When the Euro was in its infancy there was only one country which met the targets for joining the single currency – the UK . Yet the UK had no interest in joining.
Today , we can see that the more God-Less countries have the least social problems. Is it the case that Atheists have exceeded Gods’ standards but have no interest in joining God ?
A little more than a Yes or No answer would be nice .
2007-11-03 10:49:40 · 13 answers · asked by londonpeter2003 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A few Biblical / Quran quotes would be nice .
2007-11-03 12:25:37 · update #1
Peilthetraveler – by your Reasoning ALL atheists are communists and ALL communists are atheists . You have insulted both ideologies. That is like being a Nazi – Jew in WW11 , I wish you the best of luck , you will need it.
JONATHAN S. I am just going by the Evidence , the various studies conducted – Eg the Gregory Paul study . If 100 Gregory Paul’s looked through the telescope and SAW that the Earth was Not the centre of the universe would you accept the results ?
Daniel R , Good response . I guess I need to rephrase my Q a little ( for you ) . The more Atheistic countries have a Better social standard than the more Theistic countries , they are 0.00025 % closer to Gods’ Standard ( for salvation ) . Should we continue with the -0.00025 % path or switch to Atheism path which has a + 0.00025% co-efficient ?
2007-11-03 12:53:20 · update #2
Wonder why most of the other countries are getting along and the 2 with the biggest religious populations are fighting right now???
2007-11-03 10:54:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
The problem is, you claim that the standards that atheists surpass are "God's standards". Unlike some others, I don't regard this as a compliment.
Read the Bible. God does not have any standards that are worth living up to. He commands murder, rape, slavery, all kinds of actions that we rightly regard today as being immoral.
Yes, that's the Old Testament - but Christopher Hitchens is pretty devastating on how immoral the New Testament is as well. How can having someone "take away your sins" be moral? I am responsible for my own actions, thank you very much.
We don't get our moral standards from the Bible, or from God. We get them from ourselves.
2007-11-03 11:41:47 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thanx 4 the complement!!
Buddhas is a realign but they dont believe in god. they r atheist.
England ruled the world a 100 erez ago but not true religion it was true force. When the UN came out they backed down and gave everything back, cause they had ta.
PS dha UK will all go 2 heaven and the rest of dha goddless countryz wont. OK then.
Hoped this helped ye!! :)
2007-11-03 11:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by Godwas1ofU$ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have a good point. here is a youtube video pointing out the correlation between the correlation between morals and religion, that the teen pregnancy rate and murder rates are almost always higher in religious countries than none.
Does religion make you a better person?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQi96Fd5o8Q
I wouldn't say Atheists have exceeded gods standards, they are by no means perfect, though those standards are pretty grim in some cases, they involve alot of stoning and hate in my opinion. It is the case that most atheists have to answer for their own actions, and don't rely on forgiveness from above, after all there are more christians in a prison %wise than in the general population.
2007-11-03 10:58:42 · answer #4 · answered by GEISHA 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I can't actually see the corrolation between Godless countries and lack of social problems. The countries that came closest to pure atheistic states are the worst basket cases after the collapse of communism, and North Korea is a lovely country, isn't it?
2007-11-03 11:18:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
God doesn't believe in a higher power.God is an atheist.(Just trying to outstupid the other guy.)Anyway,atheists dont believe in a god.They don't think there is a god to join.They have no doctrine or god to die for.When you care more about living than dying,you'll dedicate more time to education and the things that life has to offer in general.
2007-11-03 11:03:48 · answer #6 · answered by vibratorrepairman 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Atheism: Absence of belief in a god or gods.
Nothing more, nothing less. No standards involved.
2007-11-03 10:54:41 · answer #7 · answered by Beletje_vos AM + VT 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
No.
Atheists cannot surpass the standards of a being in which they do not believe in. Thank you for the compliment though.
2007-11-03 10:54:31 · answer #8 · answered by alana 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
you'll bee surprised to find that same of the most religious men are beyond this globalization system.
2007-11-03 11:06:51 · answer #9 · answered by Claudia A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Soviet Union = Full of athiests and what happened? Collapse.
Dont be fooled, Russia now is just two or three cities. The Russian mafia controls the rest of the country and believe me, they are in trouble.
North Korea is mostly athiests too...do i need to say more?
Now to mention the U.K. Its 71% Christian...How powerful was the U.K. a hundred years ago when it was almost 100% christian? Oh thats right, they ruled India, africa, hong kong and other places. What do they rule now that they are losing Christians? uh-huh.
Now to mention the other countries. Well Allah, those hindu gods and budda are false gods and thats why they have so many social problems.
2007-11-03 11:01:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 7⤋