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Originally Posted by Concrete Girl

I still don't see why I should have to believe everything said in the bible in order to be pleasing God. It doesn't make sense to me, when what I get from Romans 10:09 (Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved) is that all I have to do to make it into Heaven is believe in God. Though I do not recall ever reading in the bible that you had to also believe certain qualities about God, in order to truly believe in him.

I also would like to know how I am supposed to always love God. I don't care if God is hurt when I turn away from him, he has a whole darn Religion devoted to him - yet that still is not enough for him? It seems like God would happy with the believers he did have, and not hate the non believers so terribly that he would send them to Hell because they angered him.

God does not hate the non-believers, He hates the sin that has stolen His children away from Him.
God absolutely cannot stand sin. If you sinful, you cannot go to Heaven. Jesus is what cleanses and purifies us so that we may go to Heaven, holy and pleasing to God. Romans 10:9, as you have.
Loving God comes through a relationship with Him, just like loving a human. Experience in a relationship with Him, wholeheartedly, will barely give you a chance to not love Him once you start having things revealed to you.
But why should you want so much more if you already have a ticket to heaven?
Our actions here still have an effect after we die here and go to either Heaven or Hell. There are rewards in Heaven for those that have . . . I'm not even sure how to explain it, but those who live outwardly and inwardly for God and use their gifts will be rewarded accordingly. Also, if you live in total sin and are not sorry for it and see no point in worshiping God, then when you thought you got saved, did you really? If it is not committed in your heart, then it is meaningless, nothing more than a resounding gong. It needs to be heartfelt, really and truly believed and wanted.
This is an answer to most of your questions:
Romans 12:1-2 :: Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

And God DOES care so much to win your heart, even if He has millions of others in His arms already. Our Shepherd, our God, He will go out to save one sheep because of the amazing, beautiful, abundant love He has for each and every single one, no matter their appearance, heart, or actions, He will always try to reach out, even if it's the last lost sheep in the world and He has all else, His love will not let that one sheep go. But the sheep always has a choice.