this is something i thought of not too long ago.

lets take a moment to ponder religion. religion (all) says that god is an almighty being, greater than any human. but wouldnt a being greater than us be concerned with matters greater than us and disconcerned with the affairs of us? (this is natural law, which is the law provided by god)... (just as the head of a corporation is concerned with his corporation and not the likes of a farmer who is concerned with his dirt). so to think that god cares about us is impious, because it lowers god to our level, and if it does that, you are worshiping a mortal thing, something tangible, and "taking an idol", which is a mortal sin against god. so from this we can realise that to believe in god is a sin against god.

quote:Originally posted by spunky_junky:

lets take a moment to ponder religion. religion (all) says that god is an almighty being, greater than any human. but wouldnt a being greater than us be concerned with matters greater than us and disconcerned with the affairs of us?

What makes you think there isn't more to us than we think?

Maybe we have great significance, you don't know.



quote:so to think that god cares about us is impious, because it lowers god to our level, and if it does that, you are worshiping a mortal thing



Many religeons believe that we are all part of God, it's just that we don't know it. We aren't "Self realised". So that would mean that us and God are already on the same level since we are all the same thing. We are all made of the same godly stuff.

Also many religeons believe that we are immortal in a spiritual sense. IE: Our soul can never die, so if god were to come down to our level, that wouldn't make him mortal because we wouldn't be mortal either.

In any case, why would caring about something less than you take you down to that level?



quote:so from this we can realise that to believe in god is a sin against god



It's a funny little conclusion, but that's all.

[This message has been edited by ---Beany--- (edited 04-04-2004).]

believing in god isn't wrong or right, it's just believing in god.

have you ever had a pet? if you love your pet that doesn't mean you are any less of a person. just like God loving us doesn't make him less of a God. What you are talking about is the mystery behind Christinaity. No one knows my he loves us all we know is that he does.