Simple Question: if you do not believe in God, why don't you?

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I.e. god punishes you by allowing pain on others, which in turn purifies you... Stockholm syndrome anyone?

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Sounds like you are reading out dates WashMyAssTowers...

Yet it doesn't bring out the best in all people. It leaves some people feeling frustrated and some wanting the person to pass away. They really don't want the person to pass they just want the person to be their old self. They don't want to be cleaning feces all day long and asked the same question 500 times a day.

LOL this is incredibly silly.

Not all atheists think alike. We don't have one particular dogma that we adhere to other than not believing in a diety.

Many of us, myself included, believe in a spirit world. I personally believe our spirit is eternal, individual as opposed to a collective spirit, and that this life is just one of countless lives that we've lived and will live. I just don't believe there is a diety. And there really doesn't have to be in order to exist.

We are self-existent. We didn't need a creator. I don't have the answer how we came into existence, but then again, NO ONE else does either. It's all just speculation.

If I were to find out there is a god, I would have to admit I was incorrect. I would also expect a god to be benevolent and forgive those of us who didn't believe. I would suspect that such an entity would not be so egotistical as to harm us for not believing. If we were punished for our beliefs, that would mean he's a true mental case. If he were vindictive and brutal, then he isn't worth worshiping anyway.

Not allowing, comforting, caring, loving during the pain.

As my mother was dying my atheist brother who swore he would take care of her, ignored her most basic needs like a warm pair of socks while he sold off all of her belongings.

We aren't talking about doing bad things and being punished. I'm talking about being called a bitch for accidently spilling a soda. Getting a hair brush stuck in my hair because I was trying to learn to style and instead of my mother cutting my hair she ripped a chunk out. Those aren't the same and you know it.

But without the Word of Truth, would we still know and even practice it?

Through the Practice of such Principals, by Christians, and every other Belief system [following suit of Christianity / Judaism, the oldest such system in history] others follow suit, naturally, whether they claim Christianity or not.


So it does ALL go back to the God of Abraham.

I agree. Colleague of mine has been doing ground breaking research on the human consciousness at the quantum level. If testing validates the theory, then the next question is, where do we go, and what are we actually living in? Their is more to life then what your eyes simply observe.

Why bother creating another one? Why not just purify this one? Like in the eastern mystical teachings of Golden age (heaven), Silver, Copper and iron (hell) ages and then purification back to the Golden age.

You're forgetting Grace.

Maybe some part of my grandma wished he would just pass, but she couldn't just stop caring for him.

Every. Single. Day. For 12 years.

Its love and grace and perserverance that wins the day.

Some are born to it, some are not.

Some learn it later on.

Its a process, each person is unique.

This!!!!


It isn't about the fact that you believe in the fairy tale. You believe in the intervention of the divine because we don't understand enough about how this reality operates.

It isn't simple innocence or naivety. Those religious tenets corrupt the soul.

I wonder, to think you are better than others simply because you were born into the tribe, how does that impact the soul? To have superstitions imposed upon you because of population control must do some wonderful things for the development of society.

What if the simple beliefs of religion, that cross over between realities is allowed, corrupts the human soul? Maybe it is not just innocent. Maybe it is not just harmless ideology.

You mean the laws/codex of Hammurabi that "Moses" plagarized from? Lol..

Even the demons believe in God and know who Jesus is. Trusting him with your life is truly believing, we need to take up our cross daily and crucify the flesh.

John 3:16 isn't as simple as it comes across. In the original Greek, the word "believe" is actually “Pisteuo”.

“Pisteuo” is a total trust and abandonment of oneself upon the object of the belief. There is no English word that is equivalent in meaning to the word “pisteuo”. The closest word that the translators could find for the word “pisteuo” is “believe”. So they translated “pisteuo” as “believe”. But the word “believe” on its own does not convey what “pisteuo” actually means. “Pisteuo” describes an action that is like sitting on a chair – you put your entire weight on the chair. You abandon yourself and rest totally on the chair – in complete trust. “Pisteuo” also conveys the idea of yielding or surrendering.

James 2:19
19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!

Everyone is religious according to Jordan Peterson. 0:57 to 5:30:

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That was your brother, not a set if beliefs ordained or not ordained by some man made deity...

Ah that crafty 'ol god of Abraham.

What a master poker player he must be.

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lol

Who is the better person, those that walk away from the stress of dealing with the dying of a loved one or those that carry the burden of dealing with all the problems involved with death?

Sadly when you get to the nuts and bolts of it all in the end without God it is almost unbearable...

some people wont believe in God no matter what is said.unfortunately.some have demonic stronghold of unbelief that hinders them from believing in God.some dont believe because of bad examples of supposed "CHRISTIANS"not acting like christians are supposed to act

Well said and agree 100%


The funny thing is most Atheists do not realize their argument is illogical. For example, I often hear how can God exist out of no where? My answer, is how do you exist out of no where? Atheists will usually explain to me through evolution. I then ask well if you can come to can existence out of evolution, then why cannot God?


Why does science and religion have to be separated, and not go together? I do believer science tells us how and religion tells us why.

Unlike religious narcissism wherein man externalizes his ego and proclaims it 'god' and then he hides behind his useful facade to prove himself in possession of the good-guy-badge.

... sigh, and in a 1000 years from now as society lays in ruins a new God and religion will spawn, and no one will ever have heard of a Christian. But the mythos will replay all over...

You sound a little bitter about that...

Had my brother embraced those beliefs he would have taken better care of my mother as he pledged he would...

...and who or what "created" the creator?


Ask yourself, is this even a relevant question? How does it change your belief in God. We have a Creator. IF He has a Creator as well, that doesn't change the fact that He still created us.

This is why we were given the story of the Tower of Babel, to show mankind, that; questions [and quests] like these are all in vain.

Does it truly benefit us, and more importantly, is it something you would even believe, and if you did, how would that affect the way you view life as we now know it?

There are a lot of ways and phrases to use to keep this into perspective, but maybe we should just leave this as is!

that is the reasoning of a weak mind.

I enjoy a lot reading the word salads, logical fallacies and blatant ignorance on fanatics answers! Keep on posting my poor blind fanatic companions!

I know deep within myself that God, Our Creator is very real.

Shouldn't you identify closer to the agnostic versus atheists with those beliefs?

A lot of the issues are the definitions themselves and the many interpretations out there.

I just find it funny the religious get just as pissed off at the agnostic as they do the atheists. As soon as you suggest the man made knowledge is corrupt, they go crazy.