Those who are faithful believers of the supernatural follow reason until reason fails to answer the questions that only a faithful decision can answer. Those who are not believers of the supernatural are unable to or unwilling to rely on the chances of mere belief and hence trust in what they have observed or have learned to have been founded in fact.
Would you say that a faithful believer is ultimately lead to becoming trusting of his own emotional desire while the rational thinker sets his emotion aside? Is this an accurate picture of how we two groups, theists vs atheists, differ?
Please give your responses...
I asked this question three days ago ( http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070302221508AA1tC8J&r=wand ) and it got only three responses. I'm wondering if there might be a few thoughtful people who missed a chance to consider it....
2007-03-05 23:51:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am an atheist or a non-believer as i like to say. I trust in what I already know. But I do not support yr thesis. I do not set aside my emotions and Instead I usually trust them. I very much rely on my instincts. If they tell me something is wrong than I believe there usually is. I think this is because of earlier experience or things we learned, therefore I as a rational thinker still trust my emotions. I cannot speak for the believers.
2007-03-05 23:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by freebird31wizard 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
first I think your assuming wrongly that those who believe in the supernatural are atheists. This is a closed minded classification.
the Bible is filled with verse from those who saw supernatural things and had visions or dreams=
it was not a natural normaal occurance to see chariots in the sky or have the angle of God speak to you Thus it was super natural.
I think what you refer to are Spiritualists, which are also not atheists, but are those who relate to Spirit (not as a ghost or gool)but as the energy of the One Divine Source
(or another name for God Alaha etc. to the followers of organized religions)
Spiritualists are spiritual from their inner knowing, without the
confines of a group origanization telling them what is right or wrong and what they must believe to be a theists as you call it.
Many people today are moving away from controling religous
beliefs and moving toward their personal inner connection with
the I Am presence that is creator of all that is.....
before assuming please search some of the metaphysical and spiritual sites on the net
2007-03-06 09:18:35 · answer #2 · answered by the_higher_octave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the way is supposed to stand is both group set aside differences and emotion when comteplating the world, but niether gruop can seem to do it, as im sure you have seen on yahoo answers.
2007-03-06 08:00:56 · answer #3 · answered by Trid 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We do not only use our mind in thinking our belief in God, but we use our heart as well. Without your heart to dictate to your mind, you can not think intelligently, you can not think of the good ideas but wrong ideas which will bring you to the dark side of the way. I trust God as I do believe him and believe on his true good teachings to be followed.
2007-03-06 08:03:16 · answer #4 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Believers have set aside their disbelief in order to have faith that God exists, once this has been done, God reveals himself in myriad ways. Believers humble themselves to God, and get him to help us with our everyday lives, which he does.
Athiests selfishly cling to the fact that they cannot see God, there must be no God.
Believers trust in God.
Non believers trust in themselves.
2007-03-06 07:57:49 · answer #5 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes ok.
2007-03-06 07:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋