atheist question?

Question

why do you keep comeing to yahoos Religion & Spirituality section and keep trying to convence people who believe in god allah and budda that they do not exist

Answer 1

ya u go. the lord God jesus is the only God!!!!!!!!!!11

Answer 2

There is a little thing called freedom of religion written into our Constitution, followed by his cousin freedom of speech. A healthy exchange of any ideas and theologies can only produce positive results.

Think of it this way, if a Christian reads a Muslim's argument for Allah, a Buddist argument for Buddha, an atheist's argument against any form of deity or an agnostic's argument for the middle, not sure position, it can only strength his or her faith.

When I respond to questions in this section, I am forced to examine my beliefs and to look up Bible verses to support what I am saying. What a great way to study the bible and spread the Gospel as well.

Conversely, why do Christians keep trying to get non believers to believe?

Could it be because that is what God has commissioned all of us to do in one way or another. Go out and find His lost sheep and bring them home.

Who are we to judge the methods, beliefs and purposes of those who believe differently than we do.

I'd say tolerance is a good thing to have in this situation.

Be well and be blessed.

Answer 3

Because that's what they believe, just like you believe that God really does exist. One of the [few] beautiful things about America is that its residents are allowed the liberty of expressing their individual opinions.

It doesn't matter anyway, though. You Christians and Catholics are hypocrites and always will be; that's something that surely hasn't changed over the decades. You try to tell everyone that Christianity is better than all other established religions, including Judism and Buddhism, and yet you want to p*ss and moan when Atheists, Agnostics and Pagans put down YOUR religion.

Answer 4

Buddha was a man, not a god. And Buddhism is a religion that does not have a god-concept. There are many different ways of believing in god. You can believe that god is a transcendental being independent of and separate from human. Or you can believe everything natural is god. Or you can believe god is a product of the human brain. Which is most reasonable?

Answer 5

Because it's so easy for man to lose hope after his failure. He cannot accept the value of perseveration. These people are all losers who don't want to go through hardship and get rewards from the LORD but want to follow the rule of NO FAITH and even make others faith vanish.

P.S. Buddha might be a great human being but he was not GOD. There's only one GOD, and you know who(the other name u mentioned in ur question)

Answer 6

Because atheism is a religious alternative. Why do you keep coming to the religion and spirituality section try try and convince other people from other religions they are wrong?

Answer 7

This is good practice for what I do in real life. Spiritual counseling.

I am in fact helping myself not trying to help you. I don't imagine I can ever convince someone something they believe in doesn't exist. The best I can do is plant some seeds that might sprout eventually.

Answer 8

B/C people who believe in God do so on the basis of "faith", or the absence of observable facts. Most people who believe in things that cant be objectively seen or heard are considered crazy. Except Christians, who are instead elected as Republicans.

Answer 9

realize that no one reads this when I just link to it, so here is my answer to a previous version of this question:


I believe that I have been nothing but courteous to the people of faith here. I openly deny their belief-system. They openly deny mine. That's fine. We have, however, engaged in some very respectful debate, much to the benefit (I hope) of both sides. I know that my beliefs have not changed, but my preconceptions about young-Earth Christians have been shattered by some of the people I have found here. I think that they are wrong, but I am thrilled to have the opportunity to debate with them without resorting to name-calling or rudeness.

Granted, this requires an openness on both our parts. I think that their faith is "wrong." They think that my lack of faith is "wrong." This is where most people get hung up and debate can go no further. If someone disagreeing with you is "offensive," you're stuck. Once you accept this disagreement, you are quite free to exchange ideas. This is what I have found here (for the most part.)

As for why I spend so much time in the religion and spirituality forum, I see faith as playing a huge role in the lives of everyone in the world, be they moderate Muslims, fundamentalist Christians, Pagans, or Atheists like myself.

In my supposedly free country I see gays discriminated against due to faith. People who would never think of using the N-word openly hate and criticize homosexuals for what they are, not who they are.

I see medical advances that could help millions of people stymied by arguments that have their basis in faith. Stem cell research could potentially ease the suffering of billions around the globe, but people of faith stand in the way.

We are currently involved in what may or may not be a holy war. This is an issue of faith.

Our current government supports "faith-based initiatives" in what may be a breach of The Constitution itself.

I know that faith helps people sleep at night. This doesn't undo the tremendous amount of suffering it has inflicted at every turn of history.

I see faith as a problem, and would like to encourage people to put aside their myths and embrace reason. However, I realize that this is futile. As Jonathan Swift said, "It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into."

That said, I think that Yahoo Answers provides a wonderful opportunity to try to see where other people are coming from. I disagree with the Christians (and Muslims and Pagans...), but I think it is very important for me to try to understand them. I would hope that they will try to understand me. Once we find some common ground and some mutual respect, we can truly start to talk about things.

I hate the name-calling. The largest problem I have with religion is that it is divisive. I feel that this is the most important aspect of faith that needs to be removed from the equation. Name-calling is also divisive and does not fit into my attempts to act reasonably.

I feel that I deny, but do not scoff. I embrace and enjoy open debate. I think that the things discussed here are important. I'd like to think that some of the things I have to say are pertinent.

If you want a place for only Christians (for example) to exchange ideas, there are plenty of places on the web for that. However, I think that this exclusion of other mindsets and worldviews does a disservice to those who would seek such a closed system.

That's why, as an atheist, I show up on the religion thread.

Answer 10

I like to try to encourage people to THINK about their religion, and I'm doing my little bit, perhaps, to help delay the onset of a full-blown theocracy in America.

Besides that, it's entertaining, informative, and I learn quite a bit myself.

Answer 11

Because their brains are too small to believe that there is a Creator who made this beautiful world we live in. They will rather believe in science.

Those of us who believe are the lucky ones, it takes alot of faith to believe in God Almighty.