Just for a point of reference many claim that there isn't any god and Jesus Christ was a nice man, but that was all. Show here is my question for everyone: Say in these next ten years a leader appears that helps feed the worlds population and finds the cures to all the diseased and sick people through out the world then is elected a new position as ruler of the united nations of earth and all that this person asks of the population as a whole - to prove everyone acknowledges all his fine accomplishments and appreciates everything he has done for the whole earth- is allow his name or number to be put upon your head or right hand. would this not seem very little to ask of anyone and would you mind doing such a simple request?
Yes or No - if no why not after all that he has done for everyone?
2007-05-14 17:32:35 · 25 answers · asked by S.O.S. 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If this person really did all that you say he could, then yes I would do anything that he asks.
But only if I had seen him (either in person or on video, photo or heard his voice recorded).
But if no one had actually met him and there were only accounts of 'visions' etc. to 'prove' he is real, then I would be skeptical.
And if this man is your equivalent to God, you forget that God allows alot of bad stuff to happen, whereas this guy you're telling us about only did good.
2007-05-14 19:48:41 · answer #1 · answered by God Fears Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call it my inherent mistrust of all leaders, but some guy appearing that'll magically solve all the worlds problems is just as far-fetched as any god.
So lets say this does actually happen. And we'll bite at your insinuation that this dude is the anti-christ. Then sure. I'll do it. And I'd be more than happy to join his assault on heaven. If god truly created this world, then created us, but we did something he didn't like and thus have to deal with a load of problems he won't fix, then I'd say we're nothing but expendable expirements to god, proving him a tyrant. And if a leader arises that fixes the messed up world this magical god left for us, he's far more worthy of worship than god ever was.
2007-05-15 00:51:36 · answer #2 · answered by Liberated Parasite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would mind doing that, very much so as a matter of fact. If someone was to do that I would hope they actually taught us to make this world better for ourselves instead of just fixing everything for us because then we have learned nothing. We humans have made this world the mess it is and it is going to take an effort of all of us to fix it. If someone else fixes it then we are just going to screw it up again and sit around screwing it up more until this person of yours comes back again to fix it again. We have to learn to take responsibility for our actions and help Mother Earth to heal on our own if the fixes are really going to work and last.
And secondly, I refuse to be branded like cattle to serve some master without question, regardless of how benevolent others may think this person is.
2007-05-15 01:01:04 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say "Sorry, dude. You're a nice guy and all, but I ain't putting any mark on my body for your aggrandizement."
Then I would ask why on Earth he could possibly want everyone to put a mark on themselves. If he couldn't justify a reason, then I would lose a lot of respect for him, despite all the good he's done, and probably suspect that he's gone a little bonkers, and look on all of his endeavours after that with a touch of suspicion.
It would be obvious that he is not doing his good deeds because he thinks they are good deeds, but because he has some sort of ulterior motive.
2007-05-15 00:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been watching too much Left Behind lately?
Were such a man to come, I would lament that while he has done many great things, he is apparently as addled as any other Christian about the state of the world.
2007-05-15 11:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by Atheist Geek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that wouldn't be very modest of him. Someone that great would not need proof, and would not go out looking for acknowledgment but would receive it without asking. A person like that is not self centered and would not ask people to brand themselves with his name. He would do it without need of recognition, because it was the right thing to do.
2007-05-15 00:52:09 · answer #6 · answered by justin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a twisted fantasy that you have been led to imagine is possible. It isn't going to happen, and some day in your old age (or hopefully sooner) you'll look back and wonder why you believed such fractured fairy tales.
2007-05-15 00:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by Jim L 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow. That sounds exactly like the anti-Christ in that insipid Left Behind series.
2007-05-15 06:30:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't do that. Why? Because even though he may have helped me, he still doesn't own me.
And I see where you're going with this. This is the balderdash behind Fundamentalist End Times theology.
2007-05-15 00:36:25 · answer #9 · answered by Nowhere Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that Jesus was divine. I can't, because I'm a rationalist. There's no evidence that he was.
I don't mark my body. I don't care why someone wants me to. As soon as someone sends out some sort of mandate to me, I stop respecting them.
2007-05-15 00:42:56 · answer #10 · answered by Dylan H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋