我信上帝,或說我信也許真有那麼個超自然的力量在左右一些事情。
但我不信上帝的萬能。
So your brand of God is a supernatural force that is not omnipotent (all-powerful). That is not new at all. You ask 100 people, I bet you may get 200 answers since some will have more than one version of their god. It is true that people have created many gods, but the only true God has created many people.
我不同意“不信上帝就進不了天堂”,因為我覺得上帝沒那麼小氣;不信上帝的人畢竟多於信上帝的人,讓大多數人進地獄應該不是上帝的德性。
What we think bear zilch weight. It is what God thinks that is utterly consequential. OK, you use one criterion of generosity vs. stinginess to speculate that God would surely allow all or most people to go to heaven. What if God's balance has both holiness/justice/righteousness and love/mercy/grace? Think now of Cross, which perfectly balances out God's paradoxical attributes.
虔誠的信上帝,不要和上帝交換利益,比如我信你,你讓我進天堂;我信你,你讓我無災無禍;我信你,你讓我別失業,。。。信仰是一種奉獻,不是索取,更不該是利用。如果你真覺得該像聖經教導你的去做,脫離原罪,就請不要和世俗們共同追求利益,到中國最苦的地方去作出你的奉獻。如果你還在美國和別人一樣追求你的生活利益,你永遠不會真正洗掉你的塵孽,信上帝最重要的一條時不要利用上帝。
The cool thing about God is this: God is our heavenly father, his only begotten son Jesus Christ is our elder brother. We are meant to be co-heirs with Christ for the God-fortune (inheritance from God). It is hard to ignore or despise such blessing. In fact, not thankfully embracing such blessing is anti-intuitive and foolish. I agree that people of such faith and blessing shall not live like a pagan, struggling in this world just to feed the stomach. To go to the neediest places has been the theme of church mission for 2000 years, if you care to take note. As for why we are still here in an affluent land, that is a good question to everyone, including you (a pre-Christain seeker).
Are you ready then (in view of the hard life ahead)?