"God" may have brainwashed us?

Question

I have been a Christian all of my life. Recently, I have found that a "sin" has been haunting me. This "sin" has actually been what removed the veil from my eyes and allowed me to see that Christians have brainwashed themselves with the thought of a God. Their own emotional high that they experience at the altar is to them a oneness with God, when in actuality I have come to think that it is all in the head. Do they not experience a similar feeling when they kiss who they love? Is that God too? Or is every emotion of God? The question is, is God (or Allah or Buddha or any other of the MANY gods) even real, or are the broken people just in desperate need for some invisible being to wipe away their guilt freely?
PS-If you are reading this and you are a Christian and you find it offensive, DO NOT respond immediately by telling me that "Jesus is MY God" or "God loves you" because this only further proves my theory. Instead, remove your bias and think for just a moment. Is it God, or you?

And yes, I mean "God" has brainwashed us. I am being somewhat sarcastic by using the quotation marks but yes "man" could have easily fit into that spot as well.

Answer 1

What sin are you talking about?

Anyway... feeling and knowing God's love and loving Him back is more satisfying to me than anything I know in the whole earth. It is not to be compared with any earthly emotion.

When I accepted Christ it was because I wanted to... I love Him. I don't love Him because He died for me, although that is really awesome. I love Him because of who He is and how He loves me and all of mankind. I did not come to Him because I felt guilt.

Answer 2

You have never been a Christian, and you have no idea what Christianity is I am sorry to say, Faith is not an emotion, The way to know if you are a Christian or not has nothing to do with an emotion. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17, Ephesians 2:8-9, For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Jesus said in John 3:3, except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven, Unless you repent and confess your sins to God you cannot be Born Again, unless you believe Jesus arose from the grave the third day you cannot be born again, do you believe this? If you really do believe this then it is time you made a faith commitment to Jesus Christ, emotions won't get you there, Jesus has to move into your heart, and when he does trust me you will no it. Is there a Joy for the Lord in your heart? Is there a Love for the Lord and your fellow man in your heart? If not you have never been saved. Here is a simple sinners prayer of Faith, If you really want to be born again pray this prayer, Dear Jesus, I know and confess that I am sinner in need of salvation. I believe you died on a cross at calvery and arose from the grave to wash away my sins, I ask you right now to come into my heart and save me, I pray this Prayer believing in the name of Jesus Amen. If you prayed this prayer with a sincere heart you are now a child of God, rejoice that your name is written in the Lambs book of Life. Jesus will now send his Holy Spirit to come and live in your heart and guide you into all truth. If you have any questions just send me an email, God Bless YOU!!

Answer 3

There are some mystical explanation about God in the scriptures of Hinduism.

Who is God? Where is God? How can I come to know God?"

God has no names, but all names are the names of God. Whether you call Him this or that, He remains Who He is. But in our tradition we call God by the loving name Siva, which is only one of His 1,008 traditional names. Supreme God Siva is both within us and outside of us. Even desire, the fulfillment of desire, the joy, the pain, the sorrow, birth and death -- this is all Siva, nothing but Siva. This is hard to believe for the unenlightened individual who cannot see how a good, kind and loving God could create pain and sorrow. Actually, we find that Siva did not -- not in the sense that is commonly thought. God gave the law of karma, decreeing that each energy sent into motion returns with equal force.

In looking closely at this natural law, we can see that we create our own joy, our own pain, our own sorrow and our own release from sorrow. Yet we could not even do this except for the power and existence of our loving Lord. It takes much meditation to find God Siva in all things, through all things. In this striving -- as in perfecting any art or science -- regular daily disciplines must be faithfully adhered to.

Siva is the immanent personal Lord, and He is transcendent Reality. Siva is a God of love, boundless love. He loves each and every one. Each soul is created by Him and guided by Him through life. God Siva is everywhere. There is no place where Siva is not. He is in you. He is in this temple. He is in the trees. He is in the sky, in the clouds, in the planets. He is the galaxies swirling in space and the space between galaxies, too. He is the universe. His cosmic dance of creation, preservation and dissolution is happening this very moment in every atom of the universe. God Siva is, and is in all things. He permeates all things. He is immanent, with a beautiful form, a human-like form which can actually be seen and has been seen by many people in visions. He is also transcendent, beyond time, cause and space.

That is almost too much for the mind to comprehend, isn't it? Therefore, we have to meditate on these things. God Siva is so close to us. Where does He live? In the Third World. And in this form He can talk and think and love and receive our prayers and guide our karma. He commands vast numbers of devas who go forth to do His will all over the world, all over the galaxy, throughout the universe. These are matters told to us by the rishis; and we have discovered them in our own meditations. So always worship this great God. Never fear Him. He is the Self of your self. He is closer than your own breath. His nature is love, and if you worship Him with devotion you will know love and be loving toward others. Devotees of God Siva love everyone.

This is how God Siva can be seen everywhere and in everyone. He is there as the Soul of each soul. You can open your inner eye and see Him in others, see Him in the world as the world. Little by little, discipline yourself to meditate at the same time each day. Meditate, discover the silent center of yourself, then go deep within, to the core of your real Being. Slowly the purity comes. Slowly the awakening comes.

Answer 4

It is a very interesting point - I know the night I first met God, I thought it was me - voices in my head, I am going crazy, what is wrong with me, etc. - until the voice finally said - loudly and distinctly - "if you don't believe me, go look it up for yourself!" - and then there it was opened at random to Isaiah 41:10 everything that crazy voice in my head had been trying to tell me, right there in black and white on the written page - the word of God.

I knew then it was God, not me. But I sure as hell hope you don't have to go through what I did to find out that truth - I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy!

Answer 5

You were one of those Christians who falls into the category of "Believing that God exists" but not accepting Him or loving Him.
Your no different than Satan in my book because Satan also believes in God but doesn't love Him or accept Him and ultimately turned on Him as well.
So I hope your proud of youself I know I'm glad because that's just one less phoney Christian in the church ruining it for the rest of us.

Answer 6

Good for you!!! It's nice to hear someone simply question the things they are told to be sins & find peace within themselves in accepting who they are inside. Proud of you & hope you find happiness in the real world! D'n'D

Answer 7

the fact that you can choose which is right or wrong is one thing that god never brainwashed us. lot of of people say they are christian, what is christian and christianity first? did u follow what christ want us to do?

Answer 8

i agree with you.. i just realized this not too long ago. the idea that there is a god is all in your head. but it all comes down to having faith for the christians. i'm sure they all have their doubts.

Answer 9

i don't beleive either. it just started from some rumors that created the bible and extreemists.

Answer 10

I LOVE IT!!! Congrats, you've just taken your first steps into a larger world! ^_^