Isnt that against your free will ?
you know , to give you that kind of ultimatum ?
2007-09-03 17:45:29 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i agree , i neither smell or see any freewill here. arent really free will .
free-will will be whatever we do , we still CHOOSE where we go , regardless of what we do in our lifetime. else , it's just a threat
2007-09-03 17:49:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
first of all an ultimatum does not mean that you lose your free will, quite the contrary an ultimatum is still a choice you have the free will to be able to make and yeah i guess god doesn't care why we believe as long as we believe right? oh that and give money to the church so the priests can wear big honkin' jewels and drink wine all day.
you would think, that any supreme intelligent being in his situation would require that you believe because you really feel it is true not because you are too scared to do otherwise, that is just fake faith....
satan is just a patsy made up by the religous so they have something to blame all the bad stuff on. their excuse is either "dont question god or his plan" or "it was the work of satan" when will people understand, bad things just happen, at random, and there are people that are just evil, it has nothing to do with "satan"
and another thing, scientists have explored the far reaches of the universe, so where is heaven and hell, where does god live?
2007-09-04 00:57:20 · answer #2 · answered by pxyfox2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concept of burning in Hell is a man made belief, in order to scare the masses into religion. It works, because many people seem to belief in a God that would punish you horribly forever for a few measly years on Earth.
The word, Hell, comes from an old Germanic word, Hoelle, which means the common grave of mankind. In other words, everyone goes to Hell, or the grave, when they die. Now, in death, the Bible states that "the dead no nothing at all." In other words, no memories, no feelings, no concept of the passage of time. The dead are non-existent...with only the hope of the resurrection in some future point.
So...don't worry about Hellfire, or Brimstone. When you die, you won't even know that you died.
2007-09-04 00:58:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you afraid to work for someone, knowing they might fire you or lay you off, right before retirement? Cheating you out of a decent living in your golden years.
I do fear God and his authority, because I know He IS real and He is Almighty.
But, my fear may be based on uncertainties, I do not know God's will, which he is free to have himself.
I'm afraid NOT to believe.
It is not an ultimatum, you have a choice of the options. Accept or Reject , there are merely consequences of each choice.
I don't feel I serve though, there are some team members that never get off the bench, but they are still part of the team.
2007-09-04 01:17:53 · answer #4 · answered by Diver Down 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you serve God then you believe in God and therefore have no fear of burning forever because you will have heaven. I figured out a long time ago that it is the atheist that fear death and God. Christians do not fear death or God. BTW we do not believe because God has given us an ultimatum as you put it. I cannot explain this because it is not black and white. Its something you feel in your very heart when you give your life to Jesus and it is very hard to explain.
2007-09-04 01:24:55 · answer #5 · answered by christina h 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christians don't accept Jesus and become a child of God, out of fear. Fear never works.
What brings someone to Christ is a number of things. Usually, simply and suddenly being called by the Holy Spirit and a great hunger begins. Sometimes, it happens in the midst of some huge crisis with nowhere to turn. Jesus lifts the burden instantly. Gratitude becomes the driving force.
Sometimes a child is brought up in a Christian home. They either simply stay with the faith, out of habit and then one day they realize there's more and hunger after the Lord. Sometimes the child wanders from the faith, goes through a few years finding out what life is really like without Him, and returns to the Lord.
We do it out of love, not fear. Love pushes us to be all that God wants us to be. There are times of doubt but when we take those thoughts to the Lord and ask His help, He sends the Holy Spirit who comforts us and gives us peace that cannot be explained.
We rely on the promises of God. Not the threats.
2007-09-04 01:13:35 · answer #6 · answered by judysbookshop 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It really isn't a matter of being an ultimatum, it's making the decision as to whether one will accept or reject the truth of God's word. It's still free will, and there are consequences to any decision we make. There is nothing to fear in serving a just, holy and loving God. :)
2007-09-04 02:24:43 · answer #7 · answered by beano™ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The problem is not to take the Bible literally. If God really did all those things back in those days, why isn't he still doing them now? Religion is a way of life. I believe in the way of life my religion preaches and by living as such, I serve God.
But as a side note, isn't your question quite contradictory? If you believe in God and serve him, you have nothing to fear. If you don't, again, theres nothing to fear.
2007-09-04 00:55:42 · answer #8 · answered by Charliemoo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not afraid to serve Him, because He's not going to burn me forever. I make the choice , yes, with my free will to serve Him. God has a basic retirement plan for us. Either we can choose to live in luxury in a great place called heaven and serve Him, or we can choose to live with His greatest enemy, Satan, in the hell that He created for Satan to live in. It is TOTALLY our choice. And, to top it off, God even tells us in the scripture which is the best choice. He says, "I set before you life and death. Choose life, that you may live." Can't be any easier than that. It tells me that He loves us enough to even make the choice easy for us by giving us the answers to the test, so we don't make a poor choice.
2007-09-04 00:53:00 · answer #9 · answered by Dawn C 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Against free will? No, not at all.
In giving the gift of free will, we are also responsible for the consequences of our actions and decisions.
I have made the decision to accept salvation of my eternal soul thru His Son, Jesus. I have no worry whatsoever of burning.
YOUR decision is for YOU to make. YOUR consequences belong to YOU.
2007-09-04 00:54:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋