2007-09-07 08:59:33 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Then why do you disrespect Christians who turn to Jesus.
2007-09-07 09:06:48 · update #1
I don't mean that Christians just turn to Jesus when they are feeling low.
2007-09-07 09:13:04 · update #2
I mean that you are not so different from us and you have to accept that.
2007-09-07 09:14:48 · update #3
God does interfere in human affairs and he comes as love, the love you couldn't find to forgive someone for example.
2007-09-07 09:43:11 · update #4
We turn to our families, friends, and ourselves. You know, the people who can actually help, instead of some invisible skydude.
Also, not believing in this invisible skydude in the first place, we don't feel abandoned by the fact that prayers, church and tithing don't bring any more relief or comfort than a warm kitty and a soft roll of toilet paper. We have no expectations to be abandoned from.
2007-09-07 09:05:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 3⤋
If you've never been in that position then I'd say you should be very thankful. But don't assume that you never will be, because hopelessness comes to many people in this world. How do you think Jessica Lundsford's parents felt when they learned that their daughter's abused body had been found? Pretty hopeless I'd guess.
Maybe that is an extreme example, but people do die, and people do lose those they love, and people do get terminal illnesses. Eventually many of us will come to the place where hope is gone.
There is nobody "up above" to turn to. Atheists recognise that and accept it. Atheists have as much grief and loneliness and hopelessness as everybody else but they must find the resources within themselves and from friends and family to deal with these things. And you know what? They do. They manage just as well as theists.
2007-09-07 09:25:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think it would be silly to turn to a god that shows nothing but apathy. Christians should accept that is their god does exist, he does not intervene in human affairs.
2007-09-07 09:36:39 · answer #3 · answered by alana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We look to our own self. We look to better ourselves and get support from close friends and family members. It has nothing to do with praying to an imaginary deity. It makes some people feel better to have god in their life, but I like to face the truth and accept reality.
I don't disrepect Christians (like some atheist trolls do on here), I just simply express my beliefs. I don't talk down to anyone, they can think what they want. The ball can roll in many different directions, if you know what I mean.
2007-09-07 09:05:08 · answer #4 · answered by Uliju 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hope of what?
At any given time I will be no more abandoned than any other human being has ever been on this planet.
If I ever need some help I ask other people to help me and if they can they usually do. I find that real practical help is the most beneficial kind.
2007-09-07 09:10:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
So I should believe to make myself feel better? Well, all hope hasn't gone, and I doubt it will! Lack of a belief in God does not depress people I could not make myself believe even if I wanted to. Disrespect as you choose to believe in a fairytale rather that deal with things and think logically.
2007-09-07 09:11:47 · answer #6 · answered by Louise 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Can't say I, or anyone I know, has ever been in that situation, and never would be.
I think the only people who would, are people who say things like 'wow, all hope is gone and I have such an empty feeling of abandonment.' I mean who talks like that these days???
2007-09-07 09:06:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Strangely, I haven't felt hopeless or abandoned since I became an atheist. It was a frequent feeling, however, when I kept searching for a God that just wasn't there.
If I ever felt that way again, I would turn to my family.
2007-09-07 09:06:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I turn to the only person that has ever been there for me...
...me.
It may take a few days, I may shed a few tears, or scream to the winds, but it all boils down to the same thing.
The only thing that can change my life and circumstances is me. I can choose to bury my head, or choose to go to work. I can choose to do what needs done, or choose to blame others or beg a god for help. I choose.
And I rely on me.
2007-09-07 09:08:12 · answer #9 · answered by Gem 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have never lost all hope, but I would assume that I would turn to my family and friends.
There is always a REAL person who you can turn to. Even a complete stranger may be willing to listen.
"Then why do you disrespect Christians who turn to Jesus."
Didn't you see how I capitalized the word 'real'?
"I mean that you are not so different from us and you have to accept that."
You turn to an invisible self-contradicting non-responsive man-god. I turn to tangible, loving, living, and responsive humans.
I think you are confused.
2007-09-07 09:04:00 · answer #10 · answered by Dark-River 6 · 8⤊ 2⤋