2006-09-27 09:21:01 · 16 answers · asked by thisisawasteoftime 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure. Both are possible, even easy...for those willing to act like adults, acknowledge that theirs is not the only viewpoint, and stop trying to force others to become what *they* want everyone to be.
2006-09-27 09:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Will the light and darkness ever coexist?
The darkness is darkness until the lights are turned on, then it becomes light. There is no coexistence. It's only light or darkness.
Does that mean, as a Christian, that I won't love an athiest? Not at all. God loves athiests. It's whacky and amazing to me that He can give a person His own breath and with His own breath that He gave love a person who's cursing Him and denying Him with the very breath that He gave, but that's the way God is. So who am I to say I love God and hate a person that He loves? And I love athiests enough to tell them the truth. What they do with it is on them. And, yeah, I'll even have an athiest over for dinner and cook up the best, most nutritious and delicious meal I can cook up with all the lovin' goodness I can muster! I'll eat with and athiest and be the best hostess I can be to an athiest, but there's too much evidence as to the existence of God for me to cozy up with what athiests have to say about the God I love.
2006-09-27 09:42:20 · answer #2 · answered by Carol L 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist and I have friends that believe in several different religions-
We get along because we respect others' differences.
The people that I can't stand are the ones that force their beliefs on others - fundies blow.
Perfect example - check Preacher's response above!
2006-09-27 09:27:26 · answer #3 · answered by Marc B 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
>Christians,atheists,mormons,ev... we merely conform to disagree? If and on condition that no man or woman ever harms absolutely everyone else through their faith. If ANY style of harming others through faith continues to be happening, then it truly is unacceptable. >My theory although...Is that i stumbled on what i comprehend is sweet for me What do you mean, 'what's sweet for you'? The existence of God and souls and Heaven and evolution etc are not any further selections, they are logical authentic/pretend statements. If God exists, he exists merely as a lot because the reveal screen in the front of you, and if he would not exist, he would not exist merely as a lot because the purple six-legged elephant in the front of you. it isn't a remember of what you imagine is sweet for you, it truly is an argument of the truth. for instance, enable's say that I decide that what's 'authentic for me' is to trust that 2+2=3 and that the global is flat. Does this make it authentic? No. Does this even avert it from being pretend? No. i'm nonetheless believing something that does no longer adventure the authentic global. it gained't help me in existence to fail to account for jet lag even as travelling lengthy distances, or to visit the save looking forward to to pay $6 for 8 kilos of apples costing $a million a pound. Why gained't it help me? because it does no longer adventure the authentic global. because i'm doing issues in holding with beliefs which aren't any further authentic. in accordance for your reasoning, this should be ok because it truly is 'authentic for me' to trust this stuff. yet that's obviously ridiculous, and as such your own statements are also merely as ridiculous. See what i'm getting at right here?
2016-12-02 04:48:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i don't believe so, i think that christians are too afraid to connect with other people not of their religion. that and i also believe that christians are to closed minded to adhear to how others feel. i am wiccan and i don't hate any religion and don't frown upon anyone for what they choose to believe in. i say i don't hate any religion and i do mean that i just think that christians and such try to hard to get ppl to join them hense the door knocking i'm sorry but you wouldn't catch a wiccan knocking at your door bothering you with stuff you didn't care about, so why do christians bother you when you don't want to be bothered
2006-09-27 10:09:54 · answer #5 · answered by scottishtaco 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And I asked a similar question earlier.....To Christians and non-Christians can we stop calling each other names.....We need as Christians to set THE EXAMPLE as Jesus would want us to. Which means no name-calling for starters. Jesus wants us to respond kindly to our nay-sayers, with LOVE and compassion even if they are brutal to us. And finally, how can we expect non-Christians to accept what we believe if we show that we are a hateful bunch. Not a very good example is it?
2006-09-27 09:56:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure... I get along with everyone... and I don't ask someone whether he is an atheist or a christian... Eventually one can tell.
2006-09-27 09:24:06 · answer #7 · answered by zero 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Certainly there is. Stop telling me I am wrong in my science, and I will allow you the freedom to continue beleiving in fairy tales. Stop forcing your religion onto those that do not beleive, and I will allow you the continued freedom to beleive those fairy tales.
Fair enough?
Its not about agreeing to disagree.....if I simply agree to it, will you stop forcing your beliefs into laws in this country? Will gays be allowed to marry? Will stem cell research become legal? will abortions stay legal? I think not.
2006-09-27 09:25:59 · answer #8 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
That is entirely up to the Christians. Atheists aren't trying to force anything on them. We simply want them to stop imposing their religion on the rest of us.
2006-09-27 09:23:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
The only explanation you need is "Preacher's" response. That explains everything.
2006-09-27 09:28:25 · answer #10 · answered by Allison L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋