Another question sparked my interest in this. I am an Atheist, but that doesn't mean I'm not curious about what people of religion believe and think about certain topics. With that, for those who believe or even those who want to add their own useful input, I ask:
Do you really think that God loves everyone? Have you ever considered that you beleive he loves you only to make yourself feel better, or have you considered the fact that God may not like you, and may very well hate some of us?
Who's to say that God loves you or anyone?
I'm not antagonizing anyone, just putting it out there. If there were a God, which many of you beleive there was, wouldn't more prayers be answered if he loved everyone? Wouldn't more things be done on his part, since he's omnipotent and can do whatever he wants?
2007-07-28 09:38:29 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I did take it from Fight Club and began really thinking about it again when another user posted a question quoting Fight Club. From a movie or not, it's a valid question, is it not?
2007-07-28 09:46:00 · update #1
God hates most everybody. He made a wager with Satan that when he creates mankind they will love him.
Satan said, well give them free will; and let's see if they love you -- then he laughed and added "Or perhaps they will love me."
When God saw that he was losing the popularity contest he became angry, and commenced killing and injuring humans in those areas where his approval rating was the lowest.
At one time he considered killing off the entire race (Genesis 6). Satan said: "Doesn't change the fact your losing."
Not long after that he devised a place called Hell where souls can burn and rot forever.
2007-07-28 09:41:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
God loves everyone, belivers and non-believers, those who sin the most and those who sin the least. He loves us equally, but he has laid down a pathway to heaven that you must follow to live with him for eternity. You follow the path out of love for him, not fear as many people like to claim. Why doesn't he answer all prayers? Good question. There are many possible explanations: He can't control people's free will so you may be asking him to do something that he can't because he has no power to control another person's free will. He also stopped interfering with life on earth after he sent his son Jesus to die for our sins. It is possible that what we are asking for does not fit into his plan for our lives. And some of the things we ask for are silly: asking for a new car, asking for a million dollars. Our society makes us believe many things that are important that are not. God does however promise us food, clothing, and shelter, the three basic things we need. We all do have to die at sometime, so he may not always save our dying loved ones when we would like, if its time for them to go, its time for them to go.
2007-07-28 11:03:33 · answer #2 · answered by Matt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suppose someone prayed that their next door neighbor would be killed. If that prayer wasnt answered, would that mean that God doesnt care about the person making the prayer? The thing is, God answers our prayers in His own time when it's best for us. When my oldest daughter was 16 she came to me and told me she didnt believe in God. I told her it was all right because God still believed in her. It's her right to believe or not. I could never try to force belief on anyone. You said God is omnipotent and can do whatever He wants. This is true and I have faith that He will do the best thing for all concerned. I'll be 70 in January and there has never been a time in my life when I've thought that God didnt love me. I havent had an easy life, but God has always been there for me.
2007-07-28 09:49:20 · answer #3 · answered by phlada64 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe there is god and I believe he love us all, too. Has he not given you life, family, all that you have today is because of god. You are here because of god, he created you. God loves all. Nothing on this earth is permanent-if you loose something that's cos everything here has to meet an end! It dosen't mean that God loves you or me less then the other people. He tests us by giving and taking things from us.
2007-07-28 09:57:52 · answer #4 · answered by Crown 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The way i think of it is, if you have children, whether they obey you or not, you will always love them. Thats like God, He made us, so no matter what, since were His children, He will always love us.
and where you put,
"wouldn't more prayers be answered if he loved everyone? "
i believe God answers all prayer, But some people, if they pray for courage, expect to feel couragous the next second. But i think, if i were to pray to have courage, God would give me opertunities in life and challenges that would make me couragous.
2007-07-28 10:00:25 · answer #5 · answered by kegdy6 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in God, I believe in Humanity. I think that people made love up on their own. Whether or not God is real and loves everyone is a difficult question to answer. It all depends on the different ideas of different people.
2007-07-28 12:18:06 · answer #6 · answered by Ginger Kid 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. To offer salvation through Christ to all is quite merciful and a great show of love. Even the people that killed Jesus would be able to be forgiven if they sought it. Thats love far beyond what a human is capable of.
Jesus says so and he isnt a liar.
More prayers would be answered if there was more faith and this world wasnt such a sespool of evil. Why do unbelievers, even as cute as you, (if thats your pic) always blame God first?
2007-07-28 09:51:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
With regards to the Christian God, we cannot know anything about Him unless He reveals Himself to us. God has revealed Himself to us through His Word. He has shown us through the Old Testament that man is a sinner and God has a plan to redeem us back to Himself. Through the animal sacrifices, He has shown that He is willing to accept a substitute to pay for man's sins.
In the New Testament we see the fullness of that plan--that God in love sent His Son Jesus to die in our place, taking our punishment onto Himself that we may be saved from sin's consequences and power. God does love us, and it is seen most clearly in the sacrifice of His Son.
Sure God answers prayer, but I think if He did, people would just say it was a fluke or a coincidence. Bad people can give good things to others, too--does that make them God? Bad people can give people good things for corrupt reasons and hide it from us, so giving good things is not proof of love. We know of politicians will do much not because they love the people they serve, but to stay in office.
God really does love us, and we need to acknowledge His supreme act of selflessness, of dying on the cross for our sins, to see it.
2007-07-28 10:36:37 · answer #8 · answered by Steve Husting 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God loves everyone. God does not judge or punish, for your soul is created in the image and likeness of God, therefore, you are part of God, perfect, and loving. God cannot punish Herself, you are your own rule maker.God wants what you want, He is just an observer experiencing life through you.
Prayers are not meant for asking for something, prayers are for giving thanks for everything that has been given and what will be given later in your life. "Before you ask it has already been done." you are experiencing the process.
Yet know this God will not give frivolous things out of temptation.
God does not hate, for God is life, love, and perfect. Human characteristics were added to God by us. God is perfect and all loving She does not see imperfection or hate. Hate only exists in the physical realm, because of the duality. To know something which is, there must exist something which is not.
Another saying would be, to taste sweetness you must taste bitterness. To know hot you must know cold.
Your perspective on God or yourself will create your perception. Thus,If you think God doesn't love you then you will perceive it that way. You are your own rule maker. Feelings is the language of your soul, which is part of God, through inward meditation and observation and awareness you are able to know the Father.
Yet if you cannot believe in what I say, believe in yourself, there you will come to know the Truth.
2007-07-28 10:02:30 · answer #9 · answered by Paul 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Our relationship with God is a familial relationship. He is literally the father of our spirits. Since I'm a father, this helps me understand how He feels about His children.
I love all my children (6 of them) very much. I would do anything for their welfare. Hypothetically, if one of them refused to be courteous (e.g., bad language) in my presence, I wouldn't like them very much or in other words, I wouldn't want to spend time with them. I would still do whatever I could for their welfare.
Our Heavenly Father loves each of us. He will do everything He can to help us reach our divine potential. That's why He prepared this earth with conditions such that we could develop our ability to discern truth. He essentially has sent us away to school to learn some things more difficult to learn in His presence.
There are some videos at the following web site that describe this in more detail.
2007-07-28 09:59:10 · answer #10 · answered by Bryan Kingsford 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thinking about the injustice of the world, I would say at the very least God must have favorites. The only other explanation would be that we are all 100% responsible for what happens to us, and God is unable to do anything about it.
It can't be both ways, but it can be neither.
2007-07-28 09:53:25 · answer #11 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋