It just seems Yahoo answers has a small cult of religious types and although I'm very tollerant...
My cup runneth over on people answering some serious religious question I pose with 'God Loves You' or 'Its about faith'...
thats sounds to me like a convienient 'cover-all' answer...
Would you be satisfied as an answer if someone murdered your friend and when asked for the reason said 'because God Loves me?'
Sorry... maybe i'm just ranting... but why do they bother?!?!
Why cant they keep their beleives to themselves rather than go quoting bible passages in answers like its supposed to impress me!
I mean is it insecurity they have?
I'll make an example and leave it there, I asked why God plagues us with acne and baldness... how does that fit into Gods plan'
and out of 22 answers, 12 had 'because God Loves you' in it...
over to you maestro!...
2006-11-23 19:48:43 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is incredibly annoying when people say it just to irk me. When they know I'm an atheist and that I'd rather be left to my nonbelief and they still say "I'll pray for you" or "God loves you anyway", it basically means "well good for you and your idiocy, but since my preferred brand of deity does exist, let's hope it takes pity on you".
2006-11-23 19:55:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
This is not easy for many people. There are many websites, books, and groups that can give you better answers than a short message here. See the first link below for some. It would help if you understood the difference between "agnostic" and "atheist.." An agnostic thinks that we can't know if a god exists. An atheist doesn't believe in a god. The two positions overlap because they deal with different areas of thought -- knowledge (agnosticism) and belief (atheism). An agnostic doesn't believe in a god, and is thus also an atheist. For certain gods (such as Yahweh and Allah), we can logically prove that they don't exist because their definitions make them incoherent and thus logically impossible. See the second link. Since you were raised as a flavor of Christianity, it may also be interesting to know that there's no reliable evidence that he even existed, and significant evidence that he's just a myth. See the third link. Much of your decision will likely be based on how important your intellectual integrity is, how dependent you are on your parents, and how you think they will react. Some people who are both gay and atheist have said that coming out as an atheist was harder and caused more problems than coming out as gay. You will likely eventually decide to tell them. When you do, it will help to understand more about atheism, and how we know that all gods and saviors (including especially Yahweh, Allah, and Jesus) are myths. If your parents are creationists (doubtful for Catholics), it will also help to understand more about evolution.
2016-05-22 21:51:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In ancient times, lightening, the alcohol content of drinks and tsunamis were all attributed to gods, so much so that each had its own god at times - Zeus/Jupiter, Bacchus and Poseiden/Neptune. Why did they have gods? Because people didn't understand what caused them, and therefore they must have been 'godly', it being a catch-all idea for the things people didn't understand.
Of course, now we know its electrical charge in the atmosphere, fermentation/distillation and tektonic movement of the earth's plates, so there's no need for such absurd superstition.
Instead, we have 'why is life unfair', 'what happens when we die' and other such metaphysical questions, and because we don't understand them, the susperstitious amongst us ascribe them to gods, just as our ancestors used to ascribe what was unexplainable by science.
I don't pretend to know the answers to the metaphysical questions, but I know that there are answers which are not based on superstitious mumbo-jumbo. Therefore, I can not ascribe them to god, because the idea of a god defies logical thought, which of course is where faith comes in: faith is simply an intellectually sloppy way of avoiding logical thought in order to determine how something one is slightly scared of happens.
As you may have guessed, I'm an atheist. To be anything else would be to defy logic.
2006-11-23 20:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by winballpizard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an Atheist, I can honestly say, I don't hate it - it bores me, and I just think to myself, "Yeah, whatever". If there is a God (and there isn't), he loves no-one, in fact, he hates us. Why?:
1. In 3 years, "he" has taken 3 family members from me who I loved dearly.
2. I am not happy with my life!
3. The attacks on USA, UK, Spain by terrorists - anyone remember 9/11?????????
4. The war in Iraq!
5. Famine in Africa!
6. Natural disasters in Asia!
7. People getting mugged, shot, raped, drugged, murdered, abused and destroyed every single day!
8. When was the last time anything good happened?
9. The corruption of power given to mankind!
10. All the servicemen, and women that have fought for freedom, and had their lives taken by evil dictators, terrorists, and religious causes should not have died!
I think that's enough for now.
2006-11-23 20:04:38 · answer #4 · answered by blueeyedboy3004 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no. see, an agnostic is really an athiest that wants to keep some options open in case there really is a God. So an agnostic is sort of a smart athiest... covering all of the bases. that said, given the chance there there is a God, however remote that may seem to the agnostic, it's much better to hear that God loves you than God hates you.
2006-11-23 19:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If God has blessed you with acne and baldness, it really is because he loves you!
Who are we to understand the ways of the Lord?
He blessed a friend of mine once by giving him a large boil on the end of his nose, my friend was very grateful as you can imagine, he hasn't stopped praying since!
I don't think the aim of these religious folk is to impress you, rather to impress each other, they live in a snug little world of their own making, as if in a drugged stupor, I have never heard a truer statement than "Religion is the opium of the masses"!
I have no axe to grind with people believing that there is a God, good luck to them, my problem is with the associated religions, and the religious teachers or leaders, all pulling in different directions.
BTW, always remember God loves you!!!!
Hope this helps?
2006-11-23 20:06:37 · answer #6 · answered by budding author 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't dislike it, I don't like being told that my beliefs are wrong, as I wouldn't say that to someone else, I think that people should respect peoples decisions as long as they don't hurt anyone else. The bible, like any other book is open to interpretation, and is therefore flawed as humans are flawed by nature, people just need to chill out and respect each other and not try to shove their beliefs down other peoples throats.
To be honest I would rather have a conversation with someone who will be open to my opinion as much as I am to there's. I am open to being proven wrong, especially with regards to religion, I'm waiting for someone to prove to me that religion isn't just an excuse to be bigoted.
And To Rob B Agnostics believe in a higher power they just don't know if it is the "Christian God" It's not about "covering all bases"
2006-11-23 20:19:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've got to agree with you. It's a very lazy and ignorant thing to do. It is often said with an air of superiorty, as if they have the answer and until you do then they will patronise you with a little bit of compassion.... which of course, is nothing of the sort, it is not compassion but just their way of feeling better about themselves.... which is pretty much why they are religious in the first place.
2006-11-23 22:22:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
How can the Christian God or its followers ever love anyone who isn't a Christian? The bible even advises against it. I'm sure I could find a Christian on here that could recite the passage, something to do with uneven yoke.
And while we're on the subject, I've not lost my way either!
2006-11-23 20:06:03 · answer #9 · answered by anonymous_dave 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is the best question I've seen in a long time!! It's very true, and although I cannot be sure as to why these people are like broken records with their answers, I can only assume that as you say, it's a certain insecurity, so it's almost like they need to keep reassuring themselves, as well as every other poor soul they come across.
2006-11-23 19:51:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anon 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
haha your spot on. I also consider myself to be very tolerant but i sure would like an answer based on logic from these types once in a while.
personaly im not a believer but that doesnt mean I'm in a position to say for sure there is no omnipotent being. But one thing i do know is that if there is a good who created us, his one gift to mankind, the essence of our sould, is our ability to think logically. As far as im concerned, believing some boring old book over scientific fact is the greatest sin of all.
2006-11-23 19:51:27 · answer #11 · answered by cdndave 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋