I stoped when I dwelled on the question of Gods devine plan. As a Black American, I would have to believe that God allowed all of the Slaves, where estimates range upwards 100,000,000, to have endured those conditions so that the rest of us could be brought out of the heathen African nations. It seems to me that God could have used a more efficent method.
2006-06-20 07:28:27 · 15 answers · asked by elephantman12004 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have never believed in god. I tried for years, but it was always obviously a fairy-tale.
I like your point. If he's omnipotent, why not just drop some Bibles on Africa or speak to people from a burning bush? Why go through the callous suffering of slavery? Good point.
2006-06-21 15:40:39 · answer #1 · answered by wrathpuppet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I took astrobiology in college, and learned how life most likely evolved on earth - a string of random chances that took millions of years. Hardly a novel idea for an all-powerful god, eh?
Seems to me that God has ALWAYS been used as something for ignorant people to fall back on as a "rational" explination so they don't have to say, "I dont know."
Why did the sun rise? The Sun God made it rise and fall.
Why are we here? God's great plan.
Why did my son have to die? God's will.
Just rationalizations, really. Then power-seeking people created churches - and make a lot of money and have a lot of power today. Not to say churches are all bad or evil - they're often great for communities - but the whole God, Heaven Hell thing was invented by an ignorant group of humans thousands of years ago to explain what we know today as being natural physical laws and such.
2006-06-20 07:34:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says God created slavery?
God gave Man free will. If Man took his free will and did evil with it, then that's Man's fault - not God's. And if God prevented it, then that wouldn't be free will.
Free will is the greatest imaginable gift. That many squander it or use it for evil is unfortunate - but if those things were not allowed to happen then it wouldn't be free will at all.
Just because Man is capable of evil is no indication of the existence or non-existence of God.
Recently a man at a wildlife park took off his shoes and entered a lion enclosure saying, "If God exists, he'll save me!" He was killed almost instantly when the lioness severed his carotid artery. Is that proof of the non-existence of God? No. It's proof that the guy was an idiot and God let him do whatever he wanted to do. One thing you can be sure of is that the lioness was watching him, thinking, "If God exists, that guy will take off those tough shoes and come let me eat him."
I'm sorry that you lost your faith, but I would hope that you would look at your reasons for its loss and realize that what you really should have lost was your faith in Man. I have very little faith in Man. I'm a bit of a pessimist when it comes to that. We've been warring and killing ever since we figured out that a pointy stick could be used to cause pain and death.
But I also believe in karma. And that those who do bad things and live off the misery of others will have bad things done to them and will experience as much misery as they inflicted. And if they die before the balance is made whole, then they'll pay for it afterwards. And if they lived a good life and helped others live good lives then they will be rewarded. And if they die before the reward, then they'll be rewarded afterwards.
Waynez
2006-06-20 07:45:29 · answer #3 · answered by Waynez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-08 23:14:58 · answer #4 · answered by herzog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is just so much conflicting evidence for both sides of the case. Along with unbelievable amounts of tragedy in everyday life, it seems almost unfair that someone is just watching, sitting, planning all this out. But on the other hand, if no one really does know, wouldnt you rather bank your beliefs on the side that promises everlasting life in heaven? I would...
2006-06-20 07:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by jim b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither of my parents are religious, so I was never a really religious person myself. But after reading Douglas Adams' books (like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), and, more importantly, the Bible, I realised that all of this Christianity stuff was bullshit.
2006-06-20 07:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a mormon. I felt like crap about myself because I slept with my boyfriend. I woke up that day and said just because I did that doesn't make me a bad person and any god that thinks so can go to hell. four years later it is confirmed to me again now that I have kids. The mormons won't let me in their temple because I'm not worthy. That means according to them I won't be with my kids in heaven. That sealed the deal for me
2006-06-20 09:05:23 · answer #7 · answered by Kat9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was lucky enough to be educated in USSR so did not have a chance to listen to bs stories of religious radicals.
And for the slavery GOD introduced it first by Making Angels the servants.
Now when some one rebel for thier right they concider revolutionory and democrats by but GOD's low when angels rebel to serve hbumans he cast them into hell ( he created hell too by the way)
Therefore GOD exists.
2006-06-20 07:33:29 · answer #8 · answered by PicassoInActions 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question---i'm a christian
thanks for the points
...and it was the evil of satan manifest through men that did the harm--God gives people a choice, and they have to deal with the consequences. those particular consequences affected many people drastically
2006-06-20 07:31:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are assuming that Atheists believed in God at one time and that is a false assumption.
2006-06-27 09:49:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋