I believe he exists, I just don't believe he's my God or has anything to with my Gods.
2007-09-09 09:44:09 · 13 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Of course I did. You're smart enough to be Asatru aren't you? :P
2007-09-09 09:50:09 · update #1
I believe the Hebrew god is the god of the Hebrews' - if he exists is irrelevant to me - I don't and won't follow him. Jesus, on the other hand, I believe was a human man that started a "cult" of sorts for the Hebrew god that appealed to the poor people which was the majority, and just really took off. Look at Scientology and R.L. Hubbard, it's founder - to them, he reached godhood. It mimics all other religions with "Messiahs".
2007-09-09 10:49:09 · answer #1 · answered by Heathen Mage 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i believe the god of the jews exists as much as any other god, but i don't believe that either jesus or mohammed ever lived. i might be convinced of mohammed given evidence, i haven't looked into his life at all. but for jesus, there is zero reliable evidence, and a compelling reason for the apostles to create a religion that would challenge the divinity of the roman emporer. the bible portrays jesus as having drawn a considerable amount of attention, there were several historians and commentators in the area at the time, yet none of them mentioned him even in passing. it just doesn't add up. the arabs had similar reasons to create an exclusive religion, to beat back the eastern empire. in both cases, it worked remarkably well, and then backfired.
i do tend toward the buddha being a historical person. neither he nor his followers claimed that he was divine, so why bother to invent him.
2007-09-09 21:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by bad tim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe he exists. I don't place faith in Him - I'm not a Jew, so why would I? And just like with some of our own writings, I believe the followers used certain symbols/expression to relate to others of their time, yet today his followers have no idea what those symbols were (because they don't study to find out).
For the few years I was a Christian, honestly trying to give this God a chance, I never felt a connection with him.
2007-09-10 07:40:30 · answer #3 · answered by River 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if ANY deity actually exists, but I believe that if one does exist, it is NOTHING like anything people have made up, like Abraham's God. I do not believe anything like "Abraham's God" actually exists, I believe that this was made up by the men who lived in that time and who wanted to declare war on polytheism and the Divine Feminine.
2007-09-10 00:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by Lady Morgana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea if he exists. I left Christainity because of a lack of connection between me and Him. That doesn't mean he doesn't exist. Merely that I have no evidence to that fact. I give people the benefit of the doubt on the matter, however. Logically, it makes sense that someone is listening to the prayers of Jews and Christians, but I have nothing to do with him, and I don't think he's the only one out there. I have the same view on Zeus...I have no evidence that he exists, but no reason to nay-say his followers either. Thousands if not millions of people have followed him. It makes sense they weren't all delusional.
2007-09-09 17:06:05 · answer #5 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My god personally revealed himself to me. I do not require "faith".
I have never seen the Abrahamic god, but I do not automatically deny the possibility of his existence. He does choose to work in "mysterious" ways if he does exist though.
ADD: In the Original Testament their god tells the Jews to not follow any other gods, it does not say that other gods do not exist.
2007-09-09 16:50:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe he exists, I just don't follow him. (And, for the record, I think some of the claims made about him are a bit overblown too, but I can understand if his followers overinflate him a bit.)
2007-09-10 10:19:39 · answer #7 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
abraham came to the middle east from india where they wanted to kill him because he was performing prayers by giving animal sacrifice.
when he arrived in the middle east, he found people giving human(their first child) sacrifice to God. he convinced all people to replace the child by a sheep and he was proclaimed prophet by the local people.
this story is in the bible but differently interpreted
2007-09-09 16:57:32 · answer #8 · answered by stevie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Abraham's God was Allah and the message he gave to the people was "there is no God but Allah" all the prophet came with the same message !
2007-09-10 07:22:21 · answer #9 · answered by Kashif E 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I keep on saying that Jesus is A God, just not MY God.
(Unless the theories I've read are right and he's Dionysus in disguise, but that's another story.... )
2007-09-09 16:56:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋