what would make of the people that pray to an invisible man that watches everything you do from above, and has only 10 rules... and if you break any of the rules you are sent to a place of eternal pain and suffering? ... but he loves you.
2007-11-06 09:49:25 · 19 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There's no point in reasoning with an illogical concept, buddy. :)
2007-11-06 09:52:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
That's fair. Why is everyone so indignant about it? I thought your description was rather generous actually.
Many people don't question their faith in any real depth but hang on to it like a security blanket.
I can imagine it quite devastating to accept the fact that there is no god when you may have spent a great deal of time and emotional energy believing in an afterlife, sin and hell, god, etc..
It takes courage to face your own mortality.
2007-11-06 19:45:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Fabulous question, I've often pondered this.
I believe I would think they were crazy. Afterall, I had lived my entire life taking responsibility for all of the good and bad that came in and that I put out.
2007-11-06 17:53:19 · answer #3 · answered by Judo Chop 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Just what love are you talking about - human love - bears no relation to divine love - which is set out in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8; '...Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails ...'
2007-11-06 17:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by cheir 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Religion is a form of brainwashing. No one is born a catholic, muslim,baptist....etc. It is forced upon you at an early age and you do not have the train of thought to think and make the decision yourself
2007-11-06 18:07:38 · answer #5 · answered by CreativeMusicArtist 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is a lie to claim that myth is truth. The affirmation of an ability to know about the existence of a good one in Heaven at war with an evil one cast down to and ruling over Earth is a fraud that follows from the lie that myth is truth. Conservative ideological authorities perpetrate this fraud inorder to be able; to make threats against the life and or afterlife of anybody who does not submit to their authority; and to extort from communities of faithful believers tithes and offerings in exchange for a lifelong indoctrination in a standard of conduct that these same ideological authorities proclaim to be the discovery of the truth about the will of a good one in Heaven at war with and evil one cast down to and ruling over Earth. Extortion based on threats made against the life and or afterlife of others and or a fraudulent affirmation of an ability to know about the existence of a good one in Heaven at war with an evil one cast down to and ruling over Earth should be considered a crime against humanity because in committing acts of extortion based on fraud that follows from the lie that myth is truth these ideological authorities lead communities of faithful believers to have a low esteem of self and world that is not conducive to happiness and good health.
2007-11-06 17:54:36 · answer #6 · answered by H.I. of the H.I. 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's so more complicated than that...I don't care if you believe in God or not, and I'm a former atheist, but don't knock these people for believing or having faith in something. You just insulted millions of people who believe in a higher power, just not Christians who I'm sure this question was targeted at. You might not be right either...but you KNOW right?
2007-11-06 17:54:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
well, you summed it up. guess I'll just stop that foolishness huh.
Those words I just wrote sound foolish huh. Pretending to understand God is just as foolish. You really do have to have a better understanding of this "invisible man" before you speak so loudly. Humble yourself to begin with. Your Ego is too big for you right now.
2007-11-06 18:09:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Sounds like a Monty Python bit...
2007-11-06 17:53:00 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. E 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
That type of belief system takes centuries and thousands of men to create.
2007-11-06 17:53:14 · answer #10 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
what would people think of a person who puts on a funny hat has a beard and a bag of toys that can somehow fit down the chimney and put rain deer in flight. see the god you know about comes from fairy tails. My God the God of Abraham and Jacob has more going on than what you say please read the bible and you may find your answers. sorry you have been miss led but most people are being fooled.
2007-11-06 17:57:04 · answer #11 · answered by mairszee 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋