I just want to get an estimate of how many of each there are in this category. So to answer just state your status. YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED (by me anyway) EITHER WAY. P.S.. why do people who do not believe in God, get offended by the term "Non-believer" BTW I do use the word Unbeleiver, if thats any better.
2006-09-08 09:47:19 · 49 answers · asked by sammyw1024 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can call me what you want but I went from being an Ordained Minister...To a Non Believer
2006-09-08 09:49:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Believer
2006-09-08 09:51:21 · answer #2 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non-believer
2006-09-08 10:00:12 · answer #3 · answered by Girlshapedlovedrug 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Non-believer
2006-09-08 09:57:17 · answer #4 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Non-believer
2006-09-08 09:54:30 · answer #5 · answered by Leif B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The terms, 'non-believer' and 'unbeliever', suggest a bias and oversimplification in religous faith and beliefs; it's often assumed that it means not believing in one's own perception of god. There are so many different beliefs and concepts that the simple categorization fails and doesn't serve us well. For example, some people believe in God but not in a personal, theistic God (instead, as an impersonal, substratum of existence). Others believe in God as being the unity of all things. The list goes on and on and on. I know many zen buddhists who are deeply spiritual and deeply religious but who may be characterized as atheists; however, they're not 'nonbelievers' in terms of not believing in the enlightenment experience (which can be described as an experience of 'god'). They believe in the mystery of existence and life. Karen Armstrong (religious/spritual writer) is deeply religious but views the afterlife as a red herring. So -- what do we mean by believers and non-believers? To fundamentalist Muslims, most fundamentalist Christians would be perceived as non-believers (because they don't subscribe to their concepts of God). That's the key -- the CONCEPTS that we have.
2006-09-08 10:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a believer. Anyway I asked the PS question to a friend of mine. He's a non-believer. He said that its not that they are offended by people asking, they just don't like the predjudices that are often attached to the question. People judge. Its normal isn't it? Its one of the things that separates us from the other beings on this planet.
2006-09-08 10:07:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a non-believer. I believe I was created. I believe there was a creator. I have no clue beyond that.
People are offended by the term "non-believer" because it is offensive. It is exclusionary. It accuses the person of missing something the "believer" has.
None of us or all of us are special to the creator.
2006-09-08 09:50:53 · answer #8 · answered by Tom M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont believe in God but, I do believe everything happens for a reason and to learn from regrets in order to move on in life.
2006-09-08 09:53:54 · answer #9 · answered by Sweeble 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Believer, but not christianity. I believe in a God and Goddess. Mother and Father. I believe in the Earth and all it has to offer.
2006-09-08 09:52:52 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
atheist
and as far as your "non-believer" question, I imagine many atheists get offended because non-believer implies that they just don't believe your version of the truth, and so therefore, they are somehow wrong...where as, an atheist would simply say that there is no god IS the truth. Its a subtle difference and I personally couldn't care less how a fundie moron wants to label me.
2006-09-08 09:50:53 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋