What You Atheists Always Miss About Faith
You atheists are always saying “you people of faith are stupid”. But you simply do not appreciate how important it is for us believers to have something, someone to believe in, to think about, to talk to, to accompany us in this otherwise cold and lonely existence.
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Well put.
There is a way, a tao, a path, a reason to lived! Because whether or not you are a believer, you were born into this fascinating world.
On the other hand, just as religion has been used as a tool for good, it has been proved a tool of destruction, so hopefully we can learn to live better education and observing histories flaws, but one thing is for sure, we needed the argument of the atheist to come to this enlightening in itself, so in my mind, one symbol remains true;
Yin Yang.
Edward Current with a british accent
I am an atheist. I don’t want you to stop believing or doing what ever you want to be happy. All I ask is that you keep it to yourself and keep your faith out of anything to do with having any influence over me and my non-supernatural beliefs.
“… to talk to” I agreed with you about everything aside from this, you just sound crasy, sorry.
I’m an Atheist.
Atheists ARE aware of the comfort of believing in something bigger than ourselves with some kind of divine plan. However, we cannot CHOOSE to believe something that we do not believe in. I would love to turn to a religion that gave me true comfort , but that comfort would never really mean anything. I would always know that it’s not what I truly believe. I would be a fake. Am I willing to fake and force myself just so that I can feel comforted? No.
“..someone to believe in..”
the 4th commandment states thou shall not kill, yet your supposed god flooded the entire world, killing millions upon millions of humans, animals, plants, and life.
*but, i guess it’s okay in that case because your supposed god is allowed to be a hypocrite..
yes of course, every day!! this planet is so profoundly beautiful and ‘unreal’ even :p i guess i can’t get to the idea of something (who/what) ‘creating’ the “entire” universe for humans’ purpose? maybe we’re just organisms who evolved on this planet to be able to have discussions such as we are! one day we shall all know the truth, i suppose (or not, which won’t be that bad either :) thanks for a refreshingly friendly and informing ‘conversation’ :)
i appreciate your genuinity!& i apologize for using ‘argument’ – most of the people on here just cuss and give their point of view and disregard urs, so thanks for that :) i was brought up to believe i was going to sit on some guy’s lap for the rest of eternity but through a lot of education i obviously know that’s not going to happen! we can only live for now and when death comes, we’ll “know” what “happens” then :)
Thanks i’ll deffinately look that up!
but don’t you sometimes look at something in this world and marvel at it? Who or rather what could have created such beauty?
I get where ur coming from. Of course happiness has nothing to do with religion. lol, ahh this isnt an argument. it is but a discussion among friends.
aha, I get what u mean by finding it hard to believe in something after this life, but it sounds to me as though your vision of life after death is paradise? or heaven? Somewhere up in the clouds?
I agree, life doesnt come again, and deffinately dont need ot to appreciate this world! Good perspective.
happiness has nothing to do with religion, right? i really enjoy and respect ur perspective so i don’t wanna go on forever and argue with you. i just don’t necessarily believe in something after this life, because my mind can’t grasp that right now :p “what makes life so sweet, is that it never comes again” i’d recommend reading some of R. Dawkins’ work. he puts a good argument in that we don’t need religion ect to appreciate the beauty and awe of this life we have here. peace
some of your argument i get but some of it don’t…your heart stops beating for multiple reasons i.e. stop of bloodflow to it. i don’t clearly understand what u mean by will?so if u hv enuf will you don’t die? i’m not a supporter of creation so i can’t support your theory of ‘something has to create that process’ -i’d like to believe there’s something more to us than just being here destroying the planet but if there’s not, i won’t be too sad because im enjoying myself right here right now peace
You’re looking at belief from a very christian perspective. the entity you speak of i;m assuming is Jesus Christ?
You certainly don’t need to have a someone or entity.
not everybody does. not everyone has. not every religion has.
Thats because they loose their will. they become weaker because they no longer want to carry on.
Science explains the bare minimum my friend. it really does.
Ok so why does ur heart stop beating?
Thers something beyond that called Will.
there is will inside each and every one of us that keeps us alive. its not just a mechanical process. a wheel doesnt turn because it feels like turning. something has to create that process. its the same with people. we’re not just alive because we’re machines and thats the way things go. its because we want to be, think about when people are severely unhappy with their lives they may become unwell. .. cont
I did not choose to be saved,Jesus chose me for salvation.I never understood what it meant until it happened in a motel room,by myself,as I planned to go out and party.Needless to say the party was cancelled.
Understanding the idea of salvation and knowing when you have it are like the difference between someone who understands what a heart attack is and having one.
i’ll give you the spiritual energy and development but why do you need a “someone”, an entity, a saviour to have reason to be positive and find spiritual well-being? as far as i know, science says death is when your heart stops beating.
i haven’t been blind since birth – i was brought up in a religious home, gone to a religious school. i understand the IDEA of salvation but it is senseless – do u really just want to be on this earth to be saved? by some invisible entity? why do you need a god?
Unbelievers have no idea about salvation,it would be like trying to explain the color blue to someone who has been blind from birth.
are you joking…? or not? well, i hope you are otherwise i’m quite surprised. so, what did you read in the bible?? because there are a lot of evil, vicious stuff (especially in the old testament) that god wanted his followers to do – are you busy stoning truant children?
mrjans11,God saved me in a motel rm by myself.I was getting ready to go find a Bar and have some fun,but God chose for me to pick up the Gideon Bible so He could speak to me,through reading,I was “BORN AGAIN”.
Oh, the old “argument from personal revelation”. I’m sorry, I’m not impressed by that. You may think that you have been “saved” by God, but there are other people who think that they are Napoleon, or who think that they are made of glass and will shatter if touched, or who think that they can transmit their thoughts into another’s mind. They “know” this with as much certainty as you “know” that you have been saved by God; but there’s no reason for the rest of us to believe them, or you.
Isn’t it staggering, the number of people who cannot see that “X is comforting” does not imply “X” is true; and isn’t it also staggering how many people of faith don’t understand how atheists can lead happy and fulfilled lives? I as an atheist don’t need God to provide meaning in my life; I don’t need God to get me through the night. What gets me through the night is a love of science, love of nature, love of the world, love of literature, love of art, love of people, love of children and so on.