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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511
How so? It was just simply my observation...How I look at it...not how I think anyone else should.
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You don't see the deep cynicism in saying that you believe in God... just in case? "I believe in God because if he
does exist, I want to go to heaven and not hell." You don't see how such an argument reveals a relationship to God based on fear rather than the love you were talking about a few posts ago?
You're basically turning your believe in God into game theory, justifying your potential payoffs with potential losses. "Let's see, if I believe in God, and he exists, I get a big reward. Score. If I believe in God and he doesn't exist, I get nothing. Eh. Now if I don't believe in God, and he doesn't exist, I still get nothing. Eh, at least I'm not losing anything. But if I don't believe in God and he does exist, oh ****, I'm gonna get screwed! Better believe in him just to be safe!" That's a deeply cynical way to think about it, and I think any priest or Christian theologian would tell you that's wrong and un-Christian.
Now I'm not saying you shouldn't believe in God. I'm just saying that if you're claiming to be a Christian, you better drop that logic.