A serious question for non-christians?

Question

What is it that keeps you from God? What bothers you? With full sincerity I would like to know, because we all human and not any different from anyone else. Please let me know.

Answer 1

Nothing's keeping me from God. God =/= Christianity.

Answer 2

What is it that keeps me from God? Well, nothing at all, really. I have full access to the religious texts that most people have, I occasionally attend church and I have Christian friends, so there's be no problem talking about it all. I just lack faith in the concept of the personal creator God that Christians have.

What bothers me? Nothing really. I have a set of personal 'beliefs' that make sense to me, make me happy and I believe help me live a compassionate and useful life.

I don't know if that helps at all since it is a rather brief answer.

I could go on but I prefer brevity. So I have added a couple of links if you're interested. And I finish with a quote from a Zen Buddhist I admire:

"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now". Thich Nhat Hanh

Thank you for your question. Live long and prosper.

Answer 3

See, here's where you lose us..
The god you serve is one you've placed in a neat little box that's been described in a collection of 66 books written by human beings that tell you what god is like.

That god is a childish, tantrum-throwing, two-faced liar, who kills small children for laughing at bald men, forces his people to commit genocide, sets his creation up for failure then abandons it and requires blood sacrifice of animals and ultimately a human being to "atone".

If there is a creator, you can't possibly think that something which could create all of this would be that petty, childish, insecure, hateful and gory.. do you?? honestly.. take a look at the god you're worshipping.. and you really wonder what keeps us from him??

I won't worship that god on moral principles. The creator is so much better and bigger than the box you christians have her in.

Answer 4

Full sincerity: I seriously, honestly, truly, down-to-the-core don't believe that anything as illogical as the Christian God exists. And I truly, honestly, and sincerely have looked for evidence, and with my honor on the line I swear that I have yet to see anything compelling.

The idea that it's all made up to explain the Unknown makes so much more sense, and fits so much more with the evidence available (discarded religions, conflicting texts, illogical and contradictory attributes) that I just can't bring myself to believe it, no matter how hard I try.

Trying to believe God exists, for me, is about as hard as trying to believe the Sun doesn't exist.

Truly.

Answer 5

Many things keep me from God. Here's two;
1 ... If He truly is omniscient how can He stand by and watch what some of His children go through? I know the whole free will and consequence speech but either He can't intervene or just plain doesn't care.
2 ... The whole concept of hell. Nobody in my family is a Christian but they are very good kind hearted people all destined for hell apparently :-(

Answer 6

You don't have to be a christian to believe in God. There are many different religions that believe in God, just not in jesus. I personally believe in God, but not in jesus. I am also not a muslim or a jew. I am only a person that lives a good life and treats other people well. That is what I believe God really wants us to do- just be a kind, decent person.

Answer 7

I was going to ask if you'd met any Christians, but I guess the answer's yes... anyway, same answer as always: there is not one single shred of evidence for the existence of god and there never has been. But don't be disheartened! I apply the same rule to all the other gods too - the ones you don't believe in either.

Hope this helps.

Answer 8

I really don't like thie idea of the deities. There are so many of them and they seem so pointless, especially the Egyptian ones and the Jewish war-god guy. Really who needs a god to help you win a war or to make the sun come up and why would any deity make the sun stop in the sky for 2 days so people could slaughter each other.

The only god I ever thought was cool was Hermes.

Answer 9

being non-christian doesn't mean I don't believe in a God concept ... I think certainly there are more powerful things in the universe than me ... I think a better question would be what keeps me from organized religion? ... and the answer would be that they are not based in truth or reality ... I believe religion is just another man made brainwashed control thing (sorry if that sounds harsh) ... that and I dont believe anyone who says they are a God ... also, it's kinda hard for any rational person to actually believe any of the stories from the bible ... i mean, 6000 years ago in 7 days, took Adams rib and made eve, 2 of every animal ... umm, pullll-eze


I will say this ... I believe we all create ... and when you find your truth inside yourself, whatever it is, it is absolutely true for you

**See - the Ultimate Observer

Answer 10

The good judgment is unquestionably extremely basic. evaluate a teenager who joins a highway gang. This teenager would (to his techniques) have the purest (preserving his community) of intentions. He has in no way harmed every physique and has no purpose of doing so. different contributors of his gang have and he knows they'll proceed to attain this interior the destiny. no person ought to argue that he would not share some accountability for the strikes of his fellow gang contributors. And, that accountability will boost exponentially whilst he recruits others into the group. in short, until all christians take accountability for those lunatics, frauds and criminals interior of their own "gang," they and their fraudulent philosophy will and could be painted with the comparable brush.