What does God want from you?

[Stevicus]

Hi Chinu. Long time.
Mothers rush when the child cries. God seems to be a little hard of hearing like me.
Like they sat in Punjabi "Uncha ho ke bolo", so when in trouble one should call God with a loudspeaker, then perhaps he would hear.
If you are in Bathinda, how is the flood situation? In Delhi, we are having a second flood. Yamuna has not subsided and it is Hindon now.

Or maybe God is just confused. While you get floods, other places of the world are facing droughts. Those in drought-plagued areas are asking God for rain, while God gives the rain to others who have too much of it already.

God apparently doesn't believe in the equitable distribution of resources. I guess God is not a communist.

 

[Messianic Israelite]

OK. God creates the universe and God creates you. What does God want from you?

If you are an atheist, speculate. If God really exists and creates the universe and God creates you. What does God want from you?

Before you just give a quick answer, consider a Being capable of creating the universe and you has to be very very smart. Consider High Intellect with your answers. Make God's answer High Intellect.

Good afternoon Bird123. You ask what Yahweh wants from us. Why not look at the Bible for answers? Deuteronomy 10:12 says "12 And now, Israel, what does Yahweh your Elohim require of you, but to fear Yahweh your Elohim, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 to keep the commandments of Yahweh, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good? 14 Behold, to Yahweh your Elohim belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is in it. 15 Yet Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day." and Micah 6:"8 He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does Yahweh require of you, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your Elohim" (Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition).

 

[Trailblazer]

Must be nice. Hmm ... want to get married?

Be careful what you ask for... I just might...
I would be fine with marrying an atheist if everything else lined up. I went on a date with an atheist I met on a dating site a few weeks ago but we were not compatible, not because of my religious beliefs but because our personalities were not aligned. Besides that, he was a dog person and I am a cat person. Anyone who marries me has to like cats because they are not going anywhere.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Be careful what you ask for... I just might...
I would be fine with marrying an atheist if everything else lined up. I went on a date with an atheist I met on a dating site a few weeks ago but we were not compatible, not because of my religious beliefs but because our personalities were not aligned. Besides that, he was a dog person and I am a cat person. Anyone who marries me has to like cats because they are not going anywhere.

Well as a gold digger you should be relieved that I would not be interested just in sex When it comes to cats I am only moderately allergic. We have three in my house. I would much rather have a dog, but my body says "No WAY!". Oh,, and I find raccoons to be quite tasty. I hope that is not a deal breaker.

 

[Trailblazer]

Then the driver is a ****ing idiot then, and your comment is a straw man.

However if the vehicle is faulty and the brakes fail, the car ploughs into a bunch of people then the manufacturer is to tqke the credit.

Humans were not created faulty. We were created very good.

Genesis 1:31
31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. 31 Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!

Genesis 1:31 - God saw all that he had made, and it was very good......​

Humans did not evolve leukemia or other cancers.

Ask an epidemiologist.

And once again you are dictating what god does. Interesting he only does what you think eh?

I do not dictate what God does. The ONLY WAY to know anything about what God does is from scriptures that reveal what God does.
If it is not in those scriptures it is what Baha'is refer to as our vain imaginations.

 

[ppp]

God is not responsible for what humans did after they evolved because God does not determine what humans do.
It is as simple as that.

Of course God isn't responsible for anything. Because things that don't exist cannot be the cause of things that do.

 

[muhammad_isa]

I would be fine with marrying an atheist..

I wouldn't..
..not because I have something against them, but because G-d knows best.
G-d says do not

 

[Trailblazer]

Well as a gold digger you should be relieved that I would not be interested just in sex When it comes to cats I am only moderately allergic. We have three in my house. I would much rather have a dog, but my body says "No WAY!". Oh,, and I find raccoons to be quite tasty. I hope that is not a deal breaker.

I don't mind gold diggers as long as they are honest about their intentions. What am I going to do with all this money anyway? The CPA who does my taxes asked me that last April and I told him I have no idea. Then we got in a long discussion since he was also widowed but he has become a confirmed bachelor.

I would not mind a man who is interested in sex as long as it is clear that there will be no sex until we get married. I now make that clear to men I message on dating sites since I don't want any false expectations. But I have not met any men who would want to get married. They want all the 'benefits' of marriage without the commitment. I can kind of understand why many men don't want to get married since most men were divorced and they don't want to go through that again.

I'd rather marry a man who was never married since he would have no baggage, but there are very few men who were never married. Were you ever married? I was not looking to get married and I was not even dating. I probably never would have gotten married if I had not been set up by my mother and sister, who knew my late husband. It was fully his idea and it was a whirlwind romance.

My late husband had bad asthma and the doctor said he was allergic to cats, but we had double-digit cats and the cats did not affect him adversely. Why would you rather have a dog? Cats rule.

 

[ChristineM]

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Humans were not created faulty. We were created very good.

Ahh so that explains Eve.

Ask an epidemiologist.

After you.

I do not dictate what God does. The ONLY WAY to know anything about what God does is from scriptures that reveal what God does.
If it is not in those scriptures it is what Baha'is refer to as our vain imaginations.

No? You could have fooled me.
The ONLY WAY to know anything about what God does is from "interpretation" of scriptures that reveal what you want god to do.

 

[Trailblazer]

Of course God isn't responsible for anything. Because things that don't exist cannot be the cause of things that do.

Even if God does exist He is not responsible for the things that atheists think He is responsible for.
God has His own set of duties, and coming down to earth to play Superman is not one of them. God is busy ruling and maintaining the universe.

 

[Trailblazer]

Ahh so that explains Eve.

Not being a Christian, I don't believe there ever was an Eve, but even if the story was true Eve would have been very good before "the fall" and the fall would have happened because she freely chose to eat the fruit, so it was not God's fault.

No? You could have fooled me.
The ONLY WAY to know anything about what God does is from "interpretation" of scriptures that reveal what you want god to do.

There is some truth to what you said since many people interpret scriptures to suit their fancy. However that is not what we should be doing. We should seek to understand what they really mean.

 

[ppp]

Even if God does exist He is not responsible for the things that atheists think He is responsible for.
God has His own set of duties, and coming down to earth to play Superman is not one of them. God is busy ruling and maintaining the universe.

You are confusing responsible as being the cause of with responsibility as a duty. This has been pointed out to you before, so either you don't understand the difference, or you don't care about the misrepresentation. Either way, same effect.

 

[ChristineM]

Not being a Christian, I don't believe there ever was an Eve, but even if the story was true Eve would have been very good before "the fall" and the fall would have happened because she freely chose to eat the fruit, so it was not God's fault

Ahh. No Eve.
The story goes god made Eve, seems he failed in his manufacturing technique.
Interestingly he also made the talking snake and apple tree.

There is some truth to what you said since many people interpret scriptures to suit their fancy. However that is not what we should be doing. We should seek to understand what they really mean.

And there lies the problem. Everyone interprets differently. It causes many problems

 

[Trailblazer]

You are confusing responsible as being the cause of with responsibility as a duty. This has been pointed out to you before, so either you don't understand the difference, or you don't care about the misrepresentation. Either way, same effect.

So what do you think God was responsible for/the cause of?

 

[Trailblazer]

Ahh. No Eve.
The story goes god made Eve, seems he failed in his manufacturing technique.
Interestingly he also made the talking snake and apple tree.

It's a good think that was just a story.

And there lies the problem. Everyone interprets differently. It causes many problems

Yes, that is the cause of many problems, especially among Christians.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I don't mind gold diggers as long as they are honest about their intentions. What am I going to do with all this money anyway? The CPA who does my taxes asked me that last April and I told him I have no idea. Then we got in a long discussion since he was also widowed but he has become a confirmed bachelor.

I would not mind a man who is interested in sex as long as it is clear that there will be no sex until we get married. I now make that clear to men I message on dating sites since I don't want any false expectations. But I have not met any men who would want to get married. They want all the 'benefits' of marriage without the commitment. I can kind of understand why many men don't want to get married since most men were divorced and they don't want to go through that again.

I'd rather marry a man who was never married since he would have no baggage, but there are very few men who were never married. Were you ever married? I was not looking to get married and I was not even dating. I probably never would have gotten married if I had not been set up by my mother and sister, who knew my late husband. It was fully his idea and it was a whirlwind romance.

My late husband had bad asthma and the doctor said he was allergic to cats, but we had double-digit cats and the cats did not affect him adversely. Why would you rather have a dog? Cats rule.

You can do all sorts of things with a dog that you can't with a cat. Play fetch, go for walks, hunt raccoons. Cats just demand that you feed them and sometimes will hop up on you for some attention.

And I have luggage all throughout my house. That might be a problem

 

[ppp]

So what do you think God was responsible for/the cause of?

This does not address or acknowledge what I just said.

 

[Trailblazer]

This does not address or acknowledge what I just said.

I acknowledge that there is a difference between being responsible as being the cause of and being responsible as a duty.
Now can you answer my question? What do you think God was responsible for being the cause of?

 

[ppp]

I acknowledge that there is a difference between being responsible as being the cause of and being responsible as a duty.
Now can you answer my question? What do you think God was responsible for being the cause of?

Such a god would be the cause of everything.

 

[ChristineM]

Such a god would be the cause of everything.

Except the bad stuff... Apparently