1) why do you beleive in what you do
2) what do you beleive in and what is your reason to live
3) how do you live your life if you dont beleive there was a creator
4) why not jesus?
2007-03-04 08:51:27 · 18 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i dont need links, i dont need theories just answer the questions and reason for them. its interesting to know and i think i'll add one more (soz for the early ppl hu cant ans. this one)
5) if u were to persuade me to be ur faith, since i beleive in the holy trinity and accept jesus as my personal savior or to be atheist etc...
2007-03-04 09:08:12 · update #1
o and why / what ur reasoning is.......
2007-03-04 09:08:37 · update #2
o and why / what ur reasoning is.......
2007-03-04 09:08:39 · update #3
1) Because all of the evidence I've received, all of my experiences in this life, all the perspectives I've read and learned about, strongly indicate that I'm at least relatively close to the truth. I am probably wrong about some things, but by learning more I can get better and improve my belief system further.
2) I believe in the love, life, happiness, and beauty of humanity. I believe in the world, in the stars and the mountains and the wind and the tears of children. I believe in atoms and quarks, in flesh and bone, in ideas and computer programs. I believe in things that seem to me to be likely true, and I do not believe in anything else, though I am open to believing in them in the future if reliable evidence for them does arise.
3) The best way I know how. By learning new things, trying to be a good person, and seeking peace and happiness for myself and others. I do not believe that my life is objectively meaningful or significant, and I certainly do not consider myself more important than the rest of mankind; rather, I believe that I can give myself meaning, that I can create a purpose for myself in this brief and precious life, and that, indeed, a self-made meaning is all the more meaningful than one imposed on you by others (even if that other is a God).
4) Because he is just one man among many. He is as valuable and important as every other human; no more and no less. A partly-remembered 1st-century Jewish preacher is not the crux the world turns on.
2007-03-04 08:56:46 · answer #1 · answered by Rob Diamond 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
1) why do you beleive in what you do
So far as I can achieve it I do not "believe in" any claim at all. I seek to form conclusions on the basis of evidence.
2) what do you beleive in and what is your reason to live
Life needs no reason. Life is a process. Like fire. Do you ask fire why it burns? Nah. It just does.
3) how do you live your life if you dont beleive there was a creator
I do not know whther or not there are one or more creators, so I leave the question unanswered. I do not need to find answers to every question where there is no evidence by which to form conclusions.
4) why not jesus?
Why Jesus? He is just one more manifestation of the ancient Egyptian Osiris figure, the man-god who redeems us and mediates between God and Man and dies and is resurrected and offers his followers eternal life. The Greeks called him Dionysus. The Phrygians call him Attis. The Canaanites call him the Christ. Why not just let them all be as they are? You don't need to believe stuff to be fully human. You can appreciate them all as cool dudes without believing weird things.
2007-03-12 00:16:55 · answer #2 · answered by fra59e 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Because it makes the most sense to me, because it gives me more fulfillment than other faiths having Gods that are as close to me as Kin.
2. I'm Asatru. My reason to live is to thrive, be happy, and make the world a better place.
3. I don't believe in your idea of a creator no, I have my own beliefs on the subject. I accept evolution and I think that all life evolved, I even believe that the Gods evolved.
4. I have my honor, I would rather die. If my ancestors and non-christian Kin are in Hell I would rather go there than spend eternity with a God that would sentence them to that fate. I renounce all his works! I take up the words and work and worship of my Gods and Goddesses, of Thor and Odin and Tyr and all who are their companions!
5. I do not care if you followed my religion or not. I believe different people have different ways of looking at the world and that's exactly how it should be. There is no one religion that fits everyone.
2007-03-04 17:14:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
1) my beliefs are based on what makes sense to me, not what worked for someone else. they include the idea that my beliefs are not more right than anyone else's, they are just more right for me. that was really important when i was choosing what i would believe in.
2)i believe that spirituality is personal, that we are all looking for understanding and meaning, and we find that understanding through a lifetime of open minded study. i live because i'm here anyway, and i want to help others by making the world more fair.
3)creator or not, in my faith this doesn't really matter, i live my life trying to have positive experiences with those around me.
4)just doesn't work for me. christainity was my parent's faith, i tried it and i know it's not my thing. one of the reasons i explained in the first part of my answer, i just can't go with something that says it's the only right way. there are many others but since you are obviously christian putting them here would just be hurtful to you and i don't see the point in that.
2007-03-04 17:12:42 · answer #4 · answered by mommynow 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1) I'm an Atheist, There is no proof of a real god, and lack of proof can be, itself, proof.
2) I'm an Atheist. My reason to live is to feel. To love, to have memories, to see the world, not to be tied down... to be free and healthy... to have a loving family and a good career. The feeling of hate only empowers love... The feeling of sadness only makes happiness so much more happy... The feeling of confusion makes everything worth while... Life is one big lesson, learn.
3) I'm an Atheist, I don't need a creator. Knowing how I was created will not change who I already am, why should I believe? After I die, I am gone forever like the wind, what difference will it make then?
4) I am an Atheist... that is my reasoning why.
2007-03-04 17:00:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
1) why do you beleive in what you do
Because to me it seems right. I didn't inherit my faith from my parents or get it from religious leaders, I worked it out myself, and I think it fits.
2) what do you beleive in and what is your reason to live
I believe in one God. I believe that the universe, God and the collective soul are one and the same. I believe that all organised religion is mostly false. I live because that is what i have always done. If by that you mean what I want to do with my life, then I honestly don't know.
3) how do you live your life if you dont beleive there was a creator
I do believe that there was a creator. That does NOT mean I am a creationist, btw.
4) Because it doesn't make sense.
2007-03-04 16:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
There is no evidence that there is a god. No evidence essentially means that someone made it up. It isn't rational or reasonable to believe in things without any evidence to back it up. You would be stuck with hundreds of thousands of gods and everything else that human imagination could come up with since they all have the same evidence.
Not believing in god is the same as not believing in Odin, Zeus, Ra, Hera, Bacchus, The Great Spirit, Osiris, The Flying Spaghetti Monster and all the others. I would be no less surprised of evidence of Odin was found than I would be if evidence of your god was.
2007-03-04 16:55:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
1 Because I have spent years searching for truth, and have found much.
2 I believe God created all of us, loves us all equally, and wants us to love one another. My reason to live is for my nieces and nephews- to try to teach them, to be there for them when they need me, so they know they are loved and cherished by others besides their parents; and to make the world a better place for them and their generation. I also want to be the best person that I can be, to help others along the way, and to live so that I will be remembered as someone who was always there to help, and never had a bad word to say about anyone.
3 I do believe in a Creator- the evidence is all around us
4 I don't think Jesus intended for us to worship Him. I think He just came here because He saw how we were living, and wanted to show us a better way.
5 I would have no reason to try to persuade you to leave your religion, if it works for you, and you are happy with it. If you were unhappy with it, I would just advise you to keep searching for answers for yourself- there is no wrong place to look for God and truth. If you ABANDON FEAR- and seek Him, He will reveal Himself and His nature to you. God is so much better than most of us can even imagine. Peace to you.
2007-03-12 11:08:06 · answer #8 · answered by Susan H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) because I was raised in & through it. And because it's true. AND 'cause I don't wanna go to hell.
2)Jesus as my savior and Lord and God's son.
3)But I do know that God is the ultimate creator
4) some people are ignorant? but i do choose Jesus. Not hell.
2007-03-04 16:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why not jesus? I did for most of my life and it never felt right because the only way i could believe it was turning off all reasoning and telling myself i believe because i have faith. Also i did not agree with a lot of the things in the bible. Women are like property and referred to as second rate to men. I obviously do not subscribe to that teaching. Also alot of things that felt right to me were sin and alot of stuff that felt like sin to be (like discriminating other people and judging them because they are not christians, a god who claims to love me but #1 wants me to want his will even if that's not what i want, a god who is very patronizing, a god who is arrogant by creating us just so that we can worship and love him) I felt like i was living a lie and as i grew older the lies that i told myself to keep me believing weren't sufficient enough.
Then there's the fact that the history of christianity does not validate it's claims.
Someone once asked me, what if there really is a god and i end up in hell? I am 100% willing to take that chance. I would rather live in freedom now than imprison my mind and body and give it to some mythical being who may or may not exist in the hope that i would end up in a heaven that may or may not exist. Also I do not want to go to heaven if i have to compromise my values and what feels right to me to go there. That is too high a price to pay
what is my reason to live? I have aspirations. I love to mentor people and help them out of situations that i did not know better to help myself out of when i was younger.
I love the healing and the ability to change people's state of health for the better
I love to experience love. That by far has been the greatest gift of life to me: Loving someone else
How do i live my life?
I live my life being accountable to myself. That is i know what my standards are and i live up to them daily. I do what i want to do when i want to do it, all working towards my goal of #1 happiness, #2achieving my aspirations
I live my life in true love of myself and everyone else. I do not judge or condemn people. I let people be.
I also believe that all humans are fundamentally good people and my experiences have proven that
2007-03-04 17:08:47 · answer #10 · answered by uz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋