But they ignor the biblical definition of hating God. To deny He exists is the same as hating Him. Whats so difficult to understand? I thought you atheists were so erudite about such things.
2006-09-26 12:17:46 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is going to be very rude, but why should we care what the atheists say. As Christians all we can do is plant the seed, where it grows is where it will grow. If by chance one atheist hears the word and the seed is planted then we have done our job. All this I hate, I don't hate stuff is getting really old. This is not what God wants us to do, we are suppose to be Christ like.
Remember, we are not here to judge, only God will do that. If we love God like we say we do then we have no worries. That should not stop us from praying for people, Christians and non-Christians. I know in my heart I will pray that the good word will be planted.
2006-09-26 14:51:49 · answer #1 · answered by morris 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well if your posting this question apparently your not entirely erudite about atheists. Most atheists have never read the bible. So how would we know a biblical definition? Just because someone does not agree with or believe in something does not mean we hate it. In your eyes we do hate god. But in our eyes we simply do not believe.
2006-09-27 12:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't care how big a fool you look, do you? Hating simply is not the same as denying, and that's the end of it. You can hardly be surprised that atheists like me ignore the biblical definition of hating god if a) the definition is so loose as to be useless and b) we deny the usefulness of the bible as a source of refernce in any case. So no, we don't hate god because he doesn't exist; which is to deny him, not hate him. Fool.
2006-09-26 12:53:25 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am no atheist but if I were, I would feel free to ignore the biblical definition of hating God, just as I would ignore the wickan definition of what a tree is.
To saddle atheists with "hating" God using your definition and not theirs is meaningless. They obviously agree that by your definition they are hating god, and by their own they are not.
Most english speakers have a specific meaning when they use the word hate, and it isn't the meaning you are using in the phrase "hate god"
I am a believing, practicing, Christian and I don't see any point in playing word games like this. It doesn't not impress those who know not God, and it doesn't accomplish anything.
You know what they mean by hate. Now they know another definition. Fine.
2006-09-26 12:24:00 · answer #4 · answered by enginerd 6 · 11⤊ 0⤋
An athiest is not bound by the same laws of God that you believe in. What you have stated is exactly why religious folk can not accept those who do not believe the same way. You are taught that those who do not believe, those who choose to believe that the bible is rubbish, are bad, are wrong, are whatever. Just because it is in your bible does not make it truth. It is only the truth to you because you have choosen to believe it.
An athiest can and usually will respect your beliefs and your right to believe them but religious folk are taught NOT to respect those who do not believe.
Christians, or whomever, NEED to realize that those of us who do not believe in God or gods, are not bound by the same rules as those who do. Religion is a belief system that you choose to believe and trust is correct. Just accept that not everyone buys into an outdated, unproven collection of stories because someone like yourself tells him it is true.
NOT to mention there are literally thousands of religions before Christianity was even concieved, and hundreds more after. And every one of them believes they are the one true religion. You can't all be right, but you have the right to choose what helps you thru the day and gives you feelings of importance in the universe.
You ask where did we come from then? That brings up the argument of Evolution Vs. Creationism. It's a great question but who says those are the only two possiblities OR that they have to be mutually exclusive? Don't you think your God is smart enough to create life with the ability to evolve? After all the universe if ever-changing, there are no constants. And years of worship and religious text are proof of nothing, they are not evidence.
2006-09-26 12:28:00 · answer #5 · answered by cannon1977 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why should we go by your definition of hate when your getting the definition from a book that was writtin by God we dont believe exists? Refer to the website below for the real definition of "HATE".
2006-09-26 12:43:38 · answer #6 · answered by Jay-V-Dub 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Say your little sister has an imaginary friend...though you DENY that he/she/it exists...so therefore you hate him/her/it. How on earth can you hate or be mad at your sister's imaginary friend? That would land you in an asylum!
So based on that kind of analogy, you can see why we think your book (or people's total literal belief of it) is entirely nuts.
Not to mention, the bible is not our book so we really don't care what it's definition of anything is. You wouldn't exactly care about the definition of something according to OTHER religious books, same as we see yours.
2006-09-26 12:31:20 · answer #7 · answered by Indigo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Biblical definitions don't pertain to reality, that's why we ignore them. It's impossible to hate something that doesn't exist.
2006-09-26 12:41:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yea...well...atheists don't believe the Bible either do they? Exactly why would it be that atheists must define things in biblical terms? Now are you slightly more erudite...or what?
2006-09-26 12:25:06 · answer #9 · answered by eantaelor 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We don't 'ignore' the Biblical defintion, we simply consider all that the Bible says to be irrellevant in the first place. The fact is, that if you don't FEEL hate, there is no hate. And we don't feel hate for things we consider to be imaginary. It's a MASSIVE waste of time and energy.
2006-09-26 12:23:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋