I have to use a Biblical analogy here, remember Lazarus in the Book of Luke, who begged to be able to go back and warn his family members and Jesus said it would not make a difference to them? I think it's the same case here with the atheists. They refuse to accept that Christianity is based on faith, and they cling to it has to have real evidence to believe.
And I don't think they would believe even WHEN people have to take a specific mark (whether it's a chip or tattoo, I don't know) to buy and sell and we're a one world government. Or if a lot of people were to mysteriously disappear, I don't think they would believe either. Because as some have stated, each person interprets it their own way.
But I applaud your question!!!
2007-03-07 00:54:59
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answered by Searcher 7
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First, I don't have to prove that god exists any more than I have to disprove the existence of the Easter bunny, the tooth fairy, the Bogey man or Santa Claus. You're the one asserting that god exists, so the burdon is on you to prove it.
Second, how do we know that the messiah actually came? One group of people believe he did, but most of the world does not believe that the messiah came. Maybe some people got tired of waiting and decided to treat JC as the messiah? Frankly, I don't believe any any nonsense about a messiah coming, but if you do, prove that it actually happened.
If god exists and is omnipotent, why would he need to send "his only begotten son" to die for our sins? That makes no sense. If he really is the ultimate authority, he could just forgive us without the blood sacrifice. You do realize that the idea of sacrificing an innocent to pay for the sins of other people is a pagan belief don't you? The whole story of JC is a pagan blood sacrificial ritual writ across the sky. And why only one begotten son? If god is omnipotent, why couldn't he have any number of sons?
Face it. The whole story is a fiction based on a combination of pagan ritual, Jewish tribal custom and outright fabrication. It is a myth.
2007-03-07 09:19:00
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answered by Rob B 4
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Well I challenge you to stop the prophecy foretold in the Eddas of Ragnarök.
Ragnarök will be preceded by the Fimbulwinter, the winter of winters. Three successive winters will follow each other with no summer in between. As a result, conflicts and feuds will break out, and all morality will disappear. The wolf Skoll and his brother Hati will finally devour Sol (the Sun) and her brother Mani (the Moon) respectively, after a perpetual chase. The stars will vanish from the sky, plunging the earth into darkness.The earth will shudder, so violently that trees will be uprooted, and mountains will fall, and every bond and fetter will snap and sever, freeing Loki, the God of Mischief, and his son Fenrir.
2007-03-07 12:13:55
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answered by Anonymous
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Bite on this written by Robert Green Ingersoll in 1894 about your OT churchboy.
IS THE OLD TESTAMENT INSPIRED?
If it is, it should be a book that no man -- no number of men -- could produce.
It should contain the perfection of philosophy.
It should perfectly accord with every fact in nature.
There should be no mistakes in astronomy, geology, or as to any subject or science.
Its morality should be the highest, the purest.
Its laws and regulations for the control of conduct should be just, wise, perfect, and perfectly adapted to the accomplishment of the ends desired.
It should contain nothing calculated to make man cruel, revengeful, vindictive or infamous.
It should be filled with intelligence, justice, purity, honesty, mercy and the spirit of liberty.
It should be opposed to strife and war, to slavery and lust, to ignorance, credulity and superstition.
It should develop the brain and civilize the heart.
It should satisfy the heart and brain of the best and wisest.
It should be true.
Does the Old Testament satisfy this standard?
2007-03-07 08:52:45
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answered by Uncle Meat 5
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I believe there are numbers of sick, twisted individuals who will work very hard to manipulate political realities to fall in line with their perverse biblical prophesies. We have been brought to the brink of global nuclear war by these idiots a couple of times in the last several decades, before the sane managed to save us. Trust me: If the manipulators succeed in destroying the world to make their savior come back, and he doesn't show up, I hope they have good places to hide. There are going to be some very angry survivors, and what happens next isn't going to be pretty.
Edit: And for the millionth time, the burden of proof lies with believers.
BTW: Atheists don't believe in Satan, either.
2007-03-07 08:54:04
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answered by link955 7
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I'm not bent on trying to prove God doesn't exist. Nor am I trying to stop anything from happening. I simply don't believe in the stories that say they are signs of the end.... because they apply to things that happened in 70CE, as well as things that happened when Rome itself fell. It's easy to see the "end of the world" when Rome fell. At the time it fell, it OWNED 1/3 of the civilized world. When the Gov't toppled.... so did everything else. The "end of the world" did happen for them.
2007-03-07 10:00:22
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answered by Kithy 6
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Well, these so-called prophecies (famine, war, et al.) have been happening over and over (and over some more) for centuries, with the exception of Ann Coulter, I mean the Beautiful and well-dressed anti-christ.
About every century, people think the end is coming. Big frikkin deal! Try to stop what? A fairy tale? Thats like declaring a "war on terror". Bwahahahahahaha!!!
2007-03-07 08:50:44
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answered by tombollocks 6
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First of all, we're not "bent" on proving God doesn't exist. We simply don't believe he does. It's not like our life goal is to prove the non-existence of something. That's just silly.
Secondly, prophesies are interesting because people will see what they want to see. Famine has been happening for hundreds of years, which one is the one in the prophesy? War has been happening for hundreds of years (often over religion, mind you). Which one is the one in the prophesy? Get the point? You'll see what you want to see. You'll believe what you want to believe. All we ask is that you keep your beliefs to yourself, and we'll do the same with our lack of belief.
2007-03-07 08:47:36
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answered by glitterkittyy 7
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sorry, you are way behind the times. The antichrist was already here, though there seems to be a debate if Napoleon Bonaparte or Hitler really was it. Some think both. The rest of the predictions haven't happened. So according to you that easily disproves them and at the same kind god?
OK, job done.
Though I really don't feel the urge to disprove god. I don't think there is a point to the effort.
2007-03-07 08:57:36
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answered by convictedidiot 5
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Anti-Christ aside that wasn't so much a prediction as a treatise of human nature. War, famine, death- how is now different from the last 10,000 years? Just better technology killing more people at one time.
2007-03-07 08:49:10
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answered by Goddess Nikki 4
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