Do you have any doubts as to whether or not there is a God? I am curious, please answer politely. Thank you in advance.
2006-11-08 04:59:59 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If I'm wrong, then I am wrong. It has happened before, and I expect it shall happen again.
2006-11-08 05:04:00 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 6⤊ 2⤋
No, I do not have any doubts. If I had doubts, then I wouldn't be an atheist. I do not believe there is a god.
Since i don't believe there is a god, then your answer is kinda irrelevent. I mean, if in my lifetime a man who can actually PROVE to me that he is god walks up to me, then yeah, obviously I will have to eat my words. But since this isn't going to happen, I will continue to say there is no god.
I would ask you what you would do if you found out there is no god, but this is more pointless than your question. You will never know if there is a god. Why? Because you will eventually die, and you will never see the light of day again. There will be no lights at the end of the tunnel, no rising from the grave, no resurrection. Even if there were, you would have no way of coming back to tell us all about it.
This is a neverending story, and a neverending battle. Let's all just agree with disagree and move on.
2006-11-08 13:04:55 · answer #2 · answered by Heck if I know! 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Not that I have doubts. It's just that I don't have an opinion about it. I'm not thinking about it all the time.
And if I was wrong, that's right anyway. If God existed, I really don't like him at all. I mean, if what religions say is true, God sounds like a vindictive character to me, who will only 'save' you if you spend your life flattering him. Well, if that is true (and that's about what religions say) then I am not interested in going to heaven. If there is a hell and a heaven, I want to go to hell.
NB: I hope you appreciate I tried to be polite. My problem is not with individual believers. I hope you can make the difference... :-)
2006-11-08 13:07:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's amusing that you're including agnostics in this one. The "Do you have any doubts as to whether or not there is a God?" is particularly funny when addressed to them.
As for me, if I'm wrong, then I'm wrong and I get to enjoy the consequences. (Assuming you are religious).. it's the same thing as if you're wrong and there is no God or if you're wrong since you picked the wrong god. If the "What if you're wrong?" argument sways your beliefs, you never really held those beliefs that strongly in the first place.
2006-11-08 14:43:47 · answer #4 · answered by Phil 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I truly really believe that there is a God. I've been blessed my whole life and even when I went through some really bad stuff, I felt like He would pull me out of it, and He did. I know in my heart that there is a God, and believe the Bible. If for some crazy reason it turns out I'm wrong, well at the end of the day, I would have lived a good life, I will have tried to do the right things, morally and ethically) according to what I believe and tried to be a positive example for others. If I'm right, then I will be in heaven....
2006-11-08 13:05:10 · answer #5 · answered by favrd1 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Agnostics believe that there may or may not be, there is no way to tell for sure.
Atheists don't think about what if something they dont believe exists is real or not, because 'it doesnt exist'
God will give everyone an opportunity to come to him, and love him and follow hime, if man still desides to follow his own will, then so be it.
2006-11-08 13:06:16 · answer #6 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I do hope you know that this is Pascal's wager.
I have exactly as many doubts about the existence of a god as I do about the existence of leprechauns and tooth fairies and Santa Clauses and the moon being cheese. They all have the same amount of proof.
2006-11-08 13:14:28 · answer #7 · answered by N 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Do you live your life in fear? Not exactly a good way to live life, is it? Hard to be happy when the only thing you have to look forward to is basking in a god glory when you finally die. Makes your life purposeless.
Put it this way... if you're right about your god, then we'll all find out when we die. If you're right about your god, then he will forgive us that transgression of not believing in him and allow us into heaven anyway if we lived our lives in a "good" way. He would know that humanity is not perfect and they can be wrong. After all, forgiveness is divine, isn't it?
If you're not right about your god being loving, forgiving, and accepting, and then throwing us into hell anyway, then I don't want to spend eternity basking in his glory just so he knows how wonderful he is. He lied to us anyway. Which, in my estimation, makes him as bad as Satan.
2006-11-08 13:15:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, I'm not worried.
If there is a god, he knows that I've searched and why I haven't been able to believe. If that's reason enought to send me to hell, then I guess that's what will happen.
2006-11-08 13:29:15 · answer #9 · answered by Let Me Think 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a militant agnostic: I don't know and you don't either. I don't believe anyone has all the answers. So, I just do my best and don't worry too much about things I can't control.
2006-11-08 13:04:21 · answer #10 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
If I'm wrong, I'm wrong.
do i have doubts? sure.
i agree with Mr. Thomas jefferson when he says:
"Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."
2006-11-08 13:03:53 · answer #11 · answered by PandaMan 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋