... or is it just kinda fun to watch those who are not solid on their beliefs squirm under interrogation?
If I was not Christian, I'd probably be Buddist but I've seen too much to become an atheist again - so I'm just interested if your zeal has managed to talk someone around.
2006-08-27 21:37:08 · 10 answers · asked by Tish-a-licious 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you actually succeed in converting anyone by just talking to them, they're just substituting one authority for another. (they're switching from believing the authority of their old belief to the authority of their new belief, you).
Besides, anyone who converts to anything because of "pithy banter" wasn't very comitted to begin with.
People who step away from all religions do so after finding them, examining them, studying them, and coming to the conclusion _on their own_ that they are supserstitions like the greek gods.
The way I see it, by definition atheism can't be "believed in" through another, because then you're just believing the person who convinced you without having exposed yourself to what's out there. That would be simply substituting one belief for another, not examining the alternatives and coming to a conclusion.
2006-08-27 21:54:56 · answer #1 · answered by 006 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was always a monotheist so that is why I think Swedenborg's theology appeals to me. The plurality in the Bible is actually the two things that God has in a marriage - the Good and the Truth. This marriage of Good and Truth also creates a resultant action on the created universe. So the trinity is actually one God. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit being like the soul, the body and the works in a single person.
2006-08-27 21:52:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
By far the most 'zealot' atheists I've met were once Christians. I find myself arguing with them in support of Christianity and I'm not even Christian!
Also, Buddhists are technically atheists. They do not believe in God, but I realize most people use the word atheists to mean without any religion.
2006-08-27 21:48:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If a committed Christian becomes an atheist, he must not have been very committed. Devout Christians have been known to have crises' of faith or what they call dry spells, but those times usually work for the good of the faithful by deepening their faith and giving them a greater appreciation of it.
2006-08-27 21:45:15 · answer #4 · answered by Robert L 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't want anyone to convert to Atheism. It is not a view that we need to convert people too.
I have helped one Christian here become a Deist. I think it fit her personality much better than being an Atheist or Christian.
2006-08-27 21:44:40 · answer #5 · answered by upallnite 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I came home one day from school and found a whole heap of books of Mormon and other stuff like that, in the gutter outside my house.... Dad told me they had just left....a little disillusioned....
2006-08-27 21:43:52 · answer #6 · answered by tui 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! I have assisted with reverting Christians back to atheism (as they were born). They are glad that I did.
2006-08-27 21:43:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no pithy banter, just observable emperical facts
2006-08-27 21:42:26 · answer #8 · answered by Mac Momma 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dude, why keep changing mind? this prove you're not loyal:) j/j well if you would come back to Buddha again he'll probably accept you and you're be my sis or bro welcome back.
2006-08-27 21:43:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was a christian. i "asked christ into my heart" on numerous occasions. what a load of S H I T
2006-08-27 21:42:41 · answer #10 · answered by funaholic 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋