What would a person loose in believing that there is a God? Take some one for example that believes in evolution through creation. Is he less of a person or unable to think rationally or scientifically? Would is assumption that a higher being could explain all of life and that mans wisdom could do nothing to compare to Gods wisdom really effect you in anyway? What would this person loose in believing?
2007-05-05 18:54:11 · 32 answers · asked by † H20andspirit 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-05-05 18:54:55 · update #1
One thing you would lose is inquiry. Once you fill the gap of the unknown with god, you give up on finding real answers. God may be the real answer, you never know... but if you simply stick this three letter word into all that is unknown and you believe that to question this hypothesis at all makes you a bad person, then you have let go of truth.
2007-05-05 18:59:36 · answer #1 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 10⤊ 1⤋
Your question is all over the place. what you are describing (except the line i quoted below) is a general kind of spirituality. If the atheists did this, none of our problems would go away. If people who believed in specific religions did this, we would much better off.
"Would (h)is assumption that a higher being could explain all of life and that mans wisdom could do nothing to compare to Gods wisdom really effect you in anyway?" Is this a joke? Yes, it does affect us all. Were you in a cave during 9/11? Or do you just assume that Muslim belief is totally different than a Christian's? Newsflash, they're the same at heart. The only difference is history, geopolitics, and economics. There are good and bad things spoken by God in the Bible and Koran. Christians have just had skeptics keeping them honest and sane since the Enlightenment.
2007-05-05 19:11:30 · answer #2 · answered by ajj085 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person wouldn't loose anything. Most of us never said they would.
They're not less of a person but it would be nice if they could think rationally. It's a good quality.
They're assumption of a higher being wouldn't necessarily effect me in anyway it's just bothersome when they try to change things, such as who can or can't be married based upon their beleifs, or saying students cannot even be introduced to the subject of evolution in school.
The person looses their open mindedness unless their a RATIONAL thinker, and actually considers new ideas. (your second question in action)
2007-05-05 19:08:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agnostic here...
Maybe nothing in the way of material loss.
But on a very personal level I think sometimes the belief people have in a god overshadows human potential.
To me I always thought if people spent as much energy believing in themselves as they do a god you would really see what a "miracle" is.
Also if you believed that this is it...this earth...your life and no after life I think people would make better use of thier time...bettering the world...not abusing it...and working to enrich each other with knowledge and compassion.
2007-05-05 19:04:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont think a person will loose much if she starts to believe in gods.
but usually there is more involved than just believing in god. often the god wants that the person behaves in certain ways, that the person thinks in certain ways that the person has opinions like the god think , and that is what the person risks to loose : the ability to do act as an independent self-thinking adult who is responsible for their actions who cannot hide behind the 'rational' of some god
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2007-05-05 19:00:19 · answer #5 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First: which god?
The problem is not the belief in any old god - you believe in a specific one which, it seems, makes you want to do horrible terrible things to other people.
'evolution through creation'? what does that mean, even? By looking at americans I can see christianity makes them unable to understand, let alone accept, scientific facts.
What would a person lose by dying before a cure to his disease could be found because americans think clumps of 150 cells are people and ban stem cell research?
All religion is harmful (except, perhaps, deism).
The answer just below mine is a perfect example.
2007-05-05 19:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by eldad9 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In response to Desiree's answer, here are a couple of people who contributed to the progress of the human race, who also believed in God (can you believe that?)
"I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator." - Thomas Edison
"science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind ...a legitimate conflict between science and religion cannot exist." - Albert Einstein
Granted these men weren't exactly evangelicals, but they were smart enough to account for the possiblility, even the evidence, of the existence of God.
2007-05-05 19:12:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. I have no problem with someone who believes in a god that's not a part of any major organized religion. Actually I don't have a problem with anyone who believes in any god so long as they don't push their beliefs on me, which is often the case with christians. If you really look at the scientific theories about life and the universe, these theories don't require a deity of any kind and they all point to there being no god. What is the purpose of God? Kierkegaard believed that there is no human-comprehensible purpose of God, making faith in God absurd.
2007-05-05 19:02:39 · answer #8 · answered by Diagoras 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
A) Why those who aren't serious can't answer?
B) His Sanity, his freedom and his rationality, his mind to think , he will start to question in circular logic matter, and a lot more (Substitute it with a her is the person is a women)
C) That will depends on the person involved. Is he/she strong in his/her mind and be able to separate his religion from his work.
D) No, but pushing the idea of a god or gods down to me will.
E) Refer to Part B ..... oh you had just shown the asking question in circular logic manner part.
2007-05-05 19:02:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You do realize, eh, that many "atheists" don't entirely reject the concept of god or it would imply no longer asking why ALL cultures in all history have come up with some sort of creation myth, that "god" is one of those pan-human cultural commonalities like cannibalism & incest taboos.
A lot of atheists would love to believe in god just not the dodgy bastard described in religious textx.
2007-05-05 19:04:05 · answer #10 · answered by jinjalina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋