Why is it that the Abrahamic religions insist that there is something entirely, and awfully wrong with each human? In the Abrahmaic view, it is endorsing needing the full support of a deity, the deity doesn't assist, he does. How can an Abrahamic religious person accept responsibility for their actions, when all they need to do is state some external, supernatural force made them do it?
I've been developing g the conclusion of late, that maybe the Abrahamic faiths are exoterically an excuse for people to stop seeking themselves, and denying their responsibility to the world.
Could I get some feedback on this idea?
Summnation- By relying on an omnipoent being, one is shrugging of the fact that they have done something, good or bad.
2006-12-26 11:14:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As a note, I am not asking this, as I am ignorant.
I'd like to see how others view this point.
2006-12-26 11:21:40 · update #1
not to sound rude, but I have read the bible, KJV and NIV. Hence the whole, "Not being Christian"
2006-12-26 11:23:05 · update #2
Yes, anyone can do it, I know that much, however, I do not see your point.
2006-12-26 11:24:16 · update #3
These faiths developed when human consciousness reached a certain threshhold where a person could question his individual responsibility.
We're way past that now, that's why these religions seem so backward and odd. Human consciousness develops thru the ages, and religions are reflections of what people understood of spiritual matters in that time and place and culture.
2006-12-26 11:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by Joni DaNerd 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not the thought process that we use, not that of which God would have us live by.
Just because we believe in our creator and know that we are here by his pleasure alone, does not make it so that we can do as we please (self will) and not have any punishment for it.
By the same token all good that is done, would be done in Gods name as he is the only one who deserves the glory and the credit.
I know that you do not understand all this, as it is impossible to understand if you have rejected God as your creator.
If you want to try and understand just a bit of it, please read the book of Romans. It addressess this very question that the new Christians also asked about. Our human nature makes it that we think right away, that now that our sin debt is paid , we can do as we please, but Romans states why this is not true and why we cannot just believe, we must open Gods book (word) and obey its rules. The greatest of all would be to Love one another.
In Christ, I wish you Godspeed as you fight within yourself.
2006-12-26 19:21:01 · answer #2 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is our belief that God the Creator is perfect, without blemish...and the Bible i read states that "all have sinned, all come short of the glory of God"...i DON'T shrug off the fact that i, myself, have sinned..how that translates to a denial of responsibility is something you'll have to figure out for yourself...
good luck with that
2006-12-26 19:48:58 · answer #3 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I understand your question...and I think that they call it original sin. They think that we are all inherently flawed in God's eyes because of Adam and Eve eating the apple when God told them not to. This whole story is metaphorical, but they take it literally.
2006-12-26 19:27:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you stated that all they /abrahamic/need to do is state some external, supernatural force made them do it./accept responsibility for their actions.
Some killers already have stated as such .
Charles Manson....
2006-12-26 19:22:48 · answer #5 · answered by StarShine G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a human. Was he awfully wrong? Did he kill others for joy and greed? NO. Anyone who does not believe this, tell me now.
2006-12-26 19:19:23 · answer #6 · answered by love angel 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Beware belief systems that make simply being human "evil".
2006-12-26 19:19:35 · answer #7 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lots of peopel ahve thougth that and the reason is simple.. people are the only beings that kill each other for fun... for greed..and not for necessity... this should be it
2006-12-26 19:16:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋