Well, An-jel now that you put it that way, I'm with you! LOL
Seriously though Rom, I really don't believe that we have a choice. I cannot believe in God for certain because it is just not logical for me to do so. I can tell myself all I want to that I believe but my brain is just not going to let me. I have no control over that. I can't just wake up in the morning decide to pray to god and wip out a bible and all of the sudden be a believer. Besides the bible being a horribly violent book and I still can't understand how anyone can seriously worship God the way he is depicted in it, its just not that easy. Then to be told I'm going to hell for something I have no control over, well, it's just not right.
Milligal, I can tell you too that my husband is an atheist and I'm agnostic and both of my kids believe in God. I had a conversation with them a few nights ago and it went something like this. Me: Do you believe in God? them: Yes. Me:Why? Them: I don't know, because he created us. Me: Can you tell me something about him? Them: He created us. Me: Can you tell me anythng else about him? Them No. Me: Do you believe in heaven? Yes Me: Where is it? They pointed up. Me: Do you believe in hell? Them: Yes. Me: Where is it? Them: They pointed down. That's it, that's all they know and yet they believe. As a child I think it is very unfair and we as parents obviously did not teach this to our kids. I really think that a large part of what we believe as adults is carried over from what we believe as children. My kids don't believe because they had a choice to believe, they believe because an adult who they know and trust told them this as fact. I only hope that as they get older they will open their minds and then decide.
Jaej, you made a very good point but don't you see if we went straight to heaven than God wouldn't have the pleasure of having a world of people exist for the sole purpose of worshipping him. Who would want to miss out on that?
