If you believe that energy and matter came from nothingness, doesn't that take a great leap of blind faith? If you ignore the Laws of Thermodynamics, espically the idea of entropy, doesn't that take blind faith? If you would gamble your eternity because you didn't do your homework on the authenticity of the Bible; but still insist that there is no proof for God... doesn't that take a lot of faith (and arrogance)? Just asking...
2006-11-28 01:25:05 · 10 answers · asked by the_sulu_dance 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I wish I had challenging answers...
It takes a lot of faith to ignore irreducible complexity. Should I explain? There is a tiny motor that powers the flagellum, which propels a bacterium through water. This tiny mechanism, positioned to penetrate the bacterium's protective outer membrane, consists of over 40 parts - each of which are essential to its functioning. With any of its 40 parts missing, this mechanism would not be functional and would be a casualty in the processes of "natural selection" postulated by the Atheists. The bacterium, dependent upon its locomotion, would be likewise. Thus, the question - which came first...
Oh yeah, if everyone came from lower orders primates, where are all the intermediate kinds (or species)? Atheist would claim that they simply did not survive. How would atheists explain that the fact that the lower orders, (apes, monkeys, chimps, etc.) still exist. There should be at least hundreds of intermediates still alive... takes some faith.
2006-11-30 02:16:51 · update #1
I don't think that atheist have a church or anything like that. You are very correct to point out they themselves have faith, and make some very good points. Of course they will not see this. The difference between people who believe in God and atheist is that people who believe in God will admit they have faith. I myself am still trying to figure out how much homework atheist have done on the Bible. Everytime I read it I see more and more how it is the true Word of God.
2006-11-28 01:37:01 · answer #1 · answered by Chad H 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No because I don't believe IN it, I just believe it happened in some way/shape/form.
I'm not going to go into the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics because it doesn't apply in an open system.
The authenticity of the Bible? Have you looked into it? Or maybe the similar claim by the Islamic Qu'ran? Or maybe the Egyptian Book of the Dead? How about the Jewish Torah? They are the equivalent of Aesop's Fables. Good morals in places (not all, there's killing in the name of a god/gods) and general all round good bedtime story-ness. No absolute truth though.
It does not take faith to criticise something and accept facts based on evidence.
2006-11-28 01:31:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes...it does take Faith...some people just don't have the courage for that ! To believe in something you can't see is what we are suppose to do! Do you read the Bible?? John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, shall not perish but have everlasting life." It's a promise....that takes faith and belief in order to receive!
2006-11-28 03:49:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the atheist don't believe in God, why would they need churches, or be divided into faith group? You are asking some really silly.
2006-11-28 01:27:56 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No there's a terror and a suspicion of strangeness, although. the youngster abuse scandal is fueling alot of suspicions. Outrage is called for and those who do not imagine our responses were adequate have a level. The polemic wording of you question tricks that you're a troll, so it truly is all i pick to say right here.
2016-11-29 21:23:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I gamble almost everyday. Why not my eternity? Where is your empirical evidence of a god? A book written by man? No.
2006-11-28 01:28:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think it takes a lot of stupidity (and arrogance) to ask your question.
Blind faith is your department.
2006-11-28 01:28:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. That would define atheism as a religion (having churches or places of worship)
2006-11-28 01:31:15 · answer #8 · answered by sister steph 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did my homework on the bibles authenticity and found it was compiled by a committee and was heavily edited and truncated.
2006-11-28 01:28:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Why do atheist need churches, if they believe there is no God? (i.e. they believe in the god of self or man).
2006-11-28 03:16:24 · answer #10 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋