I for one do not believe that an all-loving God would do this thing. I believe the men that wrote that this was the penalty for sin did it based on clearing their conscience of those that they roasted on the stakes. Who wants to follow a cruel God?
2007-05-07 10:11:27 · 17 answers · asked by YippyYahQQ 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Despite your seething hatred and arrogance, God STILL loves you.
2007-05-07 10:14:43 · answer #1 · answered by michele 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Look around you at this this beatiful world we live in. Look at the mountains, the trees, and the mighty galaxy of stars. How does the earth stay in orbit around the sun? Why doesn't it fly off into space? How did all the stars get where they are? And you want God to show himself to you? He already has through His Creation. Besides if he did appear before you you would die, because no man can see His face and live. (Exodus)
2007-05-07 17:22:53 · answer #2 · answered by bassman 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hon, first of all I'm not a gay man, but I was really moved by your post. I don't care about the points, but I want to give you some input. Think of me as your mom, but without the fear you'd have of talking to her about these things.
The first thing you need to do is stop sending your stuff out over the internet - or by any other method. You're in 8th grade - you could easily be sending your pictures and information to predators who can do more than hurt you. You're seriously risking your life by doing this. Please stop. Please. As a mom, it would break my heart to know my child was behaving in this kind of dangerous behavior. I would accept my children in a milisecond if they told me they were gay, but I would be utterly terrified to know they were sending pictures out online.
I don't know if you're gay or not, but I would guess if you're more attracted to the idea of gay sex than you are to the idea of hetero sex, you might be.
That's something you can live with. There are many many well-adjusted gay men and women out there who live their lives productively and happily.
I think the most important thing for you to do right now is to get some professional help. Talk to one of your counselors at school, or another trusted adult. TRUSTED is the key word. Don't get in a situation where another adult can take advantage of the confusion you have right now.
I wish you the best, and I hope that whatever you "turn out to be" you accept yourself and make the most of who and what you are.
God bless you and may you find peace.
2007-05-07 17:18:30 · answer #3 · answered by EyeSpeck: [No†hing Less] 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many people want to follow their own beliefs, so they say something negative about God. This way they feel justified for their own sins by trying to make others feel incompetent by using sarcasm. If you want to follow yourself then do it, you have free will. I will pray for you this very second. May God bless you.
2007-05-07 17:25:40 · answer #4 · answered by Ron D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God does not choose people to go to hell. He would love it if everyone died in a state of grace so everyone could enter heaven.
WE CHOOSE HELL FOR OURSELVES by our actions.
God is just as well as kind and merciful. Is a parent less loving or more loving when they punish a child who has done wrong?
As far as not seeing God? Well He tried that. Have you heard of Jesus Christ?
It still didn't work because we are a stiff- necked people (in Moses' words).
That is why it is called FAITH.
2007-05-07 17:18:29 · answer #5 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the biggest examples of goodness and evil... Christian language a Christ and anti Christ.... John Lennon and George Bush Sr.... then look at what happens Lennon murdered by a christian... David Chapman went to bible camp and came out a murderer.... Bush Sr makes war on the world he lost one battle notice how evil works when we needed Lennon he was not here to help... but mother nature survives them both.... younger than both we shall see changes occurring soon enough.....
2007-05-07 17:33:35 · answer #6 · answered by Gypsy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God IS PERFECT!!!! God is awesome, God is Life, He is LOVE! And He created a perfect universe with perfect laws. and thats what His is. He is life.
But when we break any of these laws we are OUTSIDE of His perfect life. We are outside of that circle! We have to die. Something has to die because we are outside of that perfect circle of life love and happiness! God did not want us to have to die! so He sent someone to replace us, Jesus. We without being washed of our sins CANNOT be in God's Perfect circle of Life. Its just common sense!!
Think of it another way. we are standing before a really good judge for killing someone. And we are going on to death row. And the judge gives us a chance to speak and we say HEY YOU should let us off the hook!!!!! because other then that i am a really good person...
Would a "GOOD" Judge let us GOOOOO??? NO NO NO NO.
We broke the laws in that judges land! But that judge loves us and let someone stand up in the court room and said HEY I will take your place of this person on death row. that person who stood up to save us was Jesus Christ. and he did it so we could be saved from our sins that throw us outside of Gods perfect circle. And through Him those sins can be washed away
so that one day you too will be able to be in eternal life with God!! In His perfect place called heaven....
2007-05-07 17:18:59 · answer #7 · answered by ommie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First you must have faith for God to reveal himself to you by way of the heart and a changed life. Like it or not that is how it works. Even doubting Thomas had to see with his own eyes.
2007-05-07 17:15:25 · answer #8 · answered by Dennis James 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Your belief does not validate the word of God. You have the choice to do what you want. Choose wisely.
2007-05-07 17:17:25 · answer #9 · answered by Southern Apostolic 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Sorry, it doesn't work on your terms. It works on God's terms. If you seek Him humbly, you will find. You will not find God with your arms crossed, "Hmph, if He is real He will show himself to me". Seriously, you are not bigger than him. You must go to HIM-not the other way around.
edit: He doesn't send us to Hell, we ultimately do that to ourselves by not accepting Him.
2007-05-07 17:16:01 · answer #10 · answered by AJM 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋