2007-03-11 20:09:31 · 27 answers · asked by Lover of God 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Excellent point. I think they just get irked because "Christians" spends so much time condemning them that they really never see these things. Love, charity, hope and forgiveness are great things, but maybe we as Christians just dont show them enough.
Gandhi said if every Christian lived what they believed, then we would all be Christians.
2007-03-11 20:15:42 · answer #1 · answered by aaron 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Atheists don't say you are wrong for believing, they say they don't believe. They are very different things. Hope, charity, love, and forgiveness are also practiced by Atheists and all other beliefs, nobody has said there is anything wrong with them.
2007-03-12 03:27:29 · answer #2 · answered by curls 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing wrong with love, hope, charity, and forgiveness, but those things can exist without religious faith. It isn't as though theists have the market cornered on those particular virtues. Furthermore, claiming to have those virtues while you walk around believing that other people are going to suffer eternal damnation when they die is really contradictory, you might say hypocritical. I could never ascribe to a belief system that holds such an apocalyptic, antisocial fantasy as a central tenet. I find it repulsive and I find people who believe in it repulsive.
2007-03-12 03:24:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who says atheists don't practice love, hope, charity and forgiveness??? There's nothing wrong with that!
True reality check for you: Religious people don't have a monopoly on morality or kindness.
2007-03-12 03:20:46 · answer #4 · answered by asterisk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would all be fine and good if those who called themselves 'christians' acted with love, hope, charity and forgiveness.
But.
Unfortunately, the majority of those who call themselves 'christians' act with judgment, fear, hatred and condemnation.
If this is what 'God' does for you, then I want no part of it.
I do know many actual, true Christians who seem to live lives of generosity and service. These are the people I look at and think, 'Maybe there's something to this whole Christianity thing after all.' But then Pat Robertson opens up his maw and says something moronic in the name of God.
2007-03-12 03:18:05 · answer #5 · answered by pasdeberet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists are a complex social group united by a belief that there is no God or gods, that nothing supernatural exists that science can't analyze or measure. To say that all Atheists feel that all Christians or religious groups are wrong is a generalization. What Atheists do tend to question, however, is that some Christians and religious seem to only act charitable and giving because they think it will earn them points and kudos to get into Heaven or their equivalent afterlife. Many Atheists view themselves as pure humanitarians, doing good purely for the sake of their fellow man. However, as with any group, Christians or Atheists, every bunch has its murderers and sinners. Who is to know what is right or wrong, anyways? Better to compare our similarities... Be kind to your neighbor, treat them as you yourself would be treated.
2007-03-12 03:18:21 · answer #6 · answered by Binky 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love God and know Him pretty well but I don't think those who choose to be athiest or gnostic are always bad either. it's only the ones who are intolerant of us. Some of the athiests I've known were not very bad people and many had the same amount of compassion and kindness that Christians talk of. It's not unlikely that some of them, sooner or later will come to know the truth and we are not ot judge. I've got high hopes! In the end, every knee will bow anyway.
2007-03-12 03:16:23 · answer #7 · answered by aintnobeans 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its all the other things that come with it. You can have love, hope, charity, and forgiveness without it.
2007-03-12 03:26:08 · answer #8 · answered by Magus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If all your questions implied love, hope, charity and forgiveness, then fair enough.
But many, a great many of your questions are predicated on hate, on curses, on taking the name and beliefs of Jesus in vain.
So, if from now on, your questions are purely going to show wisdom of love and compassion, good on you.
But if this is merely a brief rememberance of the virtues of christianity, before leaping back into hatred of all dissent, we will have to wait and see...
2007-03-12 03:12:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
1st Corinthians 13: 13,
"Now abide faith, hope, love, these three. The greatest of these is Love.". (NAB).
Neither Atheist's, nor Christian's have anything on the other, when love is considered to be the greatest human gift of all.
An Atheist may be correct....there is "no higher power".
A Christian may be correct...."saved only through faith in Jesus and nothing else matters".
It is note-worthy to me that Jesus himself said that "we should Love our neighbour as ourself".
The greatest gift one person can give another is love, and also to ourselves, our planet, the animals, the trees, etc, etc.
There is no right or wrong....forgive, have faith and hope....but we must ensure that we have Love for others.
2007-03-12 03:36:40 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋