Why Give God Credit for the Things We Do?

[The Valkyrie]

Remember, god is only responsible for the good things that happen or that we do.

The bad things are the fault of the devil or our own sin.

Convenient, huh?

[haig]

The most powerful thing about being an atheist, is understanding and accepting that we control our actions and accomplishments.

[Cod]

The most powerful thing about being an atheist, is understanding and accepting that we control our actions and accomplishments.

And taking responsibility for our actions, I also like looking at myself and not seeing someone who is in some way broken or not worthy. I enjoy not giving God any credit for anything, and I take particular pleasure in laughing in the faces of those who threaten me with his wrath..

[Chad32]

Sort of akin to someone claiming aliens built the pyramids. Because there's no way mere Humans could accomplish anything worthwhile.

[Rhondazvous]

A christian friend of mine had to slam on the brakes when a truck pulled in front of his motorcycle. He thought it would be a great testimony to tell me how god saved his life. It might have been if his brakes didn't work but the bike stopped anyway.

I can't find it but I remember a post Cyberman put up about a gardener who fixed up his garden and a preacher wanted the gardener to give god glory but the gardener said you should have seen how this place looked when he was out here by himself.

But now see if I do something bad (god forbid) I'm supposed to take full responsibility. Why? If I can't blame god for the bad things I do, why should I give him credit for the good things I do?

When a child is rescued from a terrible accident, it's god is great.  When, 15,000 kids under 5 die every day of things like hunger/malnutrition, its god works in mysterious ways.  

Christians are at least consistent on this, they think everything comes from god but, you don't hear much praise with the 15,000 dead kids. If you hold their feet to the fire about the issue, its always god works in mysterious ways, but its all for the good somehow.

Weren't the might makes right/ends justifies the means ethic models discredited some time ago?

Regarding identity, I was once in a christian program that consisted of a lot of brainwashing and they taught, in essence, that as humans, we are inherently bad and not worth taking another breath. However, we can be saved from all of that by taking on the identity of jesus. It's psychological bondage.  I'm embarrassed to say that I believed this for a time.

God sounds like he belongs in a James Patterson novel.

[Minimalist]

You can't reason with that kind of thinking.

No but you can ridicule the fuck out of it.

[Rhondazvous]

What is it about believing in a load of utter donkey bollocks and superstition having such a strong correlation, do you think?

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[rskovride]

  Weren't the might makes right/ends justifies the means ethic models discredited some time ago? 

Absolutely.  

That reminds me of a question I heard.  You may have already heard it but here goes.
Is something moral because god says so or does god say so because they are moral?
If it is because god says so then he can change his mind and nothing is inherently moral.
If god say so because they are inherently moral then why do we need god to to say so?

[VanessaUSA]

So that it is just as easy and fair to blame Satan....and his minions....via our naturally inherited weakness for wickedness via the supposed sin of Adam...for the other things we do?

[Antares]

I used to ask Jesus to take the wheel every night. I knew he'd get me to my destination safely. I had faith in him and still do. He was my Chief Mate, from the Philippines.