Atheists, how would you life change on a day-to-day basis if you were a Christian?

Question

Since so many people think we are Atheists so that we can enjoy our hedonistic lifestyles. What would you have to give up if you became a Christian?

Answer 1

I was a Christian for years. I did the exact same things I do now, I just felt guilty about them and then asked for forgiveness. It is a major fallacy that atheists are somehow synonomous with satanists or wiccans or anyone else christians feel are "evil"; most do not have strong feelings about religion - that's the point. They're just decent, moral people who don't believe in the "invisible man" :
"Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man -- living in the sky -- who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!
But He loves you.
He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullsh*t story. Holy Sh*t!"
-- George Carlin Politically Incorrect, May 29, 1997
This is a lifestyle choice (as opposed to homosexuality, which is a way of life but not really a choice) - I choose not to believe what I was told because no one can give me proof, and they all say, "But you need faith!"
They'e created the perfect catch-22 of beliefs - that's all faith is.
Sorry for ranting. : )

Answer 2

When i left christianity and became an Atheist my day to day life didn't change in any way... I fail to see why it would change going the other direction..

I didn't go out partying drinking and to orgies as a christian and I don't as an Atheist... When I go out to the local casino (maybe 1 time a month) I play nickle slots and lose $5 or so in about 3 hours..

I guess I am not nearly hedonistic enough for most christians to consider me a "real" Atheist.... Maybe it's the same logic they use in calling people "real" christians..

Answer 3

This is somewhat too lengthy for an editorial. Because we now have confirmed by way of radiometric courting, there were organisms observed to be billions of years historic. The younger earth concept does not make any experience. We all recognise that you just can not create a human from grime or a rib. First of all, grime is mostly silicon, and lacks carbon, nitrogen, and water. How might a feminine be constructed from a rib with XY chromosomes? It has been validated by way of experiments that while you mix ammonia, methane, hydrogen, and water (all observed in a scientist's early earth) you get amino acids, nucleotides, or even peptides. We recognise that disorder isn't brought on via demons, as an alternative we're inflamed via different organisms. Does it make any experience to feel in a god? Maybe, however no longer a god founded off of this kind of unsuitable textual content. You quite are not able to battle myth with logical reasoning. I feel fundamentalists have a distinct variety of schizophrenia that's extra usual however much less extreme.

Answer 4

I wouldn't change at all if I were to become a Christian. I feel I live my life pretty well now and in accordance to a Christian lifestyle... I dare say even better than most Christians I know.

I often had conversations with born-again aquaintances where they would even comment that I'd make a great believer. Funny that.

I do think, though, that I'd have to incorporate reading the bible and going to church into one day a week.. I guess that's a requirement. Hmm, there are a few drawbacks with it.

Answer 5

Excellent question. I believe I'd have to give up: a.) my curiousity about the nature of the universe, b.) a significant amount of my money to the church, c.) my freedom to make decisions based on what I personally believe to be correct and true, d.) my irreverent sense of humor, e.) a great deal of my individuality, f.) a great deal of my sense of responsibility and accountability.
Also, I believe I would have many more people in my social circle but far fewer real friends. Oh yeah, and I'd have to spend Sundays at church instead of watching baseball and football games -- that's the true deal breaker of this whole scenario for me!

Answer 6

I would probably have to start going to church on sundays again. One interesting comment - Many years ago I was working as security for a swingers 3 day weekend party. I picked up and dried towels and things also. On sunday morning everybody was gone. They had another day for the party so I wondered where they went. They came back an hour later and I asked. They had all gone to church. Then they came back and partied for another 2 days.

Answer 7

I'd have to give up all sports played on sunday, even though it isn't the sabbath. I'd have to give up learning about other belief systems (against the religion). Basically, I'd have to become religious. I guess I'd have to start praying to Jesus, but for the most part, my every day life would not change at all. I'd just have to claim god and jesus are the cause of everything good in my life.

Answer 8

I would have to give up:

Being kind to everyone, instead I would have to judge them because they do not believe in what I believe

Thinking for myself, instead I would have to do what a piece of fiction written by MAN hundreds of years ago tells me to do for fear that I may have a bad dream

My gay friends, instead I can only talk to people that like to gay bash or put others down because they are deep down gay anyway

My paycheck, instead I would give 10% to the church to help pay for all of the child molestation cases to go away

If chosen as best answer, I would also have to give up my 10 points, because an Atheist gave them to me ;)

Answer 9

Well, I suppose that if I were Christian I'd have worship on the Sabbath (I think I'd keep the *actual* Sabbath, though, and not the Sunday one). I'd probably feel guilty about living with my boyfriend, as I've heard they have a problem with that.

That's about it, I think. I'm really quite dreadfully dull; no hedonism for me.

Answer 10

The main thing is I would not be able to sleep in on sundays. From the behavior of christians in my neighborhood I surmise that the rest of my lifestyle is fairly compatible.