Why is being an atheist seen as a bad thing? Didn't your suppossed god create freewill?

Answer 1

free will doesn't exists since u r forced to believe in God to go to heaven.

Answer 2

God did, only people who are ignorant would tell you that. Do not be concerned what people say. Even I as christian do not believe that anyone is 100% right or wrong, if I thought that, I would be doing God a disservice. No one can comprehend all parts to an omnipotent being. (This is not meant to try to change your mind in anyway, God gave you free will I will not slap God in the face by trying to tell you how to use that freewill) God gives people the choice to believe how they want, so it is ridiculous to try to make humans believe what someone else does. Besides, with so much to an omnipotent being, no one person can be right. Everyone will see God (or the lack there of, depending on how you view it) differently. I can guarantee you when I do go to church, the God I am praying to is "seen" as completely different than anyone else's... that does not make it a different God, just we look at things differently, that is why i think that Jewish people, Christans, Muslims, Buddhists, and atheists are all worshiping (or not worshiping) the same thing.

Answer 3

It's not so much that there are people who are atheists as it is what makes them an atheist. If it's because the "big bang theory” sounds more plausible than an Almighty God creating this world, than I suggest you consider the “theory” itself. How logical is it that a "big bang" would place the planets in perfect alignment from one another, all sharing a connection from the sun to planet earth, but without the orchestration of a superior power? And forget about the sea and all its wonders, the trees and flowers and all their wonders and the timely transition of seasons that produce food for us to eat. What about the Continental Divide in Colorado where on one side of the mountains water flows east to supple that part of the United States and on the other side of the mountains water flows west to supply that part of the continent. There’s just too much perfection to be caused by a whimsical event without an “Artist” to form it all. Because a “big bang” without an Artist to coordinate all the elements would cause our solar system to be riddled with chaos and colliding matter, which wouldn’t prompt life at all. Then there are people who have a problem with man arriving from God's creation of Adam and Eve. I have to admit that I see why when "evolution theorists" continually herald their theory (which most forget is just a theory) that mankind crawled out of the sea then evolved. It’s unfortunate that the beginning of our existence has been so poorly interpreted, because it leaves room for the ridiculous. Adam and Eve were created some six to seven-thousand years ago; the Cro-Magnon greatly pre-dates that time, so there’s no connection to us whatsoever. This planet was already in place long before God's created Adam and Eve. The Book of Genesis Chapter 1:1 tells us that "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth,” period. It does not say that in one day out of seven He created earth. Who knows how many civilizations of mankind have lived on this planet, only to be destroyed by some worldwide catastrophe (all likely caused by man, as is where this current age is headed today!). Read "The 1,000 Year Survival Guide" for better clarity. It is a Christian and Non-Christian endurance manual that’s scheduled to be released June 26, but it is available in pre-release now @ www.survivalguide1000.com.

Answer 4

Yes God did create free will and will allow you to make the decision you want to. During my 20 years of atheism, I just found that it was a selfish, rebellious and arrogant choice. It may not be for you. But in the end, when I needed help and direction, it didn't go far enough to solve the problems I had. So I needed a better answer and found one in God. Again, that may not be the case for you. But hardly anyone has the willingness to go as deep inside and examine their every motive until tragedy forces them to. It was deep tragedy and pining up traumas that eventually forced me to take a realistic stock of who I was and what I needed to change. For me, the depth of change and the amount of correction was impossible without God. If that doesn't apply to you, that's great. But instead of just going on my way, God asked me to share my struggles and my solution with others. So I do, in the hopes that I can be of service and help others. You see, God doesn’t just real with eternity – He is all about the here & now. Without God my life was ok. With God, my life is enjoyable and even at the worst times bearable. That’s my view on atheism – everyone is welcome to their own. I pray that atheism ever stops working for you that you will recall this post and will seek the deeper answer and meaning that I could only find in God.

Answer 5

From what I've gathered, religious people feel a person who is an atheist is somehow calling them a liar.

The truly ironic thing is that all religions allegedly (although I think behind closed doors they disparage all who disbelieve what they do) respect other religion's beliefs, with the exception of course for atheists. Christians can respect Jews and Muslims, Jews can respect Christians and Muslims, etc, but Christians, Jews, and Muslims will not respect atheists.

Fret not, I think there are a lot more atheists in the world today than are willing to admit it.

Answer 6

The atheist:

1) Can't really consistently define "evil" in the first place;
2) Has no hope of eventual eschatological justice;
3) Has no objective basis of condemning evil;
4) Has no belief in a heaven of everlasting bliss;
5) Has to believe in an ultimately absolutely hopeless and
meaningless universe.

Simply put, atheist justifications for morality (i.e.,
logically carried through) will always be either completely arbitrary, relativistic to the point of absurdity, or derived from axiomatic assumptions requiring no less faith than Christian ethics require. I think it was Dostoevsky who said "if God doesn't exist, anything is permissible."
http://web.archive.org/web/20020810223936/ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ518.HTM

Many atheists pass across the pages of Dostoevsky's novels. Through them, Dostoevsky shows in dramatic fashion that, without God, man has nothing but falsehood and inevitably becomes an enemy to himself, and ends by organizing the world against himself. He shows the disaster coming upon man as a result of those revolutionary ideals which are the legacy of Western liberalism and its project of eliminating God and secularizing society. No matter how valid is this or that element in the secularist critique of society, Dostoevsky sees the truth that those who “kill” God also kill man. He also saw that man without God cannot remain free.

http://catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0003.html

Answer 7

OK, Mr. t.mac_13 and others, you've just judged atheists and shall be there burning with them. And who ever said atheist don't believe in right and wrong? Where are you people getting your information?

"Thou shalt not judge, lest ye be judged in the say way."

Practice what you preach, my friend. I'm not a big fan of christianity, but I'm damn sure gonna know what I'm talking about when I debate religion. Further, I'm NOT going to judge someone just because they believe something different than I do. I appreciate and enjoy the differences and diversity. There isn't one person on this earth that has the right to say atheism, christianity, budism, catholicism, mormonism, taoism, muslim, or any other religion is the right one and the rest are wrong or bad.

Answer 8

Atheism is only seen as bad by people who aren't atheists. They either disdain you or feel sorry for you. Christians think that free will is basically a sin and that it is God's will you should be following. Don't let them get to you. Believers in God simply need the comfort and security of an explanation for the things in life that are beyond their comprehension, where as you simply don't share that insecurity.

Answer 9

There is nothing wrong with being an Atheist- with religion everything is wrong if your not a follower of this religion or that religion.

Like if your Buddhist than to Christians you are wrong just as much as they see being an Atheist is and vice versa.

Just ignore their religious babbling spouting how much they love their God and their your going to hell nonsense.

Because the reality of it- they do not know anything about their God because if they did they would not be judging or boasting their love and faith in such a prideful way.

Answer 10

I do not see being an atheist as a bad thing but rather a choice. I don't believe in the God's of many religions but I do believe in a superior intelligence that created all this.

Answer 11

Sounds like you feel that God is a bad thing, i.e. "suppossed god", maybe you're just a hypocrit that has nothing better to do with their time than whine about being criticisized for your beliefs, when all the while you're critical to others' beliefs.