If we all knew that God really existed wouldn't we all live saintly lives and if so how could we tell the truly good people from the evil?
2007-01-04 20:17:28 · 33 answers · asked by Barrie G 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Read the Bible.. Read Christian books. Listen to or watch Christian radio and TV, talk to an ordained minister. I think you may find your answer
2007-01-04 20:22:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If we all knew that God really existed wouldn't we all live saintly lives and if so how could we tell the truly good people from the evil?
We do know GOD exist. We repent and live saintly lives. We can tell the the truly good from the evil.
It's easy. Simply surrender your life to Jesus.
2007-01-04 20:40:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some would say that God did reveal himself through Jesus. As for our lives, God gave us choice from day 1 as to whether we will make good choices or bad choices. As for if we all believed in God's existence, I think it would make a difference, but still being humans, and quite selfish at that, there would probably still be a lot of hurt in this world.
Just because people believe that God exists doesn't mean that we change to perfect people. We remain human; the only difference is accepting the gift of forgiveness and mercy.
2007-01-04 20:32:52 · answer #3 · answered by Eric's wife 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if we all lived 'saintly lives' then we would have no concept of good or evil. without evil there would be no good so we could not tell the difference between these people as there would be no difference.
also - if he exists and revealed himself then i'm sure there would still be trouble in the world - just more fact to base it on.
2007-01-04 20:25:57 · answer #4 · answered by Mikey G 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God does exist, and reveals himself all the time, but if you mean should he make it known, who would believe him, people put him down now, they would want him locked up saying he was a fake or something, and know we would never live saintly lives, because what ir wrong in your eyes might not be wrong in mine, so who other than God will judge what is right and wrong, and there is good and evil in us all, but to waht level of evil to you mean, some would say if you was to look at a naked girl in the paper that is evil, but is it? not to me it's not
2007-01-04 21:27:49 · answer #5 · answered by ringo711 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God has revealed Himself through His creation, the heavens and the earth declare the glory of the Lord (Rom 1:20)
God has revealed Himself through His Son, Jesus Christ (John 3:16).
Man cannot experience God with his natural senses but with his spiritual senses made alive by the Holy Spirit. Man cannot know God on his but God's terms.
To live saintly lives one has to die to self and live a life totally submitted to and empowered by God. As Christians are now under grace God gives them grace and power for them to live out His purposes for their lives.
2007-01-04 20:49:41 · answer #6 · answered by seekfind 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aha! Those are key questions for the religions that all pray to the same God of Abraham.
Its a faith thing. We're supposed to believe that God is real, that he's out there taking note of our behaviour and that one day he will invite us to the party or put us in the kitchen, forever.
We're supposed to live lives that help and support our neighbours, where we don't go out of our way to hurt each other. It has been handed down to us through the generations of priests as Holy Law to the Hebrews, Christians and Muslims.
The tricky thing is that we've been hearing that He will come for so long that we're "slipping" and doing whatever we feel like instead of living saintly lives. If God were to come right now, he'd catch us all with our houses in a mess, like our mothers-in-law do when they come unanounced.
Its not up to us to tell the really good people from the really bad people. That is Gods business. Our duty is to behave ourselves according to the laws of man and the laws of God ("Give to Caesar...")
Remember that if you put in an honest effort at being good, God will gloss over the bad bits and forgive you. He IS a God of mercy and love, after all.
2007-01-04 20:31:51 · answer #7 · answered by NotsoaNonymous 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
How do you define good and evil? There are a lot more christian criminals than Atheist criminals (based on prison stats) Christians are responsible for the torture and murder of millions of people during the crusades and the inquisition and even the holocaust (Hitler believed in god) My point is, as much as religious people would love to believe there is a direct relationship between belief in a god and good behavior on earth ,it is plainly demonstrable that that relationship doesn't exist, and can even be argued as an inverse relationship.
2007-01-04 20:39:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God does reveal Himself to those who will accept him but if you mean should he just walk around trying to beat people to make people believe in him no he should not because that would not show His love for us or our free will choice to love and build a relationship with Him. Truthfully if we really saw God everyday we would only live good out of the fear of punishment and not with the fear of love.
2007-01-04 20:48:34 · answer #9 · answered by keilahkowb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God seldom reveals to any person, it is within our soul and our pure heart that could detect God's existence. It is rather easy to tell how good or evil a person is by the presentation, speech and habits of a person. But it will be rather hard to tell if a person is hiding their real self or a hypocrite.
2007-01-04 20:26:47 · answer #10 · answered by S.K. Chan46 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God is real. He is Powerful and Majestic (King of all kings). He have decreed that He will not reveal Himself in person in this world. He may reveal Himself in person only after the end of this world. After the end of this world, there will be another world with Heaven and Hell.
Even though we cannot see God in this world, we can still learn to know Him through His attributes.
Note: Can any readers guest what I presented just now are based on Islamic Teachings or Christian Teachings?
2007-01-04 20:26:36 · answer #11 · answered by Ray Mystery 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋