Isn't it better to believe in Zeus and be wrong, then not believe and have him zap you with lighting?
Take a shot!
2007-03-15 15:49:27 · 28 answers · asked by DougDoug_ 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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Thanks...I needed that.
2007-03-15 15:58:13 · answer #1 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am sorry to say that, to me, it is not a viable choice of yes or no to God. I vowed to never say this but now with humility I will say this rather pseudo-intellectual expression. To wit: "It depends on how you define God". Sorry for that cheesy idiom. But,
I am a self-read Christian. Do I believe in the God described by religious empires? No way Jose. The original Bible scrolls, before they were mistranslated and corrupted, does not believe (If a history book can believe) in "the" God or in the Jesus as described by the Church Chrisitans on this site.
Harmony is harmony; disharmony is the only sin against (the real) God.
I am very suspicious of any Bible verse that advocates disharmony or ignores the value of harmony.
2007-03-15 16:00:15 · answer #2 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah...if you believe in something, you're willing to take the risk of getting zapped. I don't believe in Zeus so if he zaps me, oh well. We all gotta go sometime.
2007-03-15 15:52:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If that's what you want to believe, go for it. I, myself, follow the teachings of The Great Potato in the Sky.
And Zeus controlled lightning, but I don't think he used it to punish individual people.
2007-03-15 15:54:58 · answer #4 · answered by Moral Orel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if your doing it just not to get zapped, just in case your not really believing in him anyway so the point is mute isn't it?
2007-03-15 15:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You've convinced me. I'm taking tomorrow off to climb Mt. Olympus and bow to Zeus.
2007-03-15 16:09:09 · answer #6 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting point. But what about this one: Would you rather lie to yourself through your whole life, or practice what you simply believe? And belief caused by fear really isn't belief at all, is it? This is a question that troubles me, which is why I simply cannot say whether I am religious or not.
But ask yourself this too: Why would our creator give us free will?
2007-03-15 15:54:14 · answer #7 · answered by Gordon Freeman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No Zeus for me! The Great God Om is my choice. OK, he looks like a tortoise with one eye, but hey, nobody's perfect.
2007-03-15 16:04:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering that statistics is purely an inductive form of knowledge, I've no fear in 'taking my chances' with Zeus.
2007-03-15 15:52:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm banking on going with my head and having him Zap me.
As we all know, Thor is a bigger bad A$S anyway.
2007-03-15 15:54:30 · answer #10 · answered by Radagast97 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been an Atheist and stay in a building with a lighting rod on top of it.
2007-03-15 16:12:01 · answer #11 · answered by jetthrustpy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋