it's like a fire burning deep inside the belly, thirsting for something that you can't explain? If the answer No, there is NO GOD, then why even consider a discussion of existence? Where does this thirst come from? Could God have put this thirst inside on purpose? not wanting to spoon feed you with belief, but wanting for you to figure things out yourself, to have a personal relationship with you?
2007-01-31 08:36:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You answer like big children, argumentative, finger pointing. Without even thinking or considering, with minds already closed to the facts that you maybe mistaken.
2007-01-31 10:37:20 · update #1
like babies or babylonians
2007-01-31 10:37:44 · update #2
I just like this question. Most atheists I've encountered say they do not have a hunger for a superior being. I do. I really do. But I don't believe there is any such thing. It sucks sometimes. I think humans have developed this innate spirituality through evolution. I think we want a fatherly figure once we are out of the nest because we feel insecure, and that's why capitol "G" god is popular (that, and he lives in paradise..wheeee!) Feel free to e-mail me if you like.
2007-01-31 08:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by dissolute_chemical 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you ever wonder why even though you may believe in God, that the question fascinates you?
If the answer is Yes, there IS a God, then why even consider the discussion of existence? Where does this thirst come from? Could disbelief have put this thirst inside? Not wanting to hold your hand out of belief, but wanting you to figure things out for yourself?
2007-01-31 08:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, tried that for fifteen years and still found at the end that there was nothing there but community and religion. The former had great value to many, and did fill a real need, but it was based on a story which I could not confirm, no matter how I tried.
Most human beings are wired to feel good within a family, a group. Could this sociophilic instinct account for the aversion of most to being alone, isolated?
And as for why study the topic, well it's politics and war and literature and philosophy. It's the culture we developed from, for good and ill. Why on earth be ignorant of it?
From the Hussites to the Cathars, the Crusades to the Huguenots, belief has driven society.
Often to war and conflict. Whether the belief was true comes as a separate category of debate, not without its own interest, I admit. But I've put my effort in on that question, subject to something new coming to light.
2007-01-31 08:59:04 · answer #3 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in the Christian "perception" of God because I find it somewhat ridiculous from my point of view. However, that doesn't mean I don't believe in A God or multiple parts of God(s). Though I do believe in naming my Gods instead of the generic God. What fascinates me about the question is the perception of God that many people have. It's absolutely fantastic and it bewilders me. Since I already know my perception of God and all of his parts - I don't think (s)he is causing me to thirst for an answer to the question how a person perceives God. That comes from my own brain.
2007-01-31 08:47:21 · answer #4 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the question of whether a god exists or not that fascinates me. It fascinates me that so many people seem to believe blindly and follow a god that does not have any supporting evidence of its existence. I have no burning desire to learn about something that I do not believe in. If someone believed in the tooth fairy and devoted their life to it, wouldn't you try to figure out why? I also would like to say that people that do not believe in a god are still bombarded by the idea daily. It is sort of enraging, and it leads me here where I can voice my opinion.
2007-01-31 08:50:43 · answer #5 · answered by ~ Sara ~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, no, because I can explain it. God does not exist. The discussion of existence is the result of my inability to comprehend how so many people could be so deluded and self-righteous as to presume that there is a need for their god, or any other. If even one person, reading my posts, wakes up enough to educate himself/herself and cast off this delusion, my time here is well spent.
2007-01-31 08:42:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I have not wondered because the answer is obvious. Religion has been force fed to me like a beer bong my entire life. I have been "guilted" into accepting irrational thoughts when I was too young to know better. After all of these years, I have finally removed the "belief" from my brain but the scar still lingers in the form of fascination.............
2007-01-31 08:47:31 · answer #7 · answered by David 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only thirst I feel is that of trying to educate others on the possible that there is no god.
2007-01-31 08:41:36 · answer #8 · answered by Militant Agnostic 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
actually i think we are in constant amazement and often very confused, and amused that christians have been tricked to believe a doctorine that quite honestly makes no sense whatsoever, is contradictory in itself, and given the few passages of "love" is ultimatley filled with hate.
its like watching a dog trying to catch his tail. Hes not going to do it, he looks like ..well for lack of better word an @$$...and yet its still funny.
most of all i think it just amazes us.
2007-01-31 08:48:26 · answer #9 · answered by Sheriff of R&S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our preaching may not get to them, we all have to act with good conduct to set an example as human beings
2007-01-31 08:42:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋