2007-04-01 10:43:17 · 15 answers · asked by DBznut 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think it's a silly excuss not to believe.
2007-04-01 10:44:11 · update #1
Gonna have to disagree with you here, unfortunately.
Proof is a required component for many people. Questions are never a burden in any faith. Testing a religion is how that religion grows, incorporates creativity, and stands the test of time.
2007-04-01 10:56:27 · answer #1 · answered by Kate S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is anything wrong with asking for proof of anything... I think if the Branch Davidians and those poor souls in Jonestown had asked for proof... many people would still be alive.
I think the problem comes in when people are offered empirical proof and examples justified by scientific method and they just refuse to hear it.
Historical Record, Archaeological Finds, Geologic Data all support a Christian view of how the world came to be - and how it developed into what we see now...
A logical mind can follow that you can't get something from nothing... and both views of the beginning of the world suggest that something started from nothing... the basic difference between creation and evolution is this: Creation says that SOMEONE created ... Evolution says it just happened. Which is more logical. People prefer to reject the idea of intelligent creation because (1) they don't understand or know how the creator would have pulled it off (and so basically saying that we are intelligent, so if it is true, we must be able to understand it... since we can't it must be false). or (2) intelligent design would require that the designer is superior to the creation.. and it would follow then that the creation would be subservient to the creator... and since we don't like the idea that we have to answer to anyone beyond ourselves... ignoring the logic of intelligent design fits better with what they want to believe.
Well that was fun... what's next?
Best Wishes
2007-04-01 11:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by Rev T L Clark 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If a thousand people come to you claiming to be your creator and demanding allegiance, and those thousand people have exactly the same amount of evidence, which is none... you think it's silly to not believe them?
What, are you going to believe all of them, even though most of them would damn you for believing in some of the others?
What other reason is there to believe in one god over thousands of others besides evidence?
2007-04-01 10:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by Snark 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not an excuse. It's asked to make people think about why they believe as they do and expose how silly it is to believe in something as absolute truth because you read it in a book.
People who don't want to believe in a certain religion don't need any 'excuse'.
2007-04-01 10:49:42 · answer #4 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
absolutely not. when you want to build trust and faith in something it must be true, something you can believe. but i believe, that the bible has every answer in it, to hold any religion up, to see if it is meeting the requirements, that are laid out by our creator. i think if we wanted to find out about any product , we bought or owned , we would go to the manufacturer to get the information and the bible is that owners manual for us. for me i have a dell computer and drive a honda car and if i need information or wanted to know what the truth was about the warranty on my computer i wouldn't call honda. i would go to the source.and that's what is so cool about prayer. you can even ask god, am i just making an excuse by asking you for proof? and then ask him to show you or whoever the proof. it does exist. he shows it to me in the ways i need. physical tangible ways i can see and touch and feel. it is amazing. the bible talks about false teachers and the opposite of false is true so read first timothy and go with whats in your heart because that is where god wants to be anyway.
2007-04-01 11:09:00 · answer #5 · answered by poppysgirl 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yeah. We don't need silly --->excusses<--- in the world.
2007-04-01 10:46:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You're kidding, right?
Why would anyone need an excuse to not believe in things like gods or demons or pink unicorns? You're not making any sense at all here. You have it almost exactly backwards: Belief in gods is largely an excuse to avoid having to be responsible for your actions.
2007-04-01 10:46:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Faith and reason go hand in hand. Faith without reason could lead you anywhere, reason without faith leads nowhere. Questioning should lead to truth. It's a good thing when done honestly and the truth is accepted when found.
Cheers :-)
2007-04-01 10:50:02 · answer #8 · answered by chekeir 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It's perfectly valid.
If I told you that I had a baby fire-breathing dragon, you'd want me to prove it to you before you'd just believe it. Why is the existence of god/s any different?
2007-04-01 10:48:00 · answer #9 · answered by N 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. Evidence is the ONLY source of knowledge, and if a religion cannot justify its existence on evidence, it is worthless.
2007-04-01 10:57:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋