Why do we find it so demanding that God, who created the entire universe, should have rules for us to follow?

Question

After all, it's only because of your ability to follow the rules of your parents when you were a child that you are alive today.

Why is the concept of a loving God who gives rules to live by for our own health & safety such a hard concept to grasp & follow?

Why do we find that such a hard & demanding request?

Answer 1

It is our nature to be disobedient. You don't have to tell a child to be selfish, it comes naturally. You don't have to tell a man to lust, he can do that without any instruction. It is our nature to be contrary to God because we were born in sin. Sin is our nature. We have to learn and be taught what is right and wrong. Wrong has always be easier and more attractive to the carnal person. To be Born Again, is to experience a new birth in the Spirit and the old nature still pulls at us to sin, the Spirit assures us that we need to succeed.

Life is a bunch of rules. Some are spiritual some or not. Break the rules and you are in trouble, either spiritually or carnally.

Answer 2

I think they rightly resent that characterization of life and indirectly of God. Actually the Bible is principles that work and physics punishes breaking principles of the universe while there are social principle that work also. You might have to adapt that to your own understanding, but it's something like that. These are unusual times. This video shows why people are going either down or up as they break out of failed, fixed mindsets or way of looking at life and themselves. Again, or something like that. lol

Answer 3

Do Buddhists believe in a creator god?

No, we do not. There are several logical reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern scientists, sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origins in fear. The Buddha says:

"Gripped by fear men go to sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines." *Dhammpada 188

Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of god in order to give him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a god gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in god because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this seems to support the Buddha’s teaching that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief but with rational understanding.

The second reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. There are numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have god’s words preserved in their holy book, that they alone understand god’s nature, that their god exists and that the gods of other religions do not. Some claim that god is masculine, some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their god but they laugh in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of another god. It is not surprising that with so many different religions spending so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their gods that still no real, concrete, substantial or irrefutable evidence has been found. Buddhists suspend judgement until such evidence is forthcoming.

The third reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a god is necessary in order to explain the origin of the universe. But this is not so. Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without having to introduce the god-idea. Some claim that belief in god is necessary to have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are millions of Atheists, free-thinkers and Buddhists, who live useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a creator god. Some claim that belief in god’s power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite. One often hears of people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps, enormous odds and difficulties through their own inner resources, through their own efforts and without belief in a god. Some claim that god is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and Buddhists do not accept such a concept. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.

But if there is no creator god how did the universe get here?

All religions have myths and stories which attempt to answer this question. In ancient times, when man simply did not know, such myths were adequate, but in the 20th century, in the age of physics, astronomy and geology, such myths have been superseded by scientific fact. Science has explained the origin of the universe without recourse to the god-idea.

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Answer 4

good point. because humans are sinful beasts, that's why. we can't even follow a few rules.