If God exists, would he approve of you following your own version of the main stream Religions?
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God probably wouldn't care as long as you are following the law that he or she put forth in the Scriptures. It's just that over the years Christians have manipulated the meanings of these Scriptures to endorse their bullshit and the way they treat people.
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An argument could be made -- a yin yang comparison.  Even from a more traditional Judaeo-Christian perspective, since god is omnipresent, couldn't he be both god and satan?  A method of introducing free will, perhaps.
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Excellent question remag. Firstly I am for the matrix indeed. Now your argument is good and I agree with it, but it is only evidence against a god such as the Christian or Muslim one (one who puts you here and makes your life difficult and wants you to obey otherwise you go to hell sort of god), however if you consider a god that is far, far (I mean really far) above such things then your argument is not so strong. Consider a god that does not interfere with anything whatsoever. I'm talking about absolute true free will and not the phony kind, know what I mean?
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Absolutely NO WAY! I could not do that because I am happy with my religion. I don't let people affect my decisions. I make my own. I hope you don't let this "someone" change your religion.
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I suppose I would ask him how he/she feels about my religion and my practice in that religion.\n\nJesus didn't belong to christianity because he didn't need it, the same way the Buddha didn't need buddhism.  That is to say, once you fully realize the teaching then the religion has served its purpose.  If the masters already realized the teaching by the time they're giving it, then they are no longer bound to the religion because it doesn't serve to teach them anymore.  \n\nPractioners of various religions practice because they are aspiring for whatever, be it realization or salvation they are in the religion for attainment of their goal.  If they realize these teachings then their lives and the teachings become as one.  Any true Messiah wouldn't belong to a perticular religion but would rather simply have the teaching, whatever that teaching may be.
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Yes, he does exists... There is a guy in Barcelona who won the right to name himself GOD. His official name is now GOD
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Yes. Many people hold those sorts of beliefs. God created the universe, and Evolution is part of His plan. No biggie.
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Whether I believed in God or not, my behavior would change very little.  I believe that life is more pleasant when we treat each other with respect, compassion and generosity, and demand the same from our leaders.  It is worse when we seek to comfort ourselves to the detriment of others.  Promises of reward and threats of punishment are not necessary.\n\nIt's not a matter to me of whether I believe God exists but whether God, as presented, makes sense.  If God created us to endure a series of tests or a rule-bound game, with an absolute reward/punishment outcome, I'd consider that God unworthy of the concept.  If God is a co-witness and fellow traveller who values experience over obedience, whose concept of justice is based on compassion rather than rules, and who would never consider abandoning one of his creatures, I could buy into that.  \n\nGod is supposed to be omniscient and omnipotent.  They say knowledge is power, then they say power, especially absolute power, corrupts.  Not quite true.  As humans, we can never have absolute knowledge or power, only "more" of each.  It is the remaining ignorance and fear that corrupts us because our grasp is tenuous.  Were someone to have absolute control of all power and knowledge in the universe, that person would be invulnerable and would understand everything.  That person would have no needs or threats, and no obligation to "settle" others' conflicts.  That person would be free to either ignore the problems or to objectively show a better way out of them.\n\nIf you are a parent, you may have had an experience of children fighting among themselves, understanding both of them perfectly while realizing that their dispute is meaningless.  Or you may have comforted a child facing a new experience, or cautioned a child incapable of recognizing a danger.  That's what it would be like for God.  Dispassion, wisdom, and patience would be God's attributes.  Anger, revenge and score-keeping just don't fit the picture.  These are the attributes of weak, fearful, childish humans.\n\nThe omniscience we lack is the reason we are in conflict, because we don't understand each other.  The omnipotence we lack means some of us will be stronger than others and we would likely exploit that for the sake of our own security.  God would transcend all that.  Absolute knowledge is understanding.  Absolute power is compassion.\n\nIf God were presented logically, as a loving creator who calls us out of fear into confidence and sympathy, I could go for it. The petty, capricious autocrat painted by Bible-thumpers doesn't make the grade.
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You can't force God on anyone they have to except him on there own. Have you ever taken the time to see, if he would be interested in finding God.
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I will ask him just for a brief moment to show the origin of every religion its purpose,and to show the current path that world religions are travelling.so people can wake up and start searching him within themselves.and see the reality they are all living in.then everything will be settled
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If god really exists he would be everywhere simultaneously.
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I'd ask him who was right about this religion thing. He'd probably say we were all wrong, but I'd still want to know, just in case. lol
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you know the same God? right. so much so that you have typed it G-d...right. as for whether you really are saved or good with God, no one can be the judge of that, except God Himself. however, the only TRUE RELIGION is christianity. end of story. it's the religion behind believing what you need and having the right relationship with Jesus/God. so there ya are. the truth.
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I could be wrong but to me it dosnt much matter!My belief is that our god both yours and mine created us with our own strenths and weaknesses we overcome are weaknesses and build upon our strenths and we attempt to fulfill the purpuses of our uniqe creations!!Meaning we each were created for a purpose known only to our own gods and we attempt to acheive that purpose and at the same time better ourselves!!
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I really don't think God likes religion much at all. He does want us to have a personal relationship with Jesus, though.  As long as that's all we're relying on to make us right with God, nothing else really matters, I suppose.
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Definitely, and that applies to all other religions as well.\nIn order to stay in power, all religious leaders will tell\nyou to believe that their god is the true god which makes\nme believe that god was actually created by man. So.\nwhat does it make us?
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LOL\nNo.\nDefinitely god himself NEVER changes....\n\nBut he ACTS differently throughout times