He wasn't a believer .
2007-04-14 23:25:26 · 11 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I guess nobody can know his exact thoughts, but i beleive he had a point. Humans cant expect God will do it all for them. We must follow the laws of the Bible in order to gain everlasting life etc. In a sense we do infact choose our path.
2007-04-14 23:30:16 · answer #1 · answered by Cassandra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children would not accept an answer explaining that Divinity is not created but creator, because grown ups teach them so. And we and the rest of the creation are not creations at all, we are part of the same Divinity and reality, just at different levels of existence. You surely want a prove... we have one, we always had and you use it everyday, Mathematics. Someone said: "Biological life is much too complex to not have had a creator, yet a deity who would be infinitely more complex than us requires no creator? It is truly horrid logic." You can't believe of a creator without creator but you do believe in Infinite, don't you? You believe that the universe is infinite (until proven different), Any number divided by 0 results in Infinite (even negative numbers), and you DO believe it You believe in negative numbers, eventhough they do not exist You believe in 0, eventhought there is no such thing as "the nothing" You believe that there is a counterpart of everything, a dualism, positive, negative, up, down, left, right, etc, and yet, there is no counterpart of 0 (and it is not the infinity) and of course there is no -0 So, take a look at this, if 0 is the origin of all, 0 is the Divinity, and nothing comes before it; But the Divinity is one and only one, 1, creator of itself and the rest that there is. If the Divinity creates itself, that is divides itself to create the rest: 1 __ = infinite -> the creation, the universe and all of tis 0 components That is how The Divinity creates everything and itself Can you believe that the limit of X when X tends to Y, is Y eventhough X never reaches Y??? Can you explain somebody something you don't really understand? How can you answer a question for wich you neither you have a certain answer? Science and atheist don't believe in things until they see them. There is a time for everyone to open their eyes and see. I had my time to see, verify and experience for myself. I'm not a believer, I don't support what I say on faith but in true knowledge. Open your mind to see beyond what you can see with your normal sight... I'll quote a book, but not the one most of the people in this site does: "Adieu, dit le renard. Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux" "...the essence is invisible for the eyes..." The little Prince Antoine d'Exupery
2016-05-20 03:25:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that he was insulting religion. I think he was more pointing out something that we all do without realizing it. For example...it's like the parable of the ten virgins...some came prepared for the bridegroom to return, and some did not. The ones who came with oil were allowed access, and the ones who were foolish and did not take enough oil to sustain them did not.
Basically, even though this isn't a biblical scripture it does make sense. If you are praying for God to send a miracle your way, and you truly believe that He will - you begin to prepare yourself to receive it. It's a show of faith that you DO believe that God will keep His promises. Preparing your fields for rain, so to speak.
Good question :)
2007-04-14 23:39:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think what he was saying is that one should never expect God to do it all. We have the God given right to make a decision but that entails getting into action and doing something ourselves. In this sense then Ben was right, after you help yourself and you still are not successful after many attempts then you might turn to God for guidance, don't expect God to do it for you as He is not our servant but rather we are His servants. Praying and asking for help may just be the inspiration that one needs to find the right path to solve his or her problem.
2007-04-14 23:44:18 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. PDQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think he was saying that we don't need God's help, but that we need to take steps in order for God to help us, not just to sit around and wait on God.
Ben Franklin was a believer in a higher Power, but belonged to no organized religious group.
2007-04-14 23:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was acknowledging that you can pray all you want to, God still requires you to take some action in order to fulfil his attempts to help and guide you...If you're lazy, and pray to find a job, and don't take the time to put in applications and go through the interview, and just expect God to send someone to your door ready to hire you, for example.
2007-04-14 23:39:11 · answer #6 · answered by beatlefan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a re-quote from Euripides - "the gods help those who help themselves." The gods have traditionally been those who either agree or disagree with the distribution of fates and fortunes that happens.
2007-04-14 23:30:20 · answer #7 · answered by Christian person 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wasn't he? I strongly agree with his quote. So long as man helps himself he is worthy of help from others. "No sir, I have no change for you. I work for a living, what do you do?" Men should help each other. Not step on each other.
2007-04-14 23:32:36 · answer #8 · answered by Invisible_Flags 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he gave god a get out so he dose not have to help people on the planet
2007-04-14 23:41:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's highly likely
2007-04-14 23:41:53 · answer #10 · answered by Screamin' Banshee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋