When Atheists say they dont believe in GOD do they mean the Catholic one or the Protestant one ?

Question

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?" --Quentin Crisp

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get. –Napolean Bonaparte

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. --Anne Lamott

Christians, needless to say, utterly detest one another; they slander each other constantly with the vilest forms of abuse, and cannot come to any sort of agreement in their teaching. Each sect brands its own, fills the head of its own with deceitful nonsense. --Celsus (178 AD)

The Church says the Earth is flat. But I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the Moon. And I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church. --Magellan

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said 'Stop! don't do it!' 'Why shouldn't I?' he said. I said, 'Well, there's so much to live for!' He said, 'Like what?' I said, 'Well...are you religious or atheist?' He said, 'Religious.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?' He said, 'Christian.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?' He said, 'Protestant.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?' He said, 'Baptist!' I said, 'Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist church of god or Baptist church of the lord?' He said, 'Baptist church of god!' I said, 'Me too! Are you original Baptist church of god, or are you reformed Baptist church of god?' He said, 'Reformed Baptist church of god!' I said, 'Me too! Are you reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1879, or reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915?' He said, 'Reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915!' I said, 'Die, heretic scum,' and pushed him off. --Emo Phillips

Answer 1

I personally think Atheists are people of great faith.

They believe the entire wonderful universe came into being all by itself from the smallest subatomic particle to the most immense galaxy and from the amazing complexity of the human mind to the love between a mother and child.

I find it much easier to believe that an all powerful and all loving God is behind it all.

"To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny." (Joseph Addison)

I do not have enough faith to be an Atheist.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Atheist honestly way no notion in a God. There are a few devout Atheists-- like Unitarian Universalism has plenty of Atheists within the congregation. There isn't any notion in a deity of any sort for those folks, however the train of the faith is extra approximately group and upholding distinctive standards (like being well and respecting different folks, and so forth.). I've recognized a few Atheists Wiccans/Pagans, in which they uncover pleasure and remedy within the celebrations of the seasons and nature and within the cycles of existence, and importance within the deep connection among the 2, however they do not feel there's any Higher Power that created or governs us. I feel so much Atheists, nevertheless, don't have a faith.

Answer 3

Your quote from Magellan sounded so absolutely unreal that I decided to look it up. Here's what I found on Wikipedia:

"This quote is often found on the internet attributed to Magellan, but never with a source. That is because the "quote" is almost certainly false and is based on the popular but erroneous idea that the Church insisted the Earth was flat. The whole idea that this was Church dogma is a modern myth and the quote attributed to Magellan may be a modern invention, not a genuine quote."

Aha!

Answer 4

There is one God among Catholic and Protestant. If you'd like to quote opinions...

"If there were no God, there would be no atheists." - Where All Roads Lead

"Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"Difference of opinion is helpful in religion." -Thomas Jefferson

Answer 5

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Athiest=person who doesn't believe in any deity. This includes Yahweh, Allah, El Shaddai, Krishna, Ptah, Zeus, Odin, etc. etc.

Answer 6

That's an old Scots joke "Yes, but are you a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist?"

Answer 7

for atheists like me god does not exist. god is nothing but an imagination made up by people

Answer 8

I do not believe in the existence of any deity...

Why is this concept so difficult for religious people to grasp?

Answer 9

The story was a little long but you made your point.

Answer 10

People worship far more than those two gods. I don't believe that any of them actually exist.