Is it because if people knew he really existed they will worship him out of fear?
2007-10-25 07:53:06 · 32 answers · asked by sfumato1002 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God's way is the Healthiest way to live. Period
GOD IS LOVE Please understand that.
All the STDS going around, depression because people are getting cheated on, people are killing one another, people are having abortions, lying, and stealing..etc.. all these things leads to depression, sickness, in prison or even DEATH...
I thank GOD for giving us his word, and opening my eyes, and knowing what true love is and that is why I Worship, he certainly deserves it. Why not give it a try!
GOD IS GOOD........ALL THE TIME.........
ALL THE TIME........GOD IS GOOD
2007-10-25 08:02:15 · answer #1 · answered by Nikki 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If a being were all loving and all powerful, and there was a Hell (somehow, but certainly not created by this being, by the definition of all loving) then everyone would hear the message of salvation directly from "god" in a way that each person would understand. Everyone would be saved, unless they chose to ignore the message. And the fact that someone could still choose to ignore the message means noones free will has been violated. This is necessarily what one would expect from a being defined the way most define the Abrahamic deity, and it is not what we see. Failed prediction, failed hypothesis. So, if there is a deity and a Hell, that deity is either not all loving or not all powerful or both. The Abrahamic deity is impossible, based on the evidence.
2007-10-25 08:02:54 · answer #2 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could be... or maybe if everyone knew it was there, then there would be no argument about what god was, does, and wants. That eliminates the possibility of sending good people to Hell for not believing in him. Letting all good people into Heaven is not in the plans of the God of a certain religious faith. This particular god only wants believers that can deny all evidence to the contrary while telling everyone else that even though they have just as much proof as everyone else does, everyone else must be wrong and deserving of Hell for believing something different.
Of course, there are other ways to paraphrase what I just wrote, but it in all reality this is exactly what it must amount to if that is the God that you are asking about. The free-will issue is a red-herring, as it ignores the fact that even though certain angels were in the presence of this god and knew it existed, they still rebelled. Well, that's how the story is told anyway.
2007-10-25 08:01:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
When Moses asked to see His glory, He replied that Moses could not see Him and live because His glory was too powerful for Moses to withstand. He told Moses that after He had passed by, Moses could look upon His backparts (somewhat as in the wake of an airplane as it passed leaving that 'stream' behind).
When Moses spent that time in the mountain getting the Ten Commandments, He returned with a blinding glow on his face, even though he had covered his face during the stay up there. Remember, the Israelites could not look at him because of the blinding light on his countenance.
2007-10-25 08:10:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, Free Will. It is assumed by Christianity that if a person is shown absolute proof of the existence of God, then that person will have no choice but to believe in God and obey. As it is also generally assumed that God desires humans to choose to obey him (rather than to have a universe full of automatons), he must therefore allow there to be some room for people to deny his existence if they so choose.
2007-10-25 08:03:55 · answer #5 · answered by Thought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is not like you and me. If God comes down as a man, people will hang him like they did to Jesus Christ and many other Prophets.
God can not be seen by our eyes in this life. Moses insiste to see him. When God appeared himself on another mountain near Mt. Sini, the mountain was completely burned and Moses fell unconcious.
We will be able to see God when we will be presented in front of God on the Day of Judgment with our new body after our resurrection from our graves at the end of this world.
2007-10-25 08:06:33 · answer #6 · answered by majeed3245 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please - what makes you think God wants to be worshipped anyway?
Is he that vain that he has to have insignificant mortals preying to him everyday?
There might be a God (not in the christian sense of the world though) but don't try to bring logic into your reasoning because if there is such an entity it is beyond our limited perceptual field. All we have is our imagination to fill in the blank gaps and that I am afraid to say that is rather limited as well because nobody can get past the earthly and dramatic metaphoric images that we use in order to understand "him"
2007-10-25 08:05:21 · answer #7 · answered by MrSandman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The bible is God life, his son Jesus Christ, and his Holy Spirit. He sent his son to die that we might have life more abundantly, and his Holy Spirit to lead and guide us. In the bible it stated that Moses saw the back of God and his glory was so bright that he was unable to handle it. We should worship God because of what he did by sending his son who knew know sin to die at Calvary.
2007-10-25 08:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by God Fearing 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to have the desire to find GOD. He is really there all the time, but humans need to feel the desire, put an effort into looking for GOD, show some dedication and faithfulness, the treasure is hidden from us, especially those who don't WANT to see it. Even some religious leaders still haven't truly found God.
Live well and do good.
2007-10-25 07:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by gentlesoul 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is no logic in it. Religion exists in faith and the denial of logic.
If there were a god, there would be no reason it couldn't pop in once a year, and still leave us to our own devices...
God isn't hiding, there is no god.
2007-10-25 08:04:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋