A question for the religious and the not so religious?

Question

O.k if your not religious and don't believe in any gods what do you think will happen once your dead do you think that's it your dead and there is no type of heaven or hell no reward or punishment do you think it would be fair that Adolph Hitler or anyone that done really bad things not to be punished, on the same hand would it be fair for someone like Mother Theresa or someone of the sort who done a lot of good not to be rewarded ?

O.k now for the religious people, if you believe in God why do some of you use fear to get people to believe in him ? And why do some of you judge everyone ?

If you worship other gods(pagan) do you think there is a god like in the Bible and just don't worship him, or do you think the Christian God is silly and there's no proof of him? If so is there proof or the gods you worship?

Lats question, why do some people down others for their religious choice ? because someone believes in God or a pagan god that doesn't make them silly It's their choice and they'll be the ones to live with it, Just because someone believes in something shouldn't make them stupid

O.k I know life isn't fair I'm just asking a question

o.k to the person that answered this question saying they were not interested in religion why did you even bother to answer, because this question was about people who or religious and people who are not not ones who don't care either way ?

Answer 1

I'm a polytheist so I can answer that part of your question.

I believe in many deities (known and unknown), I simply don't worship them all. I don't believe that any deity is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-positive, or all-negative. I may not agree with people of other religions but I don't think they're silly for believing the way that they do. In general, people believe in their gods because of their personal experiences with them. Who am I to judge anothers personal experiences with a deity? There isn't any conclusive proof of any deities and that's fine with me. I don't need to prove my deities to anyone and I don't expect others to prove their deities to me.

Answer 2

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking...

1.) You rot in a box, or roast in an oven. End of story.

2.) Who said that life was fair -- that the world is a place where the righteous are rewarded and the wicked punished? What independent (i.e.; non-bible) evidence do you have to support that conclusion?

3.) Mother Theresa was a sociopath whose rigid adherence to outdated dogma did far more harm than good to the people of the Third World countries she hung around in.

4.) Don't kid yourself -- EVERYthing that EVERYone does is purely motivated from self-interest -- even Mother Theresa did what she did because she thought it would make the baby Jesus love her. The only true altruism occurs completely by accident.

Answer 3

Well, I'm a pagan. I believe in a duotheistic religion, with a single God and a single Goddess, but I believe that all gods and goddesses are facets of those two. I don't think that there's a right or wrong way to worship Them, unless you deny that the possibility that one half or the other of the two exists.

Blessed be.

Answer 4

Yes, human beings do treat others of not their religion badly, and disrespect them, even when they pretend they don't.

They 'disrespect' people who are different, and try to use 'fear' and 'emotional appeals' to get people to do/believe in what they are doing/believing.

Why do people do that? Because they are SCARED themselves.

No matter how sure you are of your choice, religious or not... there will always be that 1% of WHAT IF.... what if I was wrong... what if there was a God..... OR..... what if I was wrong... what if there isn't heaven or hell.

That is why, things are much easier when we are all doing the same, and believing the same thing... that way we can cut down on worrying.

For me, I truly believe in God... despite the (what if's) that keep going on in my unconcsious... The future will continue to carry matters beyond our knowing.

Answer 5

Answering as a Pagan - yes, I believe that the Christian God exists, but I don't believe everything that the Bible ascribes to him in terms of power, etc, and don't follow him.

There's about as much proof of my gods as there is of anyone else's gods - which is to say, nothing definative, just personal experience.

Answer 6

Christian Betty is wrong. The way to get to heaven is to get saved. You don't have to be in any religion to do that. You pray tell God your sorry for your sins, turn away from them, ask him to forgive you, ask him to come into your heart and life and be your savior. Then you are saved. No religion required. To get to hell, just don't get saved.

Answer 7

YOU ARE swimming in the pool of silly Qs,

You devide people into two categories, the religious and not religious

But there is other category, not interested in religion

To those these Qs are quite boring and even not worth reading..

Answer 8

I believe in the God of the Bible. I believe that He sent His son to us out of love. To me, He would want people to come out of that love, not out of fear. As for judging, I leave that to God. I try to love everyone as He has commanded, but I don't approve of everything that everyone does.

Answer 9

I really think that nothing happens to us after we die. You're right, it's not fair that the same thing happens to everyone regardless of how good or bad they were in their lives, but some things just aren't fair.

Answer 10

I love religious freedom!

I am not religious. I experienced God directly when I was seventeen.

When I "die", the portion of me (the larger me) that people commonly refer to as my soul (as if it is something smaller inside of me, which it isn't) will move on, and not be perceivable from these three dimensional perspectives, leaving behind a piece (a tiny piece, a slice, if you will).

I enjoy my life, and have no interest in moving on, but losing your fear of death is a wonderful thing.