But, when asked to prove that God/Jesus doesn't exist they don't have any proof ... but then they try to criticize us for quoting scripture but they have nothing original to pinpoint their belief in the "non-belief" ... weird and funny, isn't it, indeed?
2006-10-12 13:56:07 · 43 answers · asked by CuriousGirl 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't find it amusing at all. I did not believe until I was 33. I wish I could have found Jesus earlier in my life so I could have made some better choices. Yes, I've been forgiven but I still have to deal w/the consequences of sin. If you are mocking unbelievers, you mock Jesus. He came to save the lost. Try having a bit more compassion and not taking it so personally when people reject Christ. If they see Him in you, they may want what they don't have. God Bless you.
2006-10-12 14:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by Forever 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-19 07:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why can't we forget about religion and just try to be nice to each other for a change?
Let's face it, religion has had a fair crack of the whip, but it hasn't really worked, has it?
Wherever you look there are wars and people throwing things at each other. The world is in an absolute mess - and religion hasn't helped, it's made things worse.
Of course it's a waste of time talking to people like yourself because you have been 'brainwashed' but there must be hope for everyone else.
Let's still believe in God, if you want to, but that's it. No more Christians, no more Muslims, no more Judaism, lets just believe in God - and be nice to each other.
It will never happen - but I can dream.
2006-10-12 14:02:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The burden of proof is with the person making a positive claim. Your entire question is based on a logical fallacy. If you say something DOES exist, you are responsible for proving it. If you say something does not exist, you do not have to prove it, only the person saying it does exist.
2006-10-12 14:01:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is unlikely that an issue exists that is more controversial than religious beliefs. It does not matter if the belief is in Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Gaea, or in no god at all. It is inherent in our nature to be relational. Hypothetically, if there is a god, then it would only make sense that it would be even more inherent in our nature to need to relate to the true God.
At the crux of humanity is our desire to be in control of our own lives. Christianity, more than any other belief, puts this issue in the crucible. To have a relationship with God, we are told that we cannot atone for ourselves, and that we must give up our inherent desire to be in control of our lives. To be right with God, we must make Jesus Lord.
People will either accept Christ or reject him, based upon this issue. They will either be for Him or against Him, because of this issue.
People squirm and hate over this issue because, through imperfect believers, God puts them on the spot and in essence says, "You are guilty and you can't do a thing about it. Justice demands punishment for your wicked ways - and you are wicked by the way - by my standard, but I will give you a path for justice to be served and for you to be reconciled to me - through the punishment inflicted on my son Jesus. Accept his atonement and accept him as your ruler and king ... if you confess with your mouth, Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved."
A person either hates this message or loves it. A person either make Jesus Lord, or a person vehemently makes himself lord. This is the reason that some people try to provoke believers into proving God is real. It is written, "A fool says in his heart there is no God."
2006-10-12 14:16:25 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never criticized a Christian for use of scripture in a religious argument (but I must admit I gloss over most of the boring parts)
As to the issue over A's lack of scripture...
I'm currently working on it.
2006-10-12 13:59:28 · answer #6 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't prove something doesn't exist. I can't prove that green aliens don't live at the bottom of the sea..because you can just say I just didn't find any.
That is why the onus of proof is always on the people claiming something exists.
2006-10-12 14:02:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, modern biblical scholarship makes a very compelling case for the idea that Jesus never existed... that he was, in fact, entirely fictional.
The Jesus Puzzle
http://pages.ca.inter.net/%7Eoblio/jhcjp.htm
http://jesuspuzzle.humanists.net/home.htm
2006-10-12 14:07:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not nearly half as amusing when the believers try to convince the non-believers that God/Jesus DOES exist. Just substitute Zeus or Santa Claus and re-read their "arguments", then (maybe) you'll see just how humorous it really is.
2006-10-12 13:59:44 · answer #9 · answered by Kenny ♣ 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think you are free to believe as you wish, and that others should be free to believe as they wish, and that no one should act holier-than-thou and try to "make" anyone else prove their beliefs, or ridicule them for their beliefs, or call them weird and funny and laugh at them. After all, that would be very unkind and unChristian, now, don't you agree?
2006-10-12 14:01:43 · answer #10 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋