Is it really possible to offend god?
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well i think so. if you said to your parents "f_uck you" even if you were like 60 and they were 85 or something they would care, so yeah i think god would and does care
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Love the question.\n\nGot me thinking and this is what I've come up with:\n\nBecause it cannot be proved without a doubt that God actually exists (if it could be, it would probably be illegal to not be a Christian), to say "God speaks to me" is the equivalent of "I saw a real life dragon yesterday! It lives in my cupboard!"\n\nWhile both statements COULD be true, the essential fact of the matter is that if these kind of people are running around town screaming that God is speaking to them, they WILL cause mass panic and hysteria in their community.\n\nIn general, they are locked up in loony bins to be safe.\n\nSecond, Jealousy. "Why would God speak to that nutjob? I'm a better person than him-he MUST be crazy."\n\nThird, punishment for such claims used to be jail for being a heretic. I think a padded room is much better.
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I understand what you are saying.Some people do not want to offend. For example, in a class of 35 students, maybe five will be from a home with married parents.Some immoral people defend their action by saying that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.Whether you lie,steal, murder fornicate,commit murder, adultery or homosexual acts, all is sin and intolerable to God. When a person recognizes his/her sinful condition and is convicted,there is repentance.People like those who will overlook their faults, so they do not like to listen to sound doctrine.Besides,many believe the Ten Commandments went out with the Old Testament and we are in a new dispensation or the New Testament.This is why it is important to know what you believe and be an example of the believer in thought,words and action.
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First of all, let me tell you this....A sincere, faithful Christian who practices what God/Jesus really teaches in the Bible, would not belittle you or judge you.  The Bible tells us to first remove the "sin" from ourselves before we go pointing fingers and judging others.  ALL of us are sinners, NONE of us have the right to belittle, humiliate, harrass or put down anyone else.  The way to spread God's love and word is not through hard pressure but, rather, gentle discussion, an offering of sharing and prayer.  Although I don't feel it would be right to report them, I would nicely ask them to stop and to go back and read their Bibles about how it tells us to be Christ's disciples.  God bless you and I pray you will find your faith in your own journey in your time and in your way!  And, by the way, even Jesus has a sense of humor...he has to!  Just because we are Christians doesn't mean we have to be prudes or "serious" all the time.  I can laugh it up with the best of them and Jesus is #1 in my life!
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I think it's meaningless more than insulting. You might as well tell the Christians that they broke a rule from one of those obscure African religions.\n\nEdit: Thanks, Handy.
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No.\nIt's just as believeable as the "Praying trees" farce.\nPeople can make any pattern look like anything they want it to look like. It's just a few overzealous faithfuls who want to spread the name of God and His works.\n\nJenova\n(d.yuffie@gmail.com)
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The bible should never be considered anything but a work of fiction.\nEdit: I'd also like to point something else out. A lot of people are making the statement that God threatening with the possibility of hell is like a parent warning a child against a blazing fire. For one, the act of burning a child, though perhaps practical, is very cruel and sadistic. Kind loving parents would take a more practical and less cruel approach: simply do all that is necessary to keep the child away from the fire. There are numerous other logical fallacies in this analogy, but I would hope that they are painfully obvious to anyone intelligent enough to consider religion critically.
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I know the point you're trying to get across to people but I don't think the right way to show people a loving God is to call them dumb. As Christians we're not here to judge others, we're here to love others. So pray for those who don't believe in God and guide them to the Lord through your example.
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I think you may be looking for a specific answer here, and I'm sure I'm not going to be the one to give it. \n\nYes, God can NOT punish us for being wrong, but he also CAN punish us.  He would rather not.  [If you were a Christian believer, this is where I would tell you that Jesus died for your sins and took that punishment upon himself, but you aren't looking for a religious lecture, are you.]\n\nSo, my answer is, "Yes, God can forgive us for being wrong."  and "Yes, God can NOT punish us for being wrong."\n\n****But he also CAN punish us.****
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Hello debbie_free2... :)\n\nNo..because it is wrong to make fun of anyone..we are to Love our neighbors as ourselves..\n\nThough I have different beliefs, than they..I still Love them.. :)\n\nIn Jesus Most Precious Name..\nWith Love..In Christ..\n\nADDITIONAL:\n\n\n\nAdditional Details:\n\nYes, I did understand..I no longer use jokes to poke of of anyone's faith, or anything that may cause harm to them in any way..
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Right, and how would they feel if someone told them that they can go burn their Bible. It is disrespectful to say such things that are important to them.\n\nAmma said, "Whatever it may be, when you insult someone's form of worship, it will be painful for them," Amma said. "If someone draw's your wife or your mother in the nude or in a ridiculing manner, is there anyone who will not feel bad? No, they will be hurt. Whether God exists or not is not the question. They have a certain sankalpa regarding God; if someone mocks that, it will wound them."
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Don't worry, about sin. God isn't one to get offended and throw you in to hell because it doesn't exist.  So just try to work on the communication thing. Sometimes family can be irritating, but you have an obligation to at least try to be nice to them.
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be careful what you ask for...God has a sense of humor but he does not like to be questioned or mocked
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Blaphemy is against the Holy Spitit alone. There are many stories wereas one may loose his life now and his spiritual life also if he speaks ill toward the Holy spirit of God\n One such story ( which is true BTW) follows below.\n\n  Three men who owned a small busines employed a woman they knew very well was a christian. On church nights she would never stay over to work even though they often asked her to. They asked her  " what is so important in your church that you would miss the oportunity to make more money?" She said \n"serving my Lord.' The men stated  that some day they will come to her church to see what it was all about. But they were not serious because they always teased her and made fun of her dispite the fact she was the most professional sceretary they could ever find.\n\n One night she was off to church and the men asked her to go out with them to the local tavern for drinks and dance . She declined but they teased her and said ' well then go to your boring Lord and sit in the pews and think you are getting anywhere in life.She warned them about speaking ill of the Lord and the church. They laughed at her and went on to their regular drinking bash.\n\n While in church the women heard loud voices in the back pews saying all kinds of foul language such as " ahhh  bullsh!t" and so on. It was her three bosses who were drunk on their behinds. The women rushed back to them and pleaded that they not make a spectacle of themselves in church and embarass her, and especially not to speak any  more profantiy in the church and toward the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\n The men laughed at her as she returned to her seat. They kept on untill the Pastor asked them to quit and warned them about speaking against God in the Chrurch and especially using profanity toward God . The pastor told them that it wounds the Holy spirit when we speak ill against Him or insult him.\n\n With that the men repeatedly said F**K you and F**k your GOD , your Jesus and your Holy Spirit. At that time the church became deadly silent as if they all knew through the spirit that the Pastor was about to speak in the Spirit toward the men.\n\n The Pastor then said . "You have cursed God and the Lord Jesus Christ . But cursing the Holy Spirit is Blasphemy toward the Spirt of God and is not forgivable. You can be forgiven of all sins including blasphemy toward the Lord Jesus the Christ who died for your sins but never against the Holy Spirit. Get your lives in order for in the next three days the spirit of God has  called upon your spirit for judgement agianst your blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. that is to mean that you are dead in this life and in the next!"\n\n The three men laughed and cursed all the more as they left the church building while the woman was in her pew crying unto God to forgive her Bosses.\n\n The next day the woman went to work and kept very silent and her boss's were a little humilitated about the event and asked her " did your pastor really mean what he said.' She stated that it was not the Pastor speaking but the Spirit of the Holy Spirit through the Pastors, please get on your knees and ask God to forgive you!" They chuckeled and said "we've got to go and get our hair cut." One of the boses told the other he would meet him there while the third boss would remain behind and hold down the fort.\n\n  As the other boss went to meet the other at the barber shop he noticed several ambulances around the Barber shop. As he walked up to the barber shop he noticed his co-boss on the ground and the paramedics working on him. He asked what happened and they stated as he walked into the shop he fell over with a fatal heart attack.\n\n Obviously shaken and worred now what the Pastor and his secretary had said he rushed back to his car to go back to the shop to tell the secretary and his remaining co-boss what had happened. Just as he ran into the street a car had struck him and he
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watching the video made me sick to my stomach. i can't answer why he made that joke. it is something you would have to ask him yourself. i believe all people are to be loved and not singled out because they live contrary to what the bible says. to be honest, i'm just speechless as to a pastor behaving in such a manner.
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It wouldn't be appropriate to tell God what to do.
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no i wouldn't be offended b/c i wouldn't care.  i don't believe in any of those bible fairytales.