Do you belong to the Club God loves????

In your attempt to point out how others put conditions on God, you do the same thing. You define what God would and wouldn't do, as well as what Love has to be to God. It doesn't matter what truth is, but nothing you or I do can or will change it. If the God of the Holy Bible is God, then it's up to us to accept Christ as our savior. If The Holy Qur'an is true, then it's up to us to accept Islam. If Buddhism is true, then it's up to us to live our lives in harmony with positive karma. If paganism is true, then it's up to us to lives in harmony with the forces of nature. In other words, it is not up to us to decide what is truth and what isn't, it is up to us to find truth and live our lives accordingly. We are not creators of truth, we are merely seekers of it.

If we are required to be who we must be and it's part of the plan, where does free will figure into it? According to science, man as we know him has been on the earth for about 100 thousand years. From the beginning of recorded history, man has not loved his fellow man. Exactly when is God going to teach us to love unconditionally? Or, maybe He has already in that Holy Book you reject.

I think you have misunderstood all the best urban

AS long as I pay my dues to the Church, God will love me! God loves everyone, but the more money you tithe the more He loves you. If you do bad things you don't have to worry because you can buy God's love by giving money to the Church. If you sin big, then give big Bucks. Religion has all the answers! You can be saved via God's love, and Money, Money, Money!

Well I guess that would depend on your religion. As well a Nichiren Buddhist we don't believe in a all powerful god but more the cycle of life which is a never ending cycle kinda like the Universe it is always changing and going through Cycles. Also Hell in Nichiren Buddhism is a "world" as it is often viewed which there are ten the lowest world would be Hell. Where you are in a state of misery and pain to put it in the most simple terms these are view points so if you see the world as being this terrible place then all you will see is what you are looking for where if you see the world as being a good loving caring place you will find that and also see that. Also in buddhism their isn't the same view on good and evil so can't really go into that as for Unconditional Love that is something that grows with people and their are people that could turn their backs on me and I would still love them. Unconditional Love would be image of parents still loving their Child after their Child did something that went against the parents moral guidance. But they would still love them. This did seem a little bit aimed at the Christian/Jewish/Islam faiths more than at the Eastern Based Religions (Hindu/Buddhism/Shintoism and the others.

I agree with you that hell and unconditional love do not fit in the same sentence. Many people think that the word hell in the bible refers to fire torment but it doesn't. Research shows that the orginal hebrew and greek word refers to the common grave of mankind. God does love us and he wants the best for us. He has sacrificed a lot in showing it and when you love someone a person you do the things that they like not those that they don't like.

Hi bird, Thank you for this post as there is far too much negativity here, especially when it comes to religion. The Bible has been revised and changed so much over the years that we must search very hard to find the truth. Sadly many people still claim to take it literally and refer to it as the inspired word of God. We are all special just as you say and those who think otherwise have made God in the image of man. Blessings.

I agree. Love is always unconditional. People spend so much time judging others and comparing themselves to others. All that can do is create fear and malice in our hearts. It's easy to behave when you haven't been put in harsh situations and it's even easier to say that we would make the right decisions if put in certain situations. Even if we have been put in a similar situation, it can never be the exact same situation, so we can never truly know. What I am trying to say is that instead of judging, we should love. If we want to change the world for the better, we cannot do it with force, but with love and acceptance. Bad decisions are made out of fear. Hate comes from fear and hate leads to fear. Love is the way. Namaste.

I do not belong to ny club.