2006-12-27 05:32:04 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Which God? If I believe in Yeshua, and it turns out that Umbababoa (who hates Yeshua followers, but is cool with atheists -- at least they don't follow Yeshua!) is the right god, then I'm screwed whereas I'd be safer as an atheist.
Better then to stand on one's principles so one can look at the grave and know one did right, and if there is a deity after death, then one can look him square in the eyes with a clear conscience.
2006-12-27 05:34:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Personally, I think it really is a personal choice thing. There are people who strongly believe that god doesn't exist in any form. Let Them. I don't get why people get all pissed off if someone doesn't believe in god. If they don't want to believe, thats their choice. It doesn't affect whether or not YOU get into heaven...does it??
I really dont like the whole, its better to believe and be wrong, then to not believe and be wrong. If you choose to not believe that god exists, then...so be it. You made a personal choice, which may or may not have some tremendous effect on your afterlife. And even that it has such a tremendous effect seems wrong. Dont most religions teach that god, whatever form s/he takes, loves all of his "children." Does it seem like something that god would do, to leave some of his children to eternal damnation.
Im pretty sure that god has some kind of safety net, if there really is this afterlife. If there isnt, then...who cares, why do I really care what happens in the afterlife. Im living right now, why would I spend my entire life worrying about being dead. If thats our purpose, it doesnt seem like much of a life to me...
Anyway, thats what I think, feel free to e-mail me about what you think,
pyro_briar@yahoo.com
Have a Happy New Year,
Pyro
2006-12-27 05:55:37 · answer #2 · answered by pyro_briar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why, Sho-Nuff, you have discovered Pascal's Gambit, one of the classic arguments for the existence of God.
That said, I am not sure you are correct because:
(1) Belief in the existence of God alone is unlikely to correspond to any particular gain in afterlife status, because most religions that believe in both God and an afterlife maintain that a particular orientation of belief towards said God is necessary to achieve the desired post-death outcome, not merely passive belief, or else they maintain that your individual beliefs are largely irrelevant to your eschatological condition;
(2) Actual belief cannot be provisional, nor effectively mercenary, but rather a spontaneous effusion of personal conviction; one cannot choose opportunistically what one profoundly believes;
(3) It is possible that there are eschatological consequences for belief in a particular God that are disastrous if another God is the actual Supreme Being of the Universe. If one chooses Christianity's take on God for example, but the Yezidi view of God is correct, one might have been safer as an atheist.
So, to answer your question,
not necessarily.
Ultimately, we must still believe in what speaks to us, not through logical argument or inducement, but as an authentic declaration of our spiritual free-will.
2006-12-27 05:39:15 · answer #3 · answered by snowbaal 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you believe in God and you die, and if you're wrong, then you won't know will you? I think it would be best to focus on being a decent, caring, individual, helping those that you can. Then let everything else sort itself out. If any God would find fault with that, then they aren't worth worshipping.
2006-12-27 05:37:24 · answer #4 · answered by tombollocks 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You say this like you can't be a good person if you're not religious.
I recall something about God turning down those who were a bit TOO 'loyal' (see "godhatesfags.com") by saying "I never knew you" ..but accepting those who were "lost sheep" with a good heart and soul.
2006-12-27 05:37:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pray for you....I really do.
May the Lord work on your heart. May the scriptures that you read ring in your ears at night. May the Lord give you visions and dreams of him. I pray that we see a conversion in your life. May the Lord draw you unto himself.
God bless.
2006-12-27 05:46:24 · answer #6 · answered by 2 know Him & 2 Make Him known 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no absolute right or wrong. Each person should follow what makes them comfortable. What "feels right" to them. Our emotions and feeling are our internal compass to following the correct path for each of us as individuals. There is no cookie-cutter idea of what is right or wrong for all.
2006-12-27 05:36:16 · answer #7 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If this were in fact the case, yes. But again there is overwhelming evidence that God is real and the Bible is true. I wouldn't want to roll the dice on this one.
http://www.handlethetruth.net
2006-12-27 05:35:41 · answer #8 · answered by truthhandl3r 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it's better to just take care of the problems we have right here and now.
2006-12-27 05:36:52 · answer #9 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
meh i think its better to live a life how you want, as its the only life you got, better then to live a life how the god wants you to, and find out god doesnt exist.
2006-12-27 05:34:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋