Would your life be different if you didn't believe in God?

Question

Or, if you're an atheist, if you did?

What would change about it, do you think?

I'm an atheist, btw. Just for who you're answering.

Answer 1

If I didn't believe in God, or in a divine being with laws, what would motivate me to be good?

Where does morality come from in the absence of God? Would moral laws be designed just for the avoidance of chaos? What would be the point of doing good unto others if you got nothing in return?

Society itself would crumble into anarchy if no one believed.

Answer 2

Wow, I was talking with some friends from church recently about this. I also had this feeling deep inside, "what if God didnt exist?" We talked for hours, debating on facts. Our conclusion: Yes, God exists. I'll try to give you some insight on what we went over.

Ok, let's not get too complicated and just give an everyday example. Suppose you got home today, and there was this beautiful chocolate cake with icing and everything, on top of ur table. Now, we have 2 theories of where that cake came from:

1) There was an HEB truck this afternoon going by ur house, and all of a sudden, a car hit it at 70mph, and the truck rolled over violently. There were eggs, flour, all sorts of stuff in the truck, and they all got mixed up in the crash, and the truck caught on fire, and the extreme heat baked all that stuff, and as the truck continued to roll on the street, the stuff flew through ur window and miraculously landed on ur table.

2) Someone who knew how to bake a chocolate cake, went there and did it, and then put it on top of ur table for you.

Which one makes more sense? If you answered #2, good! Then God created the Earth and everything in it. If you prefer to believe in an absurd and very creative theory called "the big bang", in which somehow gases mixed up, just in the right proportion, and then everything exploded and the earth was formed ... my friend, you have a very creative mind. First of all, how were those gases there? Someone must have created it. God. Stuff doesn't just appear.

=D Doesn't that make sense? Ok, now, let's get a lil more complicated.

Scientists say that man evolved from monkeys or whatever their creative mind came up with. Well, it has been proven that over time, living beings only lose genetic material, constantly. Therefore, evolution cannot be possible. The human body is so complex, there is no way it just "evolved" from something. A project called GENOMA, just recently finished their research. Their task: make a complete mapping of the human DNA. Many countries joined forces to complete this project, each taking a body part, like arm, leg, or whatever, and finding out the DNA code for it. Germany was in charge of the human eye. At the end of the project, they said that the human eye was so complex, that there was NO WAY it could have evolved from some other animal. It's a fact. Scientists researched and wrote it down. Aren't they contradicting themselves now? Ok, I believe I made a point on this one. Mankind did not evolve. God made man in His image.

Ok, now back to the big bang stuff. The NASA has been measuring the distance from the Earth to the moon, and it's a fact that every year the moon gets further and further away from the Earth. Fact. It's been proven. It's also a mathematical equation. So, if we take that mathematical equation, and do it backwards, we come up with how long since the earth and the moon we're almost touching. The calculations say something about 10 thousand years. It can't be more than that, otherwise the moon would have been rolling around on the earth.

Also, it's possible to calculate the rate of aging of the Earth. Every year, scientists calculate the rate at which the Earth is aging. It's roughly the same. If we then backtrack how long since the Earth was relatively "new", the calculations vary from 10 to 12 thousand years. It's fact.

Also, the population of the Earth. Today, we have roughly 6.5 billion people alive. Populations, increase in a mathematical progression. In other words, there will always be more people alive today, than there are people dead. Fact. It's not possible to have more people dead than alive. Draw a sketch of a simple family tree, and you'll stumble upon the same conclusion. So, if we backtrack how long since the beggining of population, the results say somewhere between 10 to 12 thousand years.

Every fact that we can backtrace, falls upon the same range. 10 to 12 thousand years. In other words, the Earth is relatively new, not millions of years old as some scientists say.

So, why would scientists not agree with this? Why would they come up with these ridiculous theories about some big bang or whatever? The answer is simple. At the very moment that they agree that there is an all-powerful being, a God, that created everything we know, they realize all their sins. At the moment they realize their sins, they know that they'll have to eventually have a commitment and a close relationship with God. They don't want any commitments to anyone. So what's the easy way out? Make up some random theories that we evolved from monkeys and that the Earth just happens to have been created randomly by a Big Bang, that they themselves can't explain how it supposedly happened.

I sincerely hope this has opened your eyes to the truth. Thanks for reading this, and I really hope that you now accept the commitment that God wants you to have with Him. If you're already commited with God, then I hope this text has restrengthened your faith.

God Bless all of you, and have a great day.

Answer 3

Hello lady_s_ha... :)

I am a born again child of the Most High God..

Before I asked Jesus into my heart, I was an Atheist..

I would not be here writing this to you, if I had not found the Lord, for I had all intentions of killing myself, instead I went to Church with my brother, I would not have had to joy to see my children grow up and play with my grandchildren..nor would I have had the oppurtunity to help others in need..

No..I would not change a thing.. :)


Have a Happy Thanksgiving.. :)

In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ.. :)

Answer 4

I don't feel that my life is any different because I don't beleive in in certain "God". I believe something out there looks after me. I beleive in doing the right things, whether they are popular or not. Be good to people, they will be good to you. I think if you live a life trying to do the best you can, you are fulfilled.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Without a doubt! I would have a hard time being okay with my life and accepting what has happened to me. It would be difficult to live everyday of my life.

Answer 7

I was different when I wasn't walking the path with Jesus.

I walked in the secular world for 20+ years (the dark years).

I am not that same person. (Thank the Lord!)

Answer 8

Yes, I would have commit suicide long time ago. I was really depress about life until I start my spiritual path. It has given me peace and understanding and patience with people

Answer 9

I would be smoking.drinking,having sex with everyone I came across,doing drugs,caring less about someone else ,especially the less privledged than me.
I would be stealing,lying,just wantng to serve me, me, and nothing but me.

Answer 10

I would have no interest in life or living if not for God.