and actually become a legitimate way of thinking?
2007-05-16 09:56:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Rebellion *is* a legitimate way of thinking.
It just yields disasterous results in the end.
2007-05-16 09:59:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's not always a rebellion. It's only a rebellion if the family or other social environment of the atheist are religious. I'm an atheist and it was never a rebellion for me as I was never much in contact with religion at all.
Becoming religious would have been a rebellion in my case.
2007-05-16 17:02:48 · answer #2 · answered by Elly 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is blatant rebelion against God; regardless of the person's age. Even if you knew an amazing 1% of all the knowledge in the world...there is still 99% of stuff you do not know, which means that there could be ample evidence to PROVE that God exists. What if you're wrong? You ask us all the time what if we're wrong, what if you're wrong? What if there is more to life than what you can taste, touch, smell, see, and hear? What if there is more than what is right in front of your face? What if the laws of physics can be suspended? What if what goes up does not necessarily come down? What if a body at rest does not tend to stay at rest, and not every action can be counted on to provoke an equal and opposite reaction? What if time can run in circles, flow backward, skip about from now to then? What if the very arrangement of molecules is fluid: it's too much for Atheist mind to comprehend? God can do all those things; whether you accept it, believe in it, or not. The Bible says that ignorance is willful. Psalm 10:4
In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
2007-05-16 17:10:16 · answer #3 · answered by stakekawa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we are talking about "TRUE" dyed in the wool Atheism,I believe it to be blindness. Many,however,who lay claim to Atheism,I would suspect, are not the real Mccoy and are indeed,in a state of rebellion.....similarly,many who profess Chrisitianity are not true Christians. Where blindness and rebellion intersect I suppose is determinded on an individual basis.
2007-05-16 17:15:40 · answer #4 · answered by bonsai bobby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rebellion is a constant and neverending process.
Satan's rebellion is a constant process meaning that as each day passes by he becomes more deluded and advanced into his rebellious state.
The only way rebellion can be stop is through OBEDIENCE and submission to God.
Like a child who rebells against his parents, the only way to stop that rebellion it to sumbit to their parents.
2007-05-16 17:10:06 · answer #5 · answered by sanctusreal77 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For some people atheism is rebellion. I have seen that type before. And quite often, they end up going back to church, and then "witnessing" about how they used to be atheists, and paid the price, etc.
These are atheists that didn't become atheists out of a careful analysis of the facts. They did it to piss off their mommy. But unfortunately, religious folks don't know the difference.
I can tell you this much... It sure wasn't rebellion for me. I fought tooth and nail to keep from losing my faith. I loved being a Christian. But I also loved believing in Santa Claus. I'm still powerless to do anything about it though. You can't just make yourself crazy.
2007-05-16 17:00:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
From my perspective, as soon as you realize that none of the gods have anything to offer you. And none of them have any power what so ever. Most importantly, in order for it to be a way of thinking, and not be a rebellion against your prior religion, you must consider that god as just one in the bunch that man has made and realize that there's nothing special about it that makes it stand out any more than any of the others. They are all created equally, and are equally unbelievable.
2007-05-16 17:11:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Atheism is not rebellion any more than a rifle is rebellion. It all depends on how one chooses to use them.
2007-05-16 19:10:02 · answer #8 · answered by windsurfconsult 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say that age is not the determining factor. A ten-year-old may be intelligent enough to figure it out, even if he doesn't yet have the vocabulary to express the case against faith beyond the simple assertion "that sounds dumb." And a sixty-year-old with a mind steeped in a lifetime of religious habits may be literally unable to observe that the clothes of her religion have no emperor.
2007-05-16 21:24:53 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess until one dies. Rebellion is legitimate. Even God allows it. You know, the free will thing again. : )
2007-05-16 17:01:36 · answer #10 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋