Isn't it true that most deniers of God have moral and not intellectual issues with God.?

Answer 1

Both are issues for me. My moral issue isn't with god, though. I don't like the teachings of organized religion. I've come to an intellectual conclusion that I don't believe that there is a god. If I were to believe in god, I don't think I would follow traditional religious practice. I don't think a persons faith should have so much influence on all the decisions a person makes. It seems like organized religions make the decisions for you and you cant decide right and wrong for yourself. Examples would be: the catholic church discourages the use of the HPV vaccine. They discourage abortion even in cases of rape and incest. The historical tragedies that have come from religious beliefs like the crusades and witch hunts. I can see the benefit of faith, but the benefits of religion is sometimes eclipsed by the suffering it causes.

Answer 2

I think it's the far opposite. Intellectual thought is what will make a person question a system based on faith. I don't deny but do question God and the many versions and histories. I am assumed to be a denier of God due to my dening of the self proclaimed followers of God. I am assumed to be a denier due to my questioning faith. Assumptions are based on ignorance. Everyone believes their religion is the right one but they can't all be correct, does that imply some moral issue also, other religions deny your God? I do deny organized worship, I have moral issues with the people that claim to follow God and look down on me for not following them. I have moral issues with people that think it's ok for them to not follow their Gods law. I have moral issues with people that believe if they ask for forgiveness or confess sins they are off the hook.
I have a friend of many years that has asked me to church with him many times and I allways turn him down. We have discussed religion which often includes me questioning things. Finally after years of knowing me he starts in on me on how I'm going to hell if I don't take God into my life. He's surprised when he finds out that I have done that. I wonder why he thinks that, is it because I don't go to church or because he knows of my lack of blind faith. He knows of my knowledge of the bible and my opinion of church goers. For some reason he prefers to beleive I deny God rather than believe that I deny the hypocritical followers. He assumed I was a denier, an ignorance based decision. Moral or intellect assumed after the first assumption would be a fabriction of his mind.

Answer 3

Not really. Most people of OTHER RELIGIONS have moral issues with the Christian concept of God. Atheists, for the most part, seem to have intellectual and/or logic based issues with all concepts of God.

To put it simply...they have never witnessed anything supernatural and they can't believe in something just because a book says it's true. They require proof and so far no one has offered any.

Answer 4

Which god, there are thousands of them. It is mostly an intellectual issue.
When it comes to shooting down Christianity that gods morality is often used as specific reasons to show the negative aspects of that particular religion. But since we don't believe in ANY gods it would be difficult to base atheism on moral grounds.

Answer 5

I agree!!! I think you have hit the nail on the head!!. They arent intellectually opposed to God they are morally opposed.

They know (everyone knows) that God has high moral standards but some just do not want to live their lives according to them.
They would rather lead immoral lives with a me first, eat,drink and be merry attitude rather than live clean upright lives according to Gods standards.

Answer 6

Actually, the reason I do not believe in god is intellectual. But before simple rational thought led me to believe that god does not exist, I did have moral problems with him. My moral problems are not with the ten commandments themselves, but the fact that god is simply unable to uphold the simple rules he lays out for us.

He tells us not to kill, yet he slaughters the first born sons of Egypt simply as a demonstration of his power. He tells us not to covet, yet he describes himself as a "jealous god". If he, in his almighty greatness, can not uphold these simple rules ... why should his followers even make an attempt?

Therefore, if I did believe that god exists -- but trust me, when I tell you that I DO NOT -- I would refuse to worship him on moral grounds, yes.

Answer 7

Well, that's a can of worms.

I can't see any reason why it's more likely than not that God exists. But if I were to assume that God does exist, then I have some deep concerns about His morality.

Answer 8

I believe in God but I think its interesting that your question is really a statement of your belief. I don't happen to agree with you. I think an athiest intellectually doesn't believe in God because it can't be proven that He exists. But we may both be wrong. Why don't you reword your question to "Why don't you believe in God?"

Answer 9

I think rejectors of God reject God because of the moral authority that God would have over their lives.

I seek God because I find that I desire to know the One who created me, even if I don't know for sure that He even exists.

Others reject God because they desire to be free of the moral authority that their Creator would have over them.

I have to "hold as true", i.e. believe, that my Creator exists in order to seek Him. We believe things in order to reach a goal. I have no reason to seek Zeus therefore I have no reason to "hold as true" that he exists. Zeus and the flying spaghetti monster and the flying unicorn and all the rest are irrelevant.

Answer 10

Most have no issues at all with imaginary things,just issues with the people that do believe in such things and try and push their bigoted and hypocritical "issues"onto non believers.