The reason I ask is because their are so many religions that threaten your eternal soul, and because you don't believe them... doesn't that bother you. Don't you feel in your heart that they might just be right?
Also, what if the entire religion is a giant test? Maybe the bible is a trap to see how easily you can be duped into following something blindly. If that's the case, aren't you concerned for yourself and the welfare of your soul?
2007-12-25 22:49:05 · 21 answers · asked by Jadochop 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, I don't worry about being wrong because I know my relationship with God is the way it should be. I have no doubts about my faith.
2007-12-25 22:53:13 · answer #1 · answered by N L 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
My simple answer is which is the most plausible? Obviously in my case The Bible, or rather Christianity, is faultless to the point where I've given up doubting it. I'm so convinced that I even KNOW that the other religions aren't true. I bet a thousand other believers of a different faith are most likely are saying the same thing in contrast to myself, but how many of them have investigated thoroughly enough?
I could be wrong, yes, and so I'd have to pay the toll to the God in which I didn't believe in. It doesn't bother me at this point, though, because I'm so sure that I'm right.
2007-12-25 22:58:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
although i have been raised catholic i find that there is much with the religion that i question...and plenty with the organization that i do not agree with. because of this i have learned to take an interest in other religions to get a full perspective. i find that there is only one religion now that is "organized" and might have a shot at being accurate in my mind and that is buddhism. i am not saying that i am buddhist because unfortunately being raised a devout catholic has left many beliefs still in my heart and mind. but i feel that all organized religions are wrong because in my heart i know that God would not have organized us this way and sent us against each other in his name. so rather i try to incorporate what i find to be true in all religions into my life. buddhism seems to be the most reasonable because it emphasizes a balance between man and nature. finding completeness through spirituality..and having a divine relationship and respect for nature. i believe that God is more than one entity and i think he is more understanding than to condemn a soul merely by believing something other than what is accurate. i think that tactic is based on fear so people need an organized religion...thus giving religions power. i find the most important thing with religion is the personal relationship individuals have with God. and i believe that God wants individuals to have harmony and balance with the world around us that he has created. therefore wars and pollution and destruction of this planet are condemnable...but believing the "wrong" religion is not. i also think that there are basic principles emphasized in almost all successful religions and those basic ideas are closest to the truth. i feel that God probably wished us to pursue ideas...not create beliefs which lead to wars. i think i got sidetracked...i do not fear the condemnation of my soul if i am wrong because for some reason i feel that God is more understanding and being a good and loving person is extremely important. of course if i am wrong with that then perhaps i should worry. but i also do not believe that living a life of fear without any "proof" of an afterlife is no way to live at all. what do u think?
2007-12-25 23:02:16 · answer #3 · answered by M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't follow the Bible blindly. It took me 25 years of arguing with God (and friends) to come to a place of understanding that what the Bible says is all about ME!
The Bible is a book about your life and how you should be living it. I guess I was concerned about my "soul", but my big thing was to even consider I had one.
Like working out, I had to do the hard work to build up my spiritual "muscle" and what's the hardest part of it all?
I had to START!
2007-12-25 22:57:53 · answer #4 · answered by craig b 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question
I use too, but now by studying the bible, i do not and i am very secure in my religion and "Church". Reason is seeing all aspects of the bible, archeology, science and prophecy and history. So even there are many so called christian churches, they do not share the same thoughts as the bible teaches.
I've come to acknowledge that religion is not a giant test, as i thought it was, It is actually acknowledging Gods sovereignty and right to rule over his creation. so this matter of life is much more than a test or good vs. evil.
2007-12-25 23:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by fire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worry? Nope...
My soul is a little peace of God.
It is me and yet isn't.
It's like a single drop in all the the oceans of the world.
It's only MY ego that makes me believe that I am in anyway special.
If I am wrong about my choice to live a life of peace then when I die my soul will learn and evolve and improve from that mistake.
Therefore the entire hole (the ocean) will benefit from my mistake.
Until such a time as it my mistake can be shown to me I will continue to live a life of Peace, Unconditional Love and Respect for all people.
2007-12-25 23:06:16 · answer #6 · answered by The 48th Ronin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I am not concerned for my soul. I know in who's hands I place it. I know in whom I trust.
I know my Heavenly Father is real, I know He is the one true GOD.
A false god can not answer prayers, nor can a false god see any situations that may be coming our way and answer our prayers, before we pray our prayers.
My husband and I had a choice to make, pay all of our shut-off notices, and deny our sons things they needed.
We prayed. Two days later the gas company placed a yellow tag in our door " due 12-26-07" I started to cry, and pray.
My prayer was, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, I know you know our needs, long before we need anything and I thank YOU."
I then asked GOD to help remove this burden from my husband for it weighs on him and we know we can do nothing of our own to change things. I placed our burdens into the hands of GOD our Father.
Not even two hours later, three people came to our door and provided everything we needed and things we would like to have had.
We had the best Christmas ever, we even ate dinner at the same table, we then played a few family games.
GOD knew our needs, and HE put in place the people that HE would use to provide all our needs and many things that we all wanted, because HE IS A LOVING FATHER, HE is faithful to those who trust and believe in HIM and go to HIM in prayer.
2007-12-25 23:24:14 · answer #7 · answered by Cheryl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it extremely is exciting that each and each faith has it very own imaginative and prescient of Heaven - the nirvanna and excitement of afterlife - and yet they are all so person to the form of existence. i think of the main in all hazard subject is we return from wence we got here, to an altered state of being, it is so stunning yet unfathomable from this vantage element. i think of the religions attempt to describe that, yet in words they think of people will comprehend. I face up to the thought that we purely die off to nothingness - it variety of feels a pointless waste of all this time that way. Makes me experience like a SeaMonkey or something. Peace!
2016-10-19 22:56:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
being a Christian is experiencing God not a set of instructions once you receive that experience you wont have any reason to doubt you are on the right track. as far as am concern Jesus is everything live or dead
2007-12-25 22:55:27 · answer #9 · answered by Lt. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't get the point, If I were wrong (.0000001 chance) I have lived a happy successful life without fear. I have had Joy in my heart, peace in my life and my heart has been full of happiness. What else can a person want. I have had no hang overs, very little sickness. I have never missed a meal in my life. My life has been full and meaningfull, HAS YOURS?
2007-12-25 22:55:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Maybe hell is realizing you were really wrong...like if you claimed a certain faith, were prejudiced towards certain groups of people based on your faith, and then died and discovered YOU were wrong and had to feel the weight of the oppressed on your shoulders.
That would be something.
2007-12-25 23:00:28 · answer #11 · answered by Kara C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋