drink to that.
2007-11-15 08:05:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is hard to believe in something that is not true.
2007-11-15 08:08:08 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My parents werent really that religious. They still have faith and all but we just never really went to church on sundays or basically we didnt go the whole nine yards.
And I actually never had an imaginary friend, nor did I ever really believe in santa claus, or the easter bunny, or the tooth fairy. Mostly cause they never fed me any of the last two, the first one Im not sure what happened.
But yeah, I just never really grew up believing in god and I cant force myself to believe it now. Especially when the more I question the bible and such, the more I think that god isnt as perfect and loving as hes made out to be.
2007-11-15 08:15:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont believe in god because bad things have happened in my life not to make me believe it. my parents divorced when i was 3, we were living on welfare for 4 years after the divorce, we moved from apartment to apartment and were living with my friends grandma because we were homeless when i was age 8. then my mom got married to an abusive alcoholic when i was 10, and is still married to him. and now, im 14, and i want to leave and live with my dad, but i cant.
thats why i dont believe. god has never been there for me or my family.
and though i havent been raped, murdered, kidnapped, molested, tortured, or starved, there are too many that have been, and god is not there for them.
also, if someone is christian, does that mean they believe worshippers of other religions will go to hell?
2007-11-15 08:16:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you believe in Odin, Zues, Apollo, Ra, etc....
By capitalizing the word 'god', I assume you are talking about the character from the bible stories. The bible is an interesting collection of old fairy tales with no evidence or logical reasoning to back up its validity. So, what point is there in believing that a fairy tale creature is real?
2007-11-15 08:11:28 · answer #4 · answered by ibushido 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because God does not believe in them.
2007-11-15 08:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by God is love. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By its very definition, theism posits the existence of a deity which has in some way, shape, or form revealed itself to the universe. For such a revelation to be of any significance, there must be self-aware structures capable of free will. That is, these self-aware structures must be capable of producing some action in violation of causation, or for which there is no anticedent. If self-aware structures exist, but do not have free will, then the revelation is irrelevant.
Thus, the existence of any theistic deity must naturally and of necessity have the consequence of free-willed self-aware structures.
For free-will to exist, the self-aware structure must have some cognitive component which is non-tangible, and not subject to the principles of physics. Any tangible component is subject to physics, and thus violates the principle of non-causation. This principle of non-tangibility is, in psychology and philosophy, refered to as 'dualism'.
However, various studies have shown that without exception, every component of the mind and consciousness arises from the actions of the nervous system. These studies, in various ways, all involve selectively disabling portions of the brain or preventing communication between them -- split brain studies (where the corpus collosum has been cut or damaged), stroke victim studies (localized or regionalized brain death), and partial brain anasthesia. This establishes with high confidence, beyond reasonable doubt, that the mind is in fact monistic, or entirely tangible.
As stated, a free-willed mind must have a non-tangible component. Since the human mind has no non-tangible component, it is incapable of free will.
Since free will is a requirement of theism, theism is provably impossible, beyond any reasonable doubt.
This method of proof by modus tollens can be summarized:
[A Theistic Deity Exists] THEN [Free Will Exists].
NOT [Free Will Exists].
THEREFORE NOT [A Theistic Deity Exists].
Assign these as follows:
A = "A theistic deity exists."
B = "Free will exists."
Then the standard format is:
A⇒B.
¬B.
∴¬A.
2007-11-15 08:11:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A long course of study has revealed that the existence of God or gods is very, very unlikely, and in all probability the product of the "myth-making" tendencies of the narrative-generating mind.
Why do you?
2007-11-15 08:09:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible contradicts itself according to my teacher, I have never had the time to pick one up or whatever. If he were real why are all the people starving in Africa? Why is there child abuse and all these cruel things happening to animals? Why are there chavs? Why do people you love die? Answer that.
And no, "God is there for you all the time you don't know it, people have to die." doesn't work for me.
2007-11-15 08:11:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont really care about religion... what is the point this early in life (im 17) i'll decide what i believe wheni turn old and grey... and also a lot of blood has been shed in the name of a religion.
2007-11-15 08:16:48 · answer #9 · answered by steve 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is too true not to believe in! He is real!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-11-15 08:10:58 · answer #10 · answered by Chelly! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋