RE: I need a lttle help with a few questions please
January 19, 2015 at 10:26 pm
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2015 at 10:39 pm by Jenny A.)
(January 19, 2015 at 10:07 pm)Guesto123 Wrote: “Hi I am taking Willmington School of the Bible which is a part of Liberty University. I was hoping you might be able to help me with a homework assignment I have for my course. The assignment requires that I interview 4 people regarding their worldview. Any feedback or help would be greatly appreciated.
I take it we are supposed to provide the atheist view? I warn you we are probably not representative because we think enough about religion at all to be on this forum.
I'll take your questions though. Don't expect my answers to represent atheists in general. We aren't a club or organization:
1. How do you describe the origin of the human race and the world?
The best guess is that the universe began with the big bang. The human race is the product of evolution. How the life out of which we evolved began is a harder question, but I'm sure it was a natural process.
That isn't a very precise answer. But I'm very comfortable with "we don't know." God did it is a rather vague and not very useful answer.
2. Who are “we” as the human race? Are we an accident? Do we have intrinsic value?
We are a species of ape. We are the product of evolution and while I wouldn't call us an accident, we are not the result of a plan, or a predictable process. We have value to ourselves, but no intrinsic value. Frankly, nothing has intrinsic value in the sense that the question implies.
3. What is the meaning and purpose of life?
You have to find your own.
4. Where does the idea of right and wrong come from?
Evolution.
5. What do you think happens to people after they die? Do you believe in heaven and hell? Who decides or how does one get to heaven versus hell?
What happens to a snowflake when it melts or a flame that goes out? Our bodies break down and become other things. Our minds (or souls if you must) don't continue anywhere. Do you remember before you were born? Of course not. And after you die will be the same. Oblivion doesn't hurt because it isn't.
1. What is your opinion of Christians in general?
There's no such thing as Christians in general. Some of you are things too foul to name. Some of you are very good people. All of you are not thinking rationally when it comes to god.
2. If a Christian were to sit down and talk with you about their faith, what would it take to convince you that it was worth looking into or accepting?
Evidence of the existence of god and evidence that the god you worship is that god. No "I feel it" is not evidence.
Oh dear. Must the questions in my response be edited out too?
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
