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A Question About God

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TreeFarieAaliyah

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Recently, I read a few threads about God and I started thinking: There are so many different concepts of God in different religions. But from what I've heard of all the religions, God is forgiving and wise and all-knowing and basically perfect. Based on religion. But. If God is in reality what all humans are supposedly striving to do, why does he punish people for having different opinions? From what I've heard, God punishes those who sin and nonbelievers. People who live their lives being good and helping the environment and world, but who don't believe in God would be punished according to the Muslim faith, from what my Muslim friend says. She says they were given the chance but did not take it, so therefore, they are punished. If God himself does not forgive people for having a different opinion about the meaning of life during the time that they had no certain answers, then why did he give us the minds to think outside of the box? To stray? That's not really what I want to say. What I'm saying is, honestly, if God punishes people for not believing in him even though they were sincerely good people, I would much rather not follow him. In my religion, the God we believe in forgives all people. Everyone. Absolutely everyone. There is no hell. There is no heaven. He forgives all people and gives them a second chance. Now, I'm not quite sure if I believe in my religion, let alone religion itself. But basically for my religion God forgives everyone and gives them another chance at life to become better people. I will not get into any explanations because honestly, I'm not here to preach. What I'm asking is, what do you think? About everything I just said. What about the idea of an all-forgiving God? Is he less perfect than the Christian and Muslim and Catholic God for forgiving everyone because he truly loves us all and wants us to become better people? Part of the reason I started to question God and religion is for the specific reason that there are so many religions and so many Gods that all claim to have their own proof: the Bible, signs, the Qu'ran, etc. And in some religions, one can actually be punished for being of a different faith. It's all really confusing and so I'm kind of in the middle. So, sorry for this whole rant. I'll get to the point and stop talking. What do you think? Cancel

Recently, I read a few threads about God and I started thinking: There are so many different concepts of God in different religions. But from what I've heard of all the religions, God is forgiving and wise and all-knowing and basically perfect. Based on religion. But. If God is in reality what all humans are supposedly striving to do, why does he punish people for having different opinions? From what I've heard, God punishes those who sin and nonbelievers. People who live their lives being good and helping the environment and world, but who don't believe in God would be punished according to the Muslim faith, from what my Muslim friend says. She says they were given the chance but did not take it, so therefore, they are punished. If God himself does not forgive people for having a different opinion about the meaning of life during the time that they had no certain answers, then why did he give us the minds to think outside of the box? To stray? That's not really what I want to say. What I'm saying is, honestly, if God punishes people for not believing in him even though they were sincerely good people, I would much rather not follow him. In my religion, the God we believe in forgives all people. Everyone. Absolutely everyone. There is no hell. There is no heaven. He forgives all people and gives them a second chance. Now, I'm not quite sure if I believe in my religion, let alone religion itself. But basically for my religion God forgives everyone and gives them another chance at life to become better people. I will not get into any explanations because honestly, I'm not here to preach.

What I'm asking is, what do you think? About everything I just said. What about the idea of an all-forgiving God? Is he less perfect than the Christian and Muslim and Catholic God for forgiving everyone because he truly loves us all and wants us to become better people?

Part of the reason I started to question God and religion is for the specific reason that there are so many religions and so many Gods that all claim to have their own proof: the Bible, signs, the Qu'ran, etc. And in some religions, one can actually be punished for being of a different faith. It's all really confusing and so I'm kind of in the middle.

So, sorry for this whole rant. I'll get to the point and stop talking. What do you think?

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melymay

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I personally don't think much about God. Sometimes I acknowledge one, sometimes I don't. I'm usually pretty skeptical about the existence of a "greater being," but it's somewhat comforting to have some sort of belief in one. Though, the perfection that some religions strive for are a bit extreme in my eyes. Cancel

I personally don't think much about God. Sometimes I acknowledge one, sometimes I don't. I'm usually pretty skeptical about the existence of a "greater being," but it's somewhat comforting to have some sort of belief in one.

Though, the perfection that some religions strive for are a bit extreme in my eyes.

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I'm shinto/zen buddhist I got naughty gods, disobedient gods, etc so I'm not that religion, but in shinto there aren't perfection in gods but they do have them as well...but from any religion this is my take on it, don't approach any religion with what the others that are in it are doing and don't follow it fully if you want to question it and take it always as a grain of sand for in the end trying to dissect a religion fully leads to doubt and confusion Cancel

I'm shinto/zen buddhist I got naughty gods, disobedient gods, etc so I'm not that religion, but in shinto there aren't perfection in gods but they do have them as well...but from any religion this is my take on it, don't approach any religion with what the others that are in it are doing and don't follow it fully if you want to question it and take it always as a grain of sand for in the end trying to dissect a religion fully leads to doubt and confusion

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I'm a muslim. God punished someone who not doing what god's tell to do..... Every religion have a different rule, including Islam. It's like game give and take, god give us life, parents, happiness, etc.... and take our thanks.... Cancel

I'm a muslim. God punished someone who not doing what god's tell to do..... Every religion have a different rule, including Islam. It's like game give and take, god give us life, parents, happiness, etc.... and take our thanks....

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Hey so I will start here. One If people were to really read about what different religions stand on then maybe no confusion could be made but at the same time you do you have to know where you stand. Be Christian, Muslim,Buddhist, or even Hindi doesn't really matter at this point because if you don't know what God truly is about You will never get away from not knowing which is being CONFUSED! God is the Almighty Being. this is said through out many so called religions. They say God THIS God that...but truly what God are people talking about. This is when Religion COMES INTO PLAY. A lot of people say God and yet That means nothing, unless you know the true God.His name is God but he has a son his name is Jesus. Now some people would have said Christianity off the bat or even Catholic...Let me tell you the TRUTH-- CHRISTIANITY MEANS CHRIST-LIKE. Does this really sound like a religion. Many would say NO! Well in absolute honesty it isn't. When some one calls themselves a Christian they are saying that there are Co-Heirs with Jesus. many people thing that Jesus and being christian is a hard concept to accept. This is the end times as everyone knows it and yet i still have to tell you it doesn't matter if you have a religion as long as you believe in Jesus Christ, that he died on the cross for me and your sins. many people still want to say "well it's hard" or the many favorite, "as long as i am a good person right." well let me tell you this being a good person doesn't do anything unless you have Faith to back it up. And in order to get faith you must proclaim it. When you think about religion what do you think of? Rules and regulations. well isn't that just like the law? Exactly! Jesus didn't say "give me all your time" or "take time out of your day and praise me" or "on Christmas give me the glory for i was born on that day" Jesus didn't say any of that. It's because he is Good to people that they decide to give him praise. God gave us a choice he didn't force us to choose that, so for a lot of people to mix God with gods it makes completely no sense. God isn't a statue.and in any persons right mind why would they worship some hollow, incomplete,inanimate object. Really now?! It's funny for one person to judge something they don't know about. Because ignorance and Arrogance come quickly as they choose. The father which is God art though in heaven- He is very willing and forgiving. He forgives you as many chances we are willing to repent for sins. Also God doesn't hate people because they choose wicked ways. He hates what they do. That is obvious. Why would some god or even God himself hate you if you were his perfect creation he wanted companion with. Which leads to the question people should really ask themselves: If God in heaven knew some would choose wicked ways why would he still create us in the first place? ------------------------------------------ little info: Heaven was created for The Trinity (The father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) and his Angels hell was not formed out of no where when people decided to choose wickedness and iniquity. Spiritually it is the center of the earth. When God shooed 1/3 of the fallen angels and Satan out they went to earth and decided to wreak trouble in the garden of Eden. hell is for Satan and his follower's. This means if you choose the wicked ways of the devil (Satan) you in turn are saying you want to follow him. Cancel

Hey so I will start here. One If people were to really read about what different religions stand on then maybe no confusion could be made but at the same time you do you have to know where you stand. Be Christian, Muslim,Buddhist, or even Hindi doesn't really matter at this point because if you don't know what God truly is about You will never get away from not knowing which is being CONFUSED!

God is the Almighty Being. this is said through out many so called religions. They say God THIS God that...but truly what God are people talking about. This is when Religion COMES INTO PLAY. A lot of people say God and yet That means nothing, unless you know the true God.His name is God but he has a son his name is Jesus.

Now some people would have said Christianity off the bat or even Catholic...Let me tell you the TRUTH-- CHRISTIANITY MEANS CHRIST-LIKE.
Does this really sound like a religion. Many would say NO! Well in absolute honesty it isn't. When some one calls themselves a Christian they are saying that there are Co-Heirs with Jesus.

many people thing that Jesus and being christian is a hard concept to accept. This is the end times as everyone knows it and yet i still have to tell you it doesn't matter if you have a religion as long as you believe in Jesus Christ, that he died on the cross for me and your sins.

many people still want to say "well it's hard" or the many favorite, "as long as i am a good person right."
well let me tell you this being a good person doesn't do anything unless you have Faith to back it up. And in order to get faith you must proclaim it. When you think about religion what do you think of? Rules and regulations. well isn't that just like the law? Exactly!

Jesus didn't say "give me all your time" or "take time out of your day and praise me" or "on Christmas give me the glory for i was born on that day"
Jesus didn't say any of that. It's because he is Good to people that they decide to give him praise.

God gave us a choice he didn't force us to choose that, so for a lot of people to mix God with gods it makes completely no sense.
God isn't a statue.and in any persons right mind why would they worship some hollow, incomplete,inanimate object. Really now?!
It's funny for one person to judge something they don't know about.

Because ignorance and Arrogance come quickly as they choose.

The father which is God art though in heaven- He is very willing and forgiving. He forgives you as many chances we are willing to repent for sins. Also God doesn't hate people because they choose wicked ways. He hates what they do. That is obvious. Why would some god or even God himself hate you if you were his perfect creation he wanted companion with.

Which leads to the question people should really ask themselves: If God in heaven knew some would choose wicked ways why would he still create us in the first place?
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little info: Heaven was created for The Trinity (The father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) and his Angels
hell was not formed out of no where when people decided to choose wickedness and iniquity. Spiritually it is the center of the earth. When God shooed 1/3 of the fallen angels and Satan out they went to earth and decided to wreak trouble in the garden of Eden. hell is for Satan and his follower's. This means if you choose the wicked ways of the devil (Satan) you in turn are saying you want to follow him.

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Um... okay, you're asking why God would punish someone who has a different opinion? Well he doesn't. We are entitled to have our own opinions; what with it being the result of having free will. It's when we learn of the truth and still cling on that opinion (out of pigheadedness, I guess) that we begin to sin. God grants leniency to those who do good but not heard of the Word of God (it's in the Bible somewhere, I'm sorry I couldn't remember where. Please read through it if you want to disprove me), but if you have heard the Word of God and chose not to heed the lessons and the commandments, then you can be punished for choosing to ignore it. God did give us the minds to think. He gave us the capacity to choose for ourselves. That is true. But He also gave laws to keep us from the things that would be detrimental to our well-being and to keep us from doing the things would be harmful to ourselves. Break the law, and you'll get punished. It's just like putting up a "do not open" sign in front of the door of the cage of a lion. Ignore that and you wind up with a pissed off kitty. God does forgive. He does give second chances. But regret at the hangman's noose is for naught. Saying you accept God in your deathbed is futile. You did not have the time to use that gift; No time time to impart it to others. Cancel

Um... okay, you're asking why God would punish someone who has a different opinion? Well he doesn't. We are entitled to have our own opinions; what with it being the result of having free will. It's when we learn of the truth and still cling on that opinion (out of pigheadedness, I guess) that we begin to sin. God grants leniency to those who do good but not heard of the Word of God (it's in the Bible somewhere, I'm sorry I couldn't remember where. Please read through it if you want to disprove me), but if you have heard the Word of God and chose not to heed the lessons and the commandments, then you can be punished for choosing to ignore it.

God did give us the minds to think. He gave us the capacity to choose for ourselves. That is true. But He also gave laws to keep us from the things that would be detrimental to our well-being and to keep us from doing the things would be harmful to ourselves. Break the law, and you'll get punished. It's just like putting up a "do not open" sign in front of the door of the cage of a lion. Ignore that and you wind up with a pissed off kitty.

God does forgive. He does give second chances. But regret at the hangman's noose is for naught. Saying you accept God in your deathbed is futile. You did not have the time to use that gift; No time time to impart it to others.

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Well, here is an answer from an atheist. I don't believe in god, cause... well after a lot of thinking and considering and etc etc... i got the conclusion that god doesn't exist. BUT, that's my opinion, i mean, the fact that i say that i don't believe, doesn't mind that there is no god ;) I can't prove it, as no one can prove it does exist. IN other words: every one, even in the same religion, have different conceptions of the god/gods and they are sure that their belief are the right ones. So, you just have to learn to accept and tolerate those who don't think as you do. Live and let live, because it doesn't matter what proof you think you have, all of them are based on faith, and faith is subjective. As i don't believe gods exist, punishment from him/theirs i don't believe either. Cancel

Well, here is an answer from an atheist. I don't believe in god, cause... well after a lot of thinking and considering and etc etc... i got the conclusion that god doesn't exist. BUT, that's my opinion, i mean, the fact that i say that i don't believe, doesn't mind that there is no god ;) I can't prove it, as no one can prove it does exist. IN other words: every one, even in the same religion, have different conceptions of the god/gods and they are sure that their belief are the right ones. So, you just have to learn to accept and tolerate those who don't think as you do. Live and let live, because it doesn't matter what proof you think you have, all of them are based on faith, and faith is subjective. As i don't believe gods exist, punishment from him/theirs i don't believe either.

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Well If there is a god (Yes I do believe in GOD) Than there is probably only one true religion that was most likely lost eons ago and than manifested itself into many other types of religions. However I do question the perspective the Christan/Catholic perspective saying that if you do not know the lord Jesus Christ than you have no place in heaven or something like that. How can a god that is so forgiving and understanding ask his people to blindly follow a path due to blind faith? Which one is correct seeing that they are so similar with it comes down to the basics? And why condemn those who are not on the correct path without some solid proof to led them in the right path? Cancel

Well If there is a god (Yes I do believe in GOD) Than there is probably only one true religion that was most likely lost eons ago and than manifested itself into many other types of religions.

However I do question the perspective the Christan/Catholic perspective saying that if you do not know the lord Jesus Christ than you have no place in heaven or something like that.

How can a god that is so forgiving and understanding ask his people to blindly follow a path due to blind faith?
Which one is correct seeing that they are so similar with it comes down to the basics?
And why condemn those who are not on the correct path without some solid proof to led them in the right path?

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why is hi a fucking asshole Cancel

why is hi a fucking asshole

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The way I see it is, God is all forgiving and merciful. Ask for forgivness and you shall recieve it. I don't care much for religions. However, I do believe there is God. Cancel

The way I see it is, God is all forgiving and merciful. Ask for forgivness and you shall recieve it.

I don't care much for religions. However, I do believe there is God.

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