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He said that it myth that God created the world.

2006-11-02 07:21:40 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Your religion teacher may or may not be an atheist, but he's definitely CORRECT.

2006-11-02 07:23:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6 2

An atheist does not believe in God at all. Your teacher may or may not be an atheist. If he is not, I have no idea what he is thinking because he has already relegated God to a roll of nothing, so why even have Him exist? It is like saying that you believe that there is a right handed glove stuck into a left foot shoe in another solar sytem that has never seen any living creature. It would be a belief without purpose or reason. So IF your teacher thinks that the world was not created by God, then he either is an atheist or he should become one if he would follow the premises through to their conclusions.

Also, some of the other answers you are getting are rather similar to your teacher. If the Bible is a myth, than what can Christianity be founded on. By claiming that the Bible is a myth, you remove all information we have of Christ other than a few accounts that he was a Jew that was crucified and had followers. Being a Christian is more than that. That sounds more like I don't want to have to deal with any real God, so I will make up my own God and call my religion "Christianity" because that is the culturally acceptable thing to do. Christianity is based on the creator of the universe, not on our own ideas. If we follow a religion that is based on our own ideas, then we are lost. Calling yourself a Christian but denying the Bible is like jumping off a cliff(proclaiming faith) holding both ends of a bungee cord because you did not trust anyone or anything else(the Bible) to hold you up. Taking the Bible away from Christianity is like taking Mt. Everest's altitude away from it. it makes you a lot easier to reach the "summit," but the summit becomes meaningless.

2006-11-02 15:41:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

That doesn't make him athiest it just makes him smart. The Greeks believed in many God's. That doesn't mean they were right or wrong but we call their stories myths and fables.

What makes the Christian's version different is that people still practice the Christian faith but the bible was created the same way. through word of mouth. It just loses it's effect when you call the bible the book of myths or fables but that's exactly what it is.

myth (mth)
n.
1.
a. A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society: the myth of Eros and Psyche; a creation myth.
b. Such stories considered as a group: the realm of myth.
2. A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal: a star whose fame turned her into a myth; the pioneer myth of suburbia.
3. A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology.
4. A fictitious story, person, or thing: "

2006-11-02 15:40:15 · answer #3 · answered by kaluah96 3 · 0 1

A myth? Then yes he's definitely an Atheist. How can you believe in God if you don't believe He created the world?

2006-11-02 15:29:43 · answer #4 · answered by lilmama 4 · 1 1

No, he is not an atheist. God didn't directly create the world, nor was it created in 7 days. Those are just creation fairy tales from the Old & New Testament & the Quran.

God created the universe, and used the natural laws of science to create the earth over the period of billions of years.

2006-11-02 15:29:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

It is entirely possible. Many of us atheists are better versed in religion than your standard, run-of-the-mill Christian. (I majored in religion.)

This should not prevent you from learning a great deal about the topic of study. Consider that myth is story that explains something that prior to the myth had no explanation. It says more about the relationships and overall philosophies described in the story than it says about the facts involved.

We would probably both agree that the story of Pandora's box was a myth. Consider the story as a description of a woman who was curious about life, and when she actually delved into it, released all the reasons for despair. The last item in the box, however, was hope. This myth inextricably links problems with hope, which is a positive, powerful connection when coping with life's problems.

2006-11-02 15:24:22 · answer #6 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 2 3

Believe it or not outside the cosy little confines of the USA the bible is not meant to be taken literally. Most and I do mean most Christians in the West believe that God is the prime cause and nothing more, this means there is no conflict with evolution, cosmology or any science whatsoever.

Having said all that I hope he is.... in the same way I don't have to be Spanish to teach Spanish.

2006-11-02 15:24:03 · answer #7 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 0 2

Why don't you ask him?

Perhaps he believes that a goddess created the world, a spider, a whirlwind, or even another god like Zeus.
It's funny how we have this concept of a diety, call it God, and then all have to assume that when we speak of god we are speaking of the Christian conception of a god and not another or older conception of deity.

2006-11-02 15:31:47 · answer #8 · answered by SWMynx 3 · 0 1

I think even a devout Christian can believe that the story of Genesis is a tribal creation myth.

2006-11-02 15:31:15 · answer #9 · answered by KC 7 · 0 1

shecould be a gnostis witch is like belive in more that what the bible tells you it's like the big boom that aculy happend and it was proven....... i think pluse most of the old testemnet was a myth up till the moses and stuff

2006-11-02 15:34:27 · answer #10 · answered by Tyler 2 · 0 1

You don't have to be an atheist to question Creationism. I suppose you also think all non-christians are atheists by default?

2006-11-02 15:24:26 · answer #11 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 0 1

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