they think you're mad at god, or that when you get into some kind of trouble, you ask god for help, or if someone's sick you pray to god. this for the most part just doesn't happen.
that's like saying that someone who believes in god secretly prays to odin when they need help or someone's sick. It's just not true....or is it? is there something christians aren't telling us?
2007-07-05 02:58:42 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They cannot comprehend why you do not or cannot believe in God
2007-07-05 03:05:01 · answer #1 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
They've got no empathy....they believe in god, so you MUST.
Nandina- We had a noon flight to NYC on a prop that we were warned was PACKED, and we were going international from there so we arrived 2hours early because the security TOLD US TO. We had a ritual before we left with friends and we all asked Hermes for a safe journey and we got through security in about 15 minutes and they placed us on an almost completely empty 737 leaving at 10:45.
The prop flight would've taken over an hour. We had a connection 20 minutes after it would've landed. This flight was 50 minutes. The 737 did not circle EVEN ONCE over JFK....even the pilot said it was the damndest thing, right out of BUF and right into JFK without a minute of holding....pilots talk to passengers when there are 8 on the plane, you see.
We got lunch and were able to exchange our money before our 9 hour flight...I even bought a book. It was lovely. JFK has better food than LGA. I'd never ask ANYONE but Hermes for help traveling, ever.
2007-07-05 03:39:26 · answer #2 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
when someone tells me they don't believe in God, I say that's their perogative. My belief in the Father is my belief, I won't push it on other people. So that statement doesn't apply to everyone out there. I don't like those religious fantatics who come to your door to try and convert you any more than you do.
But I'm not sure I even understand the last part of your question. I don't care who you pray for, that's your business, not mine (meant in a respectful way). But when I pray and ask God for things, He listens. My prayers are always answered. I always get what I need, just not necessarily what I want (let's face it, sometimes we want things that aren't good for us).
2007-07-05 03:23:21 · answer #3 · answered by I'm just me 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The believers world view can not accept a world view without god. Basically, for some believers, the idea that a person doesn't believe in god "does not compute." The idea is so radical to them, that they must try and cram the idea into their world view to make sense.
Sometimes, they run into a belief that they can't "mesh" with the atheist view. The idea that someone could face a crisis and NOT pray is just too strange an idea for them. They have been so conditioned to "turn to god in prayer" that they can't believe someone would never consider it.
2007-07-05 03:05:06 · answer #4 · answered by atheist 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Sometimes as a believer, you find it hard to believe that anyone does not believe in God. You can even find God in the nature around us. We look for reasons for this non-belief and honestly can only come up with rebellion, pride, and ignorance - which were reasons why we once did not know God. Rather than the mind, I personally believe non-belief has something to do with the condition of the heart.
2007-07-05 03:05:27 · answer #5 · answered by ignoramus_the_great 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's funny you mention that, Boar - when I was saying a prayer that my mother would find a standby flight so she could get home and get to the hospital before her best friend died, I didn't ask "God", I asked Hermes. Instinctively.
And when we got to the airport, it turned out there was a flight leaving in half an hour (instead of 3+ hours for her ticketed flight), and it ended up being 1/3 empty, so she was able to be at the hospital before her ticketed flight had even left the ground.
2007-07-05 03:27:35 · answer #6 · answered by Nandina (Bunny Slipper Goddess) 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most people have a hard time grasping a reality outside of their own. If someone believes in a god that is their reality, they know nothing else. It would be the same as an atheist trying to grasp why someone would choose to waste their time believing in something as superstitious as a god.
2007-07-05 03:08:09 · answer #7 · answered by biller29 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
People who have crazy ideas or beliefs do not think like normal people. The do not have the intellectual tools necessary to analyze or understand normal, rational people. They can only put everyone into neat little categories that their brainwashed minds can understand. Anyone who does not follow their beliefs has to be wrong, so the only way they can make sense of it, is to say that we all secretly do believe.
Quite pathetic. Typically narrow minded and stupid.
2007-07-05 03:43:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Great question. The only answer I can come up with is that they've never questioned anything in their religion and have never imagined anything beyond the fear-based kind of god. They are scared sh*tless of NOT believing in god and can't understand how anyone else can't be afraid, too. When you're afraid,you want to gather people around you for some kind of protection, or that feeling that we're all in this together. People like me scare them even more because we don't buy into it.
2007-07-05 03:04:37 · answer #9 · answered by Cheryl E 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-19 02:22:56 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe my friend, that people who do believe cannot comprehend anyones existance without in a belief in god. I dont think that they mean anything by it...according to their beliefs, they are doing the right thing by trying to make you question your own beliefs and then pounce...and try to convert you! lol
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quit taking it personal
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2007-07-06 12:53:37 · answer #11 · answered by trinity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋