atheists feel equally compelled to save Christians from delusion and irrationality,for their own good?Or do they have a monopoly on righteousness?
2007-08-03 01:52:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
While I'm with you on this, they have absolute power on their side. In other words, Atheists are wrong, and Christians are right because God is on their side. And even as nonbelievers, there is no argument against absolute power. Christians will always "win" arguments because they will always fall back on absolute and infallible God.
Crap, isn't it?
2007-08-03 08:15:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Christians, please don't get offended when I say this, but you all really do think you have the "truth" market all locked up. Because of this, you deny the truthfulness of everything that isn't in step with your beliefs.
Atheists don't claim to know everything, we just accept the reality as it is without reading into them things that can't be proven one way or the other. Most of us would allow christians to practice as they pleased, as long as they kept their practices to themselves. No one wants to hear about how the boogeyman is going to come out from under the bed and slaughter all the people that said he didn't exist. No one has ever seen the boogeyman, and there have been no confirmed boogeyman killings, so most people don't believe in the boogeyman. It's completely natural to assume that the boogeyman doesn't exist, even though many have heard stories about him. The only people that are actually afraid of the boogeyman are the ones that think he really does exist. Threatening people who don't believe with the boogeyman's wrath is an insult to the intelligence of those that know the boogeyman isn't real. Saying things like "just because you don't believe in him doesn't mean he isn't going to kill you" is intellectually dishonest, and flat out wrong on so many levels.
You are simply trying to scare people into believing in him.
Same goes for your god and your savior. Christians don't have a monopoly on righteousness, they simply have a monopoly on christianity that they're trying to turn into a monopoly on truth.
2007-08-03 02:14:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's a tough question to answer because on the one hand I don't want anyone to suffer. On the other hand, God has laid down laws, sent His Son so that no on has to go to Hell, and Jesus said that people don't come to the light because they love their sins and they don't want to change. So in order for me to save everyone, I would have to be God and I would have to give many people the equivalent of a frontal lobotomy or make them like robots where they had no choice but to obey God. It doesn't matter if someone is a fornicator, a liar, a thief, or a murderer. Everyone has broken God's laws and He is the law giver and the judge. Being loving and merciful and gracious, He sent the Lord Jesus to make a way so that no one has to go to Hell. If they don't take God's way then that's their choice and all choices have consequences.
2016-04-01 15:46:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called Freedom of speech you can say and believe anything you want. but to say that becoming a atheists is for their own good, you do not know what is good or bad for me. I am a christian but I don't force it on others. I state what I believe and you can state what you believe and that is fine. But one day you will find the truth and by then it will be too late.
2007-08-03 02:12:00 · answer #4 · answered by Hi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should question them. I don't believe there is anything wrong with teaching others about you religion or your beliefs or non-beliefs. My husband is Atheist & I am Chrisitan. I never told him to change or tried to change him. I told him, this is who I am this is what I belive, this is why I belive. He did the same. I think tring to convert people or "save" people is kind of horrible. To me being "Christian" is right for me, but I know for others it is not, and I think that is cool.
I'm not your typical Christian...not by a long shot. :)
2007-08-03 09:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by Ghoulina 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since the 2 groups are diametric opposites, one must be wrong and the other right.
Atheists are more than welcome to try to save me from "delusion and irrationality". However, I'm not some dumb hick that doesn't know why I believe in the One, True God.
I feel compelled to try to save non-believers because I don't want to see one person consigned to Hell because they reject Jesus Christ. I guess you would have me apologize because I'm trying to show God's love to these people, but I won't apologize.
2007-08-03 02:00:05 · answer #6 · answered by †Lawrence R† 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well as much as I want to then I would be no better than Christians forcing their beliefs onto others.
If someone want to know about Atheism then that is a different story.
Again to do so would mean stooping to their level and I do not want to do that
2007-08-03 01:58:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question, read mine, they're good too. I think we're crushing the theists beneath a cascade of logical reasoning.
2007-08-03 01:56:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋