(May 7, 2016 at 3:17 am)robvalue Wrote: This is a question for all the religious people who ever try to act on god's behalf, in a small or big way, for example:
-Trying to convince others that God is real / their religion is true
-Supporting changes of laws on religious grounds
-Mistreating someone citing religion as the reason (even killing them, in extreme cases)
The question is this:
Does God need your help doing whatever it is you're doing? To communicate? To govern as he sees fit? To reveal his existence? To demonstrate the validity of the true religion? For justice to be served?
If the answer is yes, then your God is pretty feeble. No offense, but you're just a human. If he needs your help, he's more comparable to us than to a deity.
If the answer is no, then why are you acting on his behalf? Do you know better than God how he wants things done? Can he not cope on his own? Does he need protecting? Do things need to be a certain way before he can continue with his "plan"?
I suggest that the greatest act of faith and confidence in God is to leave all of that up to him, and to stop acting like he needs armies of people to do his bidding. Every action taken on his behalf betrays a lack of faith, and a frustration with his inaction. It also reveals an arrogance that you know better than God what should be done.
After reading that I was kinda expecting, "God needs your help. Call <this number> to donate now!"
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
