2006-09-22 01:46:17 · 11 answers · asked by andham2000 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I didn't say I don't believe in him, I was just resurecting a phliosophical agrgument.
2006-09-22 02:14:16 · update #1
THis is an interesting question which all of us ask at sum pt of time or the other. If one looksat it, the concept of a GOD clearly has the following riders to it, viz:-
1. God is everywhere
2. God made everything
3. God knows everything
4. God is good and rewards good deeds while those who sin against him will pay for it till they atone for their sins.
Keeping this in mind we can safely assume that since God was always there, he wasnt actually born.
Since He wasnt actually born,, therefor He has no beginning, and therefore no end!
Therefore God can never be dead as He was never born
2006-09-22 02:01:18 · answer #1 · answered by mediumgunner 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's so sad that some people actually think so....I hope you don't! Look around you...look for beauty in this world...Love, friendship, flowers, beautiful animals, people who help others, etc....and it's all from God...
The ugliness that we see, ( wars, murders, violence, etc) is from the lack of love, that God instructed us to show to others. We are living in this ugly mess, all because of disobedience to God; we can't blame God for us wondering where He is....humankind created these conditions...
Surround your own world with the beautiful things God gave us, pray for those who destroy everything, to turn to God, and have hope that someday, God will win over Evil, and those who are faithful, will have life, and the world, just as God intended it to be.!
2006-09-22 01:57:07 · answer #2 · answered by JoJoCieCie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You obviously do not believe in Him or you dont' have a relationship with Him. It is people who turn their backs on God, not the other way around. God is a gentleman and He will step aside if you want to go at life with out Him. He will not force Himself on anyone.
2006-09-22 01:53:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, however, German poet and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is most famous for making the statement "God is dead" in the Nineteenth Century. Nietzsche, influenced by both Greek philosophy and the theory of evolution, wrote, "God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we, murderers of all murderers, console ourselves? . . . Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we not ourselves become gods simply to be worthy of it?" (Nietzsche, The Gay Science, §125).
Nietzsche's purpose was to abolish "traditional" morality-Christianity, in particular-because, in his mind, it represented an attempt of self-serving religious leaders to control the weak and unthinking masses. Nietzsche believed that the "idea" of God was no longer necessary; in fact, God was irrelevant because man was evolving to a place where he could create a deeper and more satisfying "master morality" of his own.
Nietzsche's “God is dead” philosophy has been used to advance the theories of existentialism, nihilism, and socialism. Radical theologians such as Thomas J. J. Altizer and Paul van Buren advocated the "God is dead" idea in the 1960s and 1970s.
The belief that God is dead and religion is irrelevant naturally leads to the following ideas:
1) If God is dead, there are no moral absolutes and no universal standard to which all men should conform.
2) If God is dead, there is no purpose or rational order in life.
3) If God is dead, any design seen in the universe is projected by men who are desperate to find meaning in life.
4) If God is dead, man is independent and totally free to create his own values.
5) If God is dead, the "real" world (as opposed to a heaven and hell) is man's only concern.
The idea that "God is dead" is primarily a challenge to God's authority over our lives. The notion that we can safely create our own rules was the lie that the serpent told Eve: "ye shall be as gods" (Genesis 3:5). Peter warns us that "there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction" (2 Peter 2:1).
The "God is dead" argument is usually presented as a rational, empowering philosophy for artists and intellectuals. But scripture calls it foolish. "The fool hath said in his heart, 'There is no God'" (Psalm 14:1). Ironically, those who hold to the “God is dead” philosophy will discover the fatal error in the philosophy when they themselves are dead.
http://www.gotquestions.org/is-God-dead.html
God's Not Dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_OTz-lpDjw
2015-08-18 03:39:58 · answer #4 · answered by The Lightning Strikes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, GOD is alive and well in spite of all the people who want to try and kill HIM. there will always be some who will not believe in any form of belief system and there will always be those who will always believe in a belief system. each have the free will and freedom to choose for themselves which path they will follow.
2006-09-22 01:52:24 · answer #5 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is alive and well - living in me (His Holy Spirit)
The Bible says - If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Saved from what? - God's wrath on sin. We need to ask God's forgiveness and He will save us from our sin and ourselves.
2006-09-22 01:54:07 · answer #6 · answered by jworks79604 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Friedrich Nietzsche thought so but, even his arguments confirmed God is still alive and well.
Friedrich Nietzsche is dead though!
2006-09-22 01:52:55 · answer #7 · answered by Juble 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ROFLMAO
best joke God has heard today!
2006-09-22 07:27:55 · answer #8 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, God is alive!!!
2006-09-22 01:56:43 · answer #9 · answered by SCHSFAN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is ALIVE !!!
2006-09-22 01:53:21 · answer #10 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋