For the non believers, I want to know.....?

Question

Do you ever give thanks for the good things that happen in your life? What do you chalk them up to? Luck? Random chaos working in your favor? Do you really appreciate and or give thought to the good things in your life or why they might be happening? Are you just keeping a running score card of all the bad? Who do you blame for it first? Yourself? Your luck running out? God?
Chime in folks and please no name calling or other immature behavior, this is a serious question.

KC I never said non believers couldn't appreciate the good things in life, I'm just wondering about mindset and attitude, trying to get the dialogue flowing without people getting angry.

Suggir bear, Wow I didn't realise you were privy to my deepest thoughts in so far as my beliefs? No personal attacks please

The real zip, yup loud and clear you're overly defensive for no reason, it's just a question, I asked for opinions folks not personal attacks.

Mark, Just trying to give people a forum for their thoughts independant of the rest of the name calling that's going on around here, why is everyone so angry and defensive about this, c'mon I asked all the non believers to share and people can't turn off the hate for an honest discussion even a minute?

Trista I never accused non belevers of blaming God for their problems I simply asked them who tey blamed

Answer 1

What I have is due to hard work, and if I screw up it's my own fault

Answer 2

First off we live in a man made system and in that system you can climb up the ladder all the way to the top but at the same time it is impossible for all of us to climb to the top. In this system their must be some that succeed greatly, moderately and miserably. Life it self is not always a blessing you may not be able to climb this ladder so you are left behind even though you try very hard and have full faith you are stuck at the bottom. I blame the system we were born into, for I did not create the system and do not desire to abide by the system, for the system is a failure. I believe that what ever you have to work with should not be ridiculed by other, that your happiness in life is life, misfortune only happens in the man made system in which you are born into. Think in the man made system you must earn your meal in the natural system it was there for the taken. So blame surly rest on the system man made system because we are not all smart enough to understand the system, in the system one mistake can change your life for the better or worst.

Answer 3

I try to do good things and do right by other people and I believe that this will come back to me. We have to lead by example. When good things happen in my life I feel it's due to hard work and maybe a little luck too. When bad things happen you usually know what or who was responsible whether it be your actions or someone elses, and yes I may blame myself or another person, but I try not to let it go on for too long, hatred and wallowing in self pity won't get you anywhere. Good and bad things will happen to everyone, it's a fact of life. But how we react is our decision, and our reactions can make things much worse or much better.

Answer 4

First of all, Christianity needs to drop the term non-believer, unless referring to atheists. If you want to talk to Agnostics, say Agnostics. Not a pretty term, but better than infidel or nonbeliever.

Second of all, I chalk up my good fortune to the good deeds I do for others on a daily basis, and my gods rewarding me for a job well done. I chalk up my bad luck as needed to learn some kind of lesson here on earth amongst people of other faiths, beliefs, and morals.

So far, one of the biggest things I've learned is that we need to stop insulting each other. So please drop the damn non-believer speech every time someone doesn't believe in your god, or in any god for that matter. It makes things worse for that person, and just gets them more irritated towards your religion when every two seconds he sees a CHRISTIAN faith topic.

Answer 5

I thank myself for all good things that happen because they are usually a direct result of something I have done. Also when bad things happen like mistakes...again I blame myself. As far as something out of control like winning the lotto or something..well thats all random chance. It just happens. If my entire family died in a fire..I wouldn't blame god...I wouldnt blame the devil..I would blame the fire and my family for not getting out of the house. Simple as that. "The Day I knew I was god is when I was praying and I realized I was talking to myself"

Answer 6

For starters: every opportunity you will get in life is based on the pure luck of where you are born. People in the western world are bound to get more opportunities in life than let's say people who are born in Congo, Ethiopia or even parts of Eastern Europe.

Where you are born is the luck-part. After that it's up to you. I never thank a Higher Power for my 'good things', because that would be arogant. It's arogant to assume that some God gave me good luck and the people in Congo bad luck. Why would I have more right on good things than any person born in Ethiopia?

They work probably harder than I do, they probably even put more effort in happyness than I do, yet in my life happen merely good things.

So, two options:
1. God exists. Then it would be arogant to assume that He gave me wealth and opportunities, and somebody in Congo just hunger and starvation.
2. God doesn't exist. Then it would be arogant to assume that I did deserve all my wealth and opportunities all by myself.

Conclusion: whether God exists or not, it's all based on luck.

So, why did you address this question only to non-believers?

Answer 7

Your contradicting yourself, you say people are wrong for blaming "God" every time something goes wrong in their life, but you also say that people should believe that the good that happens to them is because of God. Why do you believe that? That the good things only happen because of God, but that bad things should not be blamed on him. It really doesn't not make any since to me.


I choose not to believe in God, until the day I see him face to face I can not believe in him. Its the same as believing in mermaids, unicorns and sea monsters. People have claimed seeing them, but lack any proof. For this reason I am an agonstic.

"You can not truly believe in your religion until you can understand others"

Answer 8

if you refer to christianity, then i am an non-believer. no religion can get it right. theres something bigger than us out there and we're flattering ourselves if we think we can figure it out. I appreciate nature very much, I believe in respecting those that respect me, I believe in trying to be nice.

as far as the blame thing goes, we all do wrong, and going to church, talking to a priest surely isnt going to fix anything. it will only give a false re-assurance. this is why weak people love religions. they can bathe with others in hippocrisy. I try to be a good person, and i put the blame where it belongs, to myself. its my fault if i do something I have to take it like a man and own up to it. I'm not going to be a coward and say the devil made me do it. nonsense!

Answer 9

Most good things that happen in anybody's life is because of hard work on your part. It has absolutely nothing to do with God. And the bad things are generally because YOU screwed up, not because God was mad at you.God doesn't care what happens to you one way or the other, he is too busy with big things like starving children, and tsunami survivors.

Answer 10

Free-thinker, I call myself. With no attachment to any particular religion, but believing that religion is necessary (only when you practised the values preached) and that there is an all-seeing/knowing God above us. Believed that all religions want us to be good and for myself, the guiding principles/values are from all the known religions. For a start:
1. free your heart from hatred
2. free your mind from worries
3. live simply
4. give more
5. expect less

Answer 11

Just because people don't believe in a certain thing doesn't believe they don't appreciate the pleasures in life. I attribute them to life itself and yes, I do appreciate those things and I appreciate every day I'm here.

As far as blame, there is no blame unless it's something I've brought upon myself.