Anyone miss me???
*dead silence* I'll take that as a no....
Seriously though... besides the thought of eternal life what is it that makes the Christian God so appealing? He basically smites people at random in the old testament... expects you to go his way or the highway... what is so appealing about that... I understand that it makes you feel close to someone... but that is what friends are for... He just is down right mean! You gotta help me understand this...
Ah... yes I'd like answers... I'm an atheist... I don't need to be preached too...
2007-09-13 14:16:16 · 16 answers · asked by Highlander 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
OMG TRANSFORMERS... I can't wait!! and I want answers not being told I'm going to hell I'll pray for you... stuff like that... tha'ts what I meant by not being preached to...
2007-09-13 14:25:00 · update #1
besides making this crappy world, and collide galaxies into each other, not much!
2007-09-13 14:21:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A lot of christian beliefs can be very easily explained. but those answers are not found in the bible. If karma was accepted then it would explain why pple seem to be smitten at random. and also why one child may be born into a happy wealthy family while another is born in Iraq and gets killed 5 days later. God does not punish. We set our own actions in motion. That is Karma.
2007-09-13 21:47:57 · answer #2 · answered by princenore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The mystery of being, unveiled as absolute love, coming down to wash the feet and the souls of its creatures; a love that assumes the whole burden of our guilt and hate, that accepts the accusations that shower down... all the scorn and contempt that nails down his incomprehnsible movement of self-abasement-- all this absolute love accepts in order to excuse his creatures before himself..."
The quote is from Hans urs von Balthasar and it expresses what, at least to him, makes the "Christian God" appealing-- it is the willingness of that God to assume a creaturely nature, accepting all the its limitations, even suffering and death, and respond to all our ingratitude for our existence, with a word of forgiveness.
2007-09-13 21:27:01 · answer #3 · answered by Timaeus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I don't understand is if God has a plan for everyone (everyone has planned future), then why do we have sin? Wouldn't he have everyone be as good as possible? Isn't he punishing us for things we can't control?
I'm atheist, so I want some clarification.
2007-09-13 21:24:37 · answer #4 · answered by lil_lil85 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God speaks to us but many dont listen and go against his loving message and do harm anyway.blame ourselves not him.we have free will and many defy him,while others go about listening to him and live good lives.if you are atheist you cant blame him,if others are not,you cant blame him either.man is the root of his own salvation or destruction.he guides but does not force his thinking on us
2007-09-13 21:26:44 · answer #5 · answered by woodsonhannon53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im quite happy not to preach to anyone, regardless of whether they believe or not,
whch begs the question, why bother asking?
if your dead set on not believing, then dont, no one is forcing you to
really dont see the point of u going to the effort of asking
dont make life anymore complicated than it already is
and dont be a hater,
2007-09-13 21:28:17 · answer #6 · answered by one of a kind 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As Morgan Freeman would put it OOOHHHH Andy get busy living or get busy dying!!!!! My young friend that is a very very big question, and one that you must answer on your own!
2007-09-14 22:28:41 · answer #7 · answered by Beneplacitum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love my relationship with Lord. I would miss out a lot if I did not enjoy it here. I know that you do not have any idea what I am talking about, but if you want, you can have it too. Eternity is for everyone. You get to choose if you are going to spend it in hell or heaven.
2007-09-13 21:22:01 · answer #8 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
omg, I know...
Sometimes I feel like religion is like politics...
God promises eternal life, Bush promises our safety...
I wonder if we're going to get either...
2007-09-13 21:21:54 · answer #9 · answered by Tally 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you asked the wrong kind of question if you don't want to be preached at.
2007-09-13 21:24:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
he invented the electric telegraph...
oh wait, that was morse. but the first message sent was "what has god wrought". what indeed?
2007-09-13 21:28:36 · answer #11 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋