2007-03-04 10:46:50 · 27 answers · asked by aurorase 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think so. I asked a similar question and I got answers, all from Christians, saying that they put god over any person they knew.
Now this bothered me. They are saying that they love a "force" which they're never seen, never touched, never talked to, and never will in their lives... more than the people around them in their own lives. So this force goes ahead of their husbands, wives, lovers, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers and children - all things that are real and would be there for you in real life.
After that I couldn't look at Christians. They seemed to me that they'd abandon without any hesitation their loved ones who are around them in life for something they've never experienced. That isn't normal. I don't trust them. This is one of the reasons why I hate religion so much.
I have loved ones I really care about. I'd do anything for them. I think it's wrong that someone would have this Christian mentality in this regard.
Also you can see this as a tactic to destroy the family connections and command total obedience from the religious followers.
2007-03-04 10:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Not law, but God's Word tells us to Love God above all, including our families who God gave us to. GOD IS LOVE! If we love God, we can know how to love our families in a Godly way. If we had to choose between loving anyone and God, then yes, we must love God first. This by no means takes the quality away from the love for our families. This makes sense why loving God is the FIRST commandment and loving others is second.!
2007-03-04 19:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by connie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes.We need to love God first and more because He gave our loved ones to us,and all the things and people we know.Alot of people misinterpret this commandment.We need to be putting God first all the time.That doesn`t mean instead of you`re family and children,it means before.Get up an hour earlier every morning and spend time with the Lord first,before you head off to work,or start breakfast for your children,because we all need that time alone with God to pray about our day and ask the Lord to help you and guide you and give you wisdom.And also spend time in The Word every day.
2007-03-04 18:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by mom2119114 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your love for your family should be a natural result of your adoration for God. God does not want you to put the cart before the horse. If so, you may be caring well for your family's physical and emotional needs, but ignoring their eternal spiritual needs--which to God is far more important.
2007-03-04 18:50:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no specific "law" stating such a thing, however one could argue that loving any person or group of people more than God was a form of idolatry. Jesus did say that if people loved their families more than they loved Him that they couldn't become his disciples.
The Bible tells us to love our families. It also tells us that if we come to a place where we have to choose between people and God that we should choose the eternal God of Heaven.
2007-03-04 18:54:40 · answer #5 · answered by Martin S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. Love your family, but when it comes to choosing God over your family, if in comes to that, still love your family, but choose God. That is what the Bible teaches us to do.
2007-03-04 19:01:53 · answer #6 · answered by Me 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fortunately it is always possible to love your family and love God too. There aren't any things I can think of where loving God more than your family means putting your family at any kind of disadvantage. If you are part of family, or have a family of your own, and you want to love them and raise them in the way that would honor God, then you are able to both love God and still love your family just as much as you possibly can.
Lets say you went to visit your grandparents, and it was Sunday, and they wanted to take you to the race track. You wanted to keep the Sabbath day holy, because you love God and want to follow that commandment. So you say to your Grandparents, I love you but I would rather spend time with you at Church rather than the racetrack. Some people might say you love God more than your Grandparents. But what you want is what is best for your Grandparents, you don't want them to lose all their money, and also you want them to be in Church with you. So in that way, you totally love your grandparents too, in the best way possible.
I don't think it's really accurate to say you love God more than your family, or that God would want it that way. He wants us to be happy, and to show love and respect to our families. You can do both, so why worry about semantics?
2007-03-04 18:59:20 · answer #7 · answered by Sweet n Sour 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, because God is the only one who can save you or your family. He loved you before you even had a family.
2007-03-04 18:52:07 · answer #8 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
According to the Christian Bible, yes.
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
The reason for this is that the Jewish and Christian God is a "jealous" God--he will not tolerate the acknowledgment of any other gods, and he will not tolerate being loved less than anything else, even one's own family.
Exodus 34:14 for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
Christian doctrine, based on Paul's writings, further extends this by saying that God's jealousy forbids even the acceptance of any false doctrines.
2 Corinthians 11:2-4 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different 'good news', which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.
The story of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac is especially illustrative. God told Abraham to sacrifice his son, whom he loved, and Abraham responded by obeying without question. As a reward for this blind obedience, Abraham's sons were blessed by God and became the nation of Israel. It is thus fair to say that forsaking one's own family for the sake of obedience to God is, to Jews and Christians, the ultimate act of "faith", and an essential aspect of worship. If you aren't willing to give up your loved ones for God, you are not following Abraham's example.
Whether it is right or wrong to follow Abraham's example, of course, is an entirely different question. You asked about God's law (per the Bible's teachings), not about morality.
2007-03-04 18:49:01 · answer #9 · answered by Rob Diamond 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
no you must respect your father and your mother ,
it goes with the theme of loving god and loving neighbour ,
the real reason for leaving your family ,lies between a prophet not being respected in his own lands
[they know you as you]
and the fact the family loves you with so much passion ,that any slight on your part can allow evil to posses them ;
evil can only access our being when we have negative thoughts,
if you think no evil nor judge evil just cant take possesion to make worse ,what could be but tempory anger ,
families passions as history notes is very fierce because the love [passion ] for them is so strong
noting jusus rejected even his own mother , because he was aware of these passions ,that seek to divide ,but allowed only by the passion of love evil has convinced to be personalised.
it dosnt mean you love your family any less
we have all seen this how many ministers cgilfdren become consumed with evil ,allowed by thier own fears that admitted the evil passions
2007-03-04 18:58:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋