atheists what if you are wrong?

Question

if we Christians are wrong then we just enjoyed a faith filled life and died but if you are wrong you lived a faithless empty life and went to hell.

if we are wrong like you say we just sleep forever,if we are right we live forever and you will be tormented forever.

my question is do you ever ask yourself this question and if you do what lie do you tell yourself?

Answer 1

If you are wrong, you wasted a great deal of time in prayer, bible study, and church. Wasted time is never productive time. If you are wrong, every penny you gave a church is wasted. If you are wrong, your whole life was more empty and meaningless than what you imagine an atheist's life to be. In short, you have a great deal to loose because you are wrong.

Answer 2

There are other things that may or may not happen after death. It depends on your belief system. Since none of us will know what happens until AFTER we die, I just figure we should all believe whatever we want, and try to live a morally good life. You have yourself to answer to before you have to answer any god of any religion.

What if we're all re-incarnated after this life? Have you considered that possibility? I've seen too many coincidences in personality to believe otherwise, and I'm still atheist.

My parents left my choice of religion up to my sibling and I, although they're Christian - non-practicing, but christian nonetheless. With this upbringing, we've gone to christian youth groups, been to church in different branches of christianity, and drawn conclusions from what we've experienced. We were encouraged to ask questions, and even enjoyed the odd religious debate with an uncle of ours that's a former Pastor (or minister.. can't remember). We're still asking questions well into our twenties about various religions. I ended up an atheist, and my brother ended up an Autotheist. Strange how the world works. But you know what, we're happy. We live good lives, we are crime, drug and misery-free. Our lives are fulfilling, so I don't know why you say we have "empty faithless lives." Just because we don't have faith in your god doesn't mean we don't have faith in anything.

We have faith in ourselves, and that's enough for us.

Answer 3

hmm... well I like how you "subtly" attack it. "what lie do you tell yourself" "Faithless empty life" nice way to hide the troll in you.

While I am not athiest I would say their lives are probably FAR from empty. Simple belief in some all powerful being does not equal a full life. Furthermore I think that that would be something for them to find out then. And most Ahtiests I know are very willing to take responsibility for their actions in life so I can't imagine it would be any different in death.

Answer 4

Oh, havens, it's Pascal's wager! *Drink*

Okay, look, I'm a Christian, but this same question can be applied to ANY faith or belief system. What if the only way a person could get into heaven was to be Muslim, or Buddhist, or Hindu, or a Taoist? And by choosing Christianity, we would be doomed to hell? Or what if the true God is actually Thor or Zeus or Osiris, and we would be condemned to hell because we serve YHWH? What if the true religion is Judaism?

If we're only serving Jesus Christ to go to heaven (and to avoid hell), it's a problem. Be very careful with throwing Pascal's wager around.

Answer 5

I seem to get this feeling that people who are not atheist assume we live horrible unhappy lives.

I am very very happy, I follow a set of morals that can be deduced from common reasoning, I have family and friends.

What I find from most religious folk is that they cannot be happy unless their deity is serving their wondrous life up on a golden platter.

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What if, for instance, that there is a god. What if I don't want to follow it?

What if, I believe it is incredibly selfish to want to live forever?

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And, I had asked myself this question, before I reached adolescence. I'm sorry, but most atheists don't turn to a "faithless" life because it is cool. It is carefully thought out, as we are often degraded and mentally abused for our non-belief.

Answer 6

It sounds like your faith filled life is also full of fear - the fear of going to hell. This is blind faith, believing in something in hopes of some reward. You should make your decisions based on your life and common sense, and be accountable for your actions. By doing this, you will learn to respect the spiritual decisions of others.

Answer 7

Sometimes when the devil gets busy I question my religion. But I'm always left with these two answers. When we die where are we going to go...... I know we aren't going to stay in a casket for the rest of our lives so the Lord will save us. The other question is where do our prayers go... When we are in need the Lord is always on time. That is what tell myself when the devil gets busy.(I am a Christian)

Answer 8

"if we Christians are wrong then we just enjoyed a faith filled life and died"

Oh you conveniently forgot the possibility the Muslim God is the real God, or Odin, or Vishnu or Zeus.

I hear Hades is a little warm, bring an AC.

Answer 9

I am sure that by now you realize that you have just restated Pascal's Wager.

Unfortunately, Pascal's wager thinks that god is going to reward the individual who is dishonest.

What if god hates dishonesty. What if he hates believers who believe only by calculating the odds and look for the main chance.

For all you know, he might like all us rebels for our honesty, and send pandering, simpering believers into outer darkness.

Answer 10

Oh, I haven't seen this for so long. You are such a rarity nowadays - you really believe this, don't you! Sweet.

What I say is, if I die and I meet Quetzlcoatl I'll just have to bite hard and take my medicine. Is that what you'll do?