I'm an atheist, but I'm wondering if those who believe in God think it is a sin to criticize anything God has ever done.
2007-11-05 04:47:52 · 15 answers · asked by Linz VT•AM 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think it is ok to question it, as long as we do it still. I mean, it is much better to do it without question or complaint, but as long as we do it right away, that is all that matters. It is human nature to not understand how God works, because He sees the bigger picture, and we only see what is in front of us. But He will always do what is best for us, so we just have to trust that it will work out .
2007-11-05 07:07:30 · answer #1 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its absolutely wrong because God is all wise,all knowing and all merciful. For everything he does, there is a very good reason behind it and God never fails.....i think what we humans try to do is to understand God's logic and that's like trying to fit the Atlantic ocean into a cup and getting frustrated that it wont all fit...our understanding capacity is very limited so you shouldn't Even criticize God for anything because He is neither wicked nor evil.....he is the epitome of goodness and love, He will never handle a situation badly.
Look at it this way, its like a child who gets a flu shot, at the time of this shot,all the child feels is pain and all he wonders is why are these people hurting me with all this pain they're inflicting on me but as you know there is a bigger picture,they people are preventing a disease but the child doesn't know this....this is how you should look at the situation..
DO NOT EVER CRITICIZE GOD!
2007-11-05 05:00:44 · answer #2 · answered by J D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe what needs criticism is the way men have attributed so many bad things to God. God is not a huge human hurling lightning bolts. God's not a he, she, or it. We just have to use the limiting articles of language to communicate, share, and pass on what we experience. God is divinity and through time we come to understand Her better and better.
St. Augustine looked at those heinous things God does in the Old testament and said that we know God is Love. Anything that doesn't look like love we'd do best to read metaphorically.
2007-11-05 05:03:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that I'm some type of "Deist". I believe in God, but I don't belong to a religion. From my viewpoint it would be presumptuous to hold God to human standards. It would be even worse to assume we know the mind of God and to speak for God. I have much different beliefs about what God is than those expressed in any religion I know of.
So sure, when I'm being childish or stupid I'll criticize God. When I'm thinking clearly, I realize how small and stupid we humans really are.
2007-11-05 05:01:42 · answer #4 · answered by Incognito 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. I shake my fist at God a lot and offer to take over the universe for Him.
The end is always the same, though: when it all works out even better than I could have imagined, I go and apologize and God says, "It's a good think I love you unfathomably, Jon, because sometimes you are a pain in the tookus."
2007-11-05 04:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by FrereJacques 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the most liberating things anyone ever said to me was, "It's okay to be angry at God...he can handle it!"
When I don't understand something in my life (and I believe that God has a hand in everything in my life), I do tend to get angry and critical of God, but I talk to him about it instead of ranting about it.
2007-11-05 04:59:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are speaking of contemporary Paul inspired (author of the overwhelming majority of "The New Testament" - go figure....) "Christianity", it does seem the whole idea of its practice is a self-deception, group-mind, mob-fanaticism...no time for questions!!! Sorry, but I also feel there is a genuine way and practice recommended by the Son-of-man (as he refered to himself) that is deperately needed by all people.
2007-11-05 05:00:36 · answer #7 · answered by lhungyidrubpa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely.
Because he is listening to everyone at all times and even if you think, write or speak he knows it.
Because S/he is Omnipresent, Omnipotent and omniscient.
He even gets angry when you say 'he'.
He says - how do u know I am a he? I can be a she!
It is bad for an Un-liberated person's psyche to go against his/her conscience and beliefs.
It is OK for rebels and non-conformists. It will not affect them because they are not sinning.
But u are.
2007-11-05 04:56:03 · answer #8 · answered by mahen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is ok to wonder why things are done a certain way......but to criticize God is disrespectful.....since you do not even understand the reason behind the decision.
2007-11-05 04:51:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
IF YOU REALLY SEE THE HAND OF God IN CERTAIN SITUATION THEN YOU WILL NOT LIKE TO CRITICIZE
2007-11-05 04:56:26 · answer #10 · answered by ashok 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋