What specifically makes one denounce God or hate Him? What happened in your life?

Question

Talk to me by email or just answer back. My email address is [e-mail]. I wanted to make myself available to talk about these things. It is important and maybe someone wants to talk. I have heard it all!

Answer 1

I have never come to this point. I think that when people attend church, someone says something to hurt them, they can come to the point of hating God. This is really because they don't know and understand who He is. They think that another christian is perfect, when we are not. Also, when life slaps us with hardship, we can call out to God, and because He does not answer right then or we don't see an answer soon, then we become bitter, thinking God does not care. This is not the case, as He cares about everything in our life. He knows how to deal with it also. We just sometimes do not let go and let God.

Answer 2

I've never met someone who believes in a god and yet still denounces or hates it.

I know a lot of atheists and agnostics, but hating unicorns is not the same thing as knowing they don't exist.

I have been an atheist since I understood the distinction, and I have never claimed to hate or have denounced god. It would be nice to have a all powerful, all loving god, there just isn't one, end of story.

If you have questions, my email is [e-mail].

Answer 3

I actually did go through a period of putting God out of my life. I never hated him, or even denounced him. I went through a divorce in '85 and was angry at God. I had lived a "good christian life" for 19 yrs., and where did it get me? But when I wanted to quit drinking, (I'm a recovering alcoholic of10 yrs.) one of the steps was admitting only a Higher Power could return me to sanity, and accepting to "do his will instead of my own." The words, "my own" was the operative words here, it was my will that I started living the life I did after my divorce. Gods will was for me to be happy. If I had not turned around my HEART CONDITION, I would end up not loving God .
So the answer to your question, in my opinion, is a lot of times, a guilty conscience that has been scarred over by wrong doing. If we accept that God is our HP then we have to admit our wrongs, and change our ways; so some people would rather become "haters of God, and lovers of pleasures," then to change their ways and repent. (sometimes it's a lack of knowledge as well).

Answer 4

Im one of those guys that have to have proof of something. The Bible is full of stories, but no proof of a God. Science can explain evolution, etc, and even though I would like to believe in a afterlife, etc, I just dont believe that there is one. I always see the bad things happening and it makes my science belief stronger- "Why would God let these things happen?" My answer: there just isnt one! Other say Ill burn in hell for not believing. Well, so be it! If there is a God, then he made me and should be forgiving. If theres not, then I have nothing to worry about anyway. Just my opinion..............

Answer 5

I do not denounce or hate god. I can not denounce or hate god anymore than I can hate or denounce the easter bunny. My personal experience combined with a lack of concrete evidence led me to feel that no gods exist.

Erica L -- I'm still waiting on that concrete evidence you promised me in your e-mail. Is it taking a little longer than you'd hoped to find those scientific journal entries?

Answer 6

I think you are mistaken and have some wrong conceptions. I don't know many people who "denounce god" or even hate him. I have no belief in god. To denounce him I would need belief first. The same with hate.

Answer 7

People are born hating God. As it says in 2 Corinthians 4:3,4 ' ... and even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Answer 8

I don't have any use for a fictional god. My life has been fulfilling and happy without one. What makes you think something has happened in our lives?

Answer 9

Do Buddhists believe in a creator god?

No, we do not. There are several logical reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern scientists, sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origins in fear. The Buddha says:

"Gripped by fear men go to sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines." *Dhammpada 188

Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of god in order to give him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a god gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in god because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this seems to support the Buddha’s teaching that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief but with rational understanding.

The second reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. There are numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have god’s words preserved in their holy book, that they alone understand god’s nature, that their god exists and that the gods of other religions do not. Some claim that god is masculine, some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their god but they laugh in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of another god. It is not surprising that with so many different religions spending so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their gods that still no real, concrete, substantial or irrefutable evidence has been found. Buddhists suspend judgement until such evidence is forthcoming.

The third reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a god is necessary in order to explain the origin of the universe. But this is not so. Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without having to introduce the god-idea. Some claim that belief in god is necessary to have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are millions of Atheists, free-thinkers and Buddhists, who live useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a creator god. Some claim that belief in god’s power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite. One often hears of people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps, enormous odds and difficulties through their own inner resources, through their own efforts and without belief in a god. Some claim that god is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and Buddhists do not accept such a concept. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.

But if there is no creator god how did the universe get here?

All religions have myths and stories which attempt to answer this question. In ancient times, when man simply did not know, such myths were adequate, but in the 20th century, in the age of physics, astronomy and geology, such myths have been superseded by scientific fact. Science has explained the origin of the universe without recourse to the god-idea.

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Answer 10

I believe people denounce God when they try and put themselves above him and don't get "their way". The Why me - thing.
Why not you - what makes you (in general, not you specifically) so special that nothing bad should ever happen to you?
people tend to turn their backs if a loved one dies or a crime was committed against them. God answers all prayers in the way he know is best. Period. That doesn' t make it easy to understand. God never deserts anyone - we desert him.