Why people who claim they do not believe in God are so willing to chat about this ?

Question

I mean don't they prove, in this way, that they actually care ?!

To Bill K : Welcome to the club !

The knowledge of good and evil indeed was death, that means we did not see anymore with the perfect eyes that God has given us, but we prefered to make our own choice and decide OURSELVES what is good or bad. Remember, eveything is relative, it depends where you are standing.

Sorry, my friend, this is the way I see.

P.S. : What many atheists & believers also do not understand, is that the Bible is to be read with your heart, not with your mind. Try that one day.

P.P.S. : Death indeed come to Adam the day he ate the fruit. It was that very moment when his eyes were opened and he acknowledged that he is naked. From that moment his body lost the immortality.

Answer 1

I wonder too. I think they must sense that something is missing. Otherwise they wouldn't care.

Answer 2

We chat about the god myth with the same interest we might chat about the myth of the Greek or Roman gods. In a way, we find it more interesting due to the fact that there are living people who believe in a god, whereas with ancient mythology, the believers are all dead.

I would like to discuss belief systems with someone who believes that the universe was created by a god in some masturbatory frenzy (Egyptian) but no one exists, so I'm left with discussing the creation of the universe by some unknown entity because he was just lonely and bored with someone who believes in him. It's not that I'm searching for any great truth. It's just something right up there with discussing the possibility of a Stargate if we ever truly conquer quantum physics.

But along with finding it interesting, we find it exasperating because people dictate the direction of society based on these myths, so we try to figure out WHY people believe in a god and why they try to force those beliefs on others in the absence of any proof that a god exists. Not to mention that most, if not all, of these espoused beliefs are not in keeping with the alleged documentation (scriptures) and everyday actions of the alleged believers (hypocrisy).

It's fascinating and mind-boggling at the same time. In fact, as far as Christianity goes, I am a better "christian" than the bible thumpers in the way I conduct myself in daily life. You can't tell me that your alleged god is going to choose you over me in the end even if I'm wrong. That fact that you KNOW how you're supposed to behave, and didn't, would count so much more against you than my better behavior without belief, if what I have learned about god is true.

The intrigue is difficult to ignore when it is forced upon the few sane people every day.

Answer 3

I don't believe in God, I prefer to put my faith in other things, like science.

That's why I enjoy talking about faith with people, because whether you have faith in God or in science, it's still faith of some variety. And it's faith that gives us hope. I believe that one day we'll understand the universe and how it was created, whereas religious people believe that God is responsible for everything.

There's a book called "Memnoch the Devil" by Anne Rice, that supposes that the universe was created by a non interventionist God, one who created the spark of life and then turned his back. This is kind of a bridge between God and science, in that God was responsible for the initial creation but everything else afterwards was what has been documented by science, namely evolution, extinction, etc...

Answer 4

Simple...the questions appear on the FRONT page. This isn't a private forum for those who believe in god...its a public page, the main purpose of which is to get answers from many walks of life.

Personally, I answer questions, regardless of which category, in order to share my knowledge. As an atheist who's read the bible, as well as other holy books, I've found that most people who adhere to it only take in the parts they want. For example, one of my favorite ways to invalidate the bible (using the bible to do so) is that in the tale of Adam and Eve, god speaks to not only other gods (elohim is a plural word, bastardized by both the hebrews and christians, which means brethern or pantheon), but he also directly lies to adam, telling him he will die on the day he eats the fruit of the tree of knowledge...nevermind the tree of life! The serpent refutes this saying, "no, you won't die, but become like gods yourselves with the knowledge of good and evil". Satan told the truth, and you people still blindly follow the yahweh figure. Christians ignore the parts they don't like, such as where it says its ok to sell ones daughter to slavery, stone a disobedient child, hell...in the new testament, it says that nature abhors a long haired man, then they portray their savior as LONG HAIRED...

We're not "searching for answers" or "insecure"...we're trying to share the truth.

EDIT: I believe that you misunderstand both the scripture AND what I said. Death was assured to them before eating the fruit. According to the bible, god cast them out before they could eat from The Tree of Eternal Life. Using the bible against itself, that would imply that yahweh god hid the truth of death from Adam, by claiming it would happen ON THE DAY HE ATE THE FRUIT...not 900 years later.

Answer 5

Because it is still an interesting subject, regardless of one's beliefs. Challenging the status quo, pressing the boundaries of one's understanding, reassessing one's log-held beliefs and attitudes, all are a healthy and meaningful way to spend time online. It's a lot more meaningful than joining a chat room dedicatet to Leonardo diCaprio's eyebrow, isn't it?

Answer 6

We like to talk about it, because we are having the issue thrust down our throats everywhere we go. There are wars going on that are based upon religious differences, religious groups protesting soldiers funerals and many other people spewing that their religion is the one true way, so why shouldn't we voice our opinions? We are forced to listen to your views, you can open up your minds and hear another viewpoint, that is what makes us different from the animals, the ability to reason.

Answer 7

I just hate to see people go through their whole life without fully examining what it means to be alive based upon a silly superstition.

I like to challenge ideas every chance I get. If your ideas can't withstand this scrutiny, then is it worth keeping?

Answer 8

You don't have to believe in God to have care.
All people are searching and walking their path the best they can, and feel the need to confront in order to understand.

Answer 9

I wonder the same thing. I do believe in God and I find it to be very offensive when the non-believers try to badmouth Christianity. I think that they just like to make Christians defend themselves and it is very frustrating. There is nothing that anyone can say that will discourage my beliefs.
(PS .....and I do not shove my beliefs down anyone's throat)

Answer 10

It's just fun to challenge your fairy tales. If someone you knew really really believed in leprachauns wouldn't you try to show them they were delusional?

Answer 11

no matter what you believe, every human has a spiritual hunger... u must address this hunger because it comes naturally... sometimes people try to nurse this hunger unconciously. but God talks about spiritual hunger and how He satisfies it. Others find relief in bashing God and His word because it does refresh them for a short time. but it is a fuel for hate , death, etc. it is really rather sad... sometimes it runs in the family, its heretitary it almost seems sometimes, but there are always the black sheep in some situations