Atheists don't believe in God because they say there is no proof of his existence, my question is this: What do you want God to do, show up in your living room, sit beside you in any shape or form that would prove that He is indeed God. What would happen after you see Him? Would you call someone and say: " hey buddy, I just saw God last night he was sitting in my living room."
Personally, this is what I think, if you don't believe in God, it could be that you are missing something, because I could never see myself not believing in God
2007-03-14 16:04:59 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
If God doesn't ever actually appear, then I have to take the word of Christians that he actually exists. Christians don't have a very good track record when it comes to honesty about this - in fact most of the Christians who post here seem to be utterly unable to tell the truth about much of anything. I'm not inclined to take the word of people who lie so much.
If God were to show up here in my living room, I'd happily believe in him, of course. The fact is that he does not, and the fact is that's because he doesn't exist, and it is the ultimate arrogance that Christians think that I should just take their word for it that he does. You people REALLY need to get over yourselves.
For an omnipotent being, he sure has a weak handshake.
2007-03-14 16:06:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
This is your problem, you were brought up to believe in god, so you do. You don't question. You just "feel" he exists. Yet, you need to realize that if you were BORN SOMEWHERE ELSE you would believe something completely different. This means there IS NO TRUTH to the existence of god, as the belief in god is simply CULTURAL. Think about it. If you were born in India, you might be Buddhist and not believe in a god. If you were raised in a place where they had never heard of the concept of god, then you would never believe in god. You see, it's simply how you were brought up. There is no evidence god exists, and nothing that would lead any intelligent person to the conclusion that a supernatual all-powerful being exists and created everything.
2007-03-14 23:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by atheist jesus 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your belief is no proof.
Me, I'd settle for stone tablets dated to the time of Moses listing the ten commandments with a little (c) GOD, 4000BC. on the bottom. I doubt that would happen.
Actually, I'd settle for ANYTHING that was unexplainable by any other means. As yet, that doesn't exist. If it did, the next problem to solve would be to determine which god exactly, caused such a thing.
Here's one for you to work on. I have two friends who were involved in automobile accidents. One has a brain injury and still has glass in his eye. Get God to remove the glass and repair the brain injury. The other is a quadriplegic, with a severed spinal cord. Have him repair that. Let me know when it will happen so that I can be sure that it's your god that does it, and that will answer the question once and for all.
2007-03-14 23:13:51 · answer #3 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What I think is that if you believe in the Christian God, you are the one missing something: Life. Living in the here and now instead of worrying your entire life about what's going to happen to you after you die.
If your God is out there somewhere, he knows where I live. He knows I won't accept some self-appointed spokesperson for him. Surely it wouldn't take much effort on his part to show up and have a word.
2007-03-14 23:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not missing anything. I don't expect God to show up or do anything, really, because He doesn't exist. In a hypothetical situation where He did show up, on the other hand, I would believe in Him. I don't think I should believe in God just because someone suggests it, though. No reason to believe.
Do I need proof to believe in giant living men made out of guitar strings? Of course.
Do I need proof to believe in God? Of course.
I have as much justification to believe in either. We know it's not our responsibility to prove this negative like you want us to. You're the one that believes it, why don't you prove it?
2007-03-14 23:09:21 · answer #5 · answered by juhsayngul 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Why do you care what others think or what they are missing, most of the problem with christians is that they have so little faith that they worry about making the other guy conform. If you are the kind of christian that the light of God shines through then you would be the thing they are missing. God is not asking you to argue with the non believer but to be the inpiration for his conversion. See the definition below from Merriam Webster.
Main Entry: in·spi·ra·tion
Pronunciation: "in(t)-sp&-'rA-sh&n, -(")spi-
Function: noun
1 a : a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation
2007-03-14 23:15:16 · answer #6 · answered by Village Player 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you could never see yourself not believing in God then it's basically impossible that your belief could be based on anything other then blind faith. If you're comfortable with that, then there's something seriously wrong with you.
And no, I do not want God to show up in my living room. If he really existed, he would have no need for such crude displays. A truly omnipotent being could simply make me believe.
2007-03-14 23:09:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if God manifested himself to me, I would say, "oh!". Everything else I believe to be true is because I've seen it or had it reasoned out to me or it's so plausible, etc. But the whole thing sounds like a wishful fairy tale that no one can possibly know and for which there is no evidence. I'd LOVE to believe someone cares what I do in life, and loves me, like a parent, but ... I see no evidence of that. Nature is quite impersonal. Everything dies. How loving is that?
2007-03-14 23:09:57 · answer #8 · answered by All hat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am no more doubtful than the apostle Thomas and I see no reason to change until god provides me the same proof he provided Thomas. After all, Thomas had lived with, traveled with, seen, and heard Jesus for years and he didn't believe without proof. Why should I?
2007-03-14 23:11:14 · answer #9 · answered by Dave P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't _want_ any deity to do anything. Since I don't believe in any such creature to begin with, it would be illogical to expect anything from it. Him. Her. Whatever.
What I want is for _you_ to come up with some evidence to back up your assertion that this thing is real. Standing there and repeating, "I could never not believe it," just won't do, you know.
If you were to insist, "My Great-Aunt Myrtle has discovered the cure for cancer," I'd expect you to back that up, too -- and that's a much smaller and less important claim than the one about your god.
2007-03-14 23:18:18 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋