Do I need God in order to be good? Do we really need Him for us to be good? Is His absence in our life makes us bad? If a person does not share his beliefs in God, does it mean he did not live a good moral life?
2007-09-25 04:25:58 · 45 answers · asked by Jehzeel 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The simple answer is yes. The fact of the matter is you need God to be anything. You need God to exist. Without God, what standard is used to gauge your "goodness?" Probably one set by yourself or someone you admire. This means a standard from a human source, and these are always relative. To be good by the standard set by God though is unchanging. His standard is never subject to personal judgements or social fads. His standard is absolute. Its a tough thing, yes. Not easy. I fail daily it seems.
Good question.
2007-09-25 10:11:53 · answer #1 · answered by Mechanic 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
First of all only God is good as Jesus has said. Second God is our creator not man so ultimately we are accountable to Him. Thirdly because of our disobedience we are separated from that good God. Now, with each other we can attain a level of perceived goodness, that is relative to each other. (Man's standard) It does not however meet the standard established by God.( God's is you must do the right thing all the time and never do one wrong thing) If we are living by Man's standard we can attain to a level of goodness that is relative to man, but can Never attain to God's standard on our own. So we do need God to be ultimately good(Jesus) and without Him we are worse than bad. If a person doesn't share my beliefs in God he can definitely still live a moral life, but again it is relative to Man's standard. The truth is though, it was God who created him so he will have to answer to Him and be graded by His scale. (ouch!!)
2007-09-25 05:11:55 · answer #2 · answered by Jeffy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For something to be "good", it has to be the right action at the right time and place. Kind of like if I hired someone to repair my computer. When he shows up, he climbs to the top of my house and processes to reshingle the entire roof.
He could do the greatest job in the world of reshingleing my roof (and it could even use it). But when it is all done, my computer would still not be fixed.
People can do all kinds of "good" things. But if it not the things that God intended for them to do, when they are done, the problem is still not fixed.
A person can live a "moral" life without a believe in God. But they can not live a "godly" life - the one that God intends for them to live - without his guidance.
2007-09-25 04:38:18 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U dont need 2 be good! Goodness doesnt get u n2 Heaven, neither does being nice, kind and sweet! And being moral isnt the key either.....Knowing who Jesus us is, and the very fact that HE died on the cross so that we may have eternal life! That HE rose on the 3rd day...and then we must properly reverence HIM 4 the things HE is doing in our lives now!
Good verses Holy and pleasing in the sight of GOD
Morality verses Spirituality
..........which 1 will u choose?
2007-09-25 05:34:57 · answer #4 · answered by created2worship12 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity has an exceedingly narrow, legalistic view of morality.
Christianity not only reduces, for all practical purposes, the question of morality to that of sexual behavior, but by listing its prohibitions, it encourages an "everything not prohibited is permitted" mentality. So, for instance, medieval inquisitors tortured their victims, while at the same time they went to lengths to avoid spilling the blood of those they tortured—though they thought nothing of burning them alive.
Another very relevant example is that until the latter part of the 19th century Christians engaged in the slave trade, and Christian preachers defended it, citing biblical passages, from the pulpit.
Today, with the exception of a relatively few liberal churchgoers, Christians ignore the very real evils plaguing our society—poverty; homelessness; hunger; militarism; a grossly unfair distribution of wealth and income; ecological despoliation exacerbated by corporate greed; overpopulation; sexism; racism; homophobia; freedom-denying, invasive drug laws; an inadequate educational system; etc., etc.—unless they’re actively working to worsen those evils in the name of Christian morality or "family values."
2007-09-25 06:31:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is just a belief only there is nothing God can do or change in this world.God should be respected as he has shown the way to be good.To be good is in your hand.So try your best to be good.Then the people will respect you like a god.So It should read as "You need to be good to be God'
2007-09-25 04:35:57 · answer #6 · answered by anjelniki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many people who are "good people" although they are not Christians. To answer your question, yes. You need God to do anything, breathe, sleep, eat, walk, live, etc. There is nothing in this world that is done without God.
2007-09-25 04:35:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, no, no, and no.
Just do what is right because it's the right thing to do. Period. A belief in god means nothing as far as behavior. If it does, you're being "good" for the wrong reason.
2007-09-25 05:15:32 · answer #8 · answered by Rogue Scrapbooker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spiritually we need GOD to guide us Christians. Non Christians have their own God to guide them to have a moral life.
People of good moral character are those God fearing.
2007-09-25 04:48:25 · answer #9 · answered by poorguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you don't. It's completely possible to lead a moral, virtuous, life without the presense of God. I am not very religious/spiritual, but I like to think that I am still a good person! =)
2007-09-25 04:28:52 · answer #10 · answered by Vbonics 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋