Do you think God really punish people for doing bad things?

@luskas (3428)
Portugal
November 25, 2006 3:51am CST
I don´t think so... Cause Jesus once said "forgive others..." and he was spreading Gods word...
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• Canada
25 Nov 06
yes it is quite true.
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@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
What´s true?
@CrazyP (947)
• Canada
25 Nov 06
well if god loves all then how can he send people to hell? uh becusase its a lie
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@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
I think he doesn´t send no one anywhere... You make your own path... Thankx
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@rawpoet (2046)
• United States
25 Nov 06
Nope. I don't believe God punishes anybody.
@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
Thankx
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• United States
25 Nov 06
No. That's why so many people get away withteh horrible acts the commit. Things are very unfair. And I refuse to believe in loving, all0knowing, all-powerful god.
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@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
Thankx
@280386 (172)
• Indonesia
25 Nov 06
i think you're wrong. god is just and for every things you do band or good you will get reward and punishment.
@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
You maybe right... Jesus said, "If you forgive men their trespasses (against you), your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses (against you), neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" (Matthew 6:14-15)... Does this mean exactly what you said or not?
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• United States
25 Nov 06
No, I don't think he would. The way I see it, is that everything he has set out are all just guidlines for us all, and not something that we have to take in 100%. I don't beleive that people who don't beleive in his religion are going to hell, and I also don't beleive that sinning will make you go either. It's obvious that everyone makes mistakes, and especially those who don't beleive. I beleive that he will forgive anyone/everyone aslong as they goto him, regardless of what they have done in the past. That's just my take on it though, and yes, I am a Christian.
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@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
Very thoughfull and sincere... Thankx a lot
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@kutchi (12320)
• Pakistan
25 Nov 06
yes its true
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@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
Thankx
@tusharb (3157)
• India
25 Nov 06
i don think so..
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@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
Thankx
• Pakistan
25 Nov 06
Its actually something Like Belief and I have Firm Belief that God Punishes People for their Bad Deeds
@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
Thankx for your awnser
• India
25 Nov 06
Yes, if not in this world, then in afterworld.
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@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
Yes you´ve got a good point... Thankx
@Al3xius (1777)
• Romania
25 Nov 06
Yes i think God punishes peoples for doing bad things but in the same way. For example if you stole 10$ from somebody you will lose your wallet with 30$ in it. And many other examples like this !
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@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
LOLOL You have a nice view :)... Thankx
@pratu0708 (126)
• India
25 Nov 06
First things first since you seem to know the Bible the only wrong Job did all along was ask God why? Can the created ask the Creator why? and all along what his wife tempted him to do was curse at GOd and die for all his misfortune. God does not punish but sometimes lets somethings happen to us due to our wrongs because he is a fair and just God. so when the Devil stands saying see he has done this now this is what i am going to do God sometimes lets somethings happen to see our response, sometimes because we deserved it, and sometimes because we will learn from it. The reason prayer is so important is that God gave all authority in the beginning to man over the earth and all in it which Satan took over when Man fell and comitted sin. so when God himself has put himself outside the boundaries from the beginning remembering that he chose to give those rights to man and what he once decrees he cannot turn we now need to pray giving him the permission to intervene in our lives for our good. It is this knowledge that people do not understand and do not pray because of which many things happen in the first place.
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@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
So let me see if i understood... God does not punish us but let bad things happen to us if we do something wrong? It seems to me a kind of punishment. But you seem like a very expert on the matter. That was a nice statement... Thankx a lot
@ESKARENA1 (18261)
25 Nov 06
i think we punish ourselves for doing bad things. If we make mistakes we get a chance to put it right in the next life, if we dont learn then we repete the mistake and have to repete life until we do learn, thats what i believe anyway
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@luskas (3428)
• Portugal
25 Nov 06
Very true... Thankx
• Canada
25 Nov 06
yes it is quite true.
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@ppjacob (205)
• India
27 Nov 06
Yes but after giving some chances to correct themselves!!!
@pratu0708 (126)
• India
25 Nov 06
First things first since you seem to know the Bible the only wrong Job did all along was ask God why? Can the created ask the Creator why? and all along what his wife tempted him to do was curse at GOd and die for all his misfortune. God does not punish but sometimes lets somethings happen to us due to our wrongs because he is a fair and just God. so when the Devil stands saying see he has done this now this is what i am going to do God sometimes lets somethings happen to see our response, sometimes because we deserved it, and sometimes because we will learn from it. The reason prayer is so important is that God gave all authority in the beginning to man over the earth and all in it which Satan took over when Man fell and comitted sin. so when God himself has put himself outside the boundaries from the beginning remembering that he chose to give those rights to man and what he once decrees he cannot turn we now need to pray giving him the permission to intervene in our lives for our good. It is this knowledge that people do not understand and do not pray because of which many things happen in the first place.
• Singapore
27 Nov 06
im not a christian, nor a catholic, but i dont think God punish people
• Singapore
27 Nov 06
im not a christian, nor a catholic, but i dont think God punish people
• Qatar
27 Nov 06
I think NO.......He is forgiver.....