Does it bother you that some people do not believe in God?Why? Why not? Why do you Care? God told you to?

Question

(Background: It does not bother me, I am friends with many Atheists. But I have known pretty religious people that attack them)

Answer 1

Good question, Muslimah!! I, for one, am also curious.

But here's my $0.02... people are intimidated by dissenters. They are fearful of those who do not share their faith, and even those who laugh at it.

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

It bothers me, yes / for the following reasons>
1. God is worthy of being honoured by everyone
2. Everyone needs God.
How do I react when friends don't believe in God? With respect and patience. I can't hammer God into their brain. Only God Himself can convince them. If they are the kind of people who like to discuss these things, I might debate them, as long as the discussion doesn't get either hot or silly. The subject is too important for that. If the discussion looks like it's going to get out of hand, I try to change the subject. (Sometimes the non-believer can be obnoxious. Believers do not have a monopoly on that quality). I don't hesitate to say: "I'm uncomfortable with the way this discussion is going. I don't think we are doing each other any good".
I don't initiate conversations about God unless I have some reason to believe the person wants to talk about Him.
EDIT:
I notice that even on this page, it bothers some people that we believe in God. Or that we believe in an active creator God.

Answer 4

I have had my personal beliefs as a Christian attacked by Atheists. Usually this is because they do not understand my beliefs. The presupposition that as a Christian, I am a right wing conservative for example makes me suspect. When I explain the actual message of Jesus to these folks, a message of peace and love, often they back off and begin to realize that I am neither right wing conservative nor am I a christian by modern definition. When we close our minds and refuse to listen to the views and opinions of others we deepen the divides within humanity. As a Muslim, I hope you understand what I mean by this. I do not assume for example that you are a terrorist simply because you are Muslim. Many simple minded folks with closed minds would not be so inclined.

That being said, I find the Atheists conclusion that there is no God to be very logical, to a point. That point is the conclusive jump from agnostic to atheist. The Atheists that I know rely heavily on science. There is however no concrete evidence which proves either that there is nor that there is not a God by their definition of "proof". Therefore the jump to the conclusion that there is no God requires a belief which is not directly supported by a specific scientific proof making it a belief identical to a belief in God (only in reverse). So, the pot calls the kettle black. This only bothers me when folks like Richard Dawkins write books and hold seminars bashing religion when by his own definition, Atheism is a religion. The vast majority of atheists deny that atheism is a religion. This is contradictory to the point of delusion and is somewhat bothersome to me. The pot should not call the kettle black.

Answer 5

I also have friends, and family members who are atheists.
Yes it bothers me, it hurts me to know that we will not be together in eternity. They know how I feel and that I shed many tears for then every day, but many of them have been hut by "Christians" who although they may have meant well they have taken the wrong approach.
I know that I am sometimes guilty of this also, and I am sorry for that. It is just that eternity is such an important thing that, you cannot take it lightly. I know what the key to true eternal happiness is and I so want everyone to know about that key that sometimes I get carried away.
There is not one person on this Earth that I do not love. I may not like some people, but I do care enough about everyone that I want them to know the truth.

Answer 6

You are all so full of it. Of course you know you all wish we Atheist would just go away. We are a threat to your every belief as things become more and more obvious what thin water you are treading on and more and more of your institutions begin to crumble like the old mythology religions in the past. As more and more of your children become better educated and reject your foolishness. Well you Christians don't have much to worry about from the Atheist You have a greater worry from other phony religions pushing you aside now fighting for freedom of religion here in the US. Having your Nativity scenes kicked out of public places during the holidays. Christian religions being kicked out of public schools while other religions are being accepted. Having your ten commandments removed from public places. Slowly eroding your beliefs. Thant is other religions fighting you and winning. Us Atheist mostly just set back and smile while all you silly religions cut each others throat. Oh we do get in and stir things up ever so often with the ACLU. and it pisses you people off as well it should. I just love the fight, hell with who wins. God bless kisses Betty.

Answer 7

It bothers me that people attack atheists, though I am a Christian. It bothers me more if the attackers are Christian...or claim to be. It bothers me that anyone would not have eternal life, but why would this make me want to attack atheists?

Answer 8

I'm an atheist and I know quite a few Chirstians that like me for me, not for what I believe in, I think it's very nice of them, unlike many others. No offense, but if it really bothers them, then they're setting a bad example for other believers who are actually very kind people.

Did I mention that it's very ignorant to be bothered by other people's beliefs?

Answer 9

It doesn't bother me at all.. I blame my upbringing into play for why i do not practice religion. I believe in god, but i do not think you need to pile into church to believe.. I went to catholic school my whole life or so it seemed.. I was tortured with religion classes and church once a week and forced to do confessions. That to me doesn't seem like something i chose. I think so long as everyone has a social gathering that is healthy and nurturing then I say go for that.. at least it is enjoyable to them.. I don't think there is anything wrong with being atheist. It is a free country

Answer 10

People just don't tolerate atheists because they have learned one thing since birth, that there is a god. Most religious people don't believe that you can live a moral life unless you believe in god and all that goes along with it, the bible, heaven, hell and all the other related fairy tails we've invented. For me there is no difference between god and the tooth fairy.

Answer 11

doesn't bother me as I am an atheist. some religious people seem to think I should believe though.