Regardless of who you are. There is absolutely no reason for you to think you are closer to God then any other human being that existed on Earth. If you are a believer in God and worship him, why do you believe you are getting "blessings" from him because of your performance. If God picked favorites and gave more "blessings" to the people who follow and obey him then every human will acquire these "blessings" only for the reason is because of worshiping God. Unfortunately there is strong evidence that is not the case. There are billions of people praying to God every second of the day. Out of those billions of people, how many gets their prayers answered? For example, how many people asks of God to heal their sick loved ones? If every single one of those prayers does not work and peoples loved ones die and some did get their answered and their loved ones healed, what does that mean? Is God picking favorites? Or God does not manipulate any persons life and let natural variables decide. Here is my point. I think humans are selfish and delusional and here is why. People actually believe their way of worshiping the SAME God is superior and the right way compared to any other way. People actually believe they are more special to God then anyone else. There are people on this Earth who believe God takes away his time from anyone else and invest it in to you because you think you are serving him the right way. The ONLY way. This should be classified as a mental sickness and be treated accordingly. We will not advance as a species if this way of thinking does not end. People with this illness are a cancer to our civilization. I personally think this mindset is the ROOT of artificial ugliness in this life, such as, poverty, violence, greed, and etc. I believe it is our duty as human beings to stop this cancerous mindset. I will have no hope or faith in any religion that promotes this.
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Does God pick favorites?
- Thread starter Ardaakata
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Based upon what?
psychoslice
Veteran Member
Of course god doesn't have favoritism, he even let his own son die.
Lovely opening rant. I'm sure you'll make many friends here.
Lol It may seem like I am venting but I feel like this is a legitimate problem in Abrahamic religions. I know I am not the only one who ever had this thought. I just wanted to know other oponions.
According to Christianity yes. But Islam says other wise.
My personal experiences with people I know think they get text messages from God and God blesses them everyday. Regardless of their performance. And no I have not.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
Well I personally don't believe Jesus was a god, and I also don't believe he was crucified.
Text messages from God, isn't that something.
In the story of Job in the bible, God allows Satan to ruin his life, and Job was Gods favorite.
And why would he do that to Job? Prove a point that humans could not comprehend. So a follow up question is if God does pick favorites, what is the criteria for him to pick a favorite. I could not be more confused about religion and God.
I think life is best understood as a spiritual experience and not one where the material fortunes and misfortunes have any lasting importance. God in this more progressive thinking is the animator in all of us and that at a level above our normal experiencing, we are an interconnected One. The purpose of life (beyond the quickly fading and passing physical fortunes and misfortunes) is to raise our spiritual level through peace and brotherly love to experience the bliss of the One.
I see our soul as growing for eons and not one lifetime and that these material events have their cause and purpose from a perspective we can not understand from our limited view.
Well put. I like that point of view. Im guessing I am having a problem getting to certian spiritual level because I am seeking for answers that no one could answer for me in this physical world. I need more wisdom. I need to read more.
I like your open-mindedness. I personally have come to believe that the great adepts of the eastern/Indian religious tradition have progressed much farther than western religious traditions (Christianity) in understanding the reality beyond our senses. The west has reached further materially but I believe the east/India has progressed further in spiritual understanding. Your thinking in the OP is pretty logical and is based on a dualist (God and creation are two) worldview. After many years I have come to accept a non-dual (God and creation are not-two) understanding.
Good luck in your stated quest to increase your wisdom.
