How can they feel that way?

Question

I am Agnostic, and to my understanding, Jesus sacrificed himself to let us live. He forgave all of our sins. God is perfect. Jesus is perfect. Whatever. I do not want to believe that everything I do is bad and that I am inferior to a God that is holy and perfect. Everyone is equal. And about the "everything I do is bad" part, I mean that whenever something good happens religious people always seem to say "thank you, God." Maybe it WASN'T God. Maybe I did this. Maybe out of my hard work and determination I accomplished something good without God's help. I just don't understand how Christians and who-not can feel like God is perfect and whatever good stuff happens is God's doing and whatever bad stuff happens is their doing. How can they feel that way?

Answer 1

I do not consider myself christian, but i do consider myself spiritual....I believe that there is a God and it is not me.....
I believe that nothing happens by mistake and that there cannot be light without the darkness, good without the bad....
And yes, it is good for you to work hard and to accomplish things, but to also be accountable and responsible for your actions and choices in this lifetime.
Blessed Be....

Answer 2

Halleluja!!!

You summed it up, right here:

" I do not want to believe that everything I do is bad and that I am inferior to a God that is holy and perfect."

Selfishness is what keeps EVERYBODY from God. You wanna do you own thing, be different, huh? You're doing what everyone else is doing!!! You need to worry less about self-esteem and more about attaining God-esteem. You can do two things at this critical junction:

1) humble yourself, submit to God--realize you are not the omniscient being you'd like to be, and that you are corrupt.

2) be humbled

Your choice.

Answer 3

As Christians, we are told to "give God the Glory" when something good happens to us. the Bible says that every good and every perfect gift comes from the Father. We are also told to thank God for adversity, because as Christians, God is in control of our lives and if something we think is bad, happens to us, we believe, in faith, that He allowed it. He may or may not reveal his reasoning. People outside the faith, make their own way in life with or without His help. I pray God will walk with you in your search for truth.

Answer 4

Christians and others who believe in God do not assume that God deliberately caused all the good things to happen. Of course you play a role in what happens in your life. To say otherwise would be ridiculous. What Christians do believe is that everything that they are....came from God. God gave you your abilities...your gifts if you wish to call them. It is for those abilities that we thank God. God does not interfere with or intervene in circumstances unless we ask him to do so. Even then, we must be patient. He does not take orders from us. From my own experience, things may not always turn out the way I wanted them to turn out...but in the long run...the way things turned out to be what is best for me. Age 64 and still counting.

Answer 5

Everyone is equal?

Can you really stick to that statement? I mean, so a newborn infant is equal to a perverted serial killer?

LOL Dude, you just sound pissed at your parents. Go listen to your sad music!

Answer 6

We just want to give God the glory, even if He only helped us a little.
I know that I do better when I humble myself and ask for His help.

Answer 7

prepare for 50 answers in the form of bible veruses

Answer 8

I am starving, I havent had breakfast yet either, Do you want an egg omlet? I will cook it!

Answer 9

faith and humility. there's nothing wrong with that and their is nothing wrong with pride in yourself but you kind of sound like a spoiled child. not saying you are but that's how this looks.