i think it is ignorant not only to claim to know that a god exists but also to claim one doesnt exist. science and religion both claim they have conclusive evidence to support their claims but the truth is we will probably never know. so whats the point in all the bickering? why cant everyone just play nice?
2006-09-27 02:08:30 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I believe in God but not in religion. My belief is mine and it makes me feel better, so does my beliefs about life, death and many other things. What is important to me is how I feel about God, and that I never try to force someone else to feel the same since I don't have any proof that I'm right.
Why can't people play nice? Because it's in your nature to defend what we believe in.
2006-09-27 02:15:51 · answer #1 · answered by *duh* 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is a bit confusing due to the details, and saying that 'whats the point in all the bickering? why cant everyone just play nice?' This in a way is equal to saying that we should not bother about arguing about the issue - your main argument. If you have already made up your mind then what is the point in asking what you already know? Your question however is sharp and fully argumentative.
'Why do you, or why do you not, believe in god? The reason to believe I God resides in our own self. The first reason is that we have a choice. If you do not believe in Him no lightening will strike, and no swarm of locust will come to engulf your existence as long as you are alive. Now, here is the point: we know only as far as we normally live, and that far you can afford to with or without belief in God. I would not discuss the instance of life any further than that. But here and now you have a choice that is important to consider – a choice without compulsion. The second reason is that if you can find some other way to recognise excellence and bring into your life what you find is the best that you should, but if you think – I say think not believe – religions is the way then you must.
2006-09-27 03:16:17 · answer #2 · answered by Shahid 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it is ignorant not only to claim that it is ignorant to claim to know that a god exists, but also to claim that it is ignorant to claim one doesn't exist. It is not for you to tell people - some of whom will have had personal experiences with their god - that they are ignorant for talking about those personal experiences. And while those who claim gods don't exist may be ignorant, they are only ignorant of the fact that sometimes gods do exist; where ignorant means lacking in knowledge of a particular happening, rather than being rude or uncouth.
Why can't everyone just play nice? Because we're all people, and we all have different opinions, and different experiences, and different passions.
2006-09-27 14:03:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as a god. There are thousands of alleged gods but they are all just myths like Santa Claus etc.
If religion had conclusive evidence of his existence then "God" would then be a subject for research by scientists so would no longer be "super natural" and so would no longer be a God, by definition. Religionists cannot afford to "prove" God exists as that would be the end of their religions and just a new branch of science would open up.
2006-09-27 10:48:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont believe in god because its pointless i can do good deeds without following the book which put downs other religions and different genders and gays etc.
Also alot of the stories in the book have a ton of violence about killing non believers etc and saying the Earth was made in 6 days and also saying that adam and eve and kids had incest to reproduce it just all doesnt make sense being a free thinker is alot better since it gives you evidence not assumptions.
To bayaztu if you've seen the vast and loneliness of space you'll question if god can create all of that in 7 days when a planet takes millions upon millions of years to create itself from particles
2006-09-27 02:16:03 · answer #5 · answered by Iwishmyhairwasemo 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A conclusive LACK of evidence is what convinces me that the biblegod does not exist.
And the reasons some of us refuse to play nice are:
(1) The naturalists and free thinkers are tired of your demands that we dignify and treat with respect your imaginary friends and transparently ridiculous fairy tales -- we refuse to coddle you any longer in your delusion.
and
(2) At the end of the day, there IS a simple yes-or-no answer to the question, "Does the biblegod exist?" There can't NOT be. And until the theists offer some independently verifiable evidence of their central claims (that a god or gods exists, and that belief in the sacrifice of their Savior guarantees eternal life in heaven), than we as rational beings have both a right and a duty to disregard their claims as baseless and completely "ad hoc" -- that's "pulled out of your @ss", for those of you in Rio Linda.....
2006-09-27 02:17:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, it's simple.....as human beings we are mentally (not spirtually) drawn to an idea that in some way there is a meaning to life, and a purpose for all of us and oneself- this is what got early religous followers believing (plus the crazy acts of others that were associated with them)- it's not ignorant to believe what you want to believe because that gives way to great conversation, but i do think that none of us will know until we die.
Also, i am in some ways infatuated over the idea of a christian god, but not to the point that you will see me at church on Sundays. Question upon question about religon- we will never know(the living)
2006-09-27 02:39:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I am happy to describe myself as an Atheist and not an agnostic, I am not so much making the claim that god does not exist as saying that there is not one iota of evidence for the contention that he does exist, so my default position is one of disbelief. Given the harm that has been done by theism, I am actually opposed to belief systems that encourage irationalism and blind faith in the unsubstantiated.
So much for the abstract notion of a deity.
When it comes to the specific notion of god as described in books like the bible, there so much that is demonstrably impossible, self-contradictory and down-right stupid, that I feel safe in making the positive statement that such a creature does not exist.
2006-09-27 02:28:41 · answer #8 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I say I do not believe in God, which is very different from saying that I know that God does not exist. I see no reason to have a belief in God. Religion is created to control people using false promises and threats.
2006-09-27 02:11:59 · answer #9 · answered by Kathryn™ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist. I don't claim that no gods exist. I just don't believe that they do.
Certain gods i can claim do not exist based on the contradictory attributes ascribed to them. I know these gods don't exist to the same extent that i know a square circle doesn't exist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ncCNwbb5Jc&eurl=
2006-09-27 02:19:41 · answer #10 · answered by AiW 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't, nor have I ever believed in a god. My reason is simple, Ive never seen any proof to lead me to believe in a greater being. Everything can be answered by science, and that which cant....well we just don't understand yet. For instance, show someone from 500years ago an aeroplane and the first thing they would believe it was a gift from god, when really its just technology brought about through human invention.
2006-09-27 02:16:36 · answer #11 · answered by Sadbh 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋