Do you ever have scary moments when you think, "man, what if the Christians are right?"
2006-12-09 02:03:32 · 19 answers · asked by Captain America 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Blue Sky, which man is really in a position to say whether or not a cat is really there or not...unless the cat meows?
2006-12-09 02:12:59 · update #1
Yes, I used to. I have family members that have come out of christianity and they also had a time when they felt "fear" over their choice. This passes in time. It's a natural consequence of being told "believe THIS or you will suffer THAT" for X amount of years.
Basically what I tell my brother, my nephews is to look their fear in the face. Examine it. So they're afraid that: a God who "loves" them will punish them for having honest doubt. That he'll cast them into "eternal punishment" for a finite act. (Would WE do that? As a parent, if a child "hated" us - would we burn them for a day? A year? Forever? Then why would a "perfect" god?)
Furthermore, what does that say about the character of god? Seriously! That he'd rather have people who accepted because they were too AFRAID to question anything? He'll accept those people and cast any honest doubters into hell? That too is immoral.
You can't have a "moral and just" god and be able to use that kind of arguement on anyone.
2006-12-09 02:18:35 · answer #1 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I constantly challenge my atheism. I read philosophy, theology, psychology, history and stay up on archeology. I am very interested in religion and beliefs systems in general. Hence I am always looking and wondering. But the truth is the more that I do this, the more evidence I find that no god exists. So no, I can't say that I have scary moments. I was a Christian during my childhood, my adolescence, and early adulthood. I went to Sunday school, sang in the church choir, read the Bible, the Talmud, studied the Talmud and the Koran, studied under a Jesuit, and then a rabbi. I also studied the Eastern religions and finally ancient myth. I will never stop studying, and if someone unearths something substantial, I will believe.
2006-12-09 10:59:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. I have tried to get into just about every faith out there and all of them are full of contradictions and lies passed off as truth you should not question.
How often do Christians have moments when they think "man Am I chump for believeing all this stuff? Could the athiests be right after all? They are more rational.
Scarry thought the athiests are right. You believe in fairy tails.
time to grow up and get educated.
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http://richarddawkins.net/home
God is a DELUSION. If you believe in God you are living in delusionville.
2006-12-10 18:29:19 · answer #3 · answered by iowamystic 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the cat actually left a turd and the Theist just stepped init.
I actually have doubt of my own atheism from time to time, but utter certainty that Christianity is completely and utterly a fabrication of men who wanted power - all organized religion is. This does not scare me in the least.
2006-12-09 10:20:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not an aethiest but I just want to help. When you beleive in these scary moments, you should yeild to it because it will help you. Think about it, religion is a basis for you to live a good and moralistic life. It is suppose to guide you. I hope you will come into a realization that God is real. This is because He is real. He is everywhere.
2006-12-09 10:11:30 · answer #5 · answered by lingnienshin 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Your question demonstrates what Christians live by: fear, not conviction. I think you guys believe all those things, just in case, just to be safe.
I don't have scary moments because I just can't believe in so many irrational things, implanted in our minds as children, never to leave us alone in our own thoughts.
I can think like a Christian and say: God gave me a rational mind and I will use it as such.
The same question should apply to Bhuddists, Jews, Muslims and Hindus because , in your imagination, you can only be saved through Christ.
What should they do?
There is a very deep meaning in your question: what you are actually saying is : Atheists, please join me in my insecurity!
2006-12-09 10:30:26 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. Sabetudo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
After 15 years of being an atheist I have none, zero, nadda scaring moments. I am that convinced of the con that is religion.
2006-12-09 10:31:07 · answer #7 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the Christian worldview was right, I'd be a little more concerned about why people were actually following YHWH than about myself...
2006-12-09 10:40:21 · answer #8 · answered by eigelhorn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never. To consider as valid,the accumulated myths and superstitions of my less than intellectual ancestors, which have been dogmatized, institutionalized and mounded into a colossal pile of crap they call ultimate truth, is absurd.
2006-12-09 10:34:16 · answer #9 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we always come back to pascals wager can you come up with somthing better than a 50 50 bet and we no the christians are wrong it is a fairy tale
2006-12-09 10:15:01 · answer #10 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋