2007-09-09 08:19:37 · 21 answers · asked by carl 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't base my faith in God on feelings either but on reason illumined by grace.
2007-09-09 08:41:35 · update #1
No. It's because there is not one shred of evidence for the existence of any god, let alone your sadistic sky faerie. Why is that so hard for you to grasp?
2007-09-09 08:28:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I was a Christian as a kid. I believed, read the Bible, went to Church, prayed and everything. But I never experienced his mercy, had a prayer answers or got a message from God. So I conclude that God either isn't there or isn't knowable.
But I am still open minded, so how would you advise me to experience his mercy?
2007-09-09 15:32:55 · answer #2 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have subjectively interpreted events as coming from a merciful God.
This was shortly after prayer in desperate times.
But as time wore on I believed what I witnessed was in fact merely due to coincidence and false feedback based interpretation, rather than hard fact.
It was difficult to give up the faith though - it's an addictive and perhaps magical version of life, full of intrugue and intricacies of nuance and meaning.
Nowadays I live in a simpler world, with a less extravagent account of events running through my veins. In retrospect I see both good and bad in faith, but the font of fidelity has just dried up for me over time.
Perhaps with a little splash of heavenly rain, it might all happen again - but I somehow doubt it all the same.
2007-09-09 15:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by bulletproofmoth 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but that's like saying I don't believe in the Easter Bunny because I've never seen him. If I ever do see the Easter Bunny I'll seriously reconsider my opinion on that matter, after checking my blood for hallucinogenics. And I'm not sure what you mean by "His Mercy". Do you mean a miracle? Or one of those lucky moments you have every once in a while?
2007-09-09 15:50:59 · answer #4 · answered by ThePeter 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've never experienced anything from God, which has led me to believe he does not exist. If I experienced something supernatural or divine, I would believe. I also don't see how he could be described as merciful if he uses an eternal lake of fire to punish and torture people.
2007-09-09 15:23:35 · answer #5 · answered by razzthedestroyer 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is a bit circular.
I do not believe in god, therefore I do not need his mercy because he does not exist to damn me.
What you want is for me to accept his existence, then to accept that if I do not put faith in him I am damned, then to believe by his mercy he has decided not to damn me because I believed in him
Frankly, it saves so much hassle just not to believe in him. He doesn't sound at all nice any way, and who needs mercy from a nonexistent evil tyrant?
2007-09-09 15:25:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nobody has ever experienced his mercy except in his superstitious imagination . If mercy comes form god, so does disease , starvation , murder , rape , and everything else . You can't select . You can't say if it's good, it's because of god. But if it's bad look somewhere else. Almighty means able to do anything - - - please explain the misery that's everywhere .
2007-09-09 15:32:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It could be, but I doubt it. I don't believe in God because of what you've made of him. If I agreed with your God's definition of mercy, and justice, well, I may yet believe in him, who knows.
2007-09-09 15:26:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe in God because all of the major religions have serious contradictions; and our very world does not jive with a world created by a loving, all powerful creator.
2007-09-09 15:24:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, that's part of it.
Its true that many of the arguments against the existence of god have their roots in science and its direct contradiction of most of the bible. But beyond the lack of actual concrete evidence, I also have no personal experience that suggests a god's existence.
2007-09-09 15:24:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just think it's a low punch to get people to believe by threatening them with eternal pain and torment in a fiery pit. I mean, come on. Believe in me or suffer forever? Humans can't even imagine the concept of forever, it's just unimaginable.
2007-09-09 15:26:30 · answer #11 · answered by Azu 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋