2007-11-27 16:19:26 · 22 answers · asked by Ace of Spades 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My avatar was my own death card a long time ago.
2007-11-27 16:29:08 · update #1
Everyone should be able to offer reason for their positions. Now, I'm not saying someone who can't is wrong, but I have a limited amount of time, and feel it a waste to listen to people who cannot offer justification.
2007-11-27 16:25:50 · answer #1 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean "we" as Christian's or "we" in general as being spiritual, then as a Christian I do not question an atheist ability to reason. You can not reason your way into heaven anymore than you can reason your way to be born. An atheist, in their life time, may or may not ever have a religious experience that may change their lives. By choosing not to accept the possibility that there maybe more to life then living and death, it becomes a choice and the "soil" of their souls will not grow a seed of faith. Perhaps the greatest pain Jesus endured on the cross was not the physical pain, but the pain of rejection. I've been in that position before and it really hurts, but being rejected by one person is not the same as a world full of people your dying for rejecting you. The atheist just doesn't "buy" it. It's a choice, has nothing to do with reason. I made a choice to receive Christ into my heart and life, and by faith I believe.
2007-11-27 17:26:09 · answer #2 · answered by bailingwirewillfixit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The possessive normally needs an apostrophe.
Atheist scientists outnumber theists by 50%. Among members of the Academy of Scientists, the ratio is 9:1 atheists.
When it comes to being a reputed scientist, atheists win - hands down. This isn't to discount theists - Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton were both Christians, and made major contributions to Scientific Knowledge.
Your non-q is basically an ad hominen straw man, so you were saying?
2007-11-27 16:25:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ace of Spades eh?
Ok! We can question anything, including an Atheist's ability to reason.
You're Avatar is a very powerful symbol to some people.
Question everything!
Peace Out!
2007-11-27 16:24:52 · answer #4 · answered by Bluebootz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We can`t always explain or even understand situations but the "scientific" approach is merely an atheist with all the answers. Not all scientist are atheist I`m sure, but all atheist are determined to explain things with a satisfaction that they figured it out whether right or wrong.
2007-11-27 16:42:32 · answer #5 · answered by shy red head 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason that one should question anyone else's. Any opinion is (or should be) subject to re-examination; atheists' opinions pass such, while theists fail. The key element is evidence: there would be every reason to believe in a god if there were evidence to support that view -- but there isn't.
2007-11-27 16:23:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Ace of Spades has been employed, on numerous occasions, in the theater of war. In the Second World War, the soldiers of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the American 101st Airborne Division were marked with the spades symbol painted on the sides of their helmets. In this capacity, it was used to represent good luck, due to its fortunate connotations in card playing. All four card suits were used for ease of identification of regiments within the airborne division following the confusion of a large scale combat airborne operation. Battalions within the regiments were denoted with tic marks or dots, marked from top clockwise; Headquarters at the twelve o'clock position, 1st Battalion at the three o'clock, etc.
Some twenty years later, the Ace of Spades was again used by American soldiers — this time as a psychological weapon in the Vietnam War. US troops erroneously believed that Vietnamese ancient traditions held the symbolism of the spade to mean death and ill-fortune and in a bid to scare away National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam soldiers without firefight, it was common practice to leave an Ace of Spades on the bodies of killed Vietnamese and even to litter the forested grounds and fields with the card. This custom was erroneously believed to be so effective, that the Bicycle Playing Cards company was asked to supply crates of that single card in bulk. The crates were often marked with "Bicycle Secret Weapon".
The Ace of Spades, while not a symbol of superstitious fear to the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, did help the morale of American soldiers. It was not unheard of for US soldiers and Marines to stick this card in their helmet band as a sort of anti-peace sign.
More recently, in 2003 a deck of Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards issued to U.S. soldiers during Operation Iraqi Freedom; each card had the picture of a wanted Iraqi official on it.
Saddam Hussein got the nickname "Ace of Spades" as his was the face which adorned that card.
2007-11-27 22:21:16 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Mastershake 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why should you question a christians ability to believe
2007-11-27 16:22:17 · answer #8 · answered by alwalclif 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because even Atheists like Thomas Edison were questioned and criticised.
2007-11-27 16:22:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Same reason we should question anything. To find out about it. Do you like finding out about atheism?
2007-11-27 16:22:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋