Christians: if you did not believe in God, how would that change your outlook on life?

Question

honest, sincere answers please.

Answer 1

my life would be empty and dark.... and very lonley without him.

Answer 2

I do not honestly remember a time in my life that I did not believe there is a God, so I will have to answer with a little spin on it...if it were phrased "If I did not have God in my life, how would that change my outlook on life"..because even though I have always believed I have not always followed him, he was not my Lord, I thought of him as kind of a genie in the sky waiting to fulfill my needs or help me when I messed up too bad to help myself. So my answer here is if he were not in my life and a part of me I would be exactly how I use to be! .Empty and messed up! God is awesome and he does exactly what he says he will, his promises are real and for anyone who will accept his gift of life. Peace.

Answer 3

I would probably have a bit more anxiety about how short life is, and I would feel a bit more dispair about the disappointments in life. I would become a nihilist, but I would continue to live as if I were a moral objectivist, or perhaps an ethical egoist. Or would leave me puzzled about the origin (or eternality) of time, space, and the universe.

Answer 4

It's because we believe in God that we are Christians. If we didn't believe in God, and specifically that Jesus is the Son of God, then we would be non-Christians. Take your pick of them, there's plenty of non-Christian beliefs and non-beliefs out there to choose from. Sounds like you're non-Christian yourself (hence your question), so you don't have to look far for an example of one of the possibilities.

Answer 5

God is my life and all that I have to look forward to. So, if I did'nt believe in God I would have no hope. I would be of all people most miserable! It's so sad and tragic that there are real people out there that feel just like that.

Answer 6

I think my life would be entirely different. I wouldn't care, just did as I please. I would be addicted to unhealthy things, my marriage might not last, things like natural disasters or death would absolutely devastate me because if I didn't believe what I do now, then when a loved one dies, that is it, there isn't much hope without God in this world.

Answer 7

Well there was a few years I completely hated God and rejected Him and His love and I remember during that time just being depressed, lonely, and without a cause. What's the point in living just to die? During that haitus I did what I wanted but it never lead me anywhere and always ended worse for me.

Answer 8

Honestly, I would be depressed and sad for awhile. Once I accepted the truth, though, I think I would learn that everyone else is dealing with it and know that I would have to move on with my life.

Serlya: Please stop with the stereotypes already. Christians have lives and they are all different. We are all human, and we all have different outlooks on our lives.

Answer 9

my priorities might change. after i get over the shock and depression of a therefore meaningless life, I'd prolly try to be a 'good person' to have some sense of pride as I walk torwards death. either that or I'd just be very miserable. ...maybe..

i suppose you never know, i might become a staunch humanist atheistic altruist. so .. in any case though, I'd still have no purpose.

Answer 10

I wouldn't be me I suppose

Empty, lonely , irritated, hopeless,

basically how I feel when I harden my heart to his words sometimes and don't get right with him and confess my sin I feel distant and I start to sink

BUt I have God to turn to when I feel like that. He lifts me up to knock down the gates of the enemy again I am going through the Refiner's fire

"For there is hope in thine end"

Answer 11

I would not have been a Christian in the first place ! Outlook on life-no idea, it is all supposition.