Story for christians and athiest.?

Question

A Parable to Consider

There used to be a place, where there were 200 different, individual towns.

One day, the mayor called a town meeting, requiring that everyone attend. At this meeting the mayor gave a speech, stating that he was the creator of the town. Not only was he the creator of there fine city, but every other of the 200 towns in the land. That he did it with the help of none. Now no one could argue with this fact, for everyone live elsewhere at the time the town was built. He also said that he loved everyone that lived in his town and the other of the 199 different towns. That he loved each person more than they can comprehend. He was not done with his speech just yet, he went on to say that he has ultimate power, can do whatever he wanted, prevent whatever he wanted, he even knows what we are going to do before we do it. He knows our life from birth to death before we are even born. “Everything that happens, happens for a reason” The mayor stated. Then all he asked of the people to do was to accept everything he said. Accept him for being everything he said. “Hold your arms up if you know the things that I have said to be true” he told the crowd. Everyone, but one, held their arms in the air. When the mayor saw this he approaches the young man who did not hold his arms up.
“Why do you not hold your arms up?” he asked the man. “Do you not believe the things that I have said today?”
“Yes” said some of the people around him. “What he says is true. I would stake my life on it.”
The young man replied “No, I do not. How am I supposed to believe the things you have told me? Where is the proof?”
“Proof, you want proof? He is my proof” He said, while pulling out a book. Now everyone in town knew of this book, where in it states that everything that the mayor said today was true. That he created the towns himself. That he has ultimate power and ultimate love.
The young man responded “I have read that book, but I do not believe it to be true. I don’t agree with some of the ideas in it. With your ultimate power you should understand that some people just will not agree with what it or you have to say.”
The mayor looked at the young man sadly and said “This is very troubling. You have not the faith in me. After everything that I have given you, you do not believe in me.”
“I earned those things myself.” The young man stated. “The job I have is due to me working hard and going to college. If I did not go to college I would not have the job I have today. My wife was not given to me. I earned her respect and love myself. Nothing I have was given to me.”
“I am the mayor, which makes me the giver of all” the mayor exclaimed. “It says it the book, and the book is fact.”
“I am sorry; I just cannot believe what you have said today.” The young man stated. “I have been to many of the different towns, and they all have a different mayor, with a different book. The townspeople in those towns are like the ones in this very town. They have no doubt that there mayor is the ultimate creator. Why are they wrong?”
“They are wrong, have been guided in the wrong direction.” He said poetically. “If they would just open there hearts they will know that what I say is true and that the other mayors are wrong.”

“I can’t believe any of them. I guess I will just have to wait to see.” He said.
“You need to tell me now” the mayor said, “if you accept me as the ultimate creator of this and all the other towns. If you do you will feel my love and your life will be forever change.”
“No” was all the young man says.
“Well if you do not accept me, then your fate is decided.” The mayor says, turning away from him. “You shall be taken from here, away from your family and friends, to a place where you shall spend forever in pain and agony. You will be suffering for all time, unspeakable amounts of pain, for not accepting me as the ultimate creator.”
“Wait a minute,” the young man shouts. “I thought you had ultimate love, that you loved me more than I can comprehend. What you are about to do is not love? There is no way that you could love me and still send me away to be in pain forever.”
“I still love you,” the mayor says “but I do not care why you did not believe in me, you just needed to accept me. And since you don’t, I wash my hand of you. Take him away” he told his guards.
The guards dragged him away, to be tortured forever.
After he was gone the remaining townspeople praised him as the greatest, the most loving, and knelt to him. Even after what they saw, they stilled worshipped him. Can you guess who the mayor is?

Answer 1

It is supose to represent God. We know that God created the earth and everything on it. But, you do make sense with should he torture this man forever. that is where false religion comes in with its hell fire and brimestone.
My story is what if he made the earth and worked for billions of years to make a lovely home for the people. Gave them beautiful animals and things. But all they wanted to do was fight. they fought night and day. Killing each other and each others kids.
until one day these people broke your heart and you said.
Genesis 6:6 and god felt regret that he had even made men in the earth and he felt hurt at his heart. Why?
Gen 6:13 the end of all flesh has come before me because the earth is full of violence because of them.
He also made a simple statement after Adam and Eve made it clear they didn't want his help. We want to decide for ourselves what is good and bad. It has lead us into a lot of problems.
But he made them and he has a right to put them into non existance. That is where they came from.
He told Adam for dust you are and to dust you will return.
Mankind will not stop God's plan to have an earth full of meek people. Jesus said; "the meek will inherit the earth."
But to think a loving god would torture someone for not accepting him I can understand why you feel that way. But it simply isn't true. Your story shows that.

Answer 2

Interesting story...i am presuming this mayor is supposed to be God.....

This story is somewhat true. You forgott the part that he said that everyone who believes me will not be tortured forever and all who do not heed will perish and suffer for all eternity.

God never goes back on his word. He lays out his stuf before you plain and simple..If you need any clarification just ask and he will give it to you.....That is the proble,....so many people have so many questions....but they fail to ask Jesus to answer them.

Also your story has a misguided ending. God does not deal so harshly with others. God is willing to negotiate with his people. In your story you said that God know everyting from beginning to end...there you are wrong...he knows everything from end to begining....he sees you running the race and watches you jump over all the hurdles and he watches you trip over some...he also helps you to get back up when you need it..and also when you aks.

God is ever merciful...he said "Ask and it shall be given, knock and it shall be opened, seek and ye shall find" . God will give only when you aks for....then when you ask he wil give only when you can handle what he has in store for you....get me?

He only moves when you ask him to....he said that he will never move on earth without the permission of his people. That is why we pray....to give him permission to move and show us his unlimited power on earth. When you ask for salvation you get salvation.....he will set up the circumstances for you to be saved...but he will nto change you until you are willing....until you ask.

God deals with us less than we deserve. When he says something he will do it..when he says that you will be rewarded for serving him correctly....you will be rewarded with eternal life and earthly blessings as well.

That is why when that one unbeliever questions God he lays out his stuff and says this is so and so and so .... he does not say that his word is right because...he gives facts and explanations and reasoning....if you need his reasoning to be simplified for you to digest just ask. That is why when the one unbeliever questions God says here....if you still do not believe that I wash my hands like I said i would if you do nto believe. If you fail to listen and choose the better (even though it may seem like the worse) from he whou knows you best....then I wash my hands of you I can do no more with you ..... you do not want to be changed therfore I will (not 'can', because he can do everything) not chahge you.

Be blessed.....

Answer 3

I don't know what you are after with this little parable. All I know is that at least Jesus followed every parable with an explanation and if you are after an answer for yourself just come out with a straight forward question. If you want to make a statement, find a site called Yahoo!Statement.

Answer 4

yeah ,the no-name mayor who create the town,the one that required
that everyone have to attend the meeting

Answer 5

god,and the young man is satan.it sounds like the sumerian towns in mesopotamia.gilgamesh did such sh1ty things

Answer 6

Who ever the mayor is sure sounds like a fvckin a**hole piece of s*** Is this who you compare your loving god too? Ohhh how you will burn

Answer 7

Hillary Clinton.

You are wack! Stop using this sight to further y'alls agenda, F-ing Atheists, just like the Liberals!

Answer 8

Yep. What I want to know is how you managed to post more than a 1000 characters at once.

Answer 9

Interesting parable...too bad it has no biblical basis, nor does it flow with the context of the Bible. Good try though.

Answer 10

It is the Self, the deity within.