2007-04-04 09:11:13 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
would it be to easy just to beleive in god,and the son of god,lord jesus christ.I know everybody does have some sort of knowledge of who made them,but they CHOOSE not to and deny it.whos he,they say.i need proof.
2007-04-04 09:18:38 · update #1
truly amazing answers and interesting in a sad way.
2007-04-04 09:44:00 · update #2
Maybe cos it's easier and more popular? Crazy decision!
2007-04-04 09:21:27 · answer #1 · answered by Isabel 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think you might have just answered your own question- it would be too easy.
Some people don't need the threat of eternal suffering or incentive in a form of paradise to be decent folk. Some for the lack of logic- after spending a lot of time trying to reconcile all the contradictions in the bible. Others find the idea that any rude, cruel, spiteful person will enter heaven if he only professes his love of god and accepts Christ as his savior quiet distasteful, snubs, aren't they? And then there are those that think that a man should decide for himself and ultimately be responsible only to himself.
And as for other religions of the world, you see, it's all very confusing to uninitiated. So until you guys figure out amongst yourself what is it that god really wants from us humans, if anything at all, we'll just go about our lives as best we can and hope that everything will turn out alright in the end.
2007-04-04 21:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by Reavan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I feel so sorry for you - its as though your brain is only capable of running on one track. You are so patronising. There is no hell just as there is no heaven at least not in the way Christians believe - that is my own personal belief however and I have no desire to get you to change your belief. One of the great things about being a human being is having the capacity for independent thought - why don't you exercise it a little, you may come up with something enlightening to say.
2007-04-04 22:44:07 · answer #3 · answered by LillyB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God sends them the operation of error, because they do not love the truth.
Seek the truth, love the truth, accept no substitutes for the truth, and your eyes will be opened to the truth.
The truth, when you find it, will set you free. Seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened.
Seek wisdom, not the foolish opinions of self-styled human authorities, experts and pseudo scientists.
Do these things and your life will change in the most amazing way, you will no longer be heading for hell in a handcart, but rather your life will be filled with the joyous anticipation of eternal bliss in the company of the greatest love the World has ever known, or will ever know, Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ.
2007-04-04 09:43:26 · answer #4 · answered by A.M.D.G 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Neither heaven nor hell exist. They are simply stories made up to make you live according to some arbitrary rules.
Christianity imagines that there is a problem - hell - and, hey, they've got the solution: Jesus! If you simply accept that there's no hell in the first place, there is no need to accept an imaginary saviour.
When you die, that's it.
2007-04-04 10:51:44 · answer #5 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Definite answers are always interesting. They may be reaffirming a hope rather than a known truth. I think rejection of God will be a certain thing that people know in their heart the truth of the choice they make. We will have to wait and see what happens.
2007-04-04 09:20:02 · answer #6 · answered by : 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Firstly Im sure god being who he is understands how some people could be skeptical, and not sure if they do, or will ever believe in him, and if god forgives our sins then why would he be sent to hell if there was a such place. People made us going to hell if we dont believe, or do certain things to scare us into believing, and not doing certain things. Thats what I believe. I dont know if I believe in god, but I like to think that there is some kind of god figure out there watching over us helping us along on our paths through life. I also think being here is as close to hell as you can get, its how we learn, and better ourselves. This is hell if you believe how everything is peaceful, and happyness on the other side. Also why would god punish us for our sins if over there on the other side is all peace, and wouldnt that make him just as bad as the devil, even more so make the devil somewhat good since he is supposed to punish the bad? You should really be asking yourself those questions, and thinking about that. God is not someone to hold something bad that you did against you no matter how big, or small, he made you who you are, and even though it may not make sense why he would create something so bad, or that dont believe in him its all part of living here on earth.. He couldnt very well just make everyone into believers, and good, or there would be no challenges for us while we are here trying to learn.. Its like one big school experience. Try to look at it like that.. A different point of view you have to look at it on both sides, and it will make sense to you eventually. If earth is our hell, and we chose to come here we did it to learn, and better ourselves. They say we come here to learn, and all our knowledge throughout our lives is passed onto our god, its a way for him to understand things, and learn through us.
2007-04-04 09:43:17 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I realise that you are probably only about 12 years old, and don't understand much about the real world - but, sweetie, there are all sorts of spiritual alternatives to the narrow confines of Christianity ... and the one I have chosen makes a great deal more sense to me.
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2007-04-04 09:15:36 · answer #8 · answered by abetterfate 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry but by not believing in god I haven't chosen to go to hell. hell is a fictional place made up by priest to frighten people into worshiping a fictional character. end of story.
the bible is a great novel by the way, some of the storys are so far fetched, it really cracks me up.
don't try to push your beliefs onto other people, this isn't the middle ages, people have rights to believe what they like.
2007-04-04 13:07:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Note that the concept of Hell as a place bad people go does not exist in the bible. See if you can find a definate reference anywhere in the good book.
Hell is a human conceived concept and does not exist.
2007-04-04 09:21:51 · answer #10 · answered by Ray B 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You proceed from a false supposition.
There is more than just Heaven and Hell in the afterlife.
I'm aiming for Bilskirnir.
I'll send you a postcard... Valkyrie Express.
2007-04-04 09:29:47 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋