Christians, Most Atheists see you as children believing a myth. What are your thoughts on that?

Question

When you try to scare Atheists with the hell threat, it's like a child trying to scare you with the boogie man.

Did you know that?

Answer 1

honestly i agree with your hell threat/boogie man theory.
its very much like that.

Answer 2

I like the no shirt it's how nature intended - I cant see how that can be an issue it's a photo it's not threatening in anyway.

They are children believing a myth - I have a friend who was a jesuit priest studied theology accient history and scriptures he has since left the priest hood and now lecutures at universities his knowledge on the hisytory of all religion is highly regarded.

I can tell you catagorically there is no evedence that jesus ever exsisted. T he scriptures in the new testiment were writen 30 to 40 years after his suposed chrusifitcion Paul didnt even know a Jesus only a jesus of a story that had been told as a fable for so long that people believed it to be true.

Ask any christian how did the the story continue after christ I bet you draw a blank - they have no idea infact it's some thing that is not taught.

here are some interesting FACTS.

The 'Jesus' of Paul (Saul of Tarsus) existed only in 'spiritual' realms. There was nothing to differentiate the 'Christ Cult' from the OTHER 'savior cults' which were popular at the time... Mithras, Adonis, etc.

Early Christians, such as Paul, had no inkling of the idea that Jesus ever existed as an actual human person who lived in the recent past. In all of the genuine (not forged) writings of Paul, there are only two references to events that can even be interpreted as having taken place on the human plane of existence, absent the mental contamination that comes from having read the Gospels, and interpreting them in that light. Paul omits essentially ALL (two exceptions) of the details of the supposed 'life' of Jesus that are 'revealed' in the Gospels. Pretty odd, huh?

It is most likely that as early Christian missionaries came into contact with pagans, "spreading the word", that they gradually became aware that the people they were addressing were interpreting their message as a story about an actual person... not someone who figuratively and metaphorically existed (and had existed) only in imaginary spiritual realms. So, they figured... why fight it? These boneheads are swallowing this fable hook-line-and-sinker, in a way that we never anticipated. We need to build off this unexpected success by developing some real, heavy-duty marketing materials.

Thus... the Gospels.

Mark was the 'first-draft', written near the end of the 1st century. Fair outline, but sketchy on details.

Matthew and Luke, probably written shortly after the beginning of the 2nd century, were competing 'second-drafts', written using Mark as a template, expanding on the Mark outline and creating scenarios in which to incorporate 'sayings of Jesus', which were actually a Judaized version of snippets of 'wisdom' from the Greek 'cynic' school of philosophy, written down in the supposed 'Q-document' (look up 'Synoptic Gospels'). They were both tried out 'in the field', to see which one was received better. Unfortunately, both drafts escaped 'into the wild'. (You can't un-ring a bell.)

John... who the heck knows where John came from. Probably some mid-2nd century intellectual who just thought that he could do a much better job spinning a yarn, than the authors of the amateurish tripe that was presently in circulation.

The existence of FOUR Gospels (rather than just one) is consequence of the fact that there was no mechanism in place for recalling and suppressing earlier versions of their marketing materials. So, over the centuries, Christian apologists have made a career out of trying to explain-away the glaring discrepancies.

I'm especially delighted with the bone-heads that point out all of the prophecies that were fulfilled by Jesus. LOL. Think of this:

* Look into some old document that makes a lot of predictions.

* Make a list of these 'prophecies'

* Create a work of fiction which weaves in the items from the list as 'plot elements' in a series of vignettes.

Excluding the 40-days that he (supposedly) spent in the desert, the entire new testament accounts for only abour 3-weeks in the 'life of Jesus'... and a quarter of the world's population shapes their lives around this mythological drivel. That a sad statement about the mental-health of humanity.

Answer 3

Democracy is based on the myth of the social contract. According to Joseph Campbell, societies rise and fall by means of the interrelationship between traditional and creative mythology. The Bible does not agree with mythology, which it says is taught by many teachers for itchy ears and uses endless genealogies. (1 Timothy 1:4; 2 Timothy 4:3, 4)

Atheism, according to Romans 1, leads into sexual perversion.

I'm not really too sure what hell is, but it's against God's law to foretell the future anyway. Deuteronomy 18:10 - "Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft."

Hell derives from Anglo-Saxon "helan" meaning "to cover." If traditional mythology or hierarchy is a guilt-based ethic, with fines used to help participants feel better (employers), and creative mythology is a shame-based ethic, with covering up being the method used to feel better (by the anarchy), then hell in a mythology represents the anarchical side of the population. This is mainly the part of the population that is drawn to the Christian message. 1 Corinthians 1:26 says: "Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth."

Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Babylon the Great is false religion. I think it is Christian cults. Revelation 18 says that she thinks in her heart, "I sit as a queen, I will never be a widow, I will never mourn." She is destroyed in one day by her plagues. But she has an excellent relationship with the merchants of the earth and she has a too-close relationship with the kings. This is like the dragon-voiced lamb in Revelation 13 that operates in the sight of the beast (governments that operate on secular principles and include citizens who are atheistic).

It's not the hell threat that's scary. Since ancient times, triad worshipers have engaged in building work that doesn't respect workers. They can cause havoc in families, such as in 1 Corinthians 5:1, where a man had his father's wife, something that even pagans wouldn't do. The three legal fronts of criminal operations that I saw on Wikipedia are building construction, trash hauling and gambling. This aligns with the ancient Egyptian triad of Creator/Destroyer/Administrator or Game-player. The four things that Christian cults seem to give adherents access to are: housing, childminding, start-up for cleaning businesses and cuppa chats with widows. The family is supposed to look after widows and children. As for cleaning businesses, it's handy to have somebody who "owes you something" to clean up a messy crime scene. Housing might come with an open front door key where there are demands for prostitution work as well. The things that Christians are supposed to be giving away no-strings-attached and without needing to know whether people can do something for them are: food, clothing, visits for the sick and imprisoned and hospitality for strangers.

1 Corinthians 1:19 says of God: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."

Answer 4

I am ok with that. I don't try to scare anybody with Hell. When talking to someone about Christianity, the Bible, I just use the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is only a message of Love and forgiveness. I don't use the scare tactics of Hell. I don't care what the Athiest say. They will never sway my belief. I will die believing in Jesus Christ.

Answer 5

What?? The boogie man isn't real? It's all been an empty threat?! Why, you pesky kids!

Okay, Wiki.. you've figured us out! We're wrong and you xians are right!

Damn.. I thought I could get away with the charade forever.

Answer 6

They can think of me as they wish. I hardly think of them at all. I do not know them, except as others may see them as shiney pretty souls, to be collected by some dire evil-doer, or some do-gooder. However, I truly believe that we must all walk our own paths. I do believe that some get lost on the way, however, I have confidence that there is always some kind of compass to go by, and we all have that if we pay attention when we must.

Answer 7

Most Christians I know are interested in spreading the love of Christ, not scaring Atheists. Congrats on yet again generalizing all Christians. If I respected the thought process of an atheist I suppose it would bother me what they thought. But, since I as a Christian have truth on my side, I think their perceptions are something to pity. I've got a truth that can ensure an eternal existence in Heaven and defeat ultimate and ending death, and the atheist turns away from it. Now that is most sad.

Answer 8

If what everyone believed about me were true, then I would really be racist for refusing to sell cigarettes and/or alcohol to some people even though I'm following the same rules in denying a sale to them as I apply to everyone else. The moral of the story: it doesn't matter what other people believe about you, what matters is what is true.

Answer 9

Don't forget the other scare tactic they use when they deny that they use hell as a threat, that little "they'll realize they're wrong when the time comes," which, in other words, means they'll be condemned to hell.

Answer 10

God said unless you become as a little child you cant see the kingdom of God. It takes faith to believe, but after you believe, the Holy Spirit bears witness with your spirit that it is real.