Honestly, if you sincerely believe in God then shouldn't you do what you believe God would want you to do?  Even if it breaks the laws of man?
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God says to obey the laws of the 'land' as long as it does not directly contradict his commandments.  If so, you must leave or stand for persecution.
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What sin, may I ask, does one commit by being an atheist?  I ask because I am an atheist and I feel that my position doesn't harm anyone (beside myself, I suppose), and that I came to this position based on a rational choice, not out of hatred or denial.\n\nI would hope that if there was an all-knowing, loving God, he would understand why I am in the position I am in--it made the most sense, rationally, to me--and judge accordingly.
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if you believe in jesus why dont you just do what he says and love your fellow man\n\nif your fellow man asks why are you so loving,\n\nsay jesus taught me
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I agree with you completely.\nI do not overrule Christ in my life.\nI consider myself a Christian and try to spread the Gospel whenever I can.\nI'm working on a project with my friend to help Christians in need in other countries and to pray for those who are doing the horrible things to those Christians.\nBut yeah, I want to know why people don't try to see and how they exactly think man-kind came to be without God.\nThis confuses me.
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you are posing the same idea that Lucifer did to Eve. That God had some evil intent in His edict. Why or why not eat of the tree is not the issue. God could have just as well of said "Do not pee where the grass does not grow" The real issue is whether to obey God or not. The exercise of free will as according to Gods plan was initiated here so that after the full consequence of self interest is evident and the world is impacted as it has been God could then show that the exercise of the will by choosing to Love God through Christ would be possible, to the intent that the manifold wisdom of God might be known by the church to the principalities and powers in heavenly places.
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You can't force God on anyone they have to except him on there own. Have you ever taken the time to see, if he would be interested in finding God.
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More importantly, and I suspect this is what you're getting at, why would a god who wants worship set himself up to be totally illogical and irrational? I think that if there was a god controlling it all, we'd be somehow predispositioned to believing in him, rather than having to ignore all logic and reason just to get into heaven.
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It depends on the individual's point of view as well as the religious faith.  If shall your intentions be serious and true: Shall it harms None, do what Ye will.
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Personally, for me, I choose to. I know I could be wrong, and there are questions the Bible raises that contradict science, or what others deem as proof. I even accept the fact I could be 100% wrong in the way I believe, and live my life. I know that, and still I choose to believe. It is something I feel in my heart to be real, something I feel as if I have evidence of in my everyday life, and for me, that is my proof.\n\nJust personally though.
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God is soveriegn, and everything that happens is according to His will. Sometimes God even has to allow bad things to happen to make people turn to him or to help people trust in Him.
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No. Absolutely not. The fact that I have a strong faith is a personal decision. What anyone else chooses to believe in is entirely up to them, and I do respect that. I wouldn't be living the way my faith requires if I were to push it onto someone else. I respect their beliefs the same way that I would want someone to respect mine. (Lutheran)
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I am not exactly sure if the Bible says " you do or do not have freewill" specifically. But I believe that we do not have freewill, and the definition of freewill is "lack of internal compulsions". it talks in Romans nine how every intentional act is predestined to happen by God, and how even the evil doers, are used to accomplish his plan. this is why we "End up doing what God wants anyway." I believe that bad things happen for a reason as well and that they are Gods plan for our life. We may not be able to see the reason and we may never be able to, but that does not mean it was not his plan. And any suffering we endure is Gods will, and it may not seem fair or just to us, but Paul says in Romans who is the clay to question the potter, I fully agree with this, who are you and I to question the creator of the universe, and our heavenly father? I encourage you to read, "The Christian view of Man",  I cant remember the authors first name but his last name is Machen. Also Romans Chapter Nine, and parts of Hebrews.
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I am Atheist. Yes, I do not believe in any God(s), But regardless, I do believe that there are consequences for my actions. I do not feel like you have to believe in any particular religion to have morals and values. The difference is that if you believe in God or any other deity you believe that your punishment is coming from that higher power. I believe it is my actions coming back to me, cause and effect. What ever you do will come back to you, so the best thing to do is to treat people how you would want to be treated, regardless of who they are and where they come from or what they believe in.
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Yes you have an obligation to see to it that your fellow man doesn't injure himself or herself,  I an agnostic would do the same, what does God have to do with it?
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The bible really doesn't touch upon that, interesting question.\n\nWhile i'm personally an atheist, i've spent most of my life as a christian, and the thing to remember is that you shouldn't take it literally, you should take it figuratively. While i don't agree with it as a source of knowledge, if interpreted as a behavioural code, it's mostly alright.
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I believe that worshiping God is worshiping good. \n\nAs a hypothetical, I love the spirit of your idea, but who would decide what good is?\n\nHaven't you ever known well-intentioned people who really have no appropriate sense of boundaries?  They think they're doing good.  They're going to help you if it kills you both....\n\nThe problem, as I see it, is that what is good is largely subjective.  That's one reason we need law.  \n\nAnd then there's the issue of enforcing "good."   Who would do that?\n\nIf everyone were moral and good, this world would be a better place.  We wouldn't need saving if we could reach perfection on our own.
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if you believe in god, you would have to answer yes, because everything is god's work.  nothing happens against what god desires.