Why do you choose to believe God is imaginary?

Question

Could this be part of it?


Isaiah 57:11
Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?

John 3:19-21
19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

Answer 1

Just like it's a waist of time to try and disprove the Bible with logic, it's also a waist of time to try and disprove logic with the Bible.

Answer 2

I am a christian, I practice religiously.

My understanding of non-believers tells me that they do not 'choose to believe God is imaginary' as if they had other choices that they could have made objectively and this is the one they preferred.

My understanding is that they had no evidence or upbringing that drew them to that conclusion. Many of them started out in a religious tradition and then lost that faith or did not retain enough of it for their world view to accomodate a belief in God. For them it was not voluntary. I feel this beacuse my belief in God and that of like minded people who subscribe is equally not percieved as voluntary.

To me God exists. Denying it or believing something else is neither here nor there. but it's not an issue of certain knowledge for me it is an issue of Faith. And that I think, for most people, is what decides them one way or another.

For many non-believers it is an issue of deciding certain knowledge an not faith. That is why they may come up disappointed.

From what you say, you seem religious. You appear to be christian.

Isaiah 57:11
Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?

I disagree with Isiah's statement here and your quoting of it too. I do not think that god has been silent at all. Many of us do not hear him speak because they want a humanly discernible voice. I am sure that there are many Godly reasons why people who truly hear this are few and far between. As a believer the first thing I would do if faced with a statement that he spoke from you, is question you.

I cannot say if the men there comitted evil deeds, I do not know.

20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

I disagree with this sattement on all levels because I feel that if it's taken literally or otherwise it's still a completely untrue generalisation.

People who do evil are not just found in the darkness, they are found in the light as well. Many of them today do not care whether or not their deeds are exposed. Many of them look forward to it (their deeds being exposed).

I know many atheists who are very bitter about their inability to see God or find meaning in life.

There are many who had belief but lost it in tragedy or through the attrition of everyday materialism and politics.

There is little clear 'choice' as you put it in many of these cases and if there were, perhaps we would find that a good number of those cases would be of or from hypocrites.

I believe that faith is a gift and those who have it are indeed very lucky people.

Answer 3

If I wrote a book claiming that the squirrel outside my window was god, that trees have heartbeats, the Moon was made of Jello and that the squirrel demands that my family be accorded special rights and privileges, you would no doubt demand some kind of proof. If I could produce nothing but my book as proof, you would be perfectly justified in assuming that the squirrel was not god and that I was some kind of crackpot.

If a god (particularly one as petty and insecure as the god of the bible), involved in direct management of the universe, did exist, his presence should be so obvious that there would be no question and no issue. This is particularly true of the god of the bible who appeared for a brief period of time to micro-manage the affairs of man, then suddenly disappeared for no apparent reason, opting instead to provide nothing more than hints (all open to interpretation) as to his existence or wishes.

I can point to the squirrel and say "there's god." A Hawaiian can point to a volcano and say "there's god." A Sun worshiper can point to the Sun and say "there's god." Believers in the bible can do no better than say "trust me, god was here a while ago, try looking for him over by the buffet." If the god of the bible can't do better than the squirrel, the volcano and the Sun god, why should anyone take claims of his existance any more seriously?

Answer 4

I don't believe I'm evil or am influenced at all by evil. However, I do not condone those who don't search for the real answers as to why religions like Christianity might have been created.

The definition of the word "God" and what is depicted in the bible of a God are grossly different.

Answer 5

I'd say the reason for non -believers is John 3:19-21.

Answer 6

1. I can't see him
2. I can't feel him
3. He doesn't talk
4. If he loved us....well take a look at the world
5. He loves EVERYONE yet he still sends a lot to hell, that's not love is it?
6. How can he see and hear everything everyone does and says at the same time, sounds like a fairy tale to me
7. He's a moron

happy?

Answer 7

Those who think GOD is imaginary...........Try this:Go off by yourself to a comfortable area.Start a prayer,by saying"God,I really want to know it is you I seek,because I am unsure of your existance,please show me how I can get to know you"and wait for a sign of it.GOD will show you in his good time what you are missing.If you don't want to do that ,then go help out at a homeless shelter or a soup kitchen.Ask the homeless if they believe and you will find that most of them do.

Answer 8

People believe God is imaginary because of lies that religion spreads about God.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 9

If I had a book that said all people who believe in God are insecure and delusional, and I posted quotes from it, would you stop believing in God? I sincerely doubt it. If that's what you want to believe about me, go for it. If that's what your holy book says, there's nothing I can say that's going to convince you otherwise.

Answer 10

you miss the point.

all the scriptures are irrelevant.

those of you who keep quoting scriptures as a basis for a debate keep forgetting that only your side accepts those scriptures as having any validity.

It;s like me saying, "You better beliee in my invisible dog Spike, or else he'll bit you," and then I smugly argue that it's your fear of Spike that makes you shakes your head in disbelief.