People who don't believe in God don't want you telling them that there is a God, but they have no problem telling others that there is no God.
2007-06-02 00:48:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Believers don't mean to force anything on the nonbelivers( although some probably do) they are just doing what they believe Christ ask of them. Maybe some don't want to hear this but it kind of explains why we should'nt ram it down unbelievers throats. God gave us a will to except him or not. He would never go against our will (That is how much he loves us)
2007-06-02 01:07:10 · update #1
Why should it bother you to be called an nonbeliever if you don't believe.
2007-06-02 01:10:15 · update #2
Please understand that I am not meaning to offend anyone. I am just curious as to the way people think. So far the answers have been very interesting.
2007-06-02 01:14:49 · update #3
That's true for just about any belief, religious or not. We don't mind when we about the argument we agree with....it's human nature, I guess. Sometimes we should listen with an open mind and heart about the other side of an argument, though so that we can understand another's viewpoint. Seek to understand and then we can "love" one another. We still may not agree, but we can respectfully agree to disagree.
Peace, Love, and Blessings
Greenwood
2007-06-02 00:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by Greenwood 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good question.
I must state for the record that I am an athiest, so as such do not believe there is any evidence worth noting to suggest that there is a god, other than the fact that so many people blindly follow the varied faiths.
I, like many athiests, was brought up within a christian based society, where most of my schooling tried to point me in the direction of creationism, and god,,, the christian god that is(?). As I grew older and began to question what I was being taught, I started to suffer a fair bit of harrasment to the point of being austracised from the rest of the flock, all because I questioned the existance of god. I still get harrased and at times worse, all because when cornered on topics conecrning the existance of god and creationism, I stand up for my right to believe something different.
If god did exist then shouldnt he/she/it be teaching his/her/its flock that ALL humanity is worthy of a peaceful life, no matter what they believe, and no matter how they want to follow their faith. After all if god and the heavens do exist, shouldnt the punishment for not believing be dealt out at death, like is preached in most of the abrihamic faiths(?) not here on earth?
Fact, most of the religious follwers I have met in the past few decades live on very shaky grounds. They themselves have trouble believing their own words, so when someone like me, who questions everything, comes along, they feel very threatened. They then try to turn my beliefs so that they themselves feel their belief has substance because someone else also believes.
2007-06-02 08:07:58 · answer #2 · answered by willroch2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many Gods, One Humanity
The Anomalous Nature of Religious Diversity
The number of major gods recognized around the world and recorded in world history are in the hundreds.
The number of religions, current and past, centered on these gods, is in the thousands.
The number of lives lost in the attempts to advance or defend religious beliefs is in the millions.
The number of humans negatively affected by this cultural anomaly is in the billions.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE BELIEVERS AND NONE BELIEVERS.
IN THE MINDS OF BOTH, THEY ARE RIGHT!
BOTH WILL PREACH TO EACH OTHER IN THE ATTEMPT TO CONVERT.
THIS IS AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND WILL BE IN TIME TO COME.
2007-06-02 08:16:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is because they want some stability. They don't want their boat rocking with conflicting ideas. The ones who's belifs are sound won't rock much at all. It's like running into the room and whacking someone with a rubber chicken. They could get offended or not notice since it didn't hurt.
2007-06-02 07:52:37 · answer #4 · answered by Silmiss 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You're making a lot of sweeping statements about huge groups of people & its slightly distasteful.
When you start making statements like 'believers' this & 'non-believers' that, be sure you're running into danger.
See people as individuals, each with something to teach you.
As someone said previously, when your beliefs are rock solid, it shouldnt matter so much anyway.
Live & let live.
2007-06-02 08:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you saying all of the people in that group are that way, or just some of them? And if that is your claim, doesn't the same hold true for people holding the opposing point of view?
2007-06-02 08:01:12 · answer #6 · answered by Always Curious 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There obviously is no difference. They are part of the worlds newest religion, evangelical atheism. They are just trying to spread their faith to others. We should be patient with them, kind of like how we are patient with that short bus kid that bags our groceries or greets us at Walmart.
2007-06-02 07:55:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't actively tell people there is no god, instead I just defend my position. Believers on the other hand actively go out and tell people there is a god.
The difference is that disbelievers don't tend to distastefully shove their view down other's throats while believers do tend to.
2007-06-02 07:52:38 · answer #8 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I don't mind them telling me there is, as long as they'll listen to me telling them there isn't.
2007-06-02 07:56:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference.
You don't want to hear them, and they don't want to hear you.
That's why they call it Liberty.
2007-06-02 07:56:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋