2006-09-23 05:31:35 · 11 answers · asked by carl 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Doesn't this betray a kind of doubt that paradise is good?
2006-09-23 05:32:41 · update #1
They do not believe in God. But many still blame God when things go wrong.
2006-09-23 05:33:25 · answer #1 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Paradise has different meaning to different people. To me it is just a term for a very beautiful location or being at a really good point in my life. My personal beliefs do not have anything to do with it.
2006-09-23 12:40:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians don't have a patent on "paradise". It has several meanings.
The abode of righteous souls after death; heaven.
An intermediate resting place for righteous souls awaiting the Resurrection.
A place of ideal beauty or loveliness.
A state of delight.
The last two meanings are ours. Why do Christians still refer to "logical" when common sense is involved?
2006-09-23 12:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with goldwing. Paradise is an idea/word.
Maybe they are saying paradise!! (def: a place of extreme beauty, delight, or happiness. )
Plua, you can't clump all atheists together. Everyone is different and say different things and mean different things!
2006-09-23 12:39:19 · answer #4 · answered by kermit 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good Grief! Are you stating that religious now have exclusivity to the word, Paradise? Hmmmmm.. I learn something new everyday. Good luck.
2006-09-23 12:35:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Common idiom in our culture's language. People also say the 'devil is in the details' (they don't mean the real devil). Or scientists such as Einstein used terms such as 'God doesn't play dice' to reflect his displeasure with quantum physics. He didn't mean that there's a god that plays dice (or that god as a deity is real); what he meant is that the implications from quantum physics that we can't accurately predict anything (only give probabilities) can't be real (he was proven wrong, btw).
2006-09-23 12:37:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
While it can, the word paradise doesn't necessarily refer to anything religious.
2006-09-23 12:33:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
'Paradise' = 'a world without asinine questions'.
2006-09-23 12:37:20 · answer #8 · answered by XYZ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I also say "oh my god" and "what the hell." It's a habit, not an expression of belief.
2006-09-23 12:38:43 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
weird for judgement against atheist. AH, trick question!!!!!
2006-09-23 12:37:21 · answer #10 · answered by Stephanie D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋