OK. I know that Chrisitans believe God made everything that is on Earth. OK, but does that mean God made the people who follow other religions other than Christianity, religions that don't believe in the same God as the Christian God (Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc)? Why would God create people who don't believe in him (aethists for another example)?
If you say yes, then why does one of the ten commandments (said by god supposedly) say: "you shall have no other gods before me."
And further more if one says that Allah and God and the Jewish version of God is all the same, what about other religions that believe in other gods (EG: Shintoism, a Japanese religion which believes in Amaterasu, the Sun goddess. No disrespect to the Japanese at all!)?
NOTE: not sarcastic, accusative of anyone. I'm just wanting a respectible, serious answer so I can understand your beliefs better. Thanks.
2006-10-25 10:45:33 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I beleive that God created us ALL to have a choice, and his people (that choose to follow Him) obey these condmanments. People have diffrent religons, because in the one religon that God talkes about in the bible, the people don't like it, or don't belive in it, so they kind of created their own. And got people to follow it. But I still say that God created us, and lets us have our own way, but its up to us to decide which religon to follow.
2006-10-25 10:51:42 · answer #1 · answered by Beth B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Okay ,God did make everyone even atheist. God does not force us to believe in Him because those that don't believe in Him and confess Him as Lord will go to Hell. To answer the second part of your question You are correct God did say "you shall not have any other gods before me" But again God gives a choice to disobey Him we just need to make the right one.for your final part of this question there is only one God the God of Abraham. the God of the Jews and the Christians are the same God . It's just that some of the Jews don't believe in
Jesus.
2006-10-25 11:02:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow, this would take a long time to answer sufficiently. In a nutshell, DISOBEDIENCE. God did not create people to follow after other (false) gods, as you said, He commanded them not to. But they DISOBEYED. He gave us free will, He wants us to come to Him with a willing heart. He loves us so much He sent His Son to pay the penalty for our sins (which the Jewish people rejected and Gentiles accepted thereby the spread of Christianity - same God). There is only one truth, there cannot be multiple truths, God is a God of order not chaos. Don't you think the God who created us would give us instructions? If people don't read the instructions (the Bible) then we are subject to be deceived by all kinds of false teachings and false prophets. My advice - read the instructions!
2006-10-25 11:21:43 · answer #3 · answered by prismcat38 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yours is a question that has plagued mankind for centuries, and will continue to do so.
The Kingdom of Heaven should not be limited to those born into an area where Judeo-Christianity and Islam is the dominant religion.
If ALL of humanity were created in His own image (as we Christians believe), then what about those living in the jungles of the Amazon? Or the billions living in East Asia? Were they not created in His image as well? Are those people just doomed to hell because they haven't even heard of a man who lived 2000 years ago named Jesus? Or Elijah? Or Mohammad?
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common_sense_don't_hurt's... Christians, Jews, and Muslims do in fact, pray to the same God.
2006-10-25 10:55:15 · answer #4 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
God created everyone. The reason not everybody is a Christian is that God gave them the freedom of choice. Allah is not the same thing as God. But the God of Judaism and Christianity is the same being. I hope I have been of some help.
2006-10-25 10:49:05 · answer #5 · answered by oneeightnineone 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are correct. God did create every person. He also gave them (you and I included) free wills. God could have just as easily made "pre-programmed robots" that are only capable of worshiping Him.
One of the reasons God said to not worship other gods is because He is a jealous God. He wants His people to freely choose Him as their God. He originally said this to the Hebrew people because He had brought them out of slavery in Egypt.
John 14:6 is perhaps one of the most provocative verses in the Bible where Jesus states that He is the way, the truth, and the life...no one comes to the Father except through Him. Based on this verse..there is not many paths to God, but rather one and that is Jesus.
Jesus is the only messianic religious leader whose movement has carried on after His death. That's because after He died, He rose again and therefore the movement He founded still exists today. Pretty amazing when you think about that. Hope this helps.
2006-10-25 11:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by Soccertees 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He created people with their own minds so they can have any gods they want on earth. Earth is just a test for god to see if people are worthy enough to go to heaven. God also created Adam and Eve without sin at first but they disobeyed god by eating off of the tree that he said they could not eat off of. Thats when sin came into the world and so on. But the answer is that god gave people their own minds so they could believe what they want, but there is only one real god and he wanted to see if people would believe with their free will.
2006-10-25 10:50:17 · answer #7 · answered by Ryan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everybody is Born with a Messed Up Spirit (thank you Adam and satan).
Adam messed his up and passed it on to Everybody Else.
Everybody is born Dammed (seperated from the Love of GOD) on this Earth since Adam blew-it.
GOD is Required by Spiritual Law to send a Human Being when Sperm meets Egg.
Then, hopefully, no matter Where (GOD is not in Charge of Location of Birth---we are) that baby is Born, it will grow up and get Born-Again (Spirit Recreated) BEFOR it Leaves the Earth for Good (what we've called Death, or dying).
Jesus is the Only One Who can Recreate you, (a Spirit Living in a Body) and that lets you Make Heaven your Home.
2006-10-25 10:59:51 · answer #8 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The living God created everything...and everyone.
People choose (i.e. free will) what they want to believe or discard.
The living God wanted you and I to have free will so that when we love Him it's not a mechanical love, it is of free will.
The living God is the God of Judaism and Christianity (difference: most Jews don't believe Jesus is the Messiah and Christians (Jesus Christ followers) do.
allah was a little obscure moon god; found by Muhammad in a tent (Egypt).
Hope that helps.
2006-10-25 10:57:44 · answer #9 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The FIRST commandment says "...you shall have no other gods before me" and your right, a lot of Christians struggle with that. Whether the other god is a person, a sport, a religion, or anything else you put before the one, true, living, GOD.
The Truth of the God matter is that there is only one GOD, all the rest are just satan playing certain roles. From a biblical perspective, one could call ALL the other so called "gods," baals.
2006-10-25 10:54:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
God gave us free will to ether chose to follow him or not. by the comment he is saying he is the one and only true-God and we are to follow or worship no other unfortunately man thought he knew better and created there own.I hope this cleared things up Little if not I'm sorry. God Bless
2006-10-25 11:05:54 · answer #11 · answered by mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋