God gives bribe?
By Frederick42
@Frederick42 (2024)
Canada
May 3, 2009 8:39pm CST
If God has said ‘If you believe in me, I will give you a place in heaven’, then it is bribe. He takes worship from us and in return for it, gives us a place in heaven. No worship, no heaven.
Just like if my father says ‘You worship me as if I am God and I will give you 1 million dollars’.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
4 May 09
When I was a kid, I was told that if I behaved in certain ways, I would have a better and more successful life than if I behaved in other ways. That wasn't bribery, it was common sense which, for the most part is true.
God doesn't bribe us. He tells us that, if we follow his Way, we shall end up being with Him. If we don't, we shall end up in darkness. The word 'worship' comes from the English word 'worth' and is the state or action of according proper value or worth to something or someone.
@Frederick42 (2024)
• Canada
4 May 09
Whatever happens in our life cnnot be guaranteed. You can behave however good you want, but you might still land in trouble. You can be a very careful while driving, but still you might meet with an accident. A student might study well and yet fail because f a corrupt teacher.
But not so when God says something. If God is perfect and he will not life, but his promise has to be taken as guaranteed. So, when God you will be given heaven if you behave such and such or if you believe in God, then we have to take it as guaranteed. So, it becomes a bribe.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
4 May 09
So, then, you will also consider all employment bribery because an employer says "If you do such and such for me, I will pay you."
As for God's promise, it is up to you how you think of it. If you cannot understand the existence of God, then, naturally, you will criticise what others say He says. Once you have met Him, you will understand that it is simply a statement of cause and effect - exactly the same kind of statement as 'If you put your hand in the fire, it will burn you.'
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@soulsearchin (81)
• Canada
19 May 09
I dont beleive it as a bribe in my opinion it is a reward for doing as God wants us to do. Some say we are children of God so as a parent would reward a child for good behavior he would punish that child for disobeying him. Thats what I believe anyway.
