~Why praise someone that may not even be there?
Well, for starters, those who praise Him (and yes He is most definatly a Him) do believe he exists. This may not be everyone's reason, but for me I love God sooooo much and I am just astounded at all that He had done and the fact that He saved me from a horrible eternal death I just wanna thank Him and sing to Him and love on Him and never stop. I praise Him as a way of thanks and letting Him know how absolutly awesome I think He is.
~If there is a god why is there so many other religions
This one goes all the way back to Genesis. When Adam and Eve fell, deception was brought into the world. There were some religons, brought into the world by people who wanted a way to explain nature. Others who didn't live around Jesus created their own Gods. Some were started out of comon intrests and progressed.
~There are phony priests and such out there...are they brought to be by god? or just a scam?
Everyone is "brought to be by God" and he has and amazing plan in store for each of us. The thing is since he gave us our free will, we don't always follow His plan, and we let the devil get in and mislead us which is where the phony priests come from.
~Why did we have such a bad pope? If he is god's creature and asked by god why would he do what he did?
I'm not catholic, so I'm not sure what your refering to here, but again we're all God's creatures and we all fall, no matter who we are. Jesus was the only one ever to be completly perfect.
~We all probably have a calling but the people that say theirs is god how do we know if its true?
You're right we do all have a purpose, but only when we're really in tune with God and truly seeking after Him do we get a calling from Him. We all have passions and things we desire to do, and maybe sometimes that's what people are really refering to. We can't really judge wether or not others are truly called, of course sometimes its obvious that people aren't, but only they know their heart of hearts, and some people are pretty good at deciving others.
~Who created the "big man" himself
No one. No, it's not scientific, and no, it doesn't seem possible, but God is not like us He is God. He has always been, he has no beginning and no end. It doesn't make sense and its pretty boggling to think about, but it is 100% true.
~Does he have magical powers or something
They're not magical powers, God is able to do everything so it's just Godness.
~Mormons and such think their right also so who in the end is the closest?
There is no closest, there is right and there is wrong. Mormons claim to believe in Jesus, but theres a lot of extra stuff added, so they've been a bit side tracked, I'm not Mormon though so I don't know their religon well enough to explain it in great detail. Jesus is the only right answer, though, that I know for sure.
~What happens when were all extinct will he "rise" again
In a nutshell, God will return soon and take his believers with Him to heaven and leave the rest here for 7 years, to give them one last chance. After that He is going to set up a 1000 year reign here on earth, and we will live with Him in heaven for all eternity.
~With so many doubts and questions and suffering in this world why doesnt he come back and explain
God is always speaking to us, if we would only listen, it just may not be in a way that we recognize. God has given us every answer to every question we will ever need in His book, we simply choose not to believe it.
~Why did he make all different kinds of creatures? Why cant we understand those creatures?
God made those creatures to bring variety to life, and for us to use. For enjoyment, nourishment, company, whatever we may need of them.
I think it's a little ridiculous that if people don't reincarnate there would be an immense collection of "souls" floating around
Souls don't just float around, it's pretty plain and clear, you either end up in heaven or hell, there is no "floating".
Exactly it gives us something to live for....but in the end theres nothing there we live we die we rot i know not very happy there but i think that's what happens i'm a scientific person *shrugs* thats what makes it hard for me to belive
Yes, our bodies die and rot, but as Christians our souls go to heaven where we are given new, eternal bodies. Wether you go to heaven or hell you will be there for eternity.
I hope you guys have a great rest of your weekend. I am praying for you!
Lucy
