Possibly. If they get away with their crimes, become rich and powerful - assuming that God exists and is sitting up there watching it all - then we have to assume that He is pleased by what He sees.
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Do all paths lead to God? No is the answer
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Possibly. If they get away with their crimes, become rich and powerful - assuming that God exists and is sitting up there watching it all - then we have to assume that He is pleased by what He sees.
PureX
Veteran Member
I agree.
As I see it, good and evil are human constructs that do not exist in "God" (or any other species for that matter).
That wasn't the question though, was it? She didn't ask about paths to please God. She asked about paths to God.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
I agree violence has its place in self-defence. Most religions agree with this.
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Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
Yes of course.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
I disagree. God hates evil. And God loves goodness.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
God punish people for their evil actions in afterlife. God is not pleased by evil, he hates it. But God respect our free will on this earth.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
Evil never leads to God
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
I'm hoping you don't think such a path necessarily leads to hell.
You're entitled to your opinion.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
I do not believe people go to hell because they did not believe in God. I believe God cares about our heart most. The most important to God is that we are kind and loving to each other.
If God respects free will, then what of the free will of people who seek justice in this life? Some people who hurt and kill innocent people are caught, convicted, and punished for their crimes in this life. But there are others who are not punished and somehow manage to get away with their crimes. Maybe God punishes them in the afterlife (or maybe not).
I don't know if God exists, and I certainly can't understand how His mind works. But humans can at least grasp - to some degree - how human minds work. The way humans think and make decisions is a complex process which can hardly be summed up with a sloganistic phrase like "free will."
It is based on the premise that God is kind, loving, just and good. There is no evidence of that. So, it could very well be that any path based on those quality drives you away from the true God.
Ciao
- viole
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Kindness and grace by christians is from death/sacrifice. Kindness by Dharma is by life/practice.
Kindess to one religion leads to God. Kindness by another leads to full wisdom by human effort.
Kindness and love are lone wolves in any religions. It's defined and the result of their practice and tradition. Practice and tradition are opposing forces in many religions...pagan, abrahamic, eastern, eclectic, etc, examples.
It's a huge misconception love is shared spiritually between all people. If your love is death and blood of a person and the other a life of valued practice, where's the middle ground?
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Praise Jah
Psalm 83:18
The Bible does not teach that there are many paths or religions that lead to God.
The Bible teaches that there is only one path and one faith that leads to God. (Ephesians 4:4-6)
The cramped road, or the right way to worship God, leads to everlasting life. (Matthew 7:14)
The spacious broad road, or the wrong way to worship God, leads to death. (Matthew 7:13)
Jesus said we can identify those who worship God in the right way by examining what they believe and what they do. (Matthew 7:16-17) This doesn't mean that those who worship God are perfect, but God's servants always try to do what is right.
Those who worship God the right way will:
1. Base what they teach on the Bible not on human ideas, traditions, or anything else. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
2. Worship only Jehovah and teach others his name. (Psalm 83:18)
3. Have genuine love for people. (John 13:35)
4. Obey Jesus because he is the way to God. (John 3:36)
5. Not get involved in politics. (John 18:36)
6. Preach that only God's Kingdom will solve the world's problems. (Matthew 24:14)
God isn't kind, loving, just, or good, sometimes.
When God flooded the world (Noah), that killed a lot of people, including innocent ones. God has a world in which one animal eats another live (screaming in agony). This is a very cruel world, filled with stink and rot and corpses.
Any heaven that accepts scoundrels is not heavenly, it is hellish. So, you don't want to get into a heaven with low standards.
President W. Bush was elected by the Religious Right (which promptly also elected him to lead the Religious Right....first person to be both president and leader of RR). But he led America down the path to perdition (war, greed, environmental damage, extinction). This proves that one can tout Christian values while not following them.
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
Darkness is the absence of light. And perhaps the darkness serves the light. All material things, after all, both reflect light, and cast shadows. Imagine a world without shadows- it would not be this world, it would be a world of perfect, infinite light.
No light, no shadow; no shadow, no material existence.