Athiest only please-Do you look down on me because I love God?

Question

I really believe in science, I have read Einstein and I believe in many aspects of Darwinism, and the big bang theory seems perfectly logical to me, I am even a subscriber of American Scientific magazine. But I have had many supernatural things that have happened to me that make my belief in God unquestionable, if you had witnessed the same things you would believe also. Why do you mock me because of what you can not understand? Some of the smartest minds in the world are incapable of having a relationship with God. I never try to force my views on you because I know that the Lord has reasons for you not knowing. But it makes me wonder about some of you when you emphatically state that God does not exist like you know for a fact, truth is we do not know about lots of things

I have an open mind, if a smart doctor or scientist says life came from primordial molecules that synthesize into RNA and replicate, see I'm down with all that, but they still can not explain why I feel so dam good.

I know it is a big claim, stating that I could possibly know about things you do not. People hate that.

Answer 1

I've found that truly enlightened people, Christian or otherwise, are pretty much beyond reproach. You may think they're a pain or they get in your way (like, say, Gandhi or JC), but you can't deny that they're in touch with something righteous.

I'm no atheist, but I do get mightily peeved by reading hypocritical garbage posted by "Christians" who are nothing like Christ and just spout whatever they heard in church. They are insecure, so they are waaaaayyy too defensive and want to convert others to their way of thinking (safety in numbers.)

I know two Christians who are truly Christ-like. Two. One-two. They're self-sacrificing, humble, joyful, pragmatic-yet-hopeful, and extremely caring.

But I'm pretty sure they'd tear you a new one if you were committing sins that hurt others, and they're not always peaceful.

People like that are a delight to me--they have strong morals, but they don't feel the need to impose them on anyone, and they're not judgmental of those who do what they believe is right.

But Christianity does NOT have a lock on morality, no sir. It's not the only way to be a good person.

I think that many people have had terrible experiences with bad "Christians" who belittle them, oppress them, ostracize them, persecute them, or merely make them feel guilty about something that isn't actually wrong.

So don't take it personally if you're not that kinda guy. But don't get defensive about it either--that turn the other cheek bit is meant to not only encourage non-violence as a way to defuse tense situations, but also to keep you from disregarding people's valid fears about you as a Christian. If you want to be a good Christian, you have to accept displaced criticism, because it comes from mistreatment and misunderstanding.

If you get all huffy about it, you'll just convince people further that Christianity is something to avoid. You owe people who have been mistreated by bad Christians a chance to see Christianity for what it can truly be.

So you might wanna keep the JC comments to a minimum until people who have been burnt by fake "Christianity" have seen you for who you really are.

Then, if it comes up, you can casually mention that JC works for you and you'd be happy to answer any questions or help out in that regard.

That's what witnessing is all about. It's not a blitz campaign to save souls door-to-door--people like that just alienate a lot of people who might have listened had it not been such a ham-handed approach.

And BTW, read my comment on logic and belief--it's pretty good if I do say so myself. It addresses many common misconceptions about logic.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AinE2jzrhp51i8A8GSxdiibsy6IX?qid=20070531115837AA5BiOm&show=7#profile-info-kBtc1YBAaa

Answer 2

I'm a nonbeliever. I do not deny the existence of a god. I would have to have independently verifiable,cooberative, quantitaive, physical evidence to deny that God exist.
I simply don't believe, according to the evidence above that there is one.
I don't look down on people who believe in God. I have four brothers who are all devout Christians. I love them very much.
Almost all my friends are Christians and I think of them with high esteem.
I'm not , and I believe that most athiests are too, antireligious.
I'm simply nonreligious.
Religious beliefs are personal. The first amendment decoupled religion and government to protect both from abusing each other.
What I'm concerned about is when churches teach their followers that I cannot be trusted or that I'm immoral because I don't believe what it is teaching.Also, I'm concerned that taxpayer's dollar are now being given to church organizations. If I was a Christian, I'd be very wary of letting the government get close to your religion. We all know what happens when the government gets a hold on something.... it usually takes it over!

Answer 3

No. Nobody knows for sure whether God exists or not. Though I don't believe in him, I would never for one second state that I'm 100% sure that I'm right. I cannot believe in God's existence, but that doesn't mean that I look down on those who can - as many of my friends do. However, I try to avoid a discussion on this topic, for usually it ends in the same way: I can't convince them, and they can't convince me. I think the best way is to respect each other's views, and not to force our opinion on others.

Answer 4

No, of course not. Lots of people believe in God. But just as I choose not to scrutinize the beliefs of believers, I would suggest that you don't scrutinize non-believers, for instance in the way you've lumped all atheists together as a group who has apparently attacked you in the past. It makes me wonder, about "some of you" when you emphatically state that God DOES exist (i.e. your previous statement about your belief being unquestionable). Two way street, friend.

Answer 5

I'm agnostic myself but since questions are rarely pointedly addressed to people like myself I answer here.

I treat people with the same respect they show me. There is a lot I do not believe in when it comes to christianity however, I would never say that someone else does not have the right to believe it. If you show me the respect a human shows another human regardless of labels then you would get the same in return from me.

Answer 6

When I was an athiest I didn't look down on people who believed, tried their best to stick with the rules of their religion, and believed because of more than 'my parents told me it was right'. If they came to find God through a spiritual journey, then hey, more power to them!
I had a friend however, who believed without question, in something she knew nothing about. That really bothered me. She had no exposure to other religions and was in my eyes, basically very very naive. Blind Faith is disgusting. True Faith is beautiful.

Answer 7

You believe a fairy tale, these "supernatural things" that have happened to you would be good questions to pose on the public here on Yahoo-Answers. The church wants 'blind faith' good band also, I digress, they don't want you gain a scientific mind which a THINKING mind.

Science has dismissed gods in the past... apparently Apollo does not carry the sun across the sky in his chariot.

Answer 8

How could i possibly look down on some one that i dont even know. Before i decide weather i like a person or not, i try to get to know them first. And i personally dont mind christians. I have a lot of friends that believe in god, its just the christians that tell me i'm going to hell becuase i dont believe in god that i dont like.
and does it matter if people mock you for believing in god? you believe in what you want to, and you shouldnt care what others think about you becuase as long as your believing in what you think is real then thats all that matters. Why should any one else's opinion matter to you?

Answer 9

I don't look down to you at all, in fact i think that many other people who believe in god should look up to you. So often I get christianity shoved down my throat, it's great that you don't do that. Everybody should practice what they want, and let others do the same.

Answer 10

you mean the christian god? you cannot be a believer in science and christanity. And your supernatural things happened -well you thought were supernatural was all about the engery that brought you two together.

Its called the law of attraction