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Originally Posted by Dirus  Why do you choose to worship a God that allows so much pain and suffering in the world when he/she/it could stop it at any time? I dont believe in God myself. I have never been presented a good reason for doing so. But even if God appeared to me in my living room, I wouldnt worship someone that choose to rule the way he does.
I am not interested in an argument about if God exists or is evolution a viable theory. There is nothing new here I havent heard before. I want to know why you would choose to worship this dude to begin with. |
The most important gift that God gave human beings is the gift of Free Will. Free will to choose how to live your life how you want, to make the decisions that you want, to screw up however you want. If god were to do anything, it would directly infringe on our free will. Along with this, there is good and evil told of in the bible. Along with the good there is evil on the world as well which is influenced by Satan, hence all the evil you see. There is a constant struggle of good vs evil on not only the physical plane but the spiritual.
Why do I choose to be religious? Well, I hate what the term religious has become. No I don't attend church, most of the churches out there are just trying to make money off of you, no I don't worship god in literal church sense. Do I sincerely thank him everyday for granting me life? Yes. The typical church rhetoric is that god is out there, apart from us, and he wants to be worshiped, that doesn't resonate with me well.
Incoming flames from the Atheist majority on these boards. It is what it is, sorry to derail but the question was asked.
