Have you ever noticed that you can't really ask an atheist a question they can't answer?

Question

Asking the hard questions to a person of faith always leads to many "God works in mysterious ways" answers or "I don't pretend to know God's plan" etc. Atheists always give you straight answers. I believe in God but honestly I'm surprised I do at this point. How can you follow a religion with so many unanswered questions, and be totally fine with that?

Answer 1

As an atheist I generally only answer questions that I know the answer to. If I do not know the answer to a question, I don't pretend to. I either will not answer the question or I will state that I do not know the answer. I don't pretend to have the answers to all of lifes questions but I am always searching for those answers.

I guess that is the difference between the religious and the non-religious. Religions pretend to have all the answers and when they don't have an answer they simply say "God did it". Science is humble enough to state "We don't have the answer yet but we are still searching for it."

Answer 2

Well because you are asking science questions in the religion section. It's like asking astrology questions in the astronomy section, most of the answers will be snarky and perhaps mocking. Just because someone is an atheist does necessarily not mean they are interested or knowledgeable in science. Your best bet would be addressing such questions to a biologist. There is considerable evidence that there was a period of time on Earth called the RNA world. In this world life existed as RNA as both phenotype and genotype. The RNA life form could have been a single naked strand, a collection of RNAs or RNA accompanied by a suite of cofactors (e.g. peptides, membranes, mineral surfaces, etc.). It is assumed that RNA evolved into DNA through some sort of genetic takeover event. In other words, RNA enzymes made DNA, which replaced it in the genome. Proteins were added into the mix at some point.

Answer 3

I don't think that there are so many unanswered questions. From a Christian perspective, I don't think it's that God works in mysterious ways. I think that many people just don't like dealing with the ramifications of the answers they get from the Bible so would rather try to soft sell what it is saying rather than being straight with people. I think you can get straight answers from both camps. Yes, sometimes the answer from a Christian is the Bible isn't clear on that, but I'm fine with that, but where it is clear they might as well be clear too.

Answer 4

why would you think that you COULD know all of the answers to everything? What's wrong with a little mystery? The thing with atheists is they study science, which is fine and then base their whole philosophy around what can be scientifically proven. I'm fine with that as well. But keep in mind that science measures the PHYSICAL universe and so, if there are levels of reality beyond that, then science can't measure that level. To be positive that something doesn't exist just because physical science can't measure it proves nothing. It's like having a ruler that is 12 inches long then denying anything longer than 12 inches exists because your ruler can't measure it. Physical science is only valid within it's domain, the material plane. If you absolutely assert that this is the extents of reality, then for you, it is. You have to be open in your mind in order to have any experience of realities beyond the material plane. In other words, reality is a self-fulfiling prophecy. However you define it for yourself is what you will have. Yes, the material world is clearly there, so believing in just that is a safe way to go. But those who do that limit their possibilities.

Answer 5

Perhaps your are close to the "tipping point". There's so many unanswered, or poorly answered, questions in "god" and religion, but many more straight answers when looking to the alternative.

God-follower and atheist on the teeter totter. It sounds like you have just shifted your weight towards the fulcrum. Perhaps one day things will become clear and you will get up and march right on past it.

Answer 6

I'm Agnostic, but I tend to side with the Atheists here, primarily because we think the same way: that there is a logical explanation for just about everything.

Now, I say "just about" because I've seen and read about miracles that happen in the medical field that doctors and scientists just cannot explain. This is also the reason that I consider myself Agnostic and not Atheistic. I'm open to the possibility that God is out there and that there are some things that happen that Man was not meant to understand.

Answer 7

How can you follow a religion with so many unanswered questions, and be totally fine with that?

That question has resulted in a great deal of atheists. It helps spread the love...

Answer 8

Sure Atheists can answer any question. They always have those handy descriptives (brainwashed, delusional, ignorant, mental) in tall supply. There are also a number of smart-alec responses they have to choose from.

(And no, not all Atheists do this. But the ones that do it, seem to enjoy it so, that they do it all the more.)

Answer 9

Poorly written story lines by a multitude of authors that each had their own social aggendas, then compiled by a council of politicians that also had their own aggendas and as such intentionally left parts out....sounds like a really bad idea for a book, doesn't it? Apparantly not, since the bible is the best selling work of fiction of all time.

Answer 10

I will never give "God works in mysterious ways" or " I don't pretend to know God's plan" . God's plan is to let us make our own decisions. Man has charge over the earth and as such we are creating the heartache and devastation in so many places. God has charge over our salvation but ultimately it is still our decision.

God gives us free will and with that we make bad decisions and good decisions. The bad will effect us and sometimes others.