please answer if you believe in GOD?

Question

okay i am christain and i do believe in all the things they tell me about him and heavan. but is that saying that other peoples beliefs r lies? how do u no that this isnt a lie and there's is real??? hmm...i just dont get it. please help mee figure this outt!!! thanx =]

Answer 1

Start with what you know, and work from there.

Answer 2

I am also a Christian and I believe it is the true religion, but I've read about other religions and find some similarities to them and understand why people believe them to be the true religion. I have always maintained that all we can do is have belief and do as much research as possible into the authenticity of the bible and other religious books. The truth is though that all we have is faith and none of knows for sure which is really the true religion and we will not know until the day we die or until the day of Judgment arrives if we are still living. I truly believe that those of other religions who believe in God and may have other different beliefs than we do will still go to heaven to be with the Father.

Answer 3

This is a great question. Just think the indians worshiped a God. Not sure but maybe the sun or something. Anyway maybe God answers prayers for people even if they are into a different form of religion because he loves us that much. Most of the time when people pray they need something really bad and God knows that and answers the prayer regardless of the person religious preference. That is what I think a God that loves his creation unconditionally would do.

Answer 4

I don't believe in God but certainly, I can't be sure. Faith in God requires the ability to suspend belief, which at this point in my life I just don't have. If there is a kind and loving God, then that is great. I hope I am wrong but I just can't be focused on the idea of Heaven and an after life. For me it is more productive to focus on doing my part to make life better for me, my family and the world around me in the hear and now. I don't have anything again religion really and frankly don't really think it matters one way or another whether or not Christ is the Son of God. I think it is pretty clear he profoundly changed the world for the better - what others have done to his message and life is quite another thing.

Answer 5

Whom Should You Believe?

“Of course, every house is constructed by someone, but he that constructed all things is God.”—HEBREWS 3:4.

DO YOU agree with the logic of this Bible writer? Mankind has experienced some 2,000 years of scientific advancement since that verse was penned. Does anyone still think that the design evident in nature requires belief in a Designer, a Creator—God?

Even in industrialized countries many people would say yes. In the United States, for example, a survey conducted by Newsweek magazine in 2005 found that 80 percent of people “believe that God created the universe.” Is this belief due to a lack of education? Well, do any scientists believe in God? The science journal Nature reported in 1997 that almost 40 percent of biologists, physicists, and mathematicians surveyed believe in a God who not only exists but also listens to and answers prayers.

However, other scientists strongly disagree. Dr. Herbert A. Hauptman, a Nobel laureate, recently told a scientific conference that belief in the supernatural, especially belief in God, is incompatible with good science. “This kind of belief,” he said, “is damaging to the well-being of the human race.” Even scientists who believe in God are reluctant to teach that the design evident in plants and animals requires a Designer. Why? Identifying one reason, Douglas H. Erwin, a paleobiologist at the Smithsonian Institute, says: “One of the rules of science is, no miracles allowed.”

You can let others tell you what you are allowed to think and believe. Or you may wish to investigate some of the evidence yourself and reach your own conclusion. As you read about recent discoveries of science presented on the following pages, ask yourself, ‘Is it logical to conclude that there is a Creator?’

Answer 6

I believe that god gives light to all people who ask for it.

Many things about all religions are the same, and therefore good. Mostly I feel that religion in general helps people to be better people, but I also feel that atheism is a type of religion even though many claim to be outsiders generally. I respect their position and their beliefs. People should be free to do as they will. I'm strongly for freedom, and the ability to worship as one sees fit.

However, there can be corruption in people, and therefore corruption in religion. Good and bad folks everywhere, and good and bad things happen everywhere. However, I think there is such a think as truth. I think you have to rely on prayer for the inspiration you need to know what you should do in various situations in life. Maybe one wouldn't call it prayer, but meditation... okay!

I think if you get all the knowledge you can, and humbly pray - you will go the right direction.

Therefore, I think all religions that teach good things are inherently good. Personally, I think God puts people where they will do best, but it is up to us whether we choose to follow the light that has been given to us.

"Other people's beliefs are lies?" Wow... seems pretty closed minded. I'd learn as much as you can, and seek for divine knowledge for yourself.

God answers prayers.

Answer 7

Consider, God is either our enemy or our friend. If God were our enemy, we'd have been done away with a long time ago. And if God, omniscient and omnipotent God, is our friend, he'd want what is best for his creation.

Those who insist that only their interpretation of how God works is the true and proper interpretation do not quite trust God. It's as if, by insisting all the more vehemently, they believe they can make God act the way they think he should. God is far bigger than that. God cannot be hurt or flattered, so why would he insist on adherence to a narrow set of beliefs that can't be proven outside of faith, especially when the consequences are eternal?

Some people think of life as a test. When a human makes something, he likely tests it for quality and function, but only if he intends to use it for something. Why would God "test" us if he only intended to put us on some cosmic trophy shelf? God made us and God made the world. They are real and what happens in the world is real. So what we do in the world matters. The point of being alive is to act as God would act in the world, benificently, selflessly, encouragingly, justly. We may not be as bulletproof as God, but by losing our overriding sense of self-preservation in service to the less fortunate of the world, we enhance creation, as God would want it to be.

Many Christians quote Jesus saying, "I am THE Way". What does that mean? He also said, "Many will come to me crying 'Lord, Lord', and I will say I do not know you." The point is not to know Jesus as a character in the Bible. It's to KNOW him, to understand what he would do in a situation, to act as he would, even if you didn't consciously think of his name while doing it.

The test of worthy action is "doing the Father's will", "building up the Kingdom," trying to make the world just a little more like heaven would be. We can't succeed perfectly, but the goal does matter. Jesus constantly struggled to find enough prayer time in his life, but he never shied away from doing what was needed. He'd even interrupt one effort to attend to a more immediate need. We can only hope to be as responsive and in-the-present as he was.

And what was his work? I mean, before all the culminating passion, death and resurrection business. What did they kill him for? He described it at the very beginning of his ministry, quoting Isaiah: "to bring glad tidings to the poor...proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free." This is what makes the rich and powerful angry, upsetting the power structure. If we aren't helping people who need help, we aren't doing God's will.

It is said, a prophet is one who comforts the afflicted, and afflicts the comfortable. The people who insist that only their narrow opinion is valid are seeking the comfort of certainty, and the avoidance of obligation to act on their faith in any meaningful way. After all, they already HAVE their "salvation", so why should they work? Jesus said, "Who ever is not against us is for us." He also said the opposite, bit that is not a contradiction. The point is, people either get the idea of compassion, humility and service or they revert to looking out for old Number One. Putting a brand name on it doesn't make one's outlook more holy. There are far too many self-serving "Christians" who fervently clutch their membership cards but never consider paying their dues. If you truly have faith, it will be obvious from the fruit you bear. Some "Christians" produce some mighty bitter and shrivelled fruit. And some non-Christians produce fruit that is indistinguishable from the best Christianity can offer. Do we honestly think God cares more about the label than the quality?

Answer 8

Here is the only way that I have found; because I enjoy researching, and I was challenged to prove that Jesus was/is God, I decided to set aside all of what I 'knew' to be the truth. I got a Bible with Strong's notations, and a Strong's complete concordance, and began with the question "Who is God and what does He want/expect from me?" The answer made me so angry (not at God, but at all those preachers and teachers and deacons, etc. for selling me a bill of goods, another words, they had me believing in a pack of lies) that at times I wanted to rip someone apart. But eventually I calmed down, and began to do what it is that God expects all of us to do. I humbled myself and began teaching others what it was God had taught me.

Answer 9

I believe that there is a higher Truth that is capable of covering all truth, even when one man's truth is another man's joke. Thinking about this bigger picture will keep Your mind occupied for a while.

We of Faith are not called upon to fling ridicule on the words or actions of anyone else.

Answer 10

Satan believes in God and unfortunately probably knows him better than we do but the Bible calls him a liar. So there is a truth and a lie. Try to know God more and more by praying and reading. If you truly seek him he will reveal himself to you and you will have your questions answered. I wish you good luck.

Answer 11

That is where faith comes in. In today's world, you got to stay in the bible and continue to ask God to give you the wisdom, strength and courage to follow him. Many will claim they have the right way but only thought our Lord Jesus Christ will you or I be saved.
Many Christians claim they don't need church. They are wrong, it is through prayer and fellowship that God gives us the strength to see through the others.
Stand strong and keep the faith.