will people put aside the outdated concept of God and take responsibility for their own actions?
2007-07-02 02:15:18 · 24 answers · asked by triflebum 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Firstly if the concept of God were outdated then by definition it would already have been put aside.
Secondly monotheistic religions teach that people have free will, and are responsible for their own actions.
Thirdly you can never prove there are no Gods its a logical impossibilty.
Finally as long as someone beleives in a God, then that God exists in their reality. Their reality is no more or less legitimate than yours and there is nothing you can do about it.
2007-07-02 10:31:06 · answer #1 · answered by bouncer bobtail 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is a slow, even cultural evolution is almost an unnoticeable process. The West had the great fortune of being educated by the great historic movements of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. None of those movements occurred in the East, especially in the Middle East. Their cultures was thrown from prehistory to Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, a clash too big to settle in just a hundred years! Let's not forget that the European Middle Ages went from the fall of Rome to the fifteenth century, over a thousand years!
2007-07-02 10:01:21 · answer #2 · answered by DrEvol 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot use the name of a person or some persons, who use God to deny their own responsibilities, to criticize religion. these few do not represent the religion or religions. If a mathematician says something outrageously stupid mathematically like 2+2 is 6, would you then consider the whole field of mathematics stupid or just that one person?
To those who believe in religion, this is a source of inspiration for them. To those who do not believe in religion, I am sure they are inspired by some other force. In general, as human, we are all inspired by something. Without inspiration, we won't feel the enthusiasm to do anything. If we don't feel the inspiration to be like a bird, the airplane would have never been invented. Religion is not only a faith, but an inspiration ( for some people). An inspirational cause, despite its source, should never be extinguished in the human's mind. If that should ever happen, that might just as well be the end of humanity.
Allow each to explore his/her own. Those who follow blindly, whether religious or scientific, should not be mentioned in any serious discussion.
2007-07-02 16:55:25 · answer #3 · answered by sfdmoment 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that in some point in our evolution we will begin to believe more strongly in God. (That doesn't mean that we should not take responsibility for our own actions.) I see evidence of God's handiwork all around me, yet I believe in evolution. I don't believe that God created the world in six days--he has all the time in the world. I do believe that creation was no great cosmic accident.
You are equating belief in a God with mindless superstition, which is understandable when you look at some of these so-called Christians who believe equally in the Fred Flintstone era.
2007-07-02 09:22:52 · answer #4 · answered by KIZIAH 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Until we are are extinct because its in our human nature to have some kind of belief, without it we feel scared, we need some reason for our existence, otherwise we feel empty. What you do is through your own actions, not some God that ancient civilisations made up. However religion is deeply embedded in some peoples culture, its a part of their identity. We should be more rational and realistic about our actions.
2007-07-02 09:31:28 · answer #5 · answered by Squirrel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh is someone doing this? Haaa now I know where its going wrong.
God or the supremem force, being, whatever is not responsible for the actions of we people. Indeed I heard God will getcha if you do wrong.
Yet I agree more people should take responsibility for their own actions.
2007-07-02 09:19:42 · answer #6 · answered by jupiteress 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a whole lot of fallacies in one sentence. False choice, slippery slope, strawman, ect. Better to construct a good question than argue the merits of a bad one. You can't claim that theism is an alternative to responsibility or state that evolution is a concept that can eliminate theism
2007-07-02 09:24:27 · answer #7 · answered by ycats 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You guys really need to educate yourselves more. God expects you to be responsible for your own actions, which is what He will judge you on in the end. I believe in God, and it is your choice to believe or not. Again, you take the responsibility and consequences of your decision. I know my path.
2007-07-02 09:27:23 · answer #8 · answered by TOMCTOM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20% are using there cerebral cortex, the logical and rational part of our brains, It took us 100,000 years to reach this point where 20% of the earth's population are atheists (or at least agnostic). At that rate, the remaining 80% will take another 500,000 years before they lose a distorted world view. I think probably sooner, because of science and technology speeding up the evolutionary process.
2007-07-02 14:51:39 · answer #9 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a question of believing or disbelieving in God.
It is a question of man taking responsibility though, when - well I guess that will be when all men have been castrated.
Either that or just start being nice to each other. RESPECTING life might play a big part too.
2007-07-02 09:18:59 · answer #10 · answered by Jewel 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋