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God loving or God fearing?

spudmania

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Stockholm syndrome is a form of traumatic bonding. So what you are suggesting is believers today love God out of the fear of God?
 

spudmania

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Which God you referring to? So many types of Gods. It depends on which God you worship.

christians have God, jews have Yaweh, muslims have Allah, hindus have so many, buddhist though buddha is not God & never ask to be worshiped, chinese mythology have so many Gods, etc...

they are all believers but regardless which religion or God, are these believers God loving or God fearing?
 

UncleTOBY

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Not sure, for no one knows what his neighbour is thinking. Some fear God and some use God for their own ends.
 

Toronto

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You find a mixture of God lovers and God fearers among the religions.
Somehow you find God botherers only in evangelists.
 

spudmania

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i think that everyone is using God to their personal & at most times material benefits. they fear God will punish them so they go tell everyone how much they love God. in preaching their love for God, they gain personal & material benefits, & then they fear God's punishment for their sins so again they go out singing about how much they love God.... and it goes on and on and on....
 

fishbuff

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Stockholm syndrome is a form of traumatic bonding. So what you are suggesting is believers today love God out of the fear of God?

why not? the usual threat is eternal damnation in hell with everlasting fire. so the believers are forced to love the god so as to avoid hell punishment.
 

Toronto

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In real life, you can find many xtians playing God -God says this God says that to achieve a personal agenda..
 

Toronto

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Man always fear the unknown ...
drifter,
Man fears and respects what is more powerful than him.
As far away as anyone can tell, the first "man" came out of Ethiopia, migrated through Djibouti...

When did man become man?
When he could tell stories.

The earliest humans recognized their many vulnerabilities and were keenly aware of their own mortality.
They did not have fur to protect them from the elements.
They did not have razor sharp claws and fangs to fight off predators.
They were not terribly fast runners.
They could not see very well in the dark.
They could not swim long distances.

Humans had two saving graces on which to depend for survival: intellect and community; aside from that, they were weak and knew it.
Everywhere humans looked, there was something more powerful than they were.
These more powerful things held sway over their lives, and as a result, over their collective psyche.
People fear what is more powerful than them.
They also respect what is more powerful than them.


People began to anthropomorphise the forces of nature and animals and tell stories about them.
They began to pray to what was more powerful than them.
They began to develop Gods - God to fear - Gods to worship - Gods to respect - Gods to beg for food and rain - Gods to blame for drought and pestilence.

Man was at the mercy of the Gods for everything, including whether or not there would be food for him to eat.
Man learning to plant and harvest crops, farm animals and use the river to irrigate fields gave him the ability to stop migrating to follow food and settle.
 

cantbeassed

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If one fear God, it's because of the punishment and if one loves God, it's the gratitude one has for blessings.
So, one can love and fear God at the same time.
 

drifter

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If one fear God, it's because of the punishment and if one loves God, it's the gratitude one has for blessings.
So, one can love and fear God at the same time.

How can u love and fear god at the same time ? it's just saying god loves you but at the same time he will send u to " hell "'if u don't listen to him . :wink:
 

Missionary

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How can u love and fear god at the same time ? it's just saying god loves you but at the same time he will send u to " hell "'if u don't listen to him . :wink:

When a person becomes a Christian, God becomes his Father.

The 'health and wealth' church movement has taken the concept of this privilege to the fallacious extreme.

They now treat God like a vending machine. Put money into the offering bag and expect God to multiply it many folds. This is reckless faith. This is showing disrespect to God's love. It is like spoilt children not knowing how to behave.

Thus, for such a group of people and the other malpracticing Christians, a healthy dose of God-fearing is in order.

Otherwise, as the Bible commands in Luke 10:27:

Love your Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.
 
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drifter

Alfrescian (InfP)
Generous Asset
When a person becomes a Christian, God becomes his Father.

The 'health and wealth' church movement has taken the concept of this privilege to the fallacious extreme.

They now treat God like a vending machine. Put money into the offering bag and expect God to multiply it many folds. This is reckless faith. This is showing disrespect to God's love. It is like spoilt children not knowing how to behave.

Thus, for such a group of people and the other malpracticing Christians, a healthy dose of God-fearing is in order.

Otherwise, as the Bible commands in Luke 10:27:

Love your Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.


Bro , the bible said many things too :wink: http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?115225-365-days-evil-Scripture-Reading-)
 
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