if the idea of God was just a creator and left us to our own devices without intereferance
our good and bad deeds on this earth are our responsibility
there was no wrong faith ( or non faith ) and you were judged soley on how good a life you lead here
but
there was no eternal damnation ........
i guess the question i am asking is ... are you athiest because of dogmatic teachings ?
if you removed the dogma would it make a difference to how you feel about a creator ?
there are no right or wrong answers here i really am just trying to understand how you reached the desicion you reached
xxx
2006-10-01 03:37:53 · 22 answers · asked by Peace 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
heck no i love my imaginary friends .. dont make me get rid of them
they make more sense than some people i know
2006-10-01 03:41:55 · update #1
believing in evolution isnt a fault swetheart xx
2006-10-01 03:42:32 · update #2
sorry i misread and thought you said fault lol
i should put me glasses on
2006-10-01 03:43:36 · update #3
there is nothing wrong with winning all round in my opinion
and do we really need incentive to live a good life ?
2006-10-01 03:46:16 · update #4
i am most certainly not gullable and i dont believe in dogmatic writing
2006-10-01 03:48:37 · update #5
respectable and well worded answer JT thank you
and from one spiritualist to another peggy thank you xx
2006-10-01 03:58:41 · update #6
I am an atheist because even as a child I never felt that the Bible "stories" made sense.
I have been an atheist for as long as I can remember. About two years ago my hubby was thinking about getting involved with Christianity. I knew that we would have a hard time making our marriage work, having such different beliefs, so I tried to see things his way.
I read and studied the Bible. I "talked" to God and asked for some kind of sign. I said that if He was there, that I was open and ready to accept him, and that I would like to believe in Him.
That was over two years ago. Today I am a stronger, more active atheist than I was then. I simply couldn't force myself to believe in something that I just don't believe in.
Why do so many people think that atheists could believe in God if they only tried? Have they ever considered the fact that we are unable to feel any differently?
My hubby studied a lot too; he believes in God still, but is not a Christian.
So, in answer to your question, no, the dogma is not the problem, the concept is the problem.
2006-10-01 03:40:05 · answer #1 · answered by Kathryn™ 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If there were no religion would I believe in a creator?
No! I have no time for any religion or cult but that doesn't mean if they didn't exist I would be able to believe in a God of any description.
How did I reach the decision that there never was a God? It didn't take long, possibly after my very first religion lesson in school, it was like listening to yet another fairy tale! Christianity was the main item on the school agenda, the more I got into it the more unbelievable it became!
I have looked at many other religions and sects and found that while they are not as unbelievable as the Christian faith, they are still unbelievable!
Since going out to work in the big wide world (many moons ago) I have worked in most parts of the world with all sorts of 'religious' folk who believe in God and follow their own religious creed. Many are my friends, no matter what religion, they of course mostly consider I am a 'mental case'! I don't ever try to convince any of them that their own religion is complete and utter BS, that would be an easy task, because non of them really understand their own 'brand'! This is particularly true with Christians, I always ask "What do I need to believe to become a Christian (for example) not many really know but they truly believe they are 'Christian'!
I have a little 'dig' on this forum at times esp' at the Christians, they seem to beg for it!
Most religions have one thing in common they believe in one God, if only it ended there !
Being an atheist simply means that I dont belive in God, there is no logic at all in the belief, it is completly out of the question, if anyone feels the need to believe in a God then good luck to them, it is after all just a personal thing,
why cant they just worship him from their own homes, churches and 'leaders' arent really required are they?
But above all I dont want them to try to convince me, it would be like trying to convince me they have seen the face of Elvis in a cow pat!!
2006-10-01 05:13:52 · answer #2 · answered by budding author 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not an atheist because of dogmatic teachings of any religion. I just don't like many religion's dogma.
Removing the dogma would not prove that a deity exists, so it wouldn't change anything except perhaps how certain religious people behaved.
The idea you've posted is similar to deism. Keep in mind that not all religions have the "eternal damnation" thing, and I don't believe in them either.
2006-10-01 03:42:17 · answer #3 · answered by N 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I so love your decrease back peddling there!! You bypass from "Why are athiest continuously interior the religion and spirituality section" to "yet i mean the Athiest that Troll around yet no longer the truthfully informative intense-high quality athiest they're cool." LOL!!!
2016-12-26 06:25:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I guess you would sort of 'win all round' in your scenario wouldnt you? Not much incentive or creative tension in life then. I often think that non-believers think that believers must look like such a smug bunch. Just glad I know some really cool and humble athiests and non-athiests.
2006-10-01 03:44:53 · answer #5 · answered by zuffin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that you have asked a very good question.
I will not attempt to speak for others, but as for me the dogma matters not. I do not believe in an invisible skydaddy for many reasons. My life experiences, my education, my choices, my common sense all prevent me from belief in god.
Lack of dogma would would make belief in god more fluffy, but not more logical.
2006-10-01 03:41:39 · answer #6 · answered by Medusa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HI:}
i am neither athiest or christian ,,,
organised religion does not hold any real solutions to lifes problems ,it continually allows the belief that IF one is saved [accepts Jesus as a savior]then nothing ELSE matters .so for those of us who truly wish to be accountable and TRY to be loving decent people it really does not matter as the ted bundys and hitlers of the world are in the same boat as we are by simply saying the words i accept Jesus as my savior .
just does not make sense .
to me hell is here on earth and when we pass we get judged by ourselves .......and the soul shall not persih but it will be held accountable ,i believe the ted bundys and hitlers of the world will get to come RIGHT back and not be able to feel the love from the other side .in the new experience they will have to attone for the horrible things have they done by experiencing it themselves ,now doesnt that sound like hell to you ????
yes dogmatic and self rightous and condemming that is how i feel about organised religion .and i have studied and tried them all .
but a REAL father in heaven lets his children make mistakes and then teaches them the consquences and allows them to choose to be with him [free will ]and it is through experiences and learning on this difficult planet that we learn to develop our souls and CHOOSE to become a companion ,not forced ,not threatened but to choose ............................
anyway just some thoughts from a spiritualist :}
best to you :}
peggy
2006-10-01 03:52:30 · answer #7 · answered by pj333 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You already know why I rejected Christianity.
:-)
Jainism comes closer to what I believe than any other religion with which I'm familiar:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism
Jains are spiritual atheists who believe that everything is "alive" and has a "spirit."
They also believe the universe is eternal and life had no beginning nor will it end.
Which is what I believed before I recently discovered them while researching something else.
I do not share their ideas on reincarnation, but other than that, I find their beliefs far more logical than Bible myths or God belief.
2006-10-01 03:50:32 · answer #8 · answered by Left the building 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you are asking is definitely what partly led me to atheism. The hypocrisy, contradictions, etc... of biblical theology are illogical. A god that is omnipotent, omniscient, and "omni-benevolent" is also completely irreconcilable with human existence.
So yours is a very good question. If we were still believing in Greek gods who were human, angry , horny, jealous, etc... it would be harder to "disprove" that they exist. Buddhism, which really ignores gods and focuses on the individuals ability to escape samsara, would also be harder to "disprove". I use disprove loosely in all these cases.
It would still be hard to reconcile the idea that there are so many gods and religions and therefore impossible to pick on as the truth. But I bet far fewer atheists might exist.
Now that I am fully atheist, all gods are meaningless to me.
2006-10-01 03:40:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with wozza.lad. Oh and each to their own, but I reckon some atheists just ask for proof and if there is no 'proof' immediately it's 'there aint no God.' What is proof,? What is truth? The same when people ask God to answer their prayer to give them money or something. If you don't get money, it doesn't mean God did not answer your prayer. He did , but said 'no, you can't.'
2006-10-01 04:51:36 · answer #10 · answered by The Pooh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋