2007-02-08 04:29:26 · 22 answers · asked by anil g 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I Love God Because I Love all Things
I Love God Because i love you
I Love God Because I love myself.
I love God because God appears to me in these things, the little glimpses of divinity i see as i pass through my life. I DO NOT love God in order to live my life by "his rules" like some kind of dog hoping to be rewarded with an eternal treat. Thats absurd
2007-02-08 05:11:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love God because I love knowledge. It is my belief that God knows everything, far more than I could ever possibly hope to know. This being the case, I can't love God for my own wants, as he may not give them to me. If God knows more than I do, which I assert he does, then God may know something more about a topic than I do. This being the case, he may know that something I want is detrimental to me. Thus, God may deprive me of a want, rather than, as you imply, giving it to me. Therefore, I cannot love God in hopes of getting my own wants, as my wants may never be fulfilled by God.
Put another way, God knows far more than me. I love knowledge. God knows what is best, and what is best may not always be what I want. Therefore, God may deprive me of a want. However, it is that deprivation tha allows me to see some part of the knowledge that God has and I don't. Thus loving God allows me to obtain a bit more of something I also love: knowledge.
On another note, check out Pascal's Wager. It's an interesting idea. Too long to explain here though. If you're asking these types of questions, I would suggest you search for it. You'd likely find it interesting.
2007-02-08 14:35:42 · answer #2 · answered by NihilisticMystic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is not so. We are all protected by the grace of god. All things which we are doing are governed by God. To move the things in right direction we need the assistance of God. Unless and otherwise, we have the God's grace we will not suceeds in our work. To suceed in our day to day activities we need God's blessings. Hence, we love the God. Such love does not mean that for our own shake we love the God.
2007-02-09 10:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by srini v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you love someone because of what they give you, that is not love but planning for what can be got out of them in the future.
I have bhakti toward God because God is so beautiful and so amazing that only a banana seed could not notice.
The more you focus on bhakti, the more love you will be able to have for God and for all things.
2007-02-08 15:37:25 · answer #4 · answered by Shivakumar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that people who really love GOD do so for selfish reasons. Those who want GOD to fulfil their desires make a show of love of GOD by performing Poojas etc lavishly. Unfortunately GOD can not be bribed.
2007-02-11 03:05:08 · answer #5 · answered by Govinda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've learned the hard way that God knows what will make me happy better than I do,so I pray for His will to be done not mine,and I accept what comes my way,God knows that I love him no matter what.
2007-02-11 02:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by Kay H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I, well, to he** with it, lets tell the truth, eh? I often have told myself that I hated God, have denied to myself I even believed in God (though I knew I was only being stupid, as I did believe)...and pitied God. I have sought to know God, sought to not know God, I've given God a "piece of my mind" and given God a "piece of my heart" But love? Nope....I can't seem to apply a selfishly human emotion to something that is past humanity. I've given God awe, but not love.
2007-02-08 14:06:48 · answer #7 · answered by aidan402 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love God because I love myself. But not for getting my wants, God is not my servant. I have to serve God by loving myself, my neighbours and each one on this earth.
2007-02-10 04:38:59 · answer #8 · answered by PRABHAT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We love God not for our wants but we love him because he is with us when we need him in our dark hours
2007-02-09 00:10:03 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The more I know God the less I want.
2007-02-08 13:34:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋