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Joined: Mar 2005
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What happens to you if your a good person then but dont believe and your a wicked person but do? Tracy
I don't think God holds it against someone who has a hard time believing-- especially if that person has been through alot of insult and injury at the hands of others which has stripped them of any hope or faith.
There are MANY wicked people who believe in God- and in fact, some of the most wicked people are proudly religious. I work with one such woman who brags that she follows the 10 commandments perfectly-- in fact, she feels she SURPASSES the 10 commandments! She just KNOWS that she is going to Heaven when she dies-- but this same woman is the worst gossip in the office. Very arrogant, and looks down at other employees, and has ridiculed many to their face and behind their back with her supervisors. Where is the love? I don't see it .
God looks at the heart of a person. There are many suffering people who believe in God in thier heart, but can not believe mentally because of being abused , etc.
God isn't impressed if we believe He exists-- He wants to see the fruit.
In the Christian Bible, there's a verse (Luke 20: 46-47 ) that says it all:
"Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts.
Which devour widows' houses, and for payment, make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation."
The Scribes and pharisees were the "intelligencia" of that day, -- just as we have the Wicked Elite of our day-- Same spirit but more modern costume.
"It is Better to Love than always be right"- Mother Teresa
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