An atheist is defined in two senses: Someone who says he believes there is no God, and someone who simply lacks belief in God. An atheist cannot say he knows there is no God, because he would have to know all things in order to know if there is or isn't a God. If he says he believes there is no God, ask him why he believes that way, and begin there. If he says he lacks belief in God, then ask what he does believe in, and start there. I always get around to the question of, "How did we get here?" Since creation and evolution are the only options, I have something further to work with.
Evolution has a lot of problems with it. It seems to me that it takes a lot of faith to believe that you developed out of ocean slime, simply by chance. At least as a Christian I have the evidence of the resurrection of Christ from eye witnesses as recorded by them in the gospels. Evolution or not, Jesus rose from the dead, said He was God, and forgave sins. I'll put my faith in Him instead of evolution.
An agnostic says he doesn't know if there is or isn't a God. (Usually after saying this I challenge them to explain the prophecies of the Old Testament fulfilled in the New. I state how the Bible is unique that way, and that only God can make prophecies that are 100% accurate. Then I ask him to explain how that could be done if there is no God.)
If there is no God as you say, then in the end I lose nothing. But if there is a God like I say, in the end you lose everything.
Why don't you believe in God? Is there any reason for you to intelligently reject His existence? Or, do you simply desire not to believe in Him?
The Bible doesn't attempt to prove that God exists. It simply speaks as though He does. Maybe I can't prove to you there is a God, but I can introduce Him to you through His Son Jesus Christ, and you can judge for yourself if the Words of Christ in the Bible convince you of His existence.
2006-12-11 01:11:32
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answered by Anonymous
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There is no point in attack. Either believe or don't, but be respectful about it. Attack does not change their minds anyway...so what would you hope to gain? You may as well be spitting in the wind. I cetainly am not going to give my faith up just because someone tells me it is stupid or calls me a sheeple. If I did , then my faith was not well grounded to begin with.
2006-12-11 09:11:28
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answered by mortgagegirl101 6
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Why do people who have found peace knowing that there is a God watching over them, and trying to live their lives in a way pleasing to God have so many people who want to attack them? I think alot who want to attack Christians DO think there is a God, because if they didn't, they wouldn't be so desperate to prove it wrong. I mean, look at these Yahoo! Answers boards. Just full of people who don't even have a coherent thought attacking Christians. If you want what Christians have, just ask one. If you think they might be right, have a decent conversation. But why attack, if you aren't completely desperate to live your life the way you want to with everyone saying it's OK even if it isn't?
By the way, Jesus and God being separate isn't stumping. God is an intangible being, and Jesus is God made flesh. In the minds of people long ago, that made him his son. That was easy.
2006-12-11 09:13:37
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answered by irie.girl_2006 3
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There is no reason to "attack" or to call their beliefs "stupid." Their belief is irrational, but that does not make it false or stupid by any means. It is irrational because it is based on a supposed ability to know what--by definition--we can never know, ie the supernatural. Their god exists within the realm of ignorance, forever outside the scope of knowledge, by necessity. Contradictions abound, which is irrational.
However, you cannot conclude that this belief is "stupid." Attacking someone's faith will not work, since you can only use reality and rational thought on your side. They do not have to agree to think rationally, because they choose to have faith. One doesn't need logical thought based on reality to have faith.
2006-12-11 10:28:14
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answered by Anonymous
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confusion is rooted in sinful thoughts or acts. Ask yourself why would u want to spoil something people enjoy.
Instead figure out what it is that gets used to turn them into needless warriors and attack that. You will find it has always been profit motivated and thus it is the merchants that use them, as they did to win the last 2 elections. Merchants always have a large percentage od scociopaths in their ranks who make there bussiness to twist what is good into something they can use like power.
Using the word darn gives you away u know
2006-12-11 09:15:04
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answered by icheeknows 5
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Well since your screen name looks like you're a college man why don't you sign up for another one? Find yourself a nice liberal theology school and they can start teaching you all of the ingenious ways there are to turn the Holy Bible into nothing more than the equivalent of a dead frog on a vivisectionist's table.
Learn all of the reasons why people should bow down at the altar of unproved and unprovable scientific theories and as a result you can jettison the first 11 chapter of Genesis as ancient Jewish mythology.
Once you've got your feet wet there you can start to learn how to discount every prophecy contained in the pages of the Scriptures by claiming that later redactors added them after the events had already transpired and come up with convincing "proofs" that books like the book of Daniel were really written during the 2nd century BC and that Daniel himself was probably another mythical hero who never really existed.
Don't worry about the gospel accounts where Jesus quotes the Old Testament and mentions people like Daniel or Isaiah or Noah. Just consign those portions to the imaginations of the authors who put them in there because they were trying to evangelize their contemporaries by quoting things from the Old Testament that would "resonate" with their first century Jewish mind set.
Last of all don't waste your time looking at all of the counter arguments to these liberal theories. If someone tries to argue with you and point out inconsistencies or flaws just use the old stand by response that since "we were not alive back then we really don't know for sure but the evidence seems to indicate......" whether or not the "evidence" is legitimate or really does indicate your point. That way you can put yourself on the higher intellectual platform of being "open minded" and "willing to consider" as opposed to those low brow fundamentalists who can't rev up enough brain power to look past their faith in a book that was written by primitive men after all.
2006-12-11 09:27:40
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answered by Martin S 7
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well look at it this way.. there isn't any harm in being a true christian.. when you read about the life of JESUS, HE was not as you see here sometimes. HE WAS HERE TO SAVE THE LOST. the disciples followed HIM in this ministry and there hasn't been a bigger following in all of our history. not even close. so if u r looking at what these people here are doing and confesing, forget them.. GOD is a wonderful loving diety, and to know GOD is to love HIM. If u decide to try to learn more about GOD, go to AMAZING FACTS website.. they can help u with study guides that are not full of hate. and read Doud Bachelor's story. u will see an aetheist jew that found GOD in a California cave.
2006-12-11 09:16:50
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answered by spotlite 5
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When Christians believe in their God they have abundant lives on earth and eternal enjoyment in heaven. Even if God do not exist (which I think is unbelievable) the Christian is no worse off than an unbeliever. Why take the risk when one is not absolutely sure that there is no God. One has to believe in God first before He reveal Himself to one in one's spirit.
2006-12-11 09:15:42
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answered by seekfind 6
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Truth defeats lies.
Light defeats darkness.
YOU LOSE !!!
Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Deu 32:30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
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2006-12-11 09:11:22
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answered by Anonymous
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You can't stop us believing in God. Read the Bible or talk to someone like a religious person they will help you
2006-12-11 09:09:45
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answered by ? 6
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