him, not just about trying to get fire insurance, there would probably be just as few who seek God even if we didn't have eternal life. Unfortunately.
2006-10-19 05:55:56 · answer #2 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowing what I know, I would still want to be a Christian. The relationship I have with God now is well worth it. Good question.
2006-10-19 05:38:09 · answer #3 · answered by Jael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
snuggles, I WILL SEE YOU IN HELL.
religion extends the belief of eternal life to everyone simply becasue that is the sole purpose to religion, to "make up" answers toquestions we can't know the answer to
2006-10-19 05:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was morally proper before I was Christian,
you real question is - would you be good or bad, if life was all there was? I was good when I believed that.
To think deeper, your question is "Are athiests good or bad?"
Christianity without Jesus dying for eternal life, is no religion at all
2006-10-19 05:47:54 · answer #5 · answered by Slave to JC 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"If" is a very imaginative and unreal word. Handle with care. I can ask a question like, "If you were Christian / Moslem / Atheist (etc.) what would you ...." but in fact you are not.
2006-10-19 05:44:27 · answer #6 · answered by The Mask 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only those who God deems Good in Judgement will be there
Not Self-Serving...........God Serving
2006-10-19 05:37:57 · answer #7 · answered by snuggels102 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not to seve urself but to be servant of God. not only a servant but a SLAVE!(thats wat St. Paul said)
2006-10-19 05:45:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋