Does anyone else find it strange that when you don't believe in?

Question

god, religion or any superstitious rubbish that nothing superstitious, godly or religious ever happens to them? Does this tell us anything about the human mind?

Answer 1

Yes. Denial.

Answer 2

Hmmmm. tough question because the issue of interpretation comes into play. To a believer and non-believer, the EXACT same thing could occur but how it is perceived will be radically different. The non-believer's chance is a "clear' sign of divine intervention to the believer. keep in mind that to a believer, all "godly' things are not big hollywood, red sea parting type events. The act of breathing would be considered an act of the power of God.

Answer 3

Actually not strange at all. Nothing Godly or superstitious ever happens to anybody.

Answer 4

Not true , a lot of people come to God because they have a moment of clarity also . You could say it is the mind , but you need the faith to believe in it also , that's where God comes in . What you wrote sound a little like Buddhism or Scientology . The mind is the great healer . I just don't buy it , You have to study for years and years to get your mind to act like that , not just being religious .

Answer 5

" . . . god, religion or any superstitious rubbish . . . "

o_O

And y'all snark on the fundies for being presumptuous and rude!

To follow from what penguin so succinctly noted, a worldview is a way of organizing and interpreting one's physical reality. For example, Thor is the Norse godh of thunder, among other attributes . . . and when lightning strikes and thunder booms, even though I don't *literally* think he's out there in the storm whacking etins, I'm still likely to shout "Hail Thor!" and reflect on thunder as a metaphor for his strength and indomitable spirit in defense of kin. Freyr is the Norse godh of fertility and harvest . . . and even though I know all the science of climate and season and water cycle and photosynthesis, watching flowers bloom and bees buzz and mead ferment STILL reminds me of the vast scope of life on this moist and fecund world, and how the vitality with which it manifests is both richly female and urgently male . . . sex all around us, all the time. What else can I say to it but "Hail Freyr!"?

You can keep your worldview. I'm partial to mine.

Answer 6

well i think that in that case u should define exactly what superstitious, godly or religios things are, because it all depends in the way you look at things.

I believe the same things happen to all people is just the way they interpretate them, and that is what makes them different.

Let's put an example: you a have a kid in the hospital who is about to die, and suddenly he reacts and saves his life.

For you it was that his body reacted well to medicine and for me that was praying for it, it is a miracle that God made just for me.

As you can see is just a mather of interpretation, and i don't think you should judge people for having a different opinion, we all have our own, i would never judge you because you don't believe in God, my religion or because of ur lack of faith, in fact i would never dare to tell you you are wrong because it is your own truth, is totally different from mine but the key for living in society is respect.

Answer 7

well if someone believes in miracles and religion and god, i think they would view things differently than someone who doesn't. you can view life as though everything were a miracle or as though nothing were a miracle. i think that people who dedicate themselves to religion and such beliefs just view things differently. what a religious person dubs as a miracle could just appear as luck to an atheist. so when you say nothing godly happens to nonbelievers, i think what really is true is that the nonbelievers just don't percieve what happens to them as godly.

Answer 8

it is a question of if you see God's hand in things if you do not wont to you will not.


I myself after being told I had no hope of a new flat in years prayed in church and the next day was offered a suitable flat I do not think it was just coincidance you might.

going back father I wasa in a serius car accident, age 10, and my perants were told there was no hope after a lot of prayer I came round and now have a full life.

Answer 9

It indicates to me that people filter their experiences through their expectations and world view.

A Christian can pray that they will find work, crash their car into a pole, become injured, and start ministering to people in the hospital ward, and thank God for having redirected them to where they are supposed to be.

An atheist can think they need work, crash their car into a pole, become injured, and then angrily calculate the odds against their having been immobilized next to some guy trying to tell them about Jesus.

Answer 10

I don't have any problems with religions and religious people personally. But I myself think that its just a bunch of crap. I think that people just need something to believe in and can't depend on themselves. But it's so pointles to cause so much turmoil and pain over stupid things ike religiouns. I mean think about it. Name one war or serious battle where hundreds of people died for no reason that wasn't started by religion? Anf i think a bunch of other superstitions are just T.V and other people messing with out heads. Even thouh there have been some unexplainable things out there. People jump to conclusion to fast.

Answer 11

your every breath is a godly thing. the fact that you are alive has no answer but al so if u dont believe in god you also dont believe in the world.