Hitler sent roughly 6 million people to a horrible death...
But the Christian God sends (and will send) BILLIONS of non-believers to a fate worse than simply ending their existence... they will be burned in an eternal fire.
Of course, the Christian God is omnipotent and omniscient. He could have simply chosen not to create the people that he knew would not believe in him. Instead, he chose to provied little or no evidence for his existence, thereby ensuring that most people would not believe (he knew that would happen too).
Is this kind of God worthy of worship?
2006-11-17 07:58:37 · 25 answers · asked by skeptic 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Dude, I don't know where you get your views, but they are not a reflection of God as revealed in the Holy Bible. Have you ever read it? Ever had a serious discussion with real people who have also studied it and could have dismissed it all as bunk, but instead they "bet the farm", their lives, reputations, livelihoods on it. Talk to some real Christians in person. Anonymity on a yahoo answers forum is not going to get you the real answers you're seeking.
2006-11-17 08:05:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if there is a perfect answer to this, but here is how I see it...
God allowed humans to choose their own path. Just like the justice systems of the earth, if one chooses to not abide by the law, they have to face their punishment. God offers salvation from this punishment, but when we don't accept that then we, in essence, are turning down the pardon and saying that we want to accept the punishment. God offered recourse out of love.
Hitler murdered people who had no idea and no choice about the things that he subjected them to. In a "justice" system, that would be like saying a person is guilty without a trial and without evidence. There is not pardon, there is no parole, there is nothing death from this being who claims to be your superior.
I am a Christian, and I have also wondered at times why God would create people, being all knowing. I don't have the answer for that question. If you follow Christianity, it teaches that we were made in His image. So, why do we sometimes do things although we know the outcome? For instance, drinking until we puke...we know that we'll have a hangover the next day. And how about speeding...it's possible that we will get a ticket. Even something as simple as staying up too late...we know that we won't be as efficient the following day. So if we ever figure out why we do things in spite of known outcomes, I don't think we can touch the answer to this question.
My final thought is this...If I worship my Christian God, and He doesn't exist, I have lost nothing. But if I don't worship Him and He DOES exist...I have sentenced myself to eternal hell.
Hope this suffices...and my apologies for being rather long winded.
2006-11-17 08:37:14 · answer #2 · answered by Miss E Diva 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Adolf Hitler was guilty of killing many innocent... So is in hell. God, of course, put Hilter in hell. (Jesus has the keys to death & hell, since He rose from the dead.)
Hell was made for the devil and his messengers. Hitler was one of the satans (destroyer, murder, liar, slanderer, thief, etc...) messengers.
God is also a God of judgment. While it seems awful that Hitler is in hell right now, do you think it would be better that Hitler would be in heaven bringing all that death to heaven with him? Even one sin will keep someone out of heaven. There needs to be an atonement for sin.
I am one that believes that people go other places, other than just Heaven or hell. Because some don't have their sins atoned for, though also never rejected the Gospel of Christ. So there is a place in the sea or the dead other than heaven or hell. But God is the one that knows where these places are.
Yes, God is Good and worthy of Worship. He loves us & we love God back. Worship is an act of loving God back. God would have us worship Him in Spirit & Truth (Honest from the heart).
It is also written in Romans 1 that creation is evidence that God Is. That is the way God sees it.
2006-11-17 08:18:34 · answer #3 · answered by t a m i l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This God that you describe is not worthy, but the God I know is worthy to be worshiped by all.
The God I know has given more than enough chance for people to know Him and many people refuse. This is not His fault. He has given a chance for eternal life in Heaven with Him to people that don't deserve it through His Son, the Christ. But still, many choose not to.
Why blame God for something you have chosen to ignore? I can only tell you what I believe. If you are skeptical, then you believe you have nothing to worry about. Why argue?
2006-11-17 08:11:21 · answer #4 · answered by paulsamuel33 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Christian God hasn't sent anyone to death. Close, nearly made Abraham sacrifice Isaac, but not in the end, he was just testing.
So he hasn't killed anyone. (oops. I forgot about the plagues that befel the Egyptians) A lot of religious nutters have, the crusades, the conquistadors in South America, the Inquisition, even today many wars are related to religion, Catholic/Protestant, Jihad, Palestine/Israel, etc.
You have to understand, God created us, but we have freewill to do or not to do whatever we choose. That's why we have the Ten Commandments and other religious and civil laws. To guide us.
God hasn't killed anyone, a lot of radical religious sheep have.
If you don't believe in God, then it doesn't matter, you can't blame someone or something that doesn't exist.
Adolf Hitler, piss on him!
2006-11-17 09:12:40 · answer #5 · answered by Vegon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God doesn't send people to hell. People choose to. You have a choice: love God like he loves you and trust in him or to reject him. YOU make the decision, he doesn't. That's why we are human - he gave us free will. He could've created us to just all worship Him. But think of it this way. You're married to someone who is told they have to love you, they dont get to choose if they want to. It's a no choice. Not much of a relationship there, huh? If He would've created us like that, we'd all be mindless robots. And there is evidence. You just seem to come from a viewpoint that you'll reject any evidence you hear, though.
2006-11-17 08:04:41 · answer #6 · answered by j_2_the_friggin_l 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Christian God is worse. At least Hitler only murdered 6 million horribly.
2006-11-17 08:07:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
But you don't know that. Prove that he sends them there. Hitler was a bad man. He planned to destroy an entire race of jews, and make everyone look like swedish people. I think you need to take a broader look at science and instead of believing just live your life the best you can and if what you believe is true you have been great.
2006-11-17 08:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
You can't compare God to a man. He sends people to hell because that is the final judgement and they had their chance to repent and they could have had a better fate. Thats his wrath being poured out and he must judge sin because He is holy and sin goes against His nature. You can argue we don't deserve hell but who are you to say that, you aren't the Creator he knows what we do and don't deserve.
2006-11-17 08:06:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's their own fault they're going to hell! God doesn't send anyone to hell. You go there for not beleiving in Jesus Christ and getting saved! And since you apparently haven't been saved until you do you're not getting into heaven! Sorry! but the truth hurts.
2006-11-17 08:03:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋