Religious Beliefs
There are many questions that a secular non-Christian would have for one that was true and faithful to God. However, in this essay I will bring up two big questions that may be asked and debated over where more questions will perhaps be brought up. There may be times where it may seem that I have gone off the topic, but if you press on, it will hopefully tie in.
My first question is this: A person is already happy with their life. They are rich, successful, and live a very affluent lifestyle – why do they need God?
What has God got to offer? John 8:12 says, when Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in ...
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this is what one believes, then let us pose another question. ‘Is there life beyond the grave?’ To put this question in another way; can life be lived without consequences?
Paul says in 1Corinthians 15:32, “If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die”. He is saying if there is no live beyond the grave, if the grave is the ultimate end, then I am wasting my life giving myself to a cause that is pinned on there being a life beyond the grave and really what I ought to do is give myself to just eating and drinking and being merry. Why? Because if death is it – there are no consequences to my life.
To put it another way … if life has no consequences, then life has no values. If life has no consequences, then it has no right or wrong, good or evil.
In reference to the pg 95 of the book of readings, the God that is ideal for the person who reasons that they do not need God, is decidedly a God that will be flexible to the desires of today’s ...
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and the end. One needs God to understand and live the 5th act and fulfil and complete the salvation history as best as they can.
Many non Christians ponder the question of ‘will a person be saved if no matter what they believe, they are sincere and honest in their beliefs?’ To many, it is the question of sincerity that counts – it doesn’t matter what you believe, as long as you’re sincere. But the real question to ponder (and my second big question) is;
‘If there is a God, will he honour your sincerity – even if your beliefs are wrong?’
The belief that sincerity is what matters, works for people because sincerity = innocence. If a person sincerely holds a view, which ...
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