This is a hypothetical question. So is this:
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2007-01-15 07:50:26 · 19 answers · asked by vehement_chemical 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What if up were down?
2007-01-15 07:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by HAND 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians or non-Christians, you asked a question whether a hypothetical or not, it requires an answer. The question is hypothetical in the sense that God, the Most Merciful and the Most Compassionate is never evil. The fear we show is not the same as the fear of some evil and criminal intentions against us but an awe inspired by God's greatness and his reach for Justice and our accountability for what we do in our lives.
Allah knows best.
2007-01-15 08:21:13 · answer #2 · answered by Ottawan-Canada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which God? The Bible says there are two:
1. The Creator of the heavens and earth, the god of love and light.
2. The god of this world, the slanderer, the adversary, the evil one.
So tell me, do you follow God no 2 out of fear, or are you going to rebel?
2007-01-15 08:00:24 · answer #3 · answered by ManoGod 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I take my cat to the vet and the vet gives her a shot, it's perfectly rational that my cat might question my goodness. Does that mean I'm not good?
God isn't evil. Evil is defined by His absence. If what He does seems evil to me, how would I go about proving that it is in fact evil? I would have to be His greater or at the very least His equal in order to know that.
If someone told me to do or to believe something in God's name that I felt was evil, I wouldn't do it. One of the tenets of Christianity is not violating the conscience, but I guess you could still consider that a rebellion of sorts.
2007-01-15 08:14:08 · answer #4 · answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The God of the bible is evil, in my humble opinion. He uses the tactics of fear and hope for a better life as ways of controlling his followers. Therefore, I rebel.
2007-01-15 08:04:23 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's so hard to imagine. If God was evil then He wouldn't have a lot of his other characteristics, either. He wouldn't be worth following.
2007-01-15 07:54:19 · answer #6 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a hypothetical that makes no sense. God's not evil, so I wouldn't follow him.
2007-01-15 07:56:13 · answer #7 · answered by Apple21 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i dont think they do hypothetical questions like this. most answers will probably be "god isnt evil"
2007-01-15 07:56:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
good question and if christians thought there god was evil they would still fear him but yet there bible god has done some evil things indeed.
2007-01-15 07:55:56 · answer #9 · answered by Guardian Knight777 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Thats a dumb question, if God were bad then he would have not died for us, and there would be no need to follow him!!!! Thats easy.
HINT: READ THE BIBLE
2007-01-15 08:06:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would follow anyone who can get me out of my credit card debt.
2007-01-15 07:59:14 · answer #11 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋