Do we believe in God just so we have someone to blame for our own mistakes?
I believe there is a vast difference between ones' Faith and religion - which I believe religion to be just one HUGE business. (ANYTHING that has money involved IS just that - a business. ! Simple as !)
Just look at all those tv evangelists... even the Church own property and invest in stocks and shares... All money has to be accounted for to keep the IRS and tax offices happy.
2007-02-20 21:04:02 · 12 answers · asked by Hello 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Belief in God is an individual preference. We all have reasons for believing and not believing. "Religion" is a man-made business venture that sometimes has little to do with what God truly wants from us. Many churches put more faith in men or women who are behind the pulpit than in the true God. The Bible says there "are many wolves in sheeps' clothing". Believe it....
2007-02-20 21:16:29 · answer #1 · answered by gone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That may have worked when Christianity was a part of the government and depended on taxes for their salary, but now that any church association is voluntary, and each person can read the Bible for themselves and freely decide their own doctrines, most Christians never pay a cent to anyone. Tithes are typically just to help the minister as most ministers need two jobs to support their family. I would agree though that some people commercialize religion
2007-02-21 05:18:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We believe in God because we are intelligent life forms. And it is the inteliggence within us that prompts us to believe that there must be a higher intelligence at work, creating, sustaining and guiding the entire universe. It is the inner intelligence that makes us believe that by drawing closer to the universal force we we will achieve a better understanding of our own self.
In our attempt to realize God, we may take upon a method of realization that best suits us. When this method is followed by more people constanly, it becomes a religion. Religions are mere paths towards a common destination. Nothing more than that.
2007-02-21 05:16:53 · answer #3 · answered by Rakesh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont reject God because you reject a religion. before you take a look into religion, convince yourself whether or not if God exists.
take a look at something as big as the universe and something as small as an atom, and how they function. knowing how the work, its impossible to believe how the universe could have made itself through coincidences. its more ridiculous than saying an airplane being built by a tornado in a junkyard.
yes, religions may be wrong. but that doesnt mean God is false. but that shouldnt stop you from looking into religions. maybe you'll find the right religion one day. God knows.
2007-02-21 05:14:57 · answer #4 · answered by XB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blaming GOD for your own mistakes is SAD. GOD allow mistakes because GOD doesn't want robots he wants to see what & if you will learn from the mistakes. church & money
Dont give $$$$ to the TV church give $$$ only to small local church in your area that you can see where it can help. GOD doesnt need your $$ give only and only from your heart..
2007-02-21 05:24:31 · answer #5 · answered by Daryl D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is the sum total of your doctrines, dogmas, and practices, and is the form to which faith is content. You should invent a new word for religious-oriented business, rather than maligning the noble concept of religion.
But that's just my opinion.
2007-02-21 05:10:13 · answer #6 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is a death cult and its power comes from the basic human trait of fearing death and the unknown. I'm sure that if there was no promise of an afterlife, Christianity would hold no allure. I now have no fear of death and have been relieved of the need to cling to allusive promises from an alleged superior being.
2007-02-21 05:18:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in God because I have an on-going relationship with him and talk to him whenever I want. If he never talked back, I'd divorce him on the spot. I don't have time to believe in a fake deity.
2007-02-21 05:09:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I used to believe in god and all that christianity. It was because of ignorance and the fact I was brought up in it
2007-02-21 05:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by Crancrab1 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because we love Him. I am responsible for my mistakes, God is about love.
2007-02-21 05:35:05 · answer #10 · answered by healing wings 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋