christians, whats the proplem with athiests.. live and let live?

Question

so who cares if someone is athiest or not.. how does it effect you and your life?
you belive in what you belive and let them belive as they do.. no need to preach if they are interested they will come to you. Comments?

p.s I am NOT an athiest (nor a christian)

p.s.s. - concentrate on the question, not bad spelling!

Answer 1

There is NOTHING wrong with Atheists...
ONE of my best friends here is an Atheist...
Everyone is entitled to there own beliefs...
that's how I feel anyhow.

Answer 2

They are willingly coming to us, Christians on Y!A R&S are not capable of forcing or coercing any Atheist (or anyone for that fact) into asking or answering questions. That deal with a subject they don't even believe in or are trying to break away from. :)

It is their decision to read what you call "preaching" or they can choose to ignore all the questions and not ask anything dealing with Christianity, G-d, Jesus the Christ, or anything else or a religious nature. This after all is free will and free thinking at work.

Answer 3

I understand what you are saying. According to the Bible, Christians have been instructed by God (in the form of Jesus) to "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." Matthew 28:19-20

Christians are taught to believe that, without accepting Jesus Christ as your savior - that is, as the atonement for your sins, you will be doomed to spend an eternity in hell. This also come from the Bible where is states, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6-7


Now, the question that presents itself is probably, "Why do Christians care about my eternity when it does not effect them? A Christian would probably answer that by trying to save you from hell is there way of loving you as they have been instructed to do in (yeap, you guessed it) the Bible. When asked of Jesus, "What is the greatest commandment?" Jesus answers, "'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. " Mark 12:31

Basically, to sum up, Christians will usually have a hard time letting an Atheist believe that there is no God because their love of God and desire to do His will is great. They often take his commandments to heart and, as such, take it upon themselve to try and show Atheists what they believe is the one and only way to enter Heaven.

Answer 4

I like to discuss things with people. Not because I am a christian. I am a christian though. Atheists are people, so sometimes I like to hear what they have to think as well as let them to know what I think. But now I am really going to be screwed up with the correct way to spell atheist.

Answer 5

Well, actually, I am commanded to preach the Gospel to everyone. It's the only thing we were commanded to do before Jesus ascended into Heaven. It is our first, highest calling. However, once I have presented the Gospel, if the person chooses not to believe it, I'm done with them and wish them well. They are free to believe or not believe as they choose. I'm not going to mourn over them because there are others yet to hear who may choose to believe. If they don't want to hear, that's fine, I won't beat anyone over the head with it. But I will do what I have been commanded to do by the Highest Authority that exists. If you don't like it, tough buns.

Answer 6

People may believe whatever appeals to them, in my opinion, as long as they don't call people "athiests." The word "athiest" does not exist, nor does the word "proplem."

Language is the material with which we think.

Answer 7

I agree with that. I have no problem with atheists. Infact I think it's totally up to them. If they don't want to believe in a deity what's the point in me trying to force them to? That's pointless and rude. Not only that but violating their rights. So I agree completely.

Answer 8

Agree, but no religion should be able to force it's morality as a laws. Two examples, prostitution is a moral choice and so is gay marriage.

Also as questions are aired in a public forum, then they should be answered...

Answer 9

if you look at the influence the christians have on our socieites, our laws. our education systems. you will see they cause prejudieces, sexism, and over all misinformation.... they did not do this by the will of god.. they got this influence by murdering what opposed them... not until our laws reflected rights for all did they slow down... freedom of religion laws put an end to their "witch" burnings.... look at more recent laws concerning women's rights... abortion for instance... the christians are still fighting this law... they do not limit themselves to the courts.... how many clinics bombed? how many doctors murdered? They are still obsessed with ruling the world according to their ficticious god and self righteous morality.... they seek to have rights for no one but themselves..... when they stop interfering in OUR societies then you can claim live and let live but as long as they existed they have not allowed us to live in peace.....

Answer 10

I agree, it's not like christians are affected by atheists much anyways... Opinionated: Who said atheists were trying to censor christians? When'd that start happening?