Does it follow that: if you do did not create yourself, you must be humbled by your creator?
Regardless of what you believe created you and everything else, the fact is you are at it’s mercy.
This is an extract from a Christian website. It begins with a quote.
"Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is, from the very nature of things, the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root of every virtue. — Andrew Murray, Humility (p. 6)
Humility is not about looking down on ourselves; it’s about not looking to ourselves at all! The first step in humility is dependency. The independent arrogance of modern man is astounding. We need to stop and think sometimes: where did the air come from that we breathe into our lungs? Did we create it? Or what about our lungs, did we craft them? Or our eyes, did we design them? Or the mind, did it think itself into existence? We are already, as Murray says, ‘at the place of entire dependence on God’. The issue is whether we will acknowledge it. Only our pride can stop us from admitting the truth that we are totally dependent on God. Pride blinds us to reality, humility opens our eyes."
How can you not be humbled by the infinite creation of whatever created it all?
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because I don’t believe it was "created"
Your humility is striking.
Thats the most retarded thing i have ever heard. F*cking christians and their dumbas$ beliefs…..
It is not pride that causes atheism
It is a functioning brain that says "hey, wait a second, this doesn’t make sense".
Actually, no it makes no sense. I was created by mum and dad but I’m not at their mercy.
How can I even be humbled by that so called "God" that will send me to an eternal flaming hell because of the way he created me?
Or my lack of good choices.
Now this is no laughing matter. Or even compromisable to me to burn forever in hell. And we all know that would cause pain. And in this case, probably the worst pain you’d ever feel. Forever.
Even at the slightest effort to look at this logically, you can say my whole life. Which could be pass 100. And eternity. Is that fair?
I mean I’ll try and be responsible for my own actions. I am trying now. But how can anything in terms of something I did in my whole life be equal to eternity.
I must be one busy person, even then thats not enough for eternity because one day my body will fail and die.
Are you saying god created himself?