I am quite happy with the concept of an ultimate creative force (primus mobilis) that created the universe, but I'm not convinced that "God loves us". Christianity says "he gave his only son" - many people have given up their lives and their families for a cause, but this isn't generally a reason for deification. Given the harsh realities and unfairness of this life (not necessarily my own) what reasons do the faithful have for believing that a benign God loves us, over any other creatures?
2007-04-24 02:06:35 · 16 answers · asked by onlymyopinion 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Many people have given up their lives and their families for a cause that deserved that kind of sacrifice.
Would you give your son (not your life..considering your son is even more precious than your own life) for a murderer,a thief...a sinner ? Would you be able to do it unconditionally and dont force that person to accept it ..but just wait to receive your love ?
He loves you . intimately and really deep..beyond your appearance,He looks at your heart,and the deepness of your thoughts and waits. :) i would accept it .
The harsh realities and unfairness you see all around you comes from getting out of His protection and provision.. "The Lord is my Shepard..i shall not want."
2007-04-24 02:19:34 · answer #1 · answered by insight.5419 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is not "benign."
1 : of a gentle disposition : GRACIOUS
2 a : showing kindness and gentleness
3 a : of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life; especially : not becoming cancerous b : having no significant effect : HARMLESS
Your god is too SAFE!
C.S. Lewis wrote in his Chronicles of Narnia "Aslan is not a tame lion," and God is not "the man upstairs," "Santa," or an old, but harmless, grandfather we can bamboozle with our prayers.
The part about God being a God of love comes from John 3:16:
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
But don't forget to read the verses that follow that:
John 3:17-19
17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
18 "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 "This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil."
2007-04-24 02:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Every demon of hell was looking for Jesus to trip up so they could have a legal right to come into Jesus' Spirit and cause Jesus to become sinful. Satan, personally, tempted Jesus at the highest level possible - spiritual intellectualism and pride.
All evil in mankind comes from within the heart of that man, woman or child. Jesus was tempted in all points such as we are but overcame temptation.
What President or King do you know that would send his son to save a people by being tormented, abused and crucified?
The King set the rule, "without the shedding of blood their is no pardon for sins." There were sinless animals, but only One sinless Man that could go through temptation and not sin.
Jesus won back what the first Adam lost for us.
I know God loves me. I've been to the cross and back. The Holy Spirit reveals to me each day that Christ loves me and I have eternal life with Almighty God.
I have something for you to do. The Lord says, "call on Me and I will show you great and mighty things." Jeremiah 33:3
"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."
For the next 7 days, every night before bed, remind the Lord what He said in Jeremiah 33:3 and tell God that you are calling upon Him.
2007-04-24 02:29:57 · answer #3 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This question boils down to "the problem of evil" - why should an all-powerful, all-loving God permit evil to exist?
The problem for Christianity is that they have never solved or explained the problem of evil with their theology - the closest to an explanation you are likely to get is that evil is God's little test for humanity.
And I agree, there is no reason why God (if he/she/it exists) would love us more than any other organism in the universe - to think otherwise smacks of hubris (in the modern, not the Ancient Greek sense).
2007-04-24 02:13:28 · answer #4 · answered by manneke 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When we say he gave his only son, he did it for the sake of all mankind. So that we could have the chance to live life eternally on a paradise earth. That was a great sacrafice.
He had grown to love his son, and to know him over billions of years in heaven. Giving up someone like that and knowing what they will go through is a big move. And watching how he was treated, had to be heartwrenching.
So I have faith that my God loves us dearly!
2007-04-24 02:12:51 · answer #5 · answered by ♥LadyC♥ 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He had to have loved us very much at one time anyway. I cannot think of anyone I love enough to sacrifice my child for. And I deeply love a great many people. I think what you see as harsh realities and unfairness of life can be attributed more to people not loving God and giving in to their own freewill than God not loving us.
2007-04-24 02:11:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-03 11:59:18 · answer #7 · answered by zeitz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES.
I was born and raised, by a woman who was a black magic witch, and my birth dad was a warlock....
God still loved me, and made a way for me to hear His word
John 3:16.
Since God did this for a rejected, hated abused and unwanted child He would do it and has done it for everybody.
The truth is God has made a way for everyone to hear His word, just not everybody excepts it.
2007-04-24 02:43:41 · answer #8 · answered by Cheryl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
John 3:16, the most wonderful words ever written!
2007-04-24 02:56:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes he does love us. if you read the rest of that verse john 3:16 for God so LOVED the world that he gave his only begotten sone that whosoever believeth in him should not parish but have everlasting life.
2007-04-24 02:15:41 · answer #10 · answered by Tricia P 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋