2007-11-08 13:57:09 · 34 answers · asked by TTC 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no wonder you guys refuse to repent. What a life.
2007-11-08 13:57:46 · update #1
Mngj: that sounds like a copy and paste. Use your own words and be original
2007-11-08 14:00:26 · update #2
Very good UhOh. I couldn't agree more.
2007-11-08 14:03:12 · update #3
Ms. Taurus~~~Have we met? I think not
2007-11-08 14:04:29 · update #4
Can. Atheist: you don't get to tell me what I can and cannot do.
2007-11-08 14:08:36 · update #5
maugham said it best: : "i live my life as i please with due regard for the policeman around the corner."
2007-11-08 14:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by Brendan G 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
You guessed Mr. Gray, atheists do not believe in sin any more than they believe in the mythical character who is alleged to have invented it.
It's interesting that there was no sin until Eve and Adam ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge. If they had remained ignorant there would have been no sin. Ignorance is highly valued by those who do believe in god. Maintaining ignorance is a value worth killing to support. Flat world, center of universe, no such thing as evolution, no global warming, no evolving staph germs that are resistant to anti-biotics. You know the drill.
Another thing that you might like to know is that atheists do not RE-pent, few even pent in the first place.
And as for your haughty, holier than thou, condescending "nice life" silliness, you might spend more time contemplating whether Muslims or Christians are more mono-theistic with Allah as one god or the Holy Trinity which is really irrational.
As an atheist, I thank god that we live in the United States where a person is, to some extent, protected from the religious.
Pen and re pent
2007-11-08 14:09:44 · answer #2 · answered by valcus43 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word "sin" has its roots in Old English "synne" or "an offense against God."
Since a sin is an offense against God, and atheists do not believe in God, a "sin" would be an offense against a non-existent entity, and therefore, an offense against no one.
Atheists are aware of, and in the main try to avoid, ethical transgressions, but they do not operate on the idea of "sin."
Make of that what you will.
2007-11-08 14:12:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since we are not held to your dogma, we are free from your concept of sin.
This does not mean that we do not have morals or a concept of right and wrong. People can actually be moral without religion. I live by my own set of ethics.
You will note that there are no gods in the wild animal kingdom. Yet, social animal groups like elephants, lions, wild dogs/wolves/etc, apes and monkeys all have their own version of law and order to maintain peace in their family groups. Why is this? How can this be? Simple really...it is in an animal's nature to avoid conflict. When a member of the family commits a "crime", they are punished and/or exiled. When one is sick or too old to go on the hunt, other members will try to care for it and bring it food. Co-habitation in peace and providing for the other members of their society is top priority. Why should we be considered any different?
2007-11-08 14:07:03 · answer #4 · answered by Willow 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Great question.
What I'd like to know after reading the responses for those who let their consciouses decide their actions, how are their consciouses formed? What standard forms them?
Two: with no sin, no standard to determine right from wrong, how does one judge an action good or bad? Would the decision be survival based (survival of the fittest)? Scientific? Who has the authority to make a decision about morality in the case of a dispute?
Just wondering.
2007-11-08 14:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by Danny H 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is no such thing as sin.
Neither you nor anyone else can give us an empirical definition of sin. Ergo, it is just another made up word designed to impart shame on what is usually a natural urge or function.
2007-11-08 14:06:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope nothing is a "sin," because it's *higher* then that. There is good and bad, right and wrong, because that is the way it is. I don't behave just because I think some big red boogieman will eat me, I don't behave to get something out of it, I behave because it's how you are supposed to act in our society. Unlike many of you who just want something from it.
2007-11-08 14:02:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
how can it be a sin if you don't have some divine authority accurately identifying it for you?
I'm just amazed at how many self righteous hypocrites it takes to help God spell it all out so the masses can comprehend all the sins that God has identified.
Certain voices for God have been seen with their halos slipping a little lately.
naughty naughty
2007-11-08 14:03:43 · answer #8 · answered by cyrusbblackthorne 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, maybe it is a sin for an atheist to become a fundamentalist christian... For an atheist, I am sure that would truely be "missing the mark."
2007-11-08 14:08:49 · answer #9 · answered by hrld_sleeper 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Atheists have to follow the law just like everybody else. So, in a way it is "sin" for an atheist to break the law.
2007-11-08 14:06:27 · answer #10 · answered by aspiring_paranormal_journalist 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
danny h...you have a very valid point...gave you a thumbs up...how on earth someone can find your answer disagreeable is beyond me.
mr gray...im assuming u are atheist right?...you definition of "sin" differs greatly from mine which is why you claim perfection and i know im a sinner. in order to understand this you must believe..not that you will believe me but there it goes. ignorance of sin does not absolve you of it. ignorance of God is not an excuse!
in case you didnt understand any of the above...yes! atheists are sinners ...more so for their refusal to acknowledge His existence.
Praise God!!
2007-11-08 15:50:39 · answer #11 · answered by Orita 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋