whats the difference between someone who is atheist and someone who is agnostic, and does god love them too?
2007-04-09 19:42:26 · 19 answers · asked by Taylor G 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
An atheist is sure God does not exists, an agnostic doesn't know if God exists and in my opinion I think that God loves them both, because they are honest to their consciousness (this does not mean that they are right).
2007-04-09 19:47:14 · answer #1 · answered by remy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God loves everyone, even those who don't believe He exists. The difference between an atheist and an agnostic is that atheists don't believe in any higher power at all, and agnostics either aren't convinced one way or the other or do believe in a higher power, but not necessarily God or a deity. They may believe in a god of sorts, but that any such god would be so transcendent from man that he wouldn't really care what we do, especially not a day-to-day basis, and certainly not enough do anything to want to spend time with us. Both views are wrong, a fact they vehemently deny.
2007-04-09 19:50:18 · answer #2 · answered by Steve 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Agnostic says they are undecided. Atheist says they do not believe there is one. Most atheists would be best described as agnostics since they would say they do not believe due to a lack of evidence and they do not rule out the possibility of a god even if it is very very remote. A hard core atheist would say absolutely no, there is no god. Whereas an Agnostic says there may be, there may not be.
2007-04-09 19:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by the_contrarian 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The God Spirit loves everything, including every human.
God is not a man, with human emotions, but is transcendant and too glorious for words.
God is awesome and simultaneously as intimate as a tiny flower petal or the morning breeze on your face.
Atheist insist upon understanding, so they reject what they cannot understand rationally. They privilege reason, and neglect the human impulse to savour the transcendant.
Agnostics are mostly skeptical, although some become bitter and cynical, too. Agnostics respectfully decline from accepting or rejecting anything, which seems a prudent path. However, agnostics also tend to neglect the impulse to be spiritual.
Religious people, on the other hand, tend to develop a fetish about the spiritual, which imbalances their ability to be rational or objective.
The religious people are obsessed with God, and instead of celebrating God, (by being positively obsessed with Life), they get stuck worshipping the 'God concept.'
Atheist and Agnostics are smart to reject this obsession, but fail to address the human impulse to be esoteric or spiritual, except perhaps with psychological explanations.
2007-04-09 19:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by Marc Miami 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dear Taylor G,
Atheists do not believe there is a god. While agnostics believe there is a god but that he can not be personally known.
John 3:16 says that God loves the world, so God most certainly loves atheists and agnostics. God's love however can be accepted or rejected and both atheists and agnostics have chosen to reject God's love.
Hope that helps. Kindly,
Nickster
2007-04-09 19:47:42 · answer #5 · answered by Nickster 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Agnostic believe there is a god, but not sure what type is the true. Atheist does believe there is a god at all.
2007-04-09 19:49:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Atheists are people who have simply decided that there is no God.
Agnostics have decided not to decide anything (they believe that nothing can be known and nothing is for sure).
Sure, God loves them to. But, God doesn't save you unless you ask.
2007-04-09 19:47:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Atheists don't believe in god, Agnostics are undecided. I believe from the bible God doesn't love people who don't believe in the one true god.
2007-04-09 20:06:20 · answer #8 · answered by Equinox 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Atheist and agnostic are the same persons who are nonbelievers of God. There is no difference on their belief.
God love all his creatures and in spite of this love of God to us there are still many who are against God because of the work of the devil that they are following.
They prefer to go to the dark than to go to the light where they could see the crystal sight of light.
jtm
2007-04-09 19:53:31 · answer #9 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Atheism: There is no God.
Agnostic: Who knows?
In reality, agnostics are usually just atheists who want a label with less stigma.
There is no God to love either of them.
2007-04-09 19:46:22 · answer #10 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋