Christians, if you're wrong about your belief, you have nothing to lose?

Question

If you're wrong, Your whole life is a big joke because you lived a trick, not life

Imagine praying to something "fake" your whole life. You would have to feel soooooooo stupid

If your husband cheated on you for 50 years when you thought he wasn't, you call that "nothing to lose"?

YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE IS A LIE

WHAT'S THE POINT IN LIVING IF YOU SPENT YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE MAKING A FOOL OF YOURSELF?

If us Atheists are wrong and God is good, he should understand that we were just being ourselves and weren't playing the better safe than sorry game which would probably piss him off.

You can't even stand for someone to SAY God is fake, just imagine if he really is fake and I know he is

Answer 1

Either way I STILL WIN.

DKW

Answer 2

You're really fixated on taking pot shots at Christians aren't you. Your handle shows your fixation with your non-belief in God. My question is why are you such a crusader for atheists. Isn't there something else going on in your life that you could be passionate about.

"If us Atheists are wrong and God is good, he should understand that we were just being ourselves and weren't playing the better safe than sorry game which would probably piss him off." LOL. That's funny. Well, I hope so for your sake.

If you know God is so fake, why do you insist on being a fanatic about it. That's just like running around and telling all the children there's no Santa Claus. Where do you get off? Just let the people alone to believe what they choose. Any other action would be sooo Nazi-ish..

Good day.

Answer 3

"Now, let me ask you something profound yet troubling. If you became believers because you trusted the proclamation that Christ is alive, risen from the dead, how can you let people say that there is no such thing as a resurrection? If there's no resurrection, there's no living Christ. And face it—if there's no resurrection for Christ, everything we've told you is smoke and mirrors, and everything you've staked your life on is smoke and mirrors. Not only that, but we would be guilty of telling a string of barefaced lies about God, all these affidavits we passed on to you verifying that God raised up Christ—sheer fabrications, if there's no resurrection."

"If corpses can't be raised, then Christ wasn't, because he was indeed dead. AND IF CHRIST HAS NOT BEEN RAISED, OUR FAITH IS A MERE DELUSION, and you are as lost as ever. It's even worse for those who died hoping in Christ and resurrection, because they're already in their graves. IF ALL WE GET OUT OF CHRIST IS A LITTLE INSPIRATION FOR A FEW SHORT YEARS, WE'RE A PRETTY SORRY LOT. But the truth is that Christ has been raised up, the first in a long legacy of those who are going to leave the cemeteries."
1 Corinthians 15:12-20

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This was written c.55 AD, less than 30 years after Jesus' death and resurrection. There were still many living witnesses.

We don't base our belief on a guess, but must be informed. Sorry, out of time. Check out the book called "The Case For Christ" or "Evidence Which Demands A Verdict" if you dare to find out the truth.

Answer 4

I am not playing the 'better safe than sorry' game. I believe in God and I know he exists. Hypothetically, if I die and there is no God, how, exactly, will I feel stupid? I'm dead. Even if there is an afterlife without God, why would I feel stupid for the way I lived my life? I try to help people out when I can, love all people, and live a clean life. No, I'm not perfect, but I'm certainly not ashamed of trying to be a better person, and I in NO way consider it to be livin a lie. My life if very fulfilling and I am happy. Why does that bother you so much?

Answer 5

I would rather be a fool for Christ than a fool without Him.

If someone truly gives his/her life to the Lord and becomes spiritually born again, their eyes are opened to the reality of Jesus and His heavenly kingdom. A person is then no longer walking on blind faith in a book that they cannot for sure testify to as the truth. It is a life-changing experience.

So you see, a person can really know whether or not all that stuff is a lie.

What bothers me about someone stating that the Lord is a fake and a lie is not the statement itself, but the position it puts that person in- a place of unbelief. When a person has an encounter with God through salvation, it becomes important to them that those who are 'perishing', or those who have not been redeemed from death, might be a part of the living God as they have become and live an abundant life. That's why we bother to irritate you with our 'religious' statements.

You see, God is not a cruel task master waiting to send every person to hell who makes a mistake or doesn't do it "His way". Rather, He sent His Son to die for us so that He could have mercy on us and save us from the death of hell, if we accept His Son and the sacrifice He made. He wants His creation to be reconciled to Him and for man to again have what was lost between Creator and creation when the curse of everlasting death was brought upon the human race through disobedience. "For God so loved the world..."

Answer 6

You give atheists and agnostics alike a bad name. As an agnostic, I disagree with the beliefs of Christians, however I do not condemn them for their beliefs. I respect the beliefs of others including Christians, Jews, Buddists, Wiccans, Atheists, etc. because either way, all religions believe in some form of a "Golden Rule" and not harming others and basically leading a good life. It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you are a good person. If you expect Christians and other religions to respect that you do not believe in some form of God, then you must first respect that they do.

Religions would most be more likely to respect Atheists if people like you didn't give them a bad name by down talking them and condemning them for their beliefs.

And yes, there are Christians who do the same thing that you are doing by trying to push their beliefs on others, and those Christians give the rest of Christianity a bad name, just as you give Atheists a bad rep as well.

Thanks for setting atheists and agnostics back a few decades.

Answer 7

Ok, lets take this argument all the way shall we? If I am wrong, and God doesn't exist, then I've lived a good life, loved my wife, taught my kids right from wrong. Helped people in my community, volunteered at shelters, hospitals, and community centers. I have invested my life in becoming a better person. Given money to help children in Africa, Costa Rica, and India. I have been a good friend to my friends, I have forgiven my enemies. So what have I lost? But if I'm right, I get to enjoy heaven, my family of believers, my real family, and my Christian friends for eternity.

Now, take you for example. You live your life as selfishly as you want. You look out for #1 yourself. You make fun of people, have sex with whoever you want, lie, cheat, backstab, live a selfish life. Maybe get married have kids, cheat on your wife, get divorced, shack up with some other chick. Or live a decent life without the knowledge or forgiveness that comes only from Christianity. And you die. If you are right, you lose nothing. But if you are wrong, you go to Hell for all eternity because you were given a chance everyday of your life to change your ways and come to Christ and you denied not only Christ but even his existance.

TO SUM IT UP
Whether I am wrong or right - I lose nothing. (but I am right)
IF you are wrong- You go to Hell for eternity.

If this was poker, I'd say my hand was much better than yours. Think about it.

Answer 8

I have actually thought about this, and at one time went through a period when I thought you might be right. I'll tell you two ways: one is that if there were no loving and merciful God who promises us an afterlife that is better than this one,,, I would commit suicide immediately. This world kind of sucks. If this is all there is,,, stupidity, emptiness, and fool's gold, then why bother.. just od on something. But if there is a mercifully Loving God who is working all things for good, and promises that if we have patience in this life and share and love each other and then there is a heaven that is bliss with this loving Creator and all our loved ones,,, then I can go through this one to get to that one.

Answer 9

Psalm 14
For the director of music. Of David.
1 The fool [a] says in his heart,
"There is no God."
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there is no one who does good.
2 The LORD looks down from heaven
on the sons of men
to see if there are any who understand,
any who seek God.

3 All have turned aside,
they have together become corrupt;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.

4 Will evildoers never learn—
those who devour my people as men eat bread
and who do not call on the LORD ?

5 There they are, overwhelmed with dread,
for God is present in the company of the righteous.

6 You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
but the LORD is their refuge.

7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

Answer 10

If they choose to follow a belief that makes them happy and doesn't detract from their lives, how is that losing something? I could see if someone made all kinds of insane sacrifices to follow a religion - it would suck to find out it was all a hoax. But if they are using religion as a way to understand the world (which no one truly has all the answers to be able to "understand" the world) and that enriches their lives, then how could it be a big loss in the end? I'd imagine it would be a big disappointment, but won't we all have quite a few of those in the end!

Answer 11

You have said one truth. God is good. He is good by being just and holy. If a parent let their child run about causing all sorts of havoc and grow up without discipline, would that be good parenting? No. So God is good by punishing those who do wrong and terrible things. Logically you cannot equate "being yourself" with being good. Using that paradigm then isn't a serial killer, bank robber, adulterous spouse just "being themselves"? Sure they are and there are negative consequences for their actions.

Who can call themselves "good"? I think by society's standards an individual who only does one "bad" thing a week would be a "good" person. That's a fair and conservative assessment that we could agree on. Well according to that equation that individual by the age of thirty would have done 1560 "bad" acts. Well that's a significant number now. What can be done to absolve that? 1560 "good" acts? Well that's just breaking even, would doubling it to 3120 work? How much good would have to be done? Wouldn't it wonderful if the person you owe the debt to provide a way for absolution and forgiveness?