(September 20, 2012 at 12:46 am)MysticKnight Wrote: In Shiite Muslim sacred prayers, it said "O Near one whom doesn't distance himself from those whom distance themselves from him".
And to be honest, it feels like to me those running away from him (atheists) have God's closeness to them the most, because they tend to in my opinion have the best ethics, even those denying morality being objective (which is ironic).
When you love, you when you care, when your passionate about an moral issue, when you want to make others happy and smile, that is God there being with you.
Believing him not, doesn't mean you are far away from him or against him.
People measure closeness to God by how much you devote yourself to him, but I think we see some very hateful people that are devoted to God.
Maybe it's not about how much we devote ourselves to that which is higher up but how much we treat our (relatively) equals and how much we act upon love and compassion that shows how close we are to god.
Give me a break. So if atheists are immoral it's because the don't have god in their hearts and if they are moral it's because they do inspite of not believing in him? Can you not see why every atheist would find your thoughts either funny or sickening?
I for one do believe in objective morality. I do not believe that there is a god. In fact, I'm pretty sure that there is no god. I don't believe in anything "higher" either. So please, tell me how am I "close to god"?
