3#Atheist:can you answer this....?

Question

hey dears

you said that it's really sad and scary that i can be a good person just because i fear god??
will let me till you that's not apsolotly scary or sad
no!!
it's yours which makes me sad!

i mean don't you want to believe or go to such a place call
heaven?
and don't you want to believe that there is a god who
can help you or rescue you if you were in a trouble
or something like that?

will i hope that explains how sad you are without feeling
it .....without knowing that you are really soo blind and deaf from the truth !


and peace all
anno

and by the way im a muslim si i agree with you
the bibble is soo confusing
but the quraan is not

Answer 1

i dont believe something JUST because it is desirable.
just because i would prefer an afterlife, and an invisible guy helping me out of my troubles, I'm not going to say it the "truth".

if god wants me to believe in him, he shoulda done a better job convincing me.

Answer 2

While the next world should not be a reasoning ground for doing good it foes not mean that the idea is selfish. The best example of this I think is in the old testament. Ironically in the old testament the idea of heaven and hell is not mentioned even once. The only time reward and punishment are mentioned they are refering to physical reward and punishments in this world. Why does the old testament not talk about heaven and hell when in face it is a basis of the religion? Well all we have to do is compare it to the koran. The koran does talk about it and in fact the radicals are using it to persuade suicide bombers. While the suicide bombers claim that they are giving themselves up for the betterment of the world everytime they are asked in an interview why they would want to do such a thing the firast thing that comes out of their mouth is because i want to go to heaven. Heaven and hell should not be the reason to do good or bad the reason to do good should be to listen to your creator and also respect your fellow citizen. Now you might ask how is serving god and respecting your fellow neighbor any different? well here is the answer. If you only want to serve god then going to visit the sick would be a good thing and the sicker the person is then the bigger the good that u did. In a way u r really rooting for the person to not get better so that u can visit him more and do more of what god wants u to do. However this is very problamatic and in fact that is why the ten commandments are divided into the first five which deal with man and god and the last five which deal with man and man. There has to be a balance so that u serve god and also care for your neighbor. That way you would ultimately be doing the best u can to both have a relationship with god (first five commandments) and have a good relationship with your neighbor (last five commandments). The perfect balance!

Answer 3

Don't I WANT to go to heaven? Maybe, it sounds alright. Don't I WANT to believe in god? I don't know, which one? Some sound cool, some sound horrible. Don't I WANT a superpowerful superbeing to rescue me when I'm in danger? Sure, who wouldn't?

But just because I may WANT or NOT WANT something doesn't change REALITY. My feelings and desires don't make anything more or less real.

Just because you WANT there to be an eternal paradise to go to after you die doesn't mean there is one... it just means you WANT such a thing to exist. Just because you WANT Allah to exist doesn't mean that Allah DOES exist. However satisfying and reassuring the concept of a "god" may be, it is far better to grasp the universe as it REALLY is than to persist in comforting delusion.

I wasn't saying that it's scary that you CAN be a good person because of God... I was saying that it's scary that you WOULDN'T be a good person if you DIDN'T believe God. It's scary that you can think of NO reason to be a decent, fair, caring, honest, compassionate human being if you aren't instructed by a deity to be these things.

So don't argue against a strawman... get it right. THAT'S why you scare me.

Answer 4

It's a mistake to assume that atheists are somehow "sad". I've been on both sides. I grew up with a very strong faith. I am now an atheist. I am just as happy and content now as I ever was as a believer. I think it's easy for believers to assume that we are sad, because they think that THEY would feel sad if they didn't believe, and they can't comprehend life without belief...but that's YOU, not us. You ask if we would want to believe in a God who would rescue us if we were in trouble, but I've known a lot of people who are believers who were in trouble, and God was not there helping to rescue them. The people I know who are believers have no more "luck" of that sort (getting out of trouble) than the people I know who aren't.
I'm not really upset at the idea of there not being a Heaven, because I think after we die, we're not going to know the difference, anyway. It'll be like going back to what we were before we were born. No paradise, yes, but no pain, either. I guess that's a sort of peace. I'm OK with that. Atheists do not go around thinking about their non-belief all the time. In fact, the only time it's even brought up or thought about is when people are asking us about it, or trying to convert us. I think religious people think more about what atheists believe than atheists do.

Answer 5

I'll worry about this life in this life. The catch is when people are good because they fear God, if they ever feel that God has abandoned them, then there is no reason for them to be good. They live by what they think they can get away with, not a sense of right or wrong. I would rather live a good life than live for some questionable reward. It's petty and far beneath any reasonable definition of God. It's is blind, deaf and cowardly.

Answer 6

Well, I meet a lot of Atheists going door-to-door and believe it or not they are good sincere people. Although they do not believe in God they still would appreciate knowing if there is a solution to the problems of poor health, family discord, injustice, famine, death and so forth. They are sincerely interested in finding answers to such questions as: ‘Why does evil exist?’ ‘Why do bad things happen to good people?’ and ‘What is the meaning of life?’ Anyway, thoughts to consider: Belief or disbelief in God can profoundly affect your outlook on the future. Without God, the survival of the human race is entirely in man’s hands—a bleak thought, considering man’s destructive potential. If you do believe that God exists, then you likely accept that life on this planet does have a purpose—a purpose that may yet be realized.

Answer 7

It's not a question of "wanting to believe" or not. Either a person believes or they don't believe. Not believing doesn't make anyone sad. What would make me sad is believing and hoping a God would come through for me in times of trouble, only to be disappointed when it doesn't happen.
If you believe that God is the truth then that's fine, but understand that it's ultimately your opinion. No matter what your faith or belief, most of the world does not share it.

Answer 8

I don't believe in heaven. I have no desire to go there.

It is frightening that the only moral precept you seem to comprehend is fear.

I do not need a god to "rescue" me. Is that how you regard god? Your personal life belt? Outrageous.

I am not "blind and deaf from the truth"; or if I am from *your* truth, than you are surely just as blind and deaf from *mine*.

I am done answering your questions because you are not paying attention to the answers you receive.

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Answer 9

Heaven would be boring. 80-90 years of life is quite enough. People who want more than that are selfish.

I pride myself in being strong enough of a person to get myself out of trouble, rather than clinging to an imaginary friend for help.

What about you? Do you really want to believe that if there are too many sins you haven't atoned for, you'd burn for all eternity in hell? Does it make you feel all good and peachy on the inside that all your friends and family who haven't always atoned for their sins would go to hell? Do you like having the knowledge of all the children in the world who would go to hell, simply because their minds (which GOD created, according to you) could not comprehend there being a god, would burn in a fiery pit after death?

Answer 10

I don't rely on a silly imaginary God to help me - I HELP MYSELF. I don't sit around praying for something good to happen. I get up and make it happen myself.
And if I can't, I accept that fact instead of clinging to false hope.

I sleep easier at night, knowing I'm not going to be judged at death for everything I have done in my life.

I do good, moral things because it's right, not because I'm scared of being sent to Hell or selfishly trying to win brownie points.

Answer 11

Thank God that you're not a Christian. I wouldn't want such barely comprehensible tripe to be associated with Christianity and Christians in general.