Why is non-believers always asking about God If he does not exist?

Question

Just curious to why non-believers are always asking about something that they claim does not exist

I am not trying to pick a fight I am wondering why people would ask about something they do not believe in!

Answer 1

I can ask questions about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny without believing that they exist. I`m curious about the mythology and why so many people have chosen to take myth as fact.

Answer 2

I am genuinely very curious as to why believers believe in God. I've never been able to do it, despite sincere and prolonged effort, and I wonder how believers were able to make the Bible all the church teachings, some of which appear to be contradictory, fit into some unified whole for themselves.

I also think it's important to examine my own beliefs to make sure that the conclusions I've drawn are valid. To me, it's more important to seek the truth than it is to decide on a belief and cling to it for the rest of my life. If it turns out that God is actually out there, I'd like to know.

Answer 3

You have to be careful when using the word existence.

some 'things' in the universe have a duplex existence - one instance in reality and one instance in the mind of that 'things' beholder - a conceptual existence if you will.

So the computer screen in front of you exists as a physical object and also as a concept in your mind - two existences.

a rock orbiting pluto that no one has ever seen has only one existence - the physical existence

The other possibillity is something that has only a conceptual existence. Like a toaster orbiting mars (you're thinking of it right now so it exists as a concept). God and interestingly mathematics are also in this category.

Thats why you need to be careful with the word existence.

Simply put, I can talk all day about the concept of God without compromising my atheism one iota.

Answer 4

If we atheists ever ASK you anything about your Invisible Sky Critters (ISCs) it would be in the context of "Did you know that your ISC said or ordered this or that ....?" or "Do you realise that your ISC does this or that or did this or that".
We ask these questions cos we know the answers; we know you fundies know very little about your own religion.

AND by the way atheists KNOW your ISC doesn't exist cos he's never left any lingering evidence for us to find.

The only reason YOU think there's an ISC is cos he's mentioned ad nauseam in Bible (aka Goat Herders' Guide to the Galaxy).
Without THAT book your whole religion would be non-existent.

One day you may be persuaded to research the history of WHY GHGG came into being at WHOSE request and WHO voted on which books would be included and what their individual agenda were.
A bit too much to ask.
Your religion is a shaky house of cards built on very unstable foundations.
If you’re lucky one day you may wake up and see the light and savour the freedom.
.

Answer 5

I suspect they're simply reacting to that Believer's proselytizations and are hoping to "plant a seed of doubt".

"Skeptics should forego any thought of convincing the unconvinced that we hold the torch of truth illuminating the darkness. A more modest, realistic, and achievable goal is to encourage the idea that one may be mistaken. Doubt is humbling and constructive; it leads to rational thought in weighing alternatives and fully reexamining options, and it opens unlimited vistas."

Answer 6

Curiousity? An interest in what causes people to believe these things?

Plus, the sheer amusement at the reactions of some of the people on here.

Answer 7

God is sovereign and reserves the right to respond to any prayer He pleases. purely till we are in a covenant relationship with Him by faith in Jesus Christ, we haven't any foundation to anticipate God will listen us. Neither do Christians have a reason to anticipate God will listen them, till they ask in faith. The Syro-Phoenician female whose daughter changed into bothered by a demon is one get jointly of someone who were given right here prayer spoke back, even regardless of the reality that she changed into an interloper - which on the instantaneous turned right into a Gentile - a non-Jew.

Answer 8

Well I never have

but those who have would be doing so to either try and get you to think about how absurd your religion is or have an interest in how various religions view certain things.

Answer 9

Probably for the same reason I use to whack hornet's nests when I was a kid. To get a reaction.:)

Answer 10

There's no law against it is there?

I happen to be interested in the history of religion throughout the ages.