If there was no Hell or Heaven in Christianity, would people still try to worship god? I mean, people worship him so they can get rewarded after they die.
2007-01-13 13:56:05 · 18 answers · asked by The Raging Monkey 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
probably not
2007-01-13 14:01:08 · answer #1 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rev.20:1-6,12,13;
With heaven cleansed. No Satan or unholy angels.
The heavenly first resurrected are for the new heavens and do not die Luke 20:34-36;
are with Jesus.
They resurrect, judge and cleans the earth in the 1000 year reign of Jesus.
Rev.21:1-5 ALL IS MADE NEW.
Rev,21L8 THE SECOND DEATH.
Rev.20:7-10;
THE FINAL CLEANSING OF THE EARTH.
2007-01-13 14:02:52 · answer #2 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does believing that people worship him so they can get rewarded after they die make your statement true? If it does then does that make what the people say who believe that there is a heaven and a hell false?
2007-01-13 14:07:35 · answer #3 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't care if there was a Heaven or a Hell I would still worship God because He is wonderful.
2007-01-13 14:01:16 · answer #4 · answered by Mandy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may have started out that way, but I attend church every week as many times a week as I can because I love Jesus for what He did for me. Hell is the grave. We will all go there unless we are taken before we die. Do not know about a heaven that we will inhabit, but there is a kingdom of God. Jesus called it 'my Father's house'. Not all people are as shallow as you say. I love God enough to worship Him. Do you?
2007-01-13 14:11:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no..i think humans always do things in order if there's something in it for themselves...they may not realize it but 99% of the time, that is the case..it's just human nature. The 1% who genuinely believe or do things with no ulterior motives are people like gandhi and martin luthur king jr...nothing was guaranteed but they did what they thought was right anyway. So yeah, i think that the bible has hell and heaven so people would know WHY they're following it, and why they should think it's the holiest thing
2007-01-13 14:13:46 · answer #6 · answered by bree 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think their would have always been a mass religion that many people would believe in whatever the exact details are. It is in our human nature to believe the irrational without question and it is only recently, since the mass education of western society and the adoption of more rational thought processes in the whole, that religion is starting to be questioned so widely.
In other words yes, if the alternate religion you suppose also had the idea of 'God'.
2007-01-13 14:03:18 · answer #7 · answered by Bill C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why wouldn't you worship the Creator of all?
Heaven is just a bonus.
2007-01-13 14:01:56 · answer #8 · answered by Tony C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if for no other reason than we have no possible scientific reason for the start of the universe. The Big Bang may have happened, but you can't have something come out of nothing without a supernatural explanation.
2007-01-13 14:01:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not just the consequences of believing/not believing in him. It's also for gratification for creating us and such. I'm thankful to him, just like you'd be thankful to someone who did a nice thing to you.
2007-01-13 13:59:58 · answer #10 · answered by No 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I worship Him cause I love Him and yes I would
2007-01-13 14:00:11 · answer #11 · answered by Jesus Freak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋