Atheist I have a question for you??

Question

When your standing before god at judgement day will you believe then?? Just a question.

WOW stired up a little hatred on that question. Im not judging you just dont understand how you can believe in this world that come out of no where, and you say there is no God.

Answer 1

You're a little weak on reasoning, aren't you?
Or was this a deliberate, childish insult?
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"WOW stired up a little hatred on that question. Im not judging you just dont understand how you can believe in this world that come out of no where, and you say there is no God."

Oh, please. Are you capable of any honesty at all, kid?

Answer 2

Alright. Enough of this.

If there's one thing I have learned about religion it's this:

When presented with the stories of the bible, torah, koran, geeta, etc., each of us have to fill in the considerable gaps with parts of our own personality. Our personality is comprised of our background, beliefs, preferences, passions, prejudices, and fears.

So, it should come as no surprise that two people can look at the stories and draw completely different conclusions.

Neither is right, and neither is wrong. They are both right, according to the person who formed the opinion. And we may debate each other's position, but we must not disrespect the person who came to a different conclusion. To do so would be to disrespect the entire human experience.

Our ancestors fought each other for thousands of years trying to dominate the ideas of others. Billions have died for one God or another.

Let us all put aside our anger and fear, and remember the things that make us all the same. Let us all try to help our fellow man/woman/child when they stumble.

If we all do this, we will have no fear of death.

If there is a God, he will reward our efforts, regardless of the conclusion each of us reached based on the stories in the holy books.

If there is no God, we will have enriched the lives of our fellow humans. We will have made the world a much better place than it is now. We will live on through our legacy of kindness and respect.

In either case, our posterity will look back at our troubled times in disbelief. They will not be able to understand that there was a time when children killed each other in school. The idea that people were denied basic rights will be unfathomable to them.

Wake up Dorothy!

It is all a dream, and we wake to the nightmare of reality. However, the dream is on the horizon. It is elusive, but not un-achievable.

Answer 3

When you're standing before the god I believe in, who lets everybody into heaven except people who pretended to know for a fact that another god was real, will you believe then?


Pascal's wager:

"If god exists, it's infinitely better to believe, since you get heaven instead of hell for eternity. If he doesn't, it doesn't matter since you're dead anyway. So overall it's better to believe"

This is, of course, false.

Some of the problems with the argument:

* The implied assumption that god may exist (with a 50% probability, no less!)

* The assumption that there is an afterlife with a heaven and hell

* The assumption that the god cares about belief in him/her above all else

* The assumption that if you believe in a god, it will definitely be the same god that actually exists.

* The assumption that you lose nothing if it's false. You have lost a great deal, from time praying to a nonexistent entity (some people pray several hours a day!!!) to morality (your god may ask you to hurt other people) and much more besides.

* The assumption that people can believe in something simply because it benefits them. Would you believe goblins exist for twenty bucks? Why not?

* The assumption that any god won't see through the "believing just to get into heaven" ploy.

For more:
http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/wager.html
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/wager.html

Answer 4

I'll give a second star John. I do not understand how people can be satisfied with nnothing after death. If there is nothing, why waste our time on earth to do good things if we are just going to stop existing after death. What I think most atheists fail to realize is that we didn't just pop out of nowhere and start humanity. Someone had to creat us, and the big bang theory is a bunch of bull, because who created the items needed for the collision in space? There is scientific eveidence that Jesus did walk on this earth, they found the tob he wsa buried in and the shroud he was wrapped in. I don't understand how you cannot beleive in a higher power, that helps us through daily life and invites us to have eternal life with him and his family.

Whoever beleives in the Son has eternal life;whoever disobeys the Son will not have life, but will remain under God's punishment. John 3:36

Those who hear my words and beleive in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life. John 5:24

Believe that when Jesus died on the cross He took the punishment for all your sin and He rose to life again to conquer death. (Read John 1:29)

Everyone whom my father gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me. John 6:37

Jesus answered, "I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again." John 3:3

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die, but have eternal life. John 3:16

Answer 5

If that actually happens, then yes I'll believe.

BUT, I don't reckon it will happen. Also won't you be a bit annoyed IF you get to this place, and some God says, Jesus who? no i never had a son and all the Jews are in the corner walking through the pearly gate but you have to go down the stairs. Just a question.

Personally I think when I die the decomposers will break down my cell, respiring them aerobically returning Carbon Dioxide to the atmosphere. Nitrifying bacteria will digest my nitrogen containing compounds, such as DNA and proteins, producing nitrites and then nitrates, which plants will then take up to make proteins. This is my eternal life.

Answer 6

Good question, i'll give you a star! :)

I don't believe in religion and existance of god due to lack of convincing evidence. At this point I failed to see the possibility of a judgement day actually happening or the existance of god.

However I keep and open mind, as new evidence emerge I will re-assess based on the overall situation.

Back to your question, should I end up before God on judgement day then that is the day I'll believe, and will take take the responsibility of my actions. If he tells me I have to rot in hell forever for not believing earlier, so be it. But until then, I remain skeptical and refuse to be threatened with repercussion that I don't see the possibility of ever happening.

Answer 7

Ok then...I'll play along for a little and tell you what I think.
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Imagine a person had a large number of children, and from the moment of their birth, enforced upon them that if they did not follow every rule the parent created, a terrible punishment - death - awaited them.
Also imagine that this parent watched on as their children were attacked, abused and mistreated by others, and did nothing to help them.
My father was like that. I do not have any respect for that man. If one day he decided to kill me for not showing respect, then so be it, I would not have acted any other way.
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Does that answer your question? I'm not trying to be rude, it's just that this example is the easiest and clearest way to explain how I would feel in the event of my finding out God DID exist.

Answer 8

sorry, I don't hink that will happen. I think that when I die I won't be thinking anymore. But if I do keep tinking I hope I just keep dreaming like it's a sleep. If I do run into god, I guess I'd have to believe. But remember, god is all forgiving, or so I am told. So why would he keep me out of heaven for not believing. He would forgive me. right?

Answer 9

When you're "standing before god at judgement day" and she informs you that she is not at all amused by the tenor of questions you asked on Yahoo's Q&A R&S, will you drop to your knees begging her forgiveness? Just a follow-up question.

Answer 10

Yeah.... "just a question". What does that mean? Why would you say it's just a question? What else would it be? Could it also be a tree? A trout? A judgment?

Oooooooh right, it could also be a judgment. Wouldn't want us to see that.

When you're standing in front of the Flying Spaghetti Monster on judgment day, what will YOU say? Will you believe THEN?