If there is a god, he should already know why I don't believe. He should be able to see inside my mind, and inside my heart, and see that I'm not a bad guy at all. I'm just a simple human being who sees millions of other simple human beings all telling a different story. None of them can agree on anything, and none of them can give me any solid reason to believe their story is more valid than anyone else's story.
God would already understand this, wouldn't he? And if he were a loving god, he wouldn't hold it against me for doing the best I could with what I had.
It's you, the simple human being, who doesn't understand me. It's you who asks me to explain myself, not god. And so I have explained myself, right now, in the best way I could, and if you still don't understand me, there's nothing more I can say about that.
2007-08-27 03:08:48 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yep , agree with you , i mean seriously dude , he create adam and eve with knowledge that billions will reject him and thus burn in hell.
seriously dude seriously , it really isnt free will or not , if you pre record a soccer match , and the result is team A win team B , now you rewind and watch at the start , no matter how much 'choice' you gave team B , no matter how many team you rewind , team B is gonna lose.
and yet you still went on to bet with your friend that team B wins , and after they lose , you start whining about their defense and stuff.
seriously dude , you get me point ?
2007-08-27 03:14:36 · answer #1 · answered by Curious 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think that God does know and does only require you to do the best you can. Obviously, a severely mentally handicapped person, for example, may have a hard time reading or understanding - he or she may not know what salvation is or even what sin is, and may do things wrong and not believe as someone else would due to mental limitations. But God understands and knows that.
So, what's the deal then?
In my opinion - "seek, and you shall find." Deuteronomy 4:29; Proverbs 8:17; Proverbs 11:27; Jeremiah 29:13; Matthew 7:7 and 8; Acts 17:27; Luke 11:9-10.
That is a theme that runs through the Bible - from early old testament and through the Gospel.
So, there as a two step process to finding God. First, you have to seek. Second, you will find. It's not "find" and that's the end of it. There is a "seeking" process that comes first. And the only requirement is sincerity.
So, if you don't agree or aren't sure about what some Christians are telling you, but you are honestly and sincerely seeking, then you shall find. Does that mean you'll start believing what the fundamentalists believe? Of course not. It means that you will find. And you can find in your way, and the fundamentalists can find in their way.
Seek -- and you shall find.
2007-08-27 03:38:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weak attempt. Yes God already knows what you are going to do and how it will work out for you. It is still up to you. Just because He knows doesn't mean He interferes. If He did this world would have ended a long time ago.
He isn't going to force you to do anything including the effort required to find His truth.
If you continue with this lazy I don't believe the bible so I never read it approach you have doomed yourself not God.
2007-09-02 21:36:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Common sense and reason. Any god who is loving would have to be reasonable anyway therefore when explained why we didn't believe in him he'd have to be ok with it. Let's face it, if he knows everything, he knows what a hash religions have made of spreading the word..
2007-08-27 03:43:38 · answer #4 · answered by thethinker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What's a mystery to me is why your argument doesn't cause more theists to get up off their knees and GROW UP!
2007-08-27 03:32:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think any explanation would be a clarification for yourself and that you are right. The concept of a spiritual purpose (growth) for us on Earth is completely valid for me. Of course we are all different and have different paths-we chose them in order to "grow" before we "came down" here and as spirits or souls with the ability of choice can also chose to deviate and mess things up. I figure we are joined by a universal good that many of us don't feel and in our quest to find it (God) step on our own toes with rules and anger and pushing and shoving of the verbal and sometimes physical kind. It sounds John Lennon I suppose but I think so much of it is just plain stupid. People should just "butt out" out concentrate on themselves and acts of kindness and such-most religions are very similar when you get to the roots and are certainly not what people translate them into and try to push on others.....
2007-08-27 03:31:45 · answer #6 · answered by ARTmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are already writing your life's story as you live. There is no reason to explain yourself to God when you die. " all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God." By fully and sincerely repenting of your sins, accepting Jesus Christ into your life, receiving the Holy Spirit of God, and living your life for God and not yourself, you would then begin to obey His Spiritual Laws (10 Commandments) and His judgment shall not be upon you. You will become a child in the Family of God and have eternal life in the Kingdom of God.
2007-08-27 03:45:34 · answer #7 · answered by TIAT 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wow!! i like you!! you just became the first person i , well... met, that said this in the most honest, true and non-violent way...!! i'd like to talk to you more...;))
but... if you don't believe in God you can't explain yourself to Him... cause... you don't believe in Him...:)) i am a christian and He says i should do that, in order to prove my desire for forgiveness... but of course i am already forgiven, but your sins are also forgiven and you don't believe that... so, once i commit a sin, even if i'm a Christian (and i should protect myself from it now, right?) even as a human i need to tell Him about my mistake, about being wrong and sorry. i need to reestablish that perfect connection we have, through His Son... i just obey to what His Spirit is placing inside of me... if i ignore that, it means i already have a "deeper" "disease" , because i don't need His peace, advice, nor a relationship.
2007-09-03 06:29:24 · answer #8 · answered by altu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No he knows full well, he wants you to explain why you made the choices you did. So you can understand why you fell, and why you will probably be sent to you know where.
It's not your misunderstanding that will stop you from getting into heaven, but the sins you committed, anything you ever did and knew was wrong. He'll ask you why yo did those things.
2007-08-27 03:21:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
You explain it to him because you owe him an apology in person, as his children, we deserve to be humbled in his presence. Just because he forgives might not mean he is happy with what we do.. Our parents forgive us too but we still have to hear about it, Don't you think GOD has more to say than they do?
2007-09-03 19:41:41 · answer #10 · answered by mia m 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋