Why do people hate God and Religion?

Question

There are so many people today that hate God and religion. What have been some factors in you deciding that:

a. God doesn't exisit
b. religion and God is a figment of imagination and bs
c. God is responsible for misery

I think people hate God and religion because it poses a threat to them and sets guidelines i.e. tells them what not to do. People like to do what they want to do.

Answer 1

* You are wrong. Using your way of thinking and logic, I come to the conclusion you and all Christians hate paganism and the pagan Gods and Goddesses, and the reason for the hate is because y'all fear the freedom and diversity it brings.

the criticism of beliefs threaten y'all, so y'all have to believe we hate your God to justify your beliefs.

Christians , not all, but so many that it hinders the growth of Christians, judge and preach to us who do not want to be preached to and usually the ones preaching know less about the bible than the ones they are preaching to, they also have more active sins than the ones they are preaching to, so that upsets those of us who just want to live and let live, but we can't because someone feels the need to bother us with their beliefs.

Wiccans and pagans do not proselytize, but if we went around preaching our beliefs to you all , you would be mad also and throw a hisssy fit and demand the government make it against the law.*

Answer 2

What's most important for you is to continue to believe what you believe and not be dissuaded by other peoples negativity or contradictory opinions. The best YOU can do is to set the example in your own life and thereby influence others.

God doesn't call people to him by force , it's an always open invitation. Some Christians feel that because their religion is under attack , which it has been since the begining of Christianity , they are duty bound to attack right back . Not so , and very unchristian. Know your bible and your branch of Christianity's dogma as well as all the current scientific findings so that you can respond calmly and intelligently to peoples questions, and not go on the defense.

No one likes to be forced into doing or believing anything , and that is what most people hate about religion . The very thing some Christians are trying to accomplish they are sabotaging with their rhetoric and hard line attitudes.

If you believe that God loves and accepts all people than us Christians should put our words and beliefs into action.

Answer 3

I don't hate god and religion. I don't believe in god and if a religion is teaching people how to become more altruistic and wise then I don't even remotely have an issue with religion.

Logic, analytical thinking and reasoning are what brought me to the agreement that an omnipotent creator god is illogical. The only thing that ever poses any "threat" in this life is when people use religions as some kind of justification to hurt others. As a Buddhist just because we're atheist doesn't mean we're devoid of ethics and such. You're painting with far too broad of a brush my friend.

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Answer 4

let us seperate the two.

I don't hate God as I don't think he exists. There is (as often stated) no proof that a god exists save that there is no proof he doesn't. Which, again, really isn't proof at all.

I dislike organised religion. It is controlling people. It discourages critical thought. And through the ages it has proven to be as capable of moral atrocities as the worst of us (think crusades, inquisition, etc. etc)

And your last statement "people don't like G&R because they set guidelines i.e. tells them what not to do. People like to do what they want to do."

newsflash: people can be morally just and kind and righteous without god. Most people feel a responsibility to their peers, family, friends and country. I always worry a bit with statements like this: say we ever disprove a god (just imagine for a moment we find something that conclusively proves there is no, nor has there ever been, a god. Would all the christians go on a murderous rampage and lie and steal? Why not?

Answer 5

I believe that people are lost and don't know what to believe no more because new stuff comes up every day about the world we live in. Also if god had a plan to end the world the globe warming that is going on would have never happened because that is not gods plan on ending it like that. We live in a world of hate and lies. If there was really a god he would have set us start by now and gave use more proof he is real then a book. You just got to Waite until your died to find out the truth on what you should have believed in.

Answer 6

I don't hate "god"... I hate religion - that is the man made
belief structure made to explain things.
I look at God as the creative force behind everything and that force is neither good nor bad - it is just there. How we interpret that force is interpreted as good or evil. Thus "god" is not responsible for misery. Things happen because in order for change. Our perspective flavors the opinion of whether it is bad or good - regardless, it happens.
Consider that the being that created everything would really *care* about the mundane little things that we get so worked up about?
Humans are just a small part of creation... we are just a virus that consumes...

Answer 7

I am so tired of hearing "GOD HATERS"
I respect everyone's opinions, beliefs and feelings of "God"
This is YOUR right as it is MY right not to believe.
What I do NOT respect is someone who tries to force THEIR beliefs on me. ( I believe this is why the pilgrims came to America in the first place).
I do not respect the evangelical, conservatives, and fundamentalist trying to corrupt people. Everytime I look around there's a "preacher" accused of some illegal or immoral activity( Ted Haggard), HYPOCRITS!!!!
If you feel the need for community and reassurance of your beliefs than oragnized religion might be for you. I prefer to practice my beliefs elsewhere. But I don't HATE you because YOU believe in god or religion. I just don't like you judging me without knowing me.
If there is a God I would like you to justify why he allowed 6 millions Jews to be murdered? Why does he allow children to die of starvation and cancer?
Also I take offense of the comment " I think people hate God and religion because it poses a threat to them and sets guidelines i.e. tells them what not to do. People like to do what they want to do"
I think I know the difference between right and wrong! Even if I wanted to do whatever I want I the Government to see that I can't not some church.

Everyone should ask WWBD? what would Buddah do?

Answer 8

just because a person does not believe in the existance of God, doesn't mean that they hate God... they would have to believe God existed in order to hate it.

many people have suffered horrible things in their lives, and to believe that a just and loving God would allow those horrible things to happen is often too much to bear. "If God loves me, then why did my mom/dad/relative/friend die, my husband beat me/divorce me/cheat on me, are there wars, is there poverty, hunger and starvation, is there hatred and violence?".... the list could go on and on, and this often convinces people that a) there is no God and b) if there is a God, it is uncaring.

Religion in and of itself is an invention of man, as all religions are simply different interpretation of the messages allegedly received by prophets from a higher being and philosophical theories of existance. Religious differences have been the cause of more wars, acts of hatred and violence, and division of mankind than anything else.

Religion does give basic guidelines for human behavior, but at various times throughout history, and by various different religions, those guidlines have been used and abused to oppress anyone that believed in different ways or didn't agree with the status quo.

Answer 9

well i think people are by nature too proud of themselves and they just can't accept that their is a greater power than them...in addition following rules is a very difficult thing to do and history has proved that most people choose the easy way to live their lives...also when something bad happens most people wonder why god let it happen if he is so good but they just can't understand that everything happens in this world is a result of our own actions...and of course it's easy to reject something when you don't know what it talks about...i think we should be more open to god's existence and make the decision whether he exists or not after we learn some more things about it...

Answer 10

For knowledge to exist, three facts must be accepted as true:

- Math & Logic are valid
- Direct observations or aided observations supported by Math & Logic are valid
- Supernatural existence, if real, does not involve itself in the natural realm (otherwise, any 'fact' could be changed by the interference -- say by the God of Gravity changing his mind on how strong it will be tomorrow).

Free will can thus be shown to be false:

- The mind is a consequence of the physical nature of the brain (Nonsupernatural causation axiom).
- Quantum physics contains a truly random component (Mathematical axiom)
- All observations can be expressed mathematically (Mathematical axiom).
- All principles causal to observations can be expressed mathematically (Mathematical Axiom).
- All mathematical expressions can be evaluated (Mathematical Axiom).
- An evaluation need not be deterministic, it can be stochaistic, that is, describing 'probabilities'. (Statistical mathematics).
- Since quantum physics can affect the human brain, and thus mind, the human state is mathematically stochaistic (consequential)
- If the quantum randomness is rescoped to be viewed as an input, the human brain ceases to be stoichasitic and is deterministic. (statement of rescope)
- A deterministically computable system is incapable of escaping its previous states, and produces outputs based on a computable result of the previous state and current inputs.(Turing-Church Thesis)
- Determinism counters free will. (By definition)
- Free will is not possible. (consequential)
- If a deity exists, free will is a natural consequence. (axiomic, potentially debatable. However, a deity that creates intelligence without free will cannot hold its creation responsible)
- Free will does not exist, therefore, deity does not exist. (modus tollens).

The idea of a god existing is disproven logically.