Because I don't believe in him either. But that doesn't mean I don't believe in God, and that doesn't mean I'm not a Christian. Since when did atheists become the arbiters of permissible forms of theism?
2006-07-13 05:25:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
An elaboration: atheists seem to assume that the understanding of theism which they got from reading Chick tracts, or their cyber-equivalent, is the understanding shared by all theists. As it happens, I don't believe in Jack Chick's God either. And neither do most mainline Protestants. Just because you can trash an infantile fundamentalist form of theism doesn't mean you have a real clue about theism in general.
2006-07-13 05:32:54 · update #1
This God that I do not believe in is the one that is, in one breath an angry, jealous, spiteful God, and in another breath, is an omniscient, all knowing, all loving God. The God I do not believe in is the one that "must remain hidden" (which is the reasons given for him not making himself known physically to human kind as non-believers simply ask of him to prove his existence), yet he writes a book and makes himself incarnate 2000 years ago - hardly a way to remain hidden.... The God I do not believe in is the one that tells me that I have complete free will - but when something crappy happens, its God's plan. A plan cannot exist with free will...
Youre free to believe whatever you wish. I do not arbitrate any permissable forms of theism. I think all are ridiculous and based on stone age thinking.
2006-07-13 05:33:56 · answer #1 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As an ex-Christian atheist, I find myself strangely agreeing with your observations. As some of these other answers indicate, many of my fellow atheists seem to enjoy ridiculing Christians. I remember being on the receiving end of this ridicule, and now that I'm an atheist, I am frequently embarrassed by the behavior of other fellow atheists.
2006-07-13 12:59:33 · answer #2 · answered by robertspraguejr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is the end result of a failed search for truth by a very shallow mind, provided that any search was made at all instead of swallowing the pile of delusional bilge that was spoonfed to you as a child.
2006-07-13 12:28:23 · answer #3 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is the belief that there are NO gods. Therefore, the god I don't believe in is all of them. They are all man-made myths. All theists are atheists to a point. I simply believe in one less god than they do.
2006-07-13 12:28:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you do not believe in God, then how are you a Christian. I am very confused right now. Do you beleive in God??? I have no idea what 'god' you don't believe in. I believe there is only One God and He created everything. I am a CHristian. I have no idea what you are asking.
2006-07-13 12:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by VGW 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea how to answer that, except get a dictionary.
2006-07-13 12:28:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we are the only ones that can see "The emporer has no clothes"....
2006-07-13 12:29:04 · answer #7 · answered by ceprn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pay them no mind as they know not what they say.
2006-07-13 12:28:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.carm.org/doctrine/100truths.htm
2006-07-13 12:28:53 · answer #9 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know who he is. Is he real???? What does he eat???
2006-07-13 12:27:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋