2007-02-05 11:57:03 · 28 answers · asked by Just Wondering 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
isn't it scarey in a way? well not really scarey but boy when you see how some of these people think and say and then refer to the different things in the bible there is so many young who really don't know the bible and so many that don't believe but we do know all this is to come I can only pray they find the real and right way of our Jesus Christ
2007-02-05 12:06:35 · answer #1 · answered by whitemagnolia105@yahoo.com 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Every once in a while there is a question that does not talk about why atheists are here; or, the eternal evolution/creationism topic.
Just because I don't belong to a religion it does not mean the topic isn't interresting to me. I like philosophy and history as well.
2007-02-05 20:01:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I consider myself spiritual. I also like to answer questions about religion. I was raised christian and know a great deal about the bible. Also, since atheists get asked hundreds of questions a day, I like to answer those.
Gary...you crack me up. Yes...I am sooo lonely...I hang out in R&S looking for companionship and I'm seeking god. *rolls eyes*
2007-02-05 20:09:23 · answer #3 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Id like to share one of my favorite quotes. "Rejecting religious language simply because we cannot believe it literally, is just as constraining as believing we must do exactly what it says." By Kendyl Gibbons. I think that every religion has something to offer. Something that can teach you about life. Jesus taught what principles to live by. Confucius teaches principles for successful and meaningful living. People can reach a heightened sense of spirituality without necessarily believing in God. Plus, its interesting for me to think about what people are getting out of the religion they believe so greatly in. How is it beneficial to their life. There has been research that religious people have greater peace, and as a result live healthier lives, and recover from illness faster than people who are not religious. Should I contribute this to God? Not necessarily. I think the power of the mind that believes in God can do wonders. I think it is all power of the mind. Besides, I want to think that I have control over my life, and that it is not predetermined.
2007-02-05 20:03:49 · answer #4 · answered by Lolly 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Your God in his great wisdom created a race of humans with vast differences in our abilities to think about and understand different views, so much so that some of us can fly a rocket to the moon and others can only push a broom around a floor. From observations and reading the comments of believers and non-believers, it appears to me that belief in a god in inversely proportional to intellect. I therefore consider it my civic duty to help those who God, for reasons known only to himself or herself, endowed with muddled thought processes, and credulous natures that allow them to believe a man could live 3 days in the belly of a whale, or that a sea could be parted with an invocation, or that some one being knows intimately every thought that every one of us billlions of humans think at any given arbitrary instant, or that we humans could even propose that what and where we live even has a creator at all. People should be helped to think clearly...and for myself ..I seek whether my own thoughts are clear by constantly comparing them with those of my fellow travellers in this world for flaws in my reasoning or logic and adjusting accordingly. I have found that the rationale for a god to exist is the unrealistic expectation and greed for life to infinitely continue, and the lesser the intellect the closer to the heart this is grasped and clung to, and the harder it is to let the illusion go. Prying one mind away from the superglue of the illusion of living eternally is a worthwhile cause in life, as well as helping others steer clear of the mess religion makes of the mind. And I won't even get a special mention from any bookeeper in any heaven for such good deeds.
2007-02-05 23:16:57 · answer #5 · answered by Bluevariable 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because I'm a very spiritual person, even though I'm an atheist.
"I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - This is a somewhat new kind of religion” -- Albert Einstein
2007-02-05 20:02:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm here to correct people's language and grammar:
"atheist" = singular
"atheists" = plural
"sight" = something seen
"site" = location
"cite" = use a reference
"spiritually" = adverb
"spirituality" = noun
2007-02-05 20:27:53 · answer #7 · answered by Tiktaalik 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As long as each & every religion firmly believes that only it posseses the truth it behooves the non believer to search
for real truth in this life that we all live.
2007-02-05 20:12:02 · answer #8 · answered by dollparty.geo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beat that dead horse!
Some are interested in what the religious folks are up to. Some are interested in spirituality, but not religion. Most just get a smug, happy feeling when they launch out an argument that they find convincing.
2007-02-05 20:02:02 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The atheists claim that they are spiritual and even though they don't believe in a God or gods they have a write to use their freedom of speech to poke fun at and debate mostly the Christians.
2007-02-05 20:01:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋