Why would He give us the thought that He will do a certain thing? I mean if He does it great. If not, ok. But what's the point of holding on to somehting that is not there?
2007-12-29 13:41:03 · 8 answers · asked by Consuming Fire 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
2007-12-29 13:50:30 · answer #1 · answered by beek 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does God ask you to do this or does religion tell you to do it?
Religion has set its self up as the supreme earthly authority on two subjects that it knows absolutely nothing about, God and the afterlife. If we look at the various religions it is beyond obvious that they don’t agree about who God is. Nearly all of them claim to be the one and only correct path to God.
The one truth that remains constant is that the definition of God that they have come up with is little more than a mirror image of the particular set of biases and prejudices of the group the religion represent. Can this be just a coincidence?
With all of the various renderings of God by all of the different religions we can draw only a very few conclusions about God. Either God is a pathological liar who tries to be all things to all people or God is hopelessly schizophrenic. Personally I see too much beauty in the world to accept either of these conclusions.
To me it seems far more likely that religion is just a lie that people tell about God.
Lucky for us this lie we call religion does not effect the real God in any way.
Love and blessings Don
2007-12-29 13:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
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What self-loathing, insecure, neurotic, prideful, narcissistic, and vengeful god needs fealty pledges from his own creations?
2007-12-29 13:44:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God is our Heavenly Father. Just like earthly fathers, His answer is sometimes "yes", sometimes "no", and sometimes "wait, not now". One thing is sure: He will never answer a prayer that will lead you away from HIM.
2007-12-29 13:51:54 · answer #4 · answered by BusyBody 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's it. Belief. God isnt going to give anything to anyone that does not believe, according to His will.
2007-12-29 13:45:04 · answer #5 · answered by Seeno†es™ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
To grow in trust of Him?
2007-12-29 13:46:20 · answer #6 · answered by Robert S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is a buisness people. How can nobody see that?
2007-12-29 13:50:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
GOD is not Santa Clause.
The most important answers to my prayers have been"no" and "wait".
2007-12-29 13:45:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋