Why would a person who asks a question for atheists choose a Christan's answer as the best?

Question

What makes you think a Christan can speak for us? Don't ask us a question if you won't even listen to the answer with an open mind.

A person asked why former Christians were atheists. This is the answer chosen as best.

I believe that if that happens, those people were never true believers. They may have professed to be, and talked the talk, but something was missing and it made them vulnerable. once His spirit is within us, it continues to work in us and live in us. if a true christian were to become athiest, then they would feel a constant presence of the holy spirit. but they may deny it and choose to be blind to the truth. maybe they were hurt or something, and turned their backs on God. but either they were never true christians and became athiest, or they became athiest and are denying the presence of the holy spirt within them.

As an atheist, I am saying that the answer above is a total crock, and the reason that we don't believe is because we are rational.

Lexicon, I have chosen Christians answers as best. Please check my record before calling me names.

Lexicon, I have chosen Christians answers as best. Please check my record before calling me names.

Unicorn, you are right, I do not speak for all atheists. I should have said I am rational, not we are rational.

Answer 1

Sheesh, the level of intolerence in some of these replies!

First off, I don't think you're a "stupid hypocrite" as one answerer implied. That person makes their own religion look bad by their horrible behavior and judgemental attitude. WWJD? Call others names apparently. (Seriously Lex, calling ALL atheists stupid just makes you look prejudiced and uneducated. Just as bad as when someone calls ALL christians something negative.)

I think that people will often pose a 'question' which is actually just a thinly veiled attempt at getting their own opinions validated. It's silly and a waste of points and I have no idea why they do it. It's also a way of making a jabbing remark about someones beliefs in their "question"

Answer 2

there's a huge difference between insulting someone and contending for the religion. genuine Believers could coach love, yet mutually, exercising the finished authority given by technique of Christ. there'll continuously be rivalry between believers and non-believers, not purely in Y!A, yet in authentic existence. If a dialogue board motives you to tuck tail and run finished blast contained in the alternative route, how do you artwork that you will have the capacity to undergo to the end with the intention to receive the crown of existence in authentic existence? do not supply up your internet ministry basically because you are able to't make all of us believe the way you do. it is not your interest besides. you're basically to plant the seed, that's God's interest to make it improve. Many so-pronounced as Christians fish making use of the incorrect bait. The note nevertheless stands genuine in the present day: A tree will be nicely-known by technique of that's fruit. You, also, have the finished authority of Christ to rebuke brothers and sisters at the same time as they practice something it is not in accordance with the teachings and innovations of Christ.

Answer 3

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Whoops! Thought that was Leonard Cohen up there with the everybody knows that Christianity is the way to go bit. Sorry.

Strange to say but the numbers do not support that. The largest growing faith in the world right now is Islam. I am not beating the drum for that, but seems that Christianity is losing out on the numbers of converts.

Me? I am pope of my own church and I neither seek nor accept converts. You go get your own church, thank you. I can hang out with atheists a lot easier than with most.

Remember what Wm Burroughs said: "Son, stay out of churches; they ain't got the key to nothin' but the sh!thouse. And never wear a lawman's badge." Seems like sage advice to me.

Answer 4

In all fairness, I do the same thing. I ask questions of Christians and then almost always end up picking the atheist/agnostic answer because the answers the Christians here provide are so pathetically stupid or are simply regurgitations of apologetic claptrap I've heard and debunked 1000 times.

I've only awarded knowledgable Christians once or twice with best answer. I would like to do it more often if only they would post intelligent responses. It disgusts me that an atheist (me) has more knowledge of their damned book than 95% of them. Sometimes I feel like I should be leading a Bible study.

Answer 5

Everyone needs something to believe in even if it's not to choose. The times when religion is necessary is to explain that there are possibilities of higher forms of life to those who would not understand logic so they are taught with emotions. Atheism should not be defined as a cult or alternative religion. At some point I think a person needs to be a realist. It is not your job to convert those who choose not to listen. They should separate spiritual and religious in different categories or form a new one.

Answer 6

I wonder if you have ever given Jesus a chance. I wonder why you chose to be an atheist. I know why I chose to be a Christian. I know it was not forced on me at a young age. I am glad for that, even though I made many mistakes in my life. But we all make mistakes. If you are really happy in your life, you will be happier. If your life is miserable, it can be fixed. Just give Jesus a chance. Ask him into your heart to guide you. What do you have to lose? God can open up your spiritual eyes so big that you won't believe what you see. My little sister was never baptized as a child, we grew up Catholic. Because of this, other Catholics told her that she was going to hell and scared her so bad when she was just a child. I think that sucks. Especially because now she feels like she hates Christians.

Answer 7

Because they are looking for an answer from someone in their faith to reinforce their beliefs.

That Lexicon up there is the hypocrite, I choose christians answers as well as atheists. I am an athiest.

Answer 8

Christians post questions TO Atheists but what they are really looking for, in general, is for other Christians to verify and justify their own feelings. They are not (again, in general) looking for honest truths, truths that can be verified and logically thought through, they are looking for someone to tell them they are right and that can only come from another Christian.

Don't worry about it... we know we look at all sides and we know they are not capable of that. They are only interested in knowing what fits into their little Christian box.

To Manofthehour, and all other Christians who say "deep down [Atheists] know there's a god and that we're right..." you are so incredibly presumptuous. If there IS a god, HE is the only one that knows down deep what I feel and what I believe. I could just as easily say that "down deep, Christians know there is no god, but they choose to believe because they are too weak to NOT believe... it takes hard work and lots of thought to NOT believe." But see, I don't say that to people because I respect your right to believe as you see fit for YOUR life. Please do me the same courtesy.

Answer 9

the person is clearly single minded everybody should just do there own thing if you truely believe that being an athesit or a christian is the right thing for you well go head anything that makes you happy. But dont get pissed off when people dont believe the same way you do. DONT REJECT THE UNFAMILIAR OR SOME THING THAT SCARES YOU JUST CAUSE ITS DIFFERENT!

Answer 10

What makes you think you speak for all atheist? Do they have to conform to your views?