Why do people say we don't believe in "anything?" An atheists has no belief in god. Not no belief in anything!
2007-12-29 16:55:48 · 11 answers · asked by punch 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I didn't ask about the watch in the sand story! And I'm to tired to debunk it right now.
2007-12-29 17:41:14 · update #1
When did spirituality mean believing in god?
2007-12-29 18:31:12 · update #2
When I contemplate and gaze at the night sky, I get a great sense of conectedness to the Universe and at the same time, we are so insignifacant that it feels very spiritual.
2007-12-29 18:35:51 · update #3
I don't believe in god, but I believe in lots of other stuff like being kind to people, giving to the poor, letting people into my lane on the freeway when they signal, etc. Basically, I believe in kindness. I also believe I'll have a glass of wine, thank you!
2007-12-29 17:10:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of religious people have misconceptions about atheists, partly because they have never taken the time to find out anything and partly because they just believe the first thing they hear someone say about us. Also a lot of religious people don't believe atheists have any morals since we don't believe in a god. How can we possibly believe in anything if we don't believe in god lol.
2007-12-30 01:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What do you believe in? I would love to hear that. So much time is wasted on the banal I would like to learn more about what you are FOR rather than against.
2007-12-30 01:06:07 · answer #3 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't listen to that fool, Joey. You are quite right about how incorrect their perceptions of atheists are. What they really mean when they say these sorts of things is: 'You don't believe what we believe.' And to them...only what they believe is 'real' and counts, therefore atheists MUST believe in nothing! They are misguided...forgive them, for they know not what they do :-)
2007-12-30 01:03:55 · answer #4 · answered by zedekiah77 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
For Atheists: Watch in the Sand?
Suppose you find a watch in the middle of a desert. What would you conclude? Would you think that someone dropped the watch? Or would you suppose that the watch came by itself?
Of course no sane person would say that the watch just happened to emerge from the sand. All the intricate working parts could not simply develop from the metals the lay buried in the earth. The watch must have a manufacturer.
If a watch tells accurate time? Consider the sunrise and sunset. Their timings are so strictly regulated that scientists can publish in advance the sunrise and sunset times in your daily newspapers. But who regulates the timings of sunrise and sunset?
Allah tells us in the Qur’an:
"Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the Night and the Day; in the sailing of the ships through the Ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah sends down from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds and the clouds which they trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth, (here) indeed are Signs for a people that are wise"
The message is clear, if a watch can not work without an intelligent maker, how can the sun appear to rise and set with such clockwork regularity? Could this occur by itself?
Consider also that we benefit from the sun only because it remains at a safe distance from the earth, a distance that averages 93 million miles. If it got much closer the earth would burn up. And if it got too far away the earth would turn into an icy planet making human life here impossible.
Who decided in advance that this was the right distance? Could it just happen by chance? Without the sun plants would not grow. Then animals and humans would starve. Did the sun just decide to be there for us?!
The rays of the sun would be dangerous for us had it not been for the protective ozone layer in our atmosphere. The atmosphere around earth keeps the harmful ultraviolet rays from reaching us. Who was it that placed this shield around us?
We need to experience sunrise. We need the sun’s energy and its light to see our way during the day. But we also need sunset. We need a break from the heat, we need the cool of night and we need the lights to go out so we may sleep. Who regulated this process to provide what we need?
Moreover, if we had only the sun and the protection of the atmosphere we would want something more-beauty. Our clothes provide warmth and protection, yet we design them to also look beautiful. Knowing or need for beauty, the designer of sunrise and sunset also made the view of them to be simply breathtaking.
The creator who gave us light, energy, protection and beauty deserves our thanks. Yet some people insist that he does not exist. What would they think if they found a watch in the desert? An accurate, working watch? A beautifully designed watch? Would they not conclude that there does exist a watchmaker? An intelligent watchmaker? One who appreciates beauty? Such is God who made us.
2007-12-30 01:04:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 7⤋
I dont know I beleive in something,,,,,,,,,,,,I beleive something created me and that it has something to do with the earth............that maybe the earth is part of something growing continuously............that it has to do with energy and air and dna but I dont believe in some egotistical radical god that billions of other people do.......I think God was a man with great thoughts and he tried his best but he was by no means perfect...................and well that just isnt a god to me......now the earth or GAIA,,,that is a perfect being........it heals itself, it destroys when it needs to..........it regenerates, changes and has been for billions of years...........sounds more like a god to me..........
2007-12-30 01:02:15 · answer #6 · answered by CelticFairy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because people like to lie about atheists
2007-12-30 11:54:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've asked a question like this before. They confuse atheism with nihilism.
2007-12-30 01:05:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in anything. I don't even believe that I don't believe in anything. Nor do I believe that I don't believe that I don't believe in anything. Furthermore, I don't believe...and so on into infinity.
2007-12-30 01:05:34 · answer #9 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to, but I love God and Jesus and will accept them both into my heart as my saviors and will die with them.
2007-12-30 01:04:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋