that doesn't necessarily mean i'm going to do everything according to the law. in fact i think if i had such an extreme disregard for authority i'd expect to eventually be caught by the police. that being said, i think it stands to reason that those who believe in a god are not necessarily going to do what he wants them to do. belief does not mean obedience. so my question is this. what is to stop someone, who believes in god but just doesn't care about his punishments from doing something evil? to put it differently. let's say i believe in a god. i feel i'm going to go to hell no matter what i do. what's to stop me then from committing some heinous crime against humanity? i already assume i'm going to be sent to hell, and nothing i do is going to get me a punishment worse than that, what would stop me from doing something horribly wrong? how often do we see killers turn themselves in peacefully to the authorities?
2007-12-05 08:05:37 · 6 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
that wouldn't explain why they can't refrain from sinning at all?
2007-12-05 08:13:45 · update #1
there is nothing to stop anyone from doing the like. a person either chooses to do something evil or not. belief does not matter. many people commit heinous crimes believing that god wanted them to do it. so obviously belief does not stop evil acts from being committed.
2007-12-05 08:14:05 · answer #1 · answered by Heather Honey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 07:22:37 · answer #2 · answered by derverger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has given His Moral Law to us and that could be called as conscious if I pick the right word. We all fall short from the glory of God, but we are saved by His great mercy and grace if we accept Him as our Lord and Savior.
I saw it here once so I use it now. In God's court the criminal goes free if he accepts the mercy of God and he is remorseful. We cannot make it with fair deal. We all break the law and so forth we are all law breakers. So we cannot make it by law. No one is good by their own right.
No one should ever believe the lie that they are already sentenced to hell, because only God knows our hearts.
2007-12-05 09:31:04 · answer #3 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that your are looking at this in the wrong light, people who believe in God don't obey him because their afraid of going to hell. Rather they have a "personal" relationship with God. Wouldn't you be more likely to obey the law if you were friends with the cop that would arrest you if you broke the law? I know I would.
2007-12-05 09:47:27 · answer #4 · answered by jetthrustpy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thoes who believe in god believe that god is watching them at all times. Unless you believe the government has installed little tiny cameras in your eyes, its not the same thing.
2007-12-05 08:12:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
*big sigh* free will, bro.
2007-12-05 08:16:47 · answer #6 · answered by ddking37 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋