Zone1 Although I Believe In God, I Am Not Religious

[Libby von H]

I was having this discussion with my fiancee earlier and let me explain to you what I mean. Most of the time to me, religious people are like robots.


They claim that they aren't of the world, but the second they disagree with somebody else or are afraid of somebody else's judgement of them, they become of the world.


Also having a personal relationship with God, doesn't mean that you should follow His commandments just because you feel that you have to, it should because you want to because you love Him, but yet I met people who have told me that the only reason why they serve God is because they feel like they have to stay out of Hell.


That isn't love. That's a fake relationship AKA being a robot, and it also can't be honoring to the Lord either because their commitment is based upon a lie and they're probably not truly saved and will wind up in Hell anyways because God hates lying.


So I believe that you can follow a religion without following God and be religious without truly loving God if you're doing it just out of fear and thinking that you have to and not wanting to out of love and loyalty.


In other words when all is said and done, I genuinely love God as my Father and best friend, but I'm not religious because I don't follow a religion, I follow Him. I might have Methodist religious beliefs but I just look at it as having a personal relationship/friendship with God, as I'm devoted to Him.


I follow His commandments because I love Him and want to, not because I feel I have to as religion tells me to. Hopefully that all makes sense.

YOu say "So I believe that" and then like the hypocrite you are act superior to the hundreds of millions that say "So I believe that"
The world will improve when you hypocrites dies or leave it.

 

[froggy]

Well Jesus is but although it has a lot of information to live our lives in the Bible not all of it is relevant for today.

The Bible says do not add to or take away from the Bible. The word is forever.

 

[BreezeWood]

The Bible says do not add to or take away from the Bible. The word is forever.

jesus taught self determination, liberation theology ...

they fought servitude and denial and never practiced a desert religion.

 

[forkintheroad7]

Although I Believe In God, I Am Not Religious​

I've heard this 1000 times if I've heard it once.

Everyone is religious. People get up every morning and act on their chosen religion. That means, to many, that they believe in working for a good living. They believe in using money from said work to buy themselves this and that good thing-- maybe far more material things than they need, or could even use in 20 years. On their way to work, they may have to step over a schmucky homeless person, but oh well.. that's what it takes to do this job that they "need" to make $$ so... it' like: "I'll put up with all manner of unpleasantires" they say... as they ignore what that destitute person may need. It's his problem, after all.

So this kind of person has the religion that his own well-being is more important than that of another, no matter how messed up a life that other may have...

etc

 

[forkintheroad7]

jesus taught self determination, liberation theology ...

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they fought servitude and denial and never practiced a desert religion.

you and your "desert religion" malarkey

 

[luiza]

I follow His commandments because I love Him and want to, not because I feel I have to as religion tells me to. Hopefully that all makes sense.

But "they" are possibly at a raised level versus previous incarnations, and a rudimentary "monotheistic" understanding of Universe for this life time is better than none at all .
We are all part of the same cycle but travel at different speeds and progress in different ways .
imho .

 

[forkintheroad7]

YOu say "So I believe that" and then like the hypocrite you are act superior to the hundreds of millions that say "So I believe that"
The world will improve when you hypocrites dies or leave it.

Better an (alleged) hypocrite

than a hater of mankind as you appear to be