If you have no belief in any God' what are you doing on here,?

Question

Its a mystery'
Is there inside of you' a little teasy weasy' interest curiosity
It seems to me, that there are more atheist' then theist.
on this site,
Yes' there are some Christians who' parrot fashion, type the scriptures, its annoying'
and also there are Atheist who make nasty remarks,
its sometimes a battle ground
is that the reason' why you are on here,
Or is it' some kind of undertones' of missing out?
and the resentment builds up,
Shoot me down' if I am wrong

Answer 1

Religion is a very interesting facet of the human condition. I enjoy discussing it.
See, one does not have to be suffering from cancer to be interested in a cure.
One does not have to be suffering from mental instability to be interested in finding answers or improved treatment.
One does not have to be suffering from religion to be interested in offering a cure.
Seems that someone has found a cure for intellectual debate on these pages by reporting every answer by everyone who could be construed as an atheist. Very mature. Very Christian outlook. If you can't stand criticism, leave.

Let me make it clear.
As an atheist for the past 53 years, almost 54 now, I am definitely not seeking Jesus into my life. The furthest thing from my mind. I just wish to plant the seed of reality into some that suffer from an aberration. My good deeds for the day.
I was never a Boy Scout but I did once have a Brownie.

Answer 2

It's do you believe in god. And no i don't. The reason? There's no hard evidece. People would respond by saying, but look at all sophisticate life. There must be a god! No there musn't. I don't jump to irrational conclusions. Just because i can't explain something, i'll be happy to say that i don't know. I don't respond with imaginary figures. There's nothing to prove god, and you could give me anecdotes from christians saying that you can FEEL them. But how is that reliable? How do we know? And even if it did, how does the surmount to the proof of god? It's been known in history that humans have made gods to explain things they could not. Ra was beleived to travel the sky in a charriot carrying a sun. Now we know the sun 8 lightminutes away and we revolve aroudn the fun and not teh other way. There is not person traveling accross the sky with the sun. Thus, it was logiccal that the god did not exist and it was a figment of their imagination

Answer 3

I agree with Star_Puk and what she was said. I come here because I have a God and I am Catholic and I am not ashamed of it ever.
No one should be ashamed of what their personal views are on Religion. I do not come here to put anyone else down nor try to hurt anyone else's feelings and it seems that all this Category has turned into others doing their best to act like this area is all about acting as in mature and nasty as they can to the person who asked the question and to put people down who answer and if any answer goes against what they believe in is to slam them.
I guess I foolishly thought that all the areas where to help people out and not bash everything that someone else has said. I have no resentment about anybody. It is a free world and that is how I look at things.
Denis, I think personally you asked a great question. You have brought out to every ones attention who has grown up and who has not !
I also liked the one that uses the report it button. Maybe we should give her a hand so she can get some sleep.

Answer 4

Why should a belief in God be a prerequisite for the development of spirituality? Or, for that matter, a prerequisite for participation in debates on this board?

Religion need have nothing to do with any orthodox god, and any assumption to the contrary speaks loudly - and badly - for the conventionally religious communities.

For some a belief in Spinoza's god and it's manifold variants forms a core around which entire religious abstractions can be built. Religions which, I hasten to add, are every bit as valid as those orbitting the Bible, Koran or any other established texts and scriptures.

Please try to remember that while belief in a conventional God often leads to the adoption of religion, adoption of a religion need have nothing to do with a belief in a conventional God :o)

Answer 5

Its a free world.

Go take a look at any atheist board and you'll find theists there too.

I think you'd find that if there weren't people of different beliefs discussing, ranting, joking and quipping on this board, there would be a lot less said on it and it would be far less interesting.

Its like: people go to the football to watch a good match. If only one team showed up, the result would be predictable and the people would get nothing out of it.

Answer 6

Stifling debate by eliminating one side of the argument is not a healthy thing in a democracy. Spirituality is not the sole prerogative of those who belong to organised religion. For me spirituality lies within. Immortality is achieved by passing our values on to our children. Faith is not required when you demand evidence for all physical phenomena.

Those with religious beliefs should be prepared to debate these with the infidels as has been the case since antiquity. Why should thing sbe any different on Yahoo Answers.

Answer 7

good question. we are here basically to spread our genes. essentially, as with all living organisms we are born, we grow to maturity, reproduce and then die. the whole point of us being here is too make sure the species carries on to the next generation. i know it's a grim prospect but that's nature for you. even the earth itself will die in about 4.5 billion years time when the sun runs out of Hydrogen (which would have been converted to Helium), an then expands engulfing everything this side of Venus leaving earth as a charred crisp. the sun will then eventually shrink to about the size of a golf ball. everything has a beginning and an end, even us. we are born we grow up, we get old and then become worm food....

Game Over

Answer 8

In my case, it's usually because I see a R&S question listed when I click the answer link above. I can only remember a handful of times when I actually clicked the link to visit the R&S section.

That being said, when I see an interesting question about religion or one attacking/belittling my beliefs (I'm an atheist), then I'm usually going to read the question and I'll often respond.

Answer 9

Well, I just log on and look at the questions, then I answer. I don't try to offend anyone in a topic section, and although I can get sidetracked and think humorous stuff up, I like to read other answers to see others' thoughts.
When you read a question, do you look for the answers that match what you would say, or do you read them all and think, 'oh, I see how they can think that way'?

Answer 10

I could ask the exact same question of christians who hang out in the GLBT section attempting to either convert the gay crowd, or inform them that unless they convert, they're gonna burnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

Sucks being a hypocrite, doesn't it????