Why is Religion such a hot topic for .........?

Question

non-religious people here on these boards? We people who follow this or that religion are expected to study that religion and discuss it with others of that faith. That's normal. But ..... why do we see SO many people on these boards that say they are not believers in religion still talking about this or that religion?

Why do they waste their time ...... if they don't believe?

I'm just clearing out old questions from my high school days. That one has been bouncing 'round for over 35 years and it feels good to get rid of it. Thanks.

Kev

Answer 1

Because they're scared that they will end up alone in hell.

Answer 2

Its called hypocracy. Secularists have for years been fighting to remove from public any and all indicatons of what they do not believe under the piss poor excuse that its offensive to them. Maybe its just as offensive to believers that they don't believe, and it is, but thats not helpful to their agenda so they discount it as invalid. If you participate in a faith, and belief, then that IS your constitutional right. No one can ever take that away from you no matter how many left wing liberal judges rule otherwise because they were duped, or ignorant of Constitutional law. The Seperation of Church and State clause they love to throw at believers is a complete myth and a farce. It does NOT exist anywhere in the Constitution. The Constitution as written by the founding fathers protected BOTH believers and non-believers equally. It didn't favor non-believers over believers or vs a vs. This was so important to them, and they labored over it for a long time, and discussed the problem in the federalists papers until they came up with a simple and concise solution. Their first fear was having a church run the country like they had in europe. So they made sure that any government in power in the US was not allowed to create a national church that would have all the power. Thus the phrase "Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of religion." That is clear and concise and means that the Congress of the United States can never establish a national religion and force everyone to follow its rule and only its rule. It does NOT say that the government cannot prefer one religion over the other. It does NOT say that the government cannot display religious symbols. It does not say that the government must ban any religious activity on its properties. In fact, the Constitution explicitly forbids the government from preventing the people from displaying religious artifacts, praying, or otherwise practicing their religion as they see fit no matter where they are. Thus the phrase: or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. This guaranteed the peoples right to practice their religion, and the government was explicitly forbiden to interfere with that right. It does NOT mean that athisets can violate a believers rights to practice their religion just because they do not believe, or they are "offended". They have no right not to be "offended". In recent times after a lot of destructive damage was done by the athiests, and many peoples rights were violated. People of faith are finally deciding that enough is enough, and they are standing up for their rights, and attempting to turn the tides in the right direction again. Athiest and non-believers find this as a threat. They have worked hard to get invalid judgements, and to make the US a secularist state free of any display of religion. They have a lot of gall about it too. They tell believers to go into closets if they want to pray, and call them intollerant and zealots. In fact it is them who are ignorant, intollerant and pathetic zealots. Its them who should go lock themsleves in a closet until they learn how to be tollerant of people of faith, and not act like ignorant jackasses. All you can do is keep on getting into their faces and fight for your position and your Constitutional rights.

Answer 3

You haven't learned much in 35 years. Merriam-Webster's online dictionary defines religion as "a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith". Therefore, since I believe there is no god, my religion is called atheism. It's not that we don't believe; it's that we don't believe in the same thing as you. Truly non-religious people are agnostics, and they may have a multitude of questions because they are trying to something many religious people are incapable of doing: they are trying to understand why one group beliieves in one thing, while the other groups believe in something else. I am here to attempt to get non-atheists to understand that my beliefs are just as valid as their beliefs are. And religion wouldn't be a hot topic if people didn't feel the need to spread their beliefs with the assumption that they are right and that everyone outside of their faith is wrong. The Muslim religion is growing quickly, and so is atheism. Christianity has begun to waffle. Why? Because too many Christians refuse to believe in the validity of other beliefs, and Muslims are much more effective at focusing on the positive aspects of their religion. They don't threaten people with eternal damnation on a daily basis on the corners of the streets of New York. There are now 3.1 billion Christians in the world, which is down from the 3.3 bllion just fifteen years ago. If that religion is right, how come more and more people are thinking it's wrong?

Answer 4

Because if you can learn anything from this discussion at all, it is the fact that they that make fun and say insulting things believe as well. They know what will get a rise out of most. Inside they are searching for something. Unfortunately many of them have believed at one time and were at a church with no power, listening to a preacher who is nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing. The devil has used so many supposed Christians to hurt the cause of Christ, that most have no idea what is truth, so many strike back out of hurt and anger. I truly feel for them, and pray someone will say something that eventually breaks through the hurt and anger they feel!

Answer 5

Hello Kev,

I am an atheist, but I have a large curiosity in the psychology of god-beliefs. I have always wondered what kind of people have faith and how they differ from those who do not.

I study many different religions to see if there is a commonality. It's a hobby, like stamp collecting.

Regards,

CC

Answer 6

We are all searching for the answers. Some can accept that we won't know these answers until we are fully brought into the light of God. Others might feel that there is just something missing, something doesn't quite fit in a world without a supreme organizing power - that there is something that connects us all. Their questions may be pointed to test the faith of believers, but our answers must be stated with patience and love, to help us all move forward along the spiritual path.

Answer 7

First, of all there is no place for non-religious people to discuss what we believe. Second, I rather like having two different view points when I discuss things, with out a second view point, it is just other people agreeing with me...where is the fun in that. I like the challenge of trying to prove other people wrong, and them trying to prove me wrong. I have seen this post many times before and it only comes up when people disagree with them. Are you against people that may have another view point? Are you scared that they may be right?

Answer 8

People of faith are a threat to the thinking of people that don't have a faith. The people of the world are threatened by anything that attempts to challenge their carnal mind. It's always been that way. That's why the Romans tried to destroy (in vain) the new Christians who threatened their worldy way.

The people of doubt have such little to stand on by themselves that they have to try to put out the Light that exposes them and their thinking. They can't stand the idea that there may actually be something bigger than their own egotistical thinking.

Remember what the master said "before the world hated you it hated me"

Answer 9

This is the same question that gets asked about a hundred times each day, you just worded it differently. Some non-believers come to make fun of, mock and scoff at the believers. Others take their anger out on all the religious believers. While still others although not believers try to convince themselves that they are "spiritual" in a human way. There is also one group that likes to debate for the sake of debating. Occasionally there are real questions and real answers.

Answer 10

Ooh I quite have a sparkling word- seriassly. that's going stunning into rotation. that's a warm topic for me because of fact i'm quite attracted to what others have faith. that's to no longer say it makes me offended or that i'm quite obsessed with faith. i do no longer care if human beings agree or disagree I only like whilst human beings make me think of roughly extremely some issues. and that i like pointing at them and giggling. Nah, only kidding i actually do savour that all people isn't an identical.

Answer 11

Bashers and trolls. They have many excuses, but its basically to insult and ridicule. These people were probably bullies in school, and since society doesn't acdept bullies in the real world, this is their only recourse.

As you can see, Sonja is using the "christians are running the country" excuse, which is ridiculous as there is no longer prayer in school, no christmas, in fact the only time the word "God" is said in school is when someone is cussing. Abortion has been legal for over 30 years, so I really can't figure how these people keep saying we're running things. It's quite obvious to anyone with half a brain that we haven't won any significant political battle. But they will keep right on saying it in order to promote their own anti-christian propaganda. Most of us just ignore their nonsense anyway.