If you answer "Christians", the reason is obvious because if Christians examined what they've been taught, they would know the bible better than Atheists which they dont
If you answer "Atheists", I would like to know why did you choose Atheists
2006-10-31 10:55:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
CORRECTION, WHO'S MORE LIKELY TO EXAMINE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT
2006-10-31 10:56:37 · update #1
Reading too far into the bible while also being the kind of person to question one's own beliefs can be dangerous.
A real atheist is confident and wants to be challenged. Go ahead, bring forth any argument you have. I will analyse it and tell you what I think.
Christians, on average, do everything they can to shun away questions, replying to even simple matters with irrelevant quotes and emotional rhetoric.
2006-10-31 10:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by DoctorScurvy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can't speak for atheists, but all Christians (as well as those who claim to be) are encouraged to examine their beliefs and to compare what they believe and are being taught with what the Bible really teaches. In 1 Peter, he says that we 'always need to be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.' (1 Peter 3:15) How can we do this if we haven't confirmed our beliefs in the Bible?
2006-10-31 11:37:02 · answer #2 · answered by tosa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
raised southern baptist-now a deist
http://www.deism.com/deism_defined.htm
there are just to many things in the Bible that we no longer follow
for example:
Stoning disobedient children
tolerance of slavery
People living to be 200-900 years old
Women should remain silent in church
women should cover their heads
Men should not have long hair.
But yet we still claim the bible is infallible and perfect and use it as justification for hate and intolerance.
I believe that most ORGANIZED religions use God as a control for the masses.
How can mortal and finite humans believe they truly know what God wants if they don't listen to him? How can they assume that literature from 2000 years ago is anything other than a guide, a beginning and not the end all be all of God's wisdom?
2006-10-31 11:21:11 · answer #3 · answered by rwl_is_taken 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While it's true that some Christians don't know the Bible at all, that's not true of all Christians. There are some who know the Bible intimately.
2006-10-31 11:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by jewel_flower 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is no book of Atheism, but there is a book of Christianity! But it take a lot of faith, more so than being a Christian, to be an atheist.
2006-10-31 10:59:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Niether would be. Both have decided what the "truth" is, and have closed their minds off.
"Belief is the death of thought" Robert Anton Wilson
2006-10-31 11:02:10 · answer #6 · answered by Hatir Ba Loon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the answer lies within the person and not the belief or non-belief. Some people question things, and other people do not.
2006-10-31 10:58:32 · answer #7 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋