So, I guess life is just a test?

Question

So, this is just a test to see if we kiss up to god enough? I thought god knew what will happen in the future before it happens? If thats the case, he knows what actions you will take already and if you will believe in him. So, he would already know when you are born if you are going to heaven or hell. So...it doesn't even matter how much I praise him because he has already decided what is going to happen to me. Hmmmm....

Answer 1

If there is a test, it'll be at the very end, to see what you've learned.



I hope it's graded on a curve...

Answer 2

If life is a test, the test maker is grossly incompetent. Life isn't standardized in the least bit. Everyone would be taking different tests under different conditions. So it would be impossible to establish a baseline or make any meaningful conclusions about the results. It would be like proctoring the SAT giving each student a randomly selected difficulty of test, time limit, room temperature and noise level. If God does exist, I hope he's not that idiotic or insane.

Answer 3

Hmmmmmm if he knew what you were going to think and become like right now he would have better had erased you off the earth since you do not believe is this what you are saying? Sure, He knows the future therefore he sent His only Son so that we can either believe in Him---Jesus or not and then here is what matters and we as believers or nonbelievers will know our future--some will suffer for eternity in the Lake of Fire and some will live for eternity in Heaven. You can believe or not I decided to believe and follow His Word You are thinking manifest destiny--Calvinist ideas---God knows who will go and who will stay and suffer; this is wrong.

Answer 4

God indeed knows all..All choices are yours.. Simply because God knows your choices does not mean He makes choices for you.. Life is for experiencing and is not a test. You never need to bow down or worship God.. He does not require this nor does he want this..An occasional thank you or an I love you would be nice although even this is not required..Learn God's purpose in the Conversations with God book by Neale Donald Walsch

Answer 5

It sounds like you've already made your mind up on what you think the answer is.



The Christian perspective on life is that God has made each person to have a relationship with Him and that is why he made people - to have a relationship with Him. Some people, after finding God, say that all along they felt something was missing, and one songwriter calls it a "God-shaped hole."



Whether or not you want to believe that, or if you want to think that God is shaking is finger at you waiting for you to screw up, is your choice. The Bible I read says that God is not waiting for people to mess up so He can laugh at how stupid they are.

Answer 6

Life is not a test, Life is a school where you learn the meaning of relationships in physical form, the meaning of divine emotions like love and compassion. How good a learner you are would give you spiritual progress to higher realms. Earth is at a very low level amongst the other higher realms of existence.

Answer 7

I hate to disappoint the believers, but this is it. This is the only life we get. To spend your life in preparation for a fantasy "afterlife," is to waste the life you have.

If you're so worried about how your gods are going to welcome you into your afterlife, work a little harder to make life better for people in this life who aren't as fortunate as you. I think your gods will understand why you spent less time offering them praise.

Answer 8

Not true. You still have to make the choice to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior or not. It is by this choice that your eternity will be decided. It will be by your own choice where you spend it so if you go to hell, you will only have yourself to blame. God had given us this free gift of salvation. Salvation can not be earned. This is the good news!

Answer 9

99 percent 1 percent taste

Answer 10

Hmm, indeed. Looks as if you've worked it out already.

Answer 11

not a test

i can see how you feel that way



we are more like in a eggshell waiting to become what we were designed to be.



God isnt testing us hes seeing which are the bad eggs

and feeding them to the dogs

Answer 12

no god knows what is going to happen before it happens. only God knows.

Answer 13

the same thing is going to happen to everyone.

Answer 14

Yep, so ya better make sure you pass it. Oh, and just because He knows what YOU are going to choose, doesn't mean that HE made the choice.

Answer 15

but don't you want God to be proud of you when you go to heaven? could you imagine walking in the gates of heaven and seeing God and him sayin," you failed me many more times than you served me"

i want God to smile at me when i see him and say, "good job my child"

Answer 16

Ever thought of something called... FREE WILL. You can do what you want, and that's why it's a test to see who you choose. Good or Evil. Your choice. It's not that hard to understand.

Answer 17

No... it's a test to determine who you will serve, either the master of this world Satan, or the Master of the World to come, Christ Jesus, the Messiah.

Answer 18

He knows the choices that YOU decide on...... trying to blame HIM for YOUR choices... way to step up and be the man.....

Answer 19

RAmen.



(Ain't seen you in months - glad you're back!)

Answer 20

lol NICE LOGIC!! NEVER HERD OF THAT!! HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM



yeah true!! i'll go with the thought of being a monkey that popped out from nowhere as an accident with no place or purpose...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................geez i feel lonley...............................................................................................................................i should start doing something with a purpose with my life...........................................iiii know!! i'll start celebrating religous peoples festivals like birthdays and christmas!! because i have nothing!!!