Do you think that you reject a Heavenly father becasue of it?
this doesn't mean that a believer does not have the same issue, I just wonder if you think there is a connection to it at all?
2007-09-20 03:20:50 · 18 answers · asked by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
First three, thank you for your polite and honest answers. I appreciate that you didn't take offense, as I meant none! Have a great day!
2007-09-20 03:25:45 · update #1
Others who answered politely after three, thank you to you as well. Have a great day!
2007-09-20 03:27:02 · update #2
BTW, this is not a theroy I have, it is a question, thats all.
2007-09-20 03:29:37 · update #3
Why has the one who claims belief in God turned out to nearly be the rudest answer? Did you read the full question? I commented that I was not excluding that it could be the same issue for a Christian. This was not meant to be offensive, please don't make it that way.
2007-09-20 03:35:40 · update #4
Bad liberal - you make a good point. It was just a question though.
2007-09-20 03:37:37 · update #5
DawnUSA - I don't know who you call a fool. If it is me, I am not arguing, it is a question if you didn't read. Sometimes if you understand why someone believes as they do, you can have conversation that is more productive.
If it is non-believers that you say this about, though it is true that a fool rejects God, it does not help to call name either. When Jesus sat with the least desired, did he call them fools? No, he called the Priests or Pharisees fools as they taught against the true teaching. He approached those who did not believe with love and humility, many came to him after that.
2007-09-20 03:56:08 · update #6
"Reject a heavenly father"?
One must be aware of something before one can actively reject it. The "non-believers" you are aware of see no god there, hear no god, feel no god, witness no effects of any god.... thus they are not in any position to reject what hasn't even shown up to be brought into question yet.
2007-09-20 03:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by Dire Badger 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I've been an atheist since birth.
Religious pollution never took hold in my mind.
Mum died in 96. Dad remarried in 98.
He just celebrated his 90th. He hasn't left yet.
I call him every Sunday morning and visit with him in Tasmania at least twice a year for a week or so.
I live in NSW.
Both parents had first hand experience of the horrors of war during WW2 in Holland - they were both atheists ... and survived where millions of theists died waiting for their ‘god’ to save them – ‘he’ doesn’t exist so they weren’t really let down, were they?
Psychologically, I think your theory could work the other way as well - the need for a substitute father and all that.
2007-09-20 10:52:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have actually heard this idea used before. . .not really targeted toward Atheist who simply do not believe in a Heavenly Father in order to reject Him.
I have heard it used toward believers who choose to reject God. . . .and that people interpret God in much the same way that they did their dad. If their dad was kind, compassionate and approachable then they would view God the same way. . . .if their dad had been abusive or cold then that is how the would view God.
It is an interesting thought. . .but doesn't really fit every situation.
2007-09-20 11:16:58 · answer #3 · answered by sparkles9 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I had a very good father.
I reject god because there is no evidence for one. There is no evidence for the bible either (besides locations and peoples). So just like unicorns, Santa, and other myths, I don't believe it them.
This is not a hard concept to grasp and is plainly expressed by most atheists.
2007-09-20 10:26:43 · answer #4 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since Atheists have lower teen pregnancy and divorce rates than Christians, they are more likely than Christians to have had a father present while growing up.
2007-09-20 10:27:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming that by non-believer you mean non-christian. I am a Pagan. My parents were married for 42 years and my Dad and I were very close. He was one of the wisest people I ever knew, and one of the funniest. I still miss him to this day. So, sorry, your theory does not work with me.
2007-09-20 10:25:04 · answer #6 · answered by Cheryl E 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I had a WONDERFUL dad--whom he and my mom raised us in church.
I am very happy --for I know Who my heavenly Father is.
I am SOOO glad I have a Christian Mom--I wrote a poem about her called " Mom Prayed At The Head Of The Table"--but Dad is in Heaven, waiting on me.
2007-09-20 10:32:46 · answer #7 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We try to find reasons for their non-belief and they try to find why we do. :) It just boils down to the heart, doesn't it? And our own ego. I choose to open my heart to Jesus and squash my ego, giving God all the glory. I had a very intelligent dad and he always encouraged us to seek and know the answers to everything in life. When it came to religion and politics, he told us to avoid getting into arguments over these because "fools will always think they are right." How true.
2007-09-20 10:43:55 · answer #8 · answered by dawnUSA 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
An absent father didn't seem to affect Jesus in that way.
Your question is, if you don't mind my saying, quite remarkably ill-thought out.
2007-09-20 10:32:25 · answer #9 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If this theory is true, then it goes both ways, i.e. believers are projecting their daddy issues onto the concept of god.
2007-09-20 10:31:02 · answer #10 · answered by mutterhals 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋