What God wants from us? According to different religions

[Netheo]

I recently have found God again. It was a 9 year long soul searching, but this time when I found him, he left no doubts. He shined his light on me and the darkness vaporized before my eyes. However, this doesn't change the problems I see in the world when religion is involved.
I've been advised by my loving wife not to discuss religion. However, that is not my character. I am a person who follows rules that make sense. With out a single ounce of hesitation. Yet, if you ask any of my bosses over the last 10 years of working, and they will tell you I never drop something I feel strongly about.
So rather than rant and rave about what I feel and believe I pose to you a simple proposition.
I want to hear from you all, what you think God wants from us? Here his how I would like this to work!
First, state what religion you believe in (Christian:demonination; Jewish; Hindu; Muslum; etc)
Then tell me what you believe god wants from us (man kind)
Please feel free to site any references or just give a general answer.
Thank you!

 

[Storm]

First, state what religion you believe in (Christian: demonination; Jewish; Hindu; Muslum; etc)

I'm a UU. My religion encourages me to figure theology out for myself, so here's one of my elevator speeches:

I believe in what someone cleverer than I dubbed "the living Godiverse." That God is a sapient organism whose body is the cosmos. Probably the most unique feature of my theology is the belief that this being is a juvenile, and reality as we know it is the Becoming, the process of God's maturation.

Then tell me what you believe god wants from us (man kind)

To live, learn, and Become.

Thank you!

You're quite welcome.

 

[hindupridemn]

First of all I"m glad you've found God.

This is what God wants according to the four religions I practice:

Hinduism: devotion and quest for knowledge
LDS/Mormonism: repentence and faith
Jainism: nonviolence (ahimsa)
Baha'i Faith: unity

 

[Mr Cheese]

Gnosticism:

to seek and find Gnosis

...

You are at a race, the men are lined up, the gun shoots they run….
You are supporting no 10,

but in the confusion and fast pace of the race you think no 8 has won.
You cry and get upset and spend the rest of your life thinking no8 won.
Then someone lets you know that no 10 won.
You now see the race as it truly is, not as you thought it was.
This is Gnosticism.

..........

The prayer of the monk is not perfect
until he no longer recognizes himself
or the fact that he is praying.


–St Anthony

......

For the Gnostic, one seeks Gnosis, or divine knowledge, experiental knowledge. Interaction with God.
Of course Thomas Aquinas defined the word mysticism as interaction with the divine. Gnosticism argues one must become God, so that the self no longer exists.

Philip perhaps says it best:

It is not possible for anyone to see anything of the things that actually exist unless he becomes like them. This is not the way with man in the world: he sees the sun without being a sun; and he sees the heaven and the earth and all other things, but he is not these things. This is quite in keeping with the truth. But you saw something of that place, and you became those things. You saw the Spirit, you became spirit. You saw Christ, you became Christ. You saw the Father, you shall become Father. So in this place you see everything and do not see yourself, but in that place you do see yourself - and what you see you shall become.

--Gospel of philip

Of course this is not unique to Gnositicsm, Gnosticism is a syncretic faith afterall.

 

[Mister Emu]

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