RE: What are your answers?
September 7, 2011 at 12:21 pm
(This post was last modified: September 7, 2011 at 12:24 pm by salty.)
(September 6, 2011 at 8:08 pm)BleakandDead Wrote:(August 25, 2011 at 11:43 am)salty Wrote: 1. Are athiests just wounded people, upset that God hasn't shown himself to them in a way they deem acceptable? Meaning, if he suddenly appeared you would believe?
No. I, personally, simply don't believe in a god. I hold no hatred of any god, but I do hate people who justify atrocities via their religion. If he were to appear, I would have to believe. But I wouldn't worship him, I just don't see a need to feed any ego on his part if he was ruler of the universe.
2. Do athiests hate God or do they hate organized religion in general?
Neither. I hate people who justify atrocities with religion, as I previously stated, but I don't hate organized religion in general.
3. Why does it seem like athiests hate Jesus more than anyone, what do you think of Jesus?
Luke 12:51
Sums up Jesus for me, no offence.
4. Do any of you know athiests that have converted to another religion, did you feel swayed by their conversion?
No.
5. Are you an athiest based on your research of many of the top religions, or does your athiesm come from a personal experience where you feel that God didn't show up like he should have?
Neither. I just believe science is correct.
6. Since athiests don't believe in God and dislike when people force God on them, why do they force their negative and hateful opinions on Christians (and other religions) through mockery and verbal assault?
You get people like that in any group. That is inevitable.
You have a bit of a skewed view on atheists, but at least you were nice, thanks for that. There will be atheists, and simply because there are, doesn't mean they hate your religion, or that they dislike you. Some will, of course, and that is just silly, but the majority are actually nice people.
I like your responses, clean and calm. I think you have a firm grasp on Jesus, he definitely came to divide, either people stand for him or against him. I understand my views of atheists are skewed as I rarely spend time with them, I'm new to communicating and being respectful of their ways, so I'm going to make mistakes. When I wrote these questions I was just mentioning what I was thinking from reading several threads...what things seemed like, from an elementary view of the atheist thought-life. I simply asked to know, only a few decided to respond in a civil manner. I've been a believer for so long, it's difficult to see the truth as atheists do, and vice versa. Thank you for understanding that and for answering the questions.
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6