If there was no mention of God in schools, on currency, or in the pledge of allegiance; no advertising for God at all by our government or our citizens, would you still believe?
2007-04-09 07:20:47 · 13 answers · asked by feliouscat 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes its personal ... a person may be guided to it but its the heart that realizes the truth in it and picks it up ..
2007-04-09 07:25:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
All that you learned in school, currencies and pledge of allegiance, advertisements, televisions, radioes, newspapers. books, parents, relatives, was not only about believing in God but also about maths, languages, histories, sciences, philosophies, and many others were never pressured on you. You were also taught to believe in yourself and stand for what you believe in.
When you grow up, you were given the the chance to prove or disprove any of the theories taught to you. That is why the world keep on evolving to new ideas and concept in many aspects of lives. Even God in your thoughts will be subject to your own discretions. Nobody pressured you to what you know now and your belief is based in what your mind can comfortably appreciate as acceptable.
2007-04-09 14:49:19 · answer #2 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would. I have experienced GOD for myself so no one can sway me from Him. My life has changed dramatically and it was not my family, friends or the the worlds influence that made those changes happen. If you get to know Him on a personal level, you will see that He doesnt have to be pushed on you for you to want Him in your life. You are only still alive because if His grace and mercy. Dont ever think that it was because of something you did. He loves you and just wants to give you all that He has for you. Give Him a chance, on your own! You will never be ready....so dont wait until you get everything right in your life. Just go to Him as you are and let Him love you! Taking GOD out of schools was the biggest mistake that the government could have ever made. Look at how the schools are today and how they were when we prayed. Dont let these influences make you think that you dont need GOD. It is better to have Him and not need Him....then in the end not have Him and need Him. Think about it.
2007-04-09 14:28:09 · answer #3 · answered by Leah L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real God of the Bible whom I worship is a different God than the one on the currency or whom my relatives worship[ped]. When I found that God, I had to buck society and family to live by His precepts...one has to go against the status quo to worship God, because most people do not know or worship Him- as can be seen by the shape our society is in.
Do the issuers of currency practise the teachings of Jesus Christ? Hardly! And since when is God mentioned in schools? Mention God in an American school and they'd have a SWAT team there in 2 minutes to drag you away! Everything that is taught in the schools denies God- from evolution to the pushing of the homosezual agenda. (Funny, but I seem to have missed the part in the Bible where Jesus said to give out condoms to children, and allow them to have abortions...)
To take on the worship of the true God, is to go completely against the grain of society.
2007-04-09 14:41:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe in him now I just do not agree with what he does. Like cursing Lilith who was casted out by God and replaced by Eve. Casting Lucifer the Arch Angel of White Light out when he did nothing more than question God. I think that bundling up all the fallen angels and labeling all the hundreds of thousands of them as one being we know as Satan. God was the first to do evil. God invented evil. That is why I feel he is malicious and vengeful.
2007-04-09 14:36:23 · answer #5 · answered by Lynnemarie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was pressured to believe in evolution by family, Friends, and teachers. Did not know a Christian till I was in my 20s. And did not really hear the gospel till then either. But I was taught only evolution in school, read Origin of Species and other texts on my own..
But I am a Christian now, after much inquiry and searching.
2007-04-09 14:24:10 · answer #6 · answered by Frak 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wasn't , I am not, and I do not. I don't need a 'god' to blame for my errors in life, I don't need a god to thank for the good decisions I have made. Belief in a god relieves the believer of responsibility for their own actions...a very convenient way to live, when you think about it.
2007-04-09 14:24:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I became born again, none of my friends or family were born again believers in Christ, so there was no pressure whatsoever.
2007-04-09 14:24:48 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in my gods because people told me to. I was born an atheist.
2007-04-09 14:23:59 · answer #9 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was never pressured. In fact, I'm a lone Christian in a heathen family.
2007-04-09 14:59:46 · answer #10 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋