Would you die for God?

[Shadow Wolf]

Humans are made by the cosmos.

Yes, we are made of "star stuff," as Sagan so eloquently put it. But yet without us there would be no crucifixion, meaning it is not as natural as the rains. We humans even barely do it ourselves anymore.

 

[Rise]

Let's say your death would be very gruesome, and after you physically died you would experience more intense spiritual suffering than you could imagine.

Your death and suffering would renew Earth and it's resources, cause worldwide peace and open the eyes of humanity to God's presence on Earth.

That sounds like a pretty close description to what Jesus already did. Although you'll see the fullness of it when Jesus returns.
But no one else could have done it.

Otherwise you just end up like the ancient Aztecs, endlessly sacrificing people, constantly and forever, in the belief that it will prevent the world from ending - but their efforts were futile. Only the one true God has the power to save. Nothing man can do will ever be enough because it is not within his power to save himself.

 

[Milton Platt]

As of late I have been feeling compelled by God to die as a sacrifice. I can't claim what compels me, instinct, intuition, love. My death would be quite brutal and it's terrifying.

I am fearful of death but if God is commanding it surely it must be what needs to be done?

Would you be willing to lay down your life for the Creator?

A god that wants a human sacrifice should not be worshiped, but reviled.

 

[jackvincent]

Yes, we are made of "star stuff," as Sagan so eloquently put it. But yet without us there would be no crucifixion, meaning it is not as natural as the rains. We humans even barely do it ourselves anymore.

How might anything in the Universe be considered unnatural? What is separate from nature? Nothing is separate from nature. Not God, not humans, not Jesus, not

A god that wants a human sacrifice should not be worshiped, but reviled.

I don't believe there's a religion in human history that doesn't have a God or supreme deity that thirsts for human blood. It's like telling a lion not to ravage a gazelle.

The most well known is the God that tortured, mutilated and killed His own son made man.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

How might anything in the Universe be considered unnatural? What is separate from nature? Nothing is separate from nature.

We are natural, but much of what we do is found no where else, indicating we have an impact beyond the natural flow of things, especially considered today's pace when comparing to the past few hundred centuries, compared to the last 200,000.

 

[blü 2]

I don't believe there's a religion in human history that doesn't have a God or supreme deity that thirsts for human blood. It's like telling a lion not to ravage a gazelle.

Out of the many options for an unbloody religion, you could perhaps start with Buddhism.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

Let's say your death would be very gruesome, and after you physically died you would experience more intense spiritual suffering than you could imagine.

Your death and suffering would renew Earth and it's resources, cause worldwide peace and open the eyes of humanity to God's presence on Earth.

On those terms I suppose I would agree... knowing my fate is insignificant, and that I have wanted those particular benefits/outcomes for mankind all along. Though that wouldn't stop me from immediately looking for a "way out" of the suffering once I was "dead".

But again... all of the details, justifications, assurances/proof of the deal coming to full fruition and all terms would need to be reviewed to my satisfaction. The slightest hint of hesitance on God's part or mine would see me blowing the deal entirely.

 

[Father Heathen]

As of late I have been feeling compelled by God to die as a sacrifice. I can't claim what compels me, instinct, intuition, love. My death would be quite brutal and it's terrifying.

I am fearful of death but if God is commanding it surely it must be what needs to be done?

Would you be willing to lay down your life for the Creator?

No, because no worthy god would actually request or require such a thing.

 

[robocop (actually)]

I think my God wants me to stay alive because it seems to me that I should stay alive. If I were told to die by a deity, how would I know it wasn't Satan?

 

[jackvincent]

I think my God wants me to stay alive because it seems to me that I should stay alive. If I were told to die by a deity, how would I know it wasn't Satan?

God and Satan are aspects of the same coin. They are referential, just like good and evil, yin and yang, pleasure and pain.

 

[robocop (actually)]

OK; granted. It still seems I should stay alive and that's just how I was created.

 

[ProMultis]

I would possibly consent to die if it was necessary to do the right thing, or to protect my family. For me, this would be "dying for God."

As for terminating one's own life as a kind of sacrificial offering, I strongly reject that this would be necessary or good or noble. And if this desire is present, I think the best service to God would be to seek relief through therapeutic intervention.

 

[oldbadger]

Would you die for God?
As of late I have been feeling compelled by God to die as a sacrifice. I can't claim what compels me, instinct, intuition, love. My death would be quite brutal and it's terrifying.

I am fearful of death but if God is commanding it surely it must be what needs to be done?

Would you be willing to lay down your life for the Creator?

I'm a Deist, so my immediate God has to be Mother Nature, and She takes all live eventually, and although She can be fiercely ruthless She is not so selfish as to require all life to throw itself away for nothing.

So I would suggest that you continue on with your life because you may find much happiness that you don't know exists just now.

Good Luck!

 

[robocop (actually)]

Look at it this way. Say your satisfaction is a satis-fraction. Your desires are the denominator and your satisfaction is the numerator. If you have just what you want it is 1/1. If you get even more pleasure then you even need it is over 1/1. But it is never 0. That is why people shouldn't give up.

 

[robocop (actually)]

Only when you are in so much pain or can hardly even think is it 0, but even cancer patients seem to be above 0. Oh yeah, before I plagiarize, that comes from something I just read in "Intuitive Thinking: A Spiritual Path" by Rudolf Steiner.

 

[Fool]

As of late I have been feeling compelled by God to die as a sacrifice. I can't claim what compels me, instinct, intuition, love. My death would be quite brutal and it's terrifying.

I am fearful of death but if God is commanding it surely it must be what needs to be done?

Would you be willing to lay down your life for the Creator?

laying aside one's own interest for another's well being isn't a sacrifice. it's love.

love is two bodies being of one mind.

it is the basic idea of the good samaritan parable. a man sets aside his business for the suffering of another.

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

As someone with chronic depression and anxiety who frequently has suicidal ideations, I do recommend some type of spiritual discipline (along with meds if you're not already on them). I find chanting "om mani padme hum" helps a great deal in calming the storm inside my head, especially before going to sleep.

 

[Mister Silver]

Would you be willing to lay down your life for the Creator?

Considering there is no "Creator" in existence, no.

 

[GoodguyWeirdwas]

If I need to, I will. I am sure there is a spot waiting for me in heaven.

 

[osgart]

i would think a truly innocent God would never demand any sacrifice of life. an innocent God is always going to be about saving life. from themselves, and from evil.
God is self sufficient, if god is god.