2007-10-16 05:18:10 · 30 answers · asked by Stan Smith 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Shouldn't prayer be about thanks and not "what can the big guy get/do for me"?
2007-10-16 06:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unanswered prayer is what led me to the conclusion that God doesn't give a crap about individual welfare, even if God does exist.
2007-10-16 12:26:24 · answer #2 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was not the only thing that led me to this conclusion, but it certainly was a part of it.
If, among the overwhelming lack of empirical evidence for god's existence, I would have had a moment where I felt that there was a god listening to me, communicating with me, interacting with me ... things might have been different.
2007-10-16 12:37:54 · answer #3 · answered by ?Heretic? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it was much more complicated than that. I had been a witch and pagan priestess for some 25 years until December 16, 2005, when my husband and High Priest committed suicide. He had been my mentor, the center of my life, and I believed in him, even if I acknowledged that the gods and goddesses we invoked for rituals were mostly metaphors and not physically real. Steve was physically real, and I worshiped him.
After 12/16/05, I had to re-evaluate everything he had taught me in light of his suicide, and in light of what I began to learn on my own without his guidance. Recently I realized that it was inaccurate to call myself a witch and a pagan if I just used the god and goddess stories as metaphor and archetype. Then I read "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris, and realized that he was right. Faith is belief in the absence of evidence, or even in the face of evidence to the contrary. I could not respect that as a standard of belief. I decided it was time to acknowledge that I am an atheist.
2007-10-16 12:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by auntb93 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the end yes.
I was told for years that an honest prayer to God asking him to reveal himself, would always be answered.
It wasn't.
Which led me with 2 realities:
1. God just didn't care.
2. God didn't exist.
Given the lack of evidence and the philosophical/doctrinal problems with religious belief, I chose 2.
2007-10-16 12:32:10 · answer #5 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The total lack of any supporting empirical evidence and the absence of all logic and reason in religion is what led me to my conclusion that there is no god.
2007-10-16 12:42:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not unanswered prayed. A complete lack of anything. I tried everything and studied everything to find one piece of reality or feeling that there was god..any god. I tried with my entire heart and "soul" for a hint of something. I found & felt absolutely nothing.
2007-10-16 12:29:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. It was more of a knowledge thing. I wanted to know more about the world, nature, life... The universe, etc. Science. Philosophy.
I didn't want to just sit around, be taught something, and not question. I hungered for knowledge. I want to think and think.
2007-10-16 12:23:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no reason to believe in God, no proof.
Plenty of reason against. And is a lot more likely.
An answered prayer in a controlled, scientific environment would cause me to believe.
Unanswered prayer doesn't make me atheist. It just doesn't make me theist.
2007-10-16 12:21:41 · answer #9 · answered by cchaos01 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no the bible is a rip off of other older stories about other gods rewritten to suit Christianity
Gilgamesh=the older story of god up to and including the flood
(only difference is the serpent was changed to the devil,instead of being god)
2007-10-16 12:26:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
It was the complete and utter lack of evidence supporting the God Hypothesis.
2007-10-16 12:24:54 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋