So let me get this straight...?

Question

According to Christians:

1 God Exists
2 The only "evidence" of God's existence is a book.
3 This book is among many religious texts that claim to be from different Gods.
4 Choose the wrong book and God tortures you for all eternity.
5 God loves you.

Am I missing anything?

Answer 1

Yes. God is evidenced by a personal relationship. Ask Him to make that relationship available to you and see what happens. Continue to seek Him because it doesn't happen over night.

Answer 2

The Bible gives many prophesies that have either come true, or will come true. I believe it even called a historical figure by name and said something that they would do. That prophecy was written long before it came true.

Also, all people have sinned. Now, sin is like a crime, being a crime, it deserves punishment. God is loving but he must also be just. If I torture babies in front of their parents for some kind of sick pleasure, do I deserve Heaven? Now, God is perfect and he has high standards, just because we have lower standards does not make his standards wrong, if everyone killed people practically every day, I shouldn't lower my standards of what is moral to accommodate them. Now, 1 sin deserves death, if you are a normal person, you commit many many sins a day, seriously, count the times you sin a day and then add it up in a calculator to find out how much you sin a month, a year, and so on. You will see an amazingly huge number. Now, presented with that many crimes that all deserve a death penalty, what should a judge do? Sentence them to death! But, what if this judge offers to take the penalty for you just because? Now then, the person can either accept this offer, or reject it. They might reject it because they hate the judge so much they would never accept the offer, or because they for some reason don't believe the judge. Now then, who would say that this judge was unjust or unloving in sentencing them if they rejected it? They already deserved the penalty and the judge didn't have to offer to die for the criminal. So how it is for God.

Answer 3

You are missing a whole lot. Yes God exists! There is more than the Bible to prove that He exists. Look around at the world and the beauty. Who do you think made it? God did. He made us through our parents. You can't see the air unless you see trees move but you are breathing as evidenced by your chest rising up and down. That's living. There is only ONE GOD. The Ten Commandments forbid us to worship idols or other Gods. God doesn't torture . He loves us all and wants us to be with Him in Eternity. Anything bad that happens to us is a test and there for a reason , which we won't know until we reach Heaven. God is all powerful and knowing. He knows every thought and every hair on your head. I. personally, have heard Jesus call my name and NO I am not crazy. I want to be with Him in Heaven for eternity with no worries, cares, sickness or anything else to worry me. While the Bible was originally written in Aramaic, the scribes and seers and prophets were told what to write and they did. That's how the Bible came to be. It has been translated but the basic principles will always remain the same. I pray for you because in the "end times" when Jesus returns.......He will judge us all. Your choice.

Answer 4

Yes point 2 is in error, the evidence of the existence of God is all around you. Not just in a book. For example I was born in 1956 and was not supposed to live for more than 2 years because of Birth defects. My great-grandfather was a man of Prayer and it is for that reason that I am now 51 years old and going strong, Hey I still do not even need to wear glasses! God is AWESOME.
Point 4 if you have before you 2 glasses one has h2o the other h2so4 does it matter which you drink? (H2so4 is Sulfuric Acid). You better know the truth of wrong from right! If you chose the wrong path you condemn yourself. Jesus pointed out the way and if you do not follow that, don't blame HIM!

Answer 5

1. God has always existed. Always will.
2. All of creation is the evidence of Him. There's also a letter (book) He sent to explain it to us.
3. Satan also exists - his intention is to confuse people and keep them from seeing the truth.
4. Decide that you don't want to be with God and He will not force you to be with Him.
5. God loves you so much that He sent His Son to pay the fair price for your transgressions.

You were missing the proper perspective on the situation at hand.

Answer 6

well, if you take the bible in literal terms- yes.

however, (althought my views are not fully expressed by the church) i am sorry to say that i believe very very little of the bible actually happened. i know that sounds like a bad christian, but are we really supposed to believe that a guy literally built a gigantic boat and lived to be over 600 yars old? we are told that it is true, but i believe that the bible was not meant to be taken literally, instead it is more or less a book of virtues to better our lives- loving thy neighbor, helping our fellow man, not stealing, all these lend ourselves to a better life, and a metaphoric sence of "heaven". all that stuff about "god torturing u for all eternity" is just to scare the idiots of society to do the right thing, too

Answer 7

GOD is what you believe an by what your saying you don't have much belief so why try to bring other's down in your disbelief? The BIBLE say's don't question him,everything he does is because it's his WILL an he WILL do whatever he pleases so if you are a non-believer you might want to start in his path cause your time could be cut short!!!!!
For GOD so loved the world he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting LIFE!!!!!!!Your gonna miss alot!!!!

Answer 8

Hmmm....this is quite a loaded question. How do you feel about me being a Christian, but I don't go to church because I think the majority of the people in there are hypocrites? I do believe God exists and not just because some book says so. I don't believe in any other gods, but I definitely believe in Karma - I don't believe in the religion that surrounds Karma, but I believe that it exists. I do believe God loves me, but I don't judge anyone that thinks otherwise. It's my opinion and only my opinion. I don't shove it down anyone's throat.

How do you feel about that?

Answer 9

Man wrote and edited the book for their own gain! And no you don't get tortured for all eternity, just in this life by those who make you believe some of the guff (IE #4)

Answer 10

1. Yes.
2. No. Everything is evidence of God, including the fact that we can have a conversation with him through Jesus Christ without the "aid" of a mental disorder.
3. Yes. There are many counterfeits, and the Bible is set apart.
4. No. Choose to reject Christ and you torture yourself. Since you've heard the Gospel, you now have no excuse.
5. Yes, very much.

Answer 11

Quite a bit, actually.#2 is ignorant.#4 is totally wrong. And you, like every other natural person that asks similar questions, are missing the point that God is HOLY. Infinitely HOLY. God doesn't send you to hell. You send yourself. And this isn't according to Christians. This is according to the Bible.