Would they leave us alone and stop trying to impose their worldview and faith onto us?
2007-10-19 12:23:40 · 18 answers · asked by David V 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Not believing is a choice." Not believing is NOT a choice. You try an believe something you don't.
Try believing in Zeus as g-d and see if you can choose to.
They just want to believe it is a choice so those particular pushy people can badger you and blame you for believing wrong.
Really sad and a cop out.
And I don't think they will ever get it.
You know I don't think they know what an Atheist is.
They think it something it is not. It is simply not believing in your g-d. It is not complicated You don't choose it
2007-10-19 13:47:22 · answer #1 · answered by buffysrosebud 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess they really DON'T understand.
We are none of us born with any religious beliefs. Therefore LOGIC would suggest that we CHOOSE at some later stage in our lives to believe in something.
An Atheist simply never changes the initial state he was born in. That is, one of NON belief.
At least that is how it applies to me. So take your 4000 year old opinions and STFU.
2007-10-19 19:35:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I know a lot of Christians see it as their duty to 'save' you, but I know a number of them that are respectful, and I am infinitely respectful of a person with beliefs who does not try to make me think like them. If only more christians were like that... it would make so many people happier, and more amiable towards the christian religion.
2007-10-19 19:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by Aia S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't know. during rough times, i sometimes wish i could believe. it would be nice to think that there was some all knowing, loving god. unfortunately my mind just wont let me. i don't really expect someone who does believe to understand my lack there of because i can't understand how they DO believe. oh well...lifes a B, isn't it?
2007-10-19 19:36:49 · answer #4 · answered by amanda c 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I've never tried to say anything to atheists about what they do or don't believe.
Can you understand that?
Some atheists appear to be trying to impose THEIR beliefs on us.
2007-10-19 19:32:58 · answer #5 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They don't realize that believing in a god would be as impossible for me as believing in a three sided square.
They impose because they think they know best... because they think their "god" knows best.
2007-10-19 19:31:08 · answer #6 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Christians have killed millions of people to believe their religion.. thank god they can't force it upon us now.. but THEY STILL CRAM IT UP OUR NOGGIN LIKE THEIR IGNORANT NARROW-MINDED IDEAS are going to change my mind..really.. 2 of all animals on the boat made by 1 man
2007-10-19 19:28:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps, but there's still the legal imposition tactic, which, frankly, is the more odious one.
2007-10-19 19:27:20 · answer #8 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Apparently they don't understand reading the replies.
For me it is not a choice, I just can't, not won't.
2007-10-19 20:58:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You do not believe because you cannot believe. In your flesh, you do not have the capacity or ability to believe in the God of the Bible. God gives the faith to believe, give us the Holy Spirit who indwells the believers, and opens the eyes and ears of those whom He has chosen out for salvation.
2007-10-19 19:28:40 · answer #10 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋