....or have a religion so you will be saved." I see these type of questions often, but how can an atheist "believe" in god or follow a religion if they truly don't believe in any such thing? Especially if they were brought up in say a Catholic or Christian family, and come to the conclusion in their own sense that there is no god? What is the point in lying to give people who believe the satisfaction of knowing that their numbers are growing with lies and deception?
2006-09-21 05:08:17 · 19 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
poiseneva: I am an atheist, you took everything completely out of context, try reading it a little closer next time.
2006-09-21 05:13:41 · update #1
J.P.: Oh I know, I know.
2006-09-21 05:14:51 · update #2
I think some Christians care more about conformity and not being confronted with different ideas than actual sincerity of belief. It shows in statements like that, most definitely.
I read a conservative Evangelical piece that advised agnostics to "live as if there is a God." The idea is that if they act like Christians, eventually they'll believe like Christians. It really dismayed me, because it really told people to conform rather than believe.
2006-09-21 05:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Exactly, they're basically saying to pick the religion with the scariest after life "just in case". Well, then I'd better be pastafarian. I don't mind the heat, but I hate the cold, and pastafarianist hell is antartica, where you become transformed into a penguin, the cursed people.
2006-09-21 12:15:28 · answer #2 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Clearly some people aren't regulars and don't know you yet. It would be a totally empty commitment on the part of an atheist to say "Okay, fine I believe." when they know full and well they don't. It's a delusion of the mind. I always ask them "Why not believe in Allah so you don't go hell?" or "Why not try and live to enlighten yourself so you can reach nirvana?" Of course, they're very self-centered so they don't think that way.
2006-09-21 12:14:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
How is it I cant know God dosent exist? Do you believe Santa Claus exists? Has it ever been proven to you that he dosent live in the North Pole? No. But yet I am pretty sure you dont believe in Santa. Even though most of us grew up beliving in him.
I know Santa dosent exist. How? Its illogical. Even though there have been stories and books about him for many many years. Just because there are books and stories dosent prove he exists. There is no other proof.
I know God dosent exist. For the same reasons I know Santa Claus dosent. Even though there are books and stories about him dosent prove he exists.
Show me PROOF, real tangible evidence that he exists. No quotes from Bible passages. Real proof. Something I can hold in my hand or see with my own eyes that prove he is real.
You cant. There is nothing. Try to find it. Show it to me, and I will believe.
2006-09-21 12:31:55 · answer #4 · answered by wilchy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They do that because most of them *believed* more as a *Just In Case* thing, rather than actually believing. Most of the one's I have known personally have claimed, "I believe so that I don't end up in hell" IMO, that's a rather pathetic reason to believe in something, just because someone threatened hell. I wonder if they realize that the idea of a fiery, eternal "hell" actually came from the Pagan cultures of those times? And yet, Pagans don't believe in that sort of thing today.
2006-09-21 12:13:44 · answer #5 · answered by NightShade 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A sincere enquiring atheist is 1000s times better than a blind follower with no need to enquire into the truth.
Blind following without questioning gives birth to Talibaans..not humans
2006-09-21 12:19:33 · answer #6 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The question answers itself realy. How can you believe in heaven and hell if you are an aetheist? The point of heaven and hell is to save your soul. You may not believe you have a soul so what is the point. Heaven and hell are realy our lives on earth and how we live them. whetever you do or dont believe in, the best recommendation is to lead an honest and decent life, treating others as you would be treated yourself, and then you have nothing to fear in this life, the next life, heaven or hell or whatever you choose to believe in.
2006-09-21 12:15:06 · answer #7 · answered by angeldust 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It all comes down to money. Churches are the biggest scam in the world. And they're not satisfied with the ones they already have, They encourage their members to go out & recruit others & reproduce so that the cash keeps rolling in.
2006-09-21 12:15:09 · answer #8 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For some, Christianity has sunk to nothing more than Pascal's risk-management theory. They don't believe themselves but treat their afterlife like stock-market speculation.
It's pathetic. They could at least be honest with themselves.
2006-09-21 12:10:40 · answer #9 · answered by XYZ 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It's so sad to see the proof that not all atheists bother reading things before discussing them.
So many answers already that show they didn't bother reading your detail. Ugh. The initial " should have been a dead giveaway.
2006-09-21 12:13:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋