"The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."
1 Corinthians 2:14
2006-10-27 12:28:59 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nope. That's not why. Wrong again.
2006-10-27 12:30:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
No. You must read the entire context where this verse is found. Paul is discussing his inspiration by the Holy Spirit to reveal God's will. The Holy Spirit revealed God's word directly to the apostles. Today we have that word in written form in the Bible.
People choose not to believe for a variety of reasons. My guess is that many do not want to believe in God because that would make them accountable for their actions and behavior to a higher being than themselves. These individuals don't want anyone "telling them what to do." They want to make their own rules and define right, wrong, good, and evil for themselves.
Paul describes unbelievers in Romans 1:20-23, "For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man - and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things."
2006-10-27 19:40:25 · answer #2 · answered by The_Answer 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That explains only part of it. People can still believe in God, yet not know him or the way to salvation without God's spirit in them. (The majority of the Jews are a good example: Romans 10:1-3 -- "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.")
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For those who misunderstood the question and thought you were asking if a man without ANY spirit can believe in God. A man without ANY spirit would either be dead or an animal. Paul is discussing the need for the spirit of man to have God's spirit added to it that they may come to spiritual understanding:
"For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the (1) SPIRIT OF MAN which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the (2) SPIRIT OF GOD. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual." (1 Corinthians 2:11-13)
2006-10-27 20:50:54 · answer #3 · answered by BC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an intriguing concept...That the spiritless cannot understand God....But then my question would be, why does geography play such a huge role? Statistically, there are certain areas of the world (or even the US) that are atheistic. It does not seem logical to conclude that people in these places are more likely to be born without spirits or that their spirits are taken from them as children.
2006-10-27 19:40:51 · answer #4 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That actually almost makes sense! The counterpart of this statement might be
"The man without intelligence and reason does not accept the things that come from the senses and the rational mind, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are intellectually discerned."
Hey, if the foo shits,
2006-10-27 19:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No most of us don't believe in God because there is no evidence to support the existence of god.
Evidence is not the Bible, or any other book written by men.
There is ample evidence to suggest that all religions and the belief in a God or gods is completely the invention of man.
Just as we know longer believe that the Earth is flat, or that the Earth revolves around the sun because evidence suggests otherwise, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the belief in God is not based on any real or tangible phenomena, but instead on superstitions form peoples living thousands of years ago.
2006-10-27 19:30:57 · answer #6 · answered by trouthunter 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It makes it more difficult yes. Which is why you have the sacrements that allow the Holy Spirit to give you strength from the world.
2006-10-27 19:32:34 · answer #7 · answered by Gods child 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no such thing as a man without spirit.
If the spirit of God left you for a moment you would cease to exist.
love and blessings Don
2006-10-27 19:32:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
nobody knows about god u have to become 1 in order to give an opinion how it works only saints are able to tell but sometimes ar no words to describe
2006-10-27 19:34:50 · answer #9 · answered by george p 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
conversely: the man without intelligence does not accept the proofs of science, for they are meaningless to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are intellectually discerned. 1 Theo 1:1
2006-10-27 19:36:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
no i dont believe in god because most religious people are the opposite fo what theyre god would want them to be if it existed...
there is no evidence of god...
notice the only people who agree with you on this are people who already share your beliefs
2006-10-27 19:38:56 · answer #11 · answered by Ethernaut 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋