I think the religious types would just find another excuse for their horrible behaviour
2007-02-26 10:03:48 · 16 answers · asked by U-98 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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God doesn't exist and I am just fine thanks.
2007-02-26 16:02:53 · update #1
Yeah, it make a big difference. Then I wouldn't be answering your question, because neither of us would be here. Not that it's going to make my day or yours!
2007-02-26 10:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by nickname 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Would it make any difference if TRUTH did not exist? It is your concept of a god that is bugging you. If you are afraid of Truth then you should fear God. Can you stay in Truth alone? How do you know what is true and what isn't. What is your barometer if it isn't Truth? If your reality is bases on your senses then what happens to your reality if you should loose a sense? Is the truth still the same even if you cannot see it, for example? If you are operating in a false reality, is there any possibility that there is another point of view going on parallel to your understanding? If the word God is your problem just replace it with the word Truth for a while and see if things don't change in your perception. Imagine that there is an absolute truth and it is where we are all headed. Wouldn't we need to have an idea of what it was so we knew when we have arrived?Peace, Rev. M
2007-02-26 18:17:25 · answer #2 · answered by happylife22842 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe you can find your answer in this satirical poem about people who live as if God doesn't exist.
Creed
by Steve Turner
Steve Turner, (English journalist), "Creed," his satirical poem on the modern mind. Taken from Ravi Zacharias’ book Can Man live Without God? Pages 42-44
We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don't hurt anyone
to the best of your definition of hurt,
and to the best of your knowledge.
We believe in sex before, during, and after marriage.
We believe in the therapy of sin.
We believe that adultery is fun.
We believe that sodomy’s OK.
We believe that taboos are taboo.
We believe that everything's getting better
despite evidence to the contrary.
The evidence must be investigated
And you can prove anything with evidence.
We believe there's something in horoscopes
UFO's and bent spoons.
Jesus was a good man just like Buddha,
Mohammed, and ourselves.
He was a good moral teacher though we think
His good morals were bad.
We believe that all religions are basically the same-
at least the one that we read was.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of creation,
sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.
We believe that after death comes the Nothing
Because when you ask the dead what happens
they say nothing.
If death is not the end, if the dead have lied, then its
compulsory heaven for all
excepting perhaps
Hitler, Stalin, and Genghis Kahn
We believe in Masters and Johnson
What's selected is average.
What's average is normal.
What's normal is good.
We believe in total disarmament.
We believe there are direct links between warfare and bloodshed.
Americans should beat their guns into tractors .
And the Russians would be sure to follow.
We believe that man is essentially good.
It's only his behavior that lets him down.
This is the fault of society.
Society is the fault of conditions.
Conditions are the fault of society.
We believe that each man must find the truth that
is right for him.
Reality will adapt accordingly.
The universe will readjust.
History will alter.
We believe that there is no absolute truth
excepting the truth that there is no absolute truth.
We believe in the rejection of creeds,
And the flowering of individual thought.
If chance be the Father of all flesh,
disaster is his rainbow in the sky and when you hear
State of Emergency!
Sniper Kills Ten!
Troops on Rampage!
Whites go Looting!
Bomb Blasts School!
It is but the sound of man worshipping his maker.
2007-02-26 19:30:43 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, I know that I wouldn't be here today if God didn't exist. That's one iota of a difference to me, and it has nothing to do with behavior.
2007-02-26 18:14:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If God did not exist, then nothing would exist because the existence of all things is sustained by God.
2007-02-26 18:16:57 · answer #5 · answered by Steve 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I think you're right. It's scary that religious types need a sky fairy or a list or a book telling them to (or how to) behave. Thank goodness non-religious people have figured out how to be good without all that!
2007-02-26 18:11:11 · answer #6 · answered by gelfling 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One huge difference is credit. As it is, the piety give all the credit for everything to (a) god. When people finally wake up, they're going to give mankind the credit for his/her accomplishments like they deserve.
2007-02-26 18:19:26 · answer #7 · answered by r~@~w 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree. If suddenly there was a revelation (tee hee) that God did not exist, patriotism would take over the abstract motivation, I'm sure.
2007-02-26 18:08:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
If God didn't exist, neither would we.
2007-02-26 18:23:09 · answer #9 · answered by Jan P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then we would not exist. The idea that God is somehow a seperate entity opposed to life is weird.
2007-02-26 18:09:09 · answer #10 · answered by Bran McMuffin 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It would just the same, because that's how it is now. God doesn't exist.
2007-02-26 18:08:38 · answer #11 · answered by nondescript 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋