Do you support Atheists and a soceity based upon it.?

Question

I believe in a God of Nature, i.e. that God is not a guy on a cloud but a type of energy perhaps that starts all life into action, it expresses itself through us and through all living things. So when we destroy the environment or such we are destroying part of God.

In my dealings with many religions it actually find that Atheists are the closest to having respect for the my faith. Christians and Muslims regard it as stupid and nonsense not to believe in a guy on a cloud, but Atheist based society would allow all thoughts.

You thoughts (sorry for the wording, as it is difficult to describe what I mean)

It seems to me that Christians and Muslims have much more of a problem with someone who isn't one of them than any Atheist i have every met. (including Yahoo answers) ;)

Answer 1

I believe that government should be secular and neutral so that everyone has religious freedom. I believe society will likely support those who understand and accept science over those who are mired in ignorance. I believe that trying to force atheism on anyone would be a mistake.

I want people to come to their own acceptance of reality on their own terms. You cannot force religion out of society.

Answer 2

No, to me it would be foolishness.

Christians do not think of God as a guy on a cloud.
We believe He is the God of Nature and so much more.
Creator of all things, who does express Himself through us and His creation. He gave us dominion over the environment, and it would be destroying a part of His creation, not a part of God. Our views are really not that different.

Atheists would not care one way or another. To them there is no God. That is why they are foolish. The evidence is all around them, in nature and everything that exists. That is why they think we are shoving "religion" down everyones throat when we say there is.

I'm a Christian. I have found, after many years of being agnostic and a mystic, that Jesus Christ is the way to find the living God. The truth is that He is the only way God has provided for us be restored into a relationship with Him. Now that I have, I find my life whole and complete, filled with His love while living with the God they claim does not exist.

Answer 3

If such a force exists, I think that it is much more likely that it arose FROM life... an emergent property of self-organizing complex systems... rather than preceded it. The universe has been evolving (changing over time), too. As we sit here trying to understand the universe, it may be that we, at the same time, are small scale elements involved in the universe's efforts to understand itself.


common_sense_don't_hurt... if you've gotten to level 5 and STILL think that atheism is a 'belief system', then you obviously haven't been paying attention.

"Atheism is a religion in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby." ~ Unknown

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Answer 4

I do believe that a secular society would be a better place, but I don't support the concept of a society "based on" atheism. I hope for a society where religion is unimportant, not one where it is suppressed. It's important that people reach their own conclusions about atheism. To impose it would be tantamount to creating a religion out of atheism, which really defeats the purpose.

Answer 5

I understand totally. I just call it Mother Nature.

I have found the same thing. Atheists have a much higher respect for the planet and the environment. Native Americans were much the same way...nature herself was the god(ess) and was to be respected and protected.
Religious people think that this planet is just a stopping point to somewhere else and they really see no reason to care. Sad.

Answer 6

Secular societies are in fact more moral than religious ones (source). Also, secular societies tend to (ironically considering how harshly religious people speak of secularism) be champions of religious freedom to a degree that the average religious society wouldn't dare allow (for fear of losing prevalence of whatever religion holds the most power in that society).

Now, I don't believe in a "God of" anything, but nature itself I think is the closest thing to a true, real "god" we've got. It is what we evolved into, it is what supports us, and it is the only truly verifiable cause of our existence.

Answer 7

No, a society based upon Atheism would be a society based upon the lack of belief in God or in any higher powers. The only way this would work would be through force, and I am not for it.

Answer 8

At least on paper, that's the society we're supposed to be living in here in the USA--one which protects the rule of law from encroachment by dogmatism while tolerating all beliefs and encouraging a free exchange of ideas . We're backsliding a little, but I'm confident that we'll get back on track in my lifetime.

Answer 9

History has shown time and time again that any society which bases itself on some form of religion is doomed to eventual failure. Too much emphasis gets placed on what-should-be instead of what-is. Pie-in-the-sky solutions are proposed and, of course, fail. Eventually the society collapses and another one takes its place.

Why do you think the U.S. Founding Fathers, all religious men in some way, expressly separated church and state? They saw this too; they also saw that when church and state become one that oppression quickly follows.

Answer 10

As an atheist, your supernatural beliefs don't concern me unless they are harming you, others, or society. Many organized faiths like the ones you mentioned do harm the followers and society.

I pity all people that go through life deluded, but that's their problem, not mine, so as long as you aren't doing what I described above, we'll get along fine.