Why are you an atheist? - Yvonne Martin
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-you-an-atheist-Whats-the-main-reason
The main reason is that I have not yet found a religion, any religion, that makes any sense to me. Generally in North America when you say you are an atheist, people take that to mean you are not a Christian. Nothing about the whole story of Christ is plausible or logical.
ANSWER: You will not find a sensible religion that fits your atheistic image of God, because your understanding is not based on rationality, but on a subjective image of God. It is like me being a misogynist and never finding a woman who fits my ideas.
Is nothing in the whole Christ story believable or logical? The same in reverse: nothing is plausible or logical in the whole atheistic concept. Haven't you noticed that what you say is 100% subjective statement spiked with individual dislike!
It's not logical to you, because there is nothing concrete behind your logic, just a lemonade characterization of something you know absolutely nothing about!
Anyone who has a problem with belief in God or atheism should give concrete answers to the questions, and to give concrete answers, educate yourself, become an expert on the subject, but certainly not a layman who has no more knowledge than the sheer dislike that comes from disbelief.
You have to rise to the level of what you want to refute, otherwise you will only deny it. Mere denial without refutation is like that particular piece of clothing without elastic.
Even if you accept there is a God and he can do something magic like an immaculate conception, how the heck did he convince Joseph to accept it? That’s never explained in the bible.
ANSWER: God chooses people fit for his purposes, not fussy, short-sighted atheists who live for nothing more than to squeeze their own pleasures out of their daily opportunities. Joseph received a divine instruction:
Matthew 1:24 Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took unto him his wife.
If you organise a rescue team, you obviously don't choose the people who are uncooperative and disobedient, but those who are cooperative. Joseph and Mary were chosen for this task, to do God's will. The atheist, on the other hand, seeks contradictions.
The Bible is difficult to understand for an atheist who searches through it to find what he considers to be contradictions to stumble over.
Now supposedly God so loved the earth that he sent his only son here. For what purpose? Why didn’t he just come himself? How did Jesus being tortured and killed benefit the earth or humanity in any way?
ANSWER:The atheist starts out by riding the wave of accountability, flaunting his ignorance of the person of God. If he had any biblical literacy, he would know that God is a spiritual being, as taught by Jesus in the flesh, and therefore does not/can not appear in visible, bodily form (cf. John 4:23-24).
If God himself had come, millions would have spat on him and kicked him, as they did with his Son, and still do to this day. In relation to Jesus, atheism proclaims that God is dead, and treats him as such, and considers him to be air /which is a form of contempt/. But the way they treat God is how God views atheists.
Psalm 37:9-11 For the wicked shall be cut off: but they that wait for the Lord shall inherit the earth. Yet a little while, and the wicked shall be no more: thou shalt seek his face, and he shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Jesus’ suffering and death are part of the prophecy that God had foretold at the time of the fall.
1Peter 1:18-20 Knowing that ye were not redeemed with perishable things, silver, or gold, out of the futile life which ye have inherited from your fathers; but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and spotless, even Christ: who was predestinated before the foundation of the world, and was manifested at the end of the age for you.
God accomplished the redemption of fallen humanity from sin through the death of Christ and His immaculate, precious blood, while Christ purchased with His own blood the obedient members of those who believed in Him, to restore to them the eternal life that Adam and Eve so recklessly gambled away.
By his death and resurrection, Christ - in a legal sense - legally conquered death, thus opening the way for the realization of the hope of eternal life.
2 Timothy 1:9-10 Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, but has now been made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
This action benefits the earth and humanity by those who live their lives following Christ, doing all they can to preserve the earth and respecting their neighbours as themselves.
On the other hand, those who reject this way of life instead live their daily lives based on prioritizing their own individual interests, saying: we live once, we must make the most of it. As Richard Dawkins gave the motto:
„Atheist bus campaign goes nationwide - A £140,000 advertising campaign aimed at persuading more people to "come out" as atheists was launched today with a plan to broadcast a message doubting God's existence on the sides of buses, the tube and on screens in central London.
Its slogan – "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life" – can already be seen on buses in central London. A total of 200 bendy buses in London and 600 buses across England, Scotland and Wales will carry the slogan from today and tomorrow following a fundraising drive which raised more than £140,000.
The money raised will also pay for 1,000 advertisements on London Underground from Monday. Organisers today unveiled a set of quotes from famous writers and thinkers who endorse the atheist message.” /Richard Dawkins to launch national advertising campaign today - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/06/religion-atheist-bus-campaign-national
"What does the average atheist say about his view of life? "The 'God did a miracle' seems like an unassuming, primitive and lazy solution. The idea that someone who operates with such solutions wants to define moral obligations for me, for everyone, I really reject that." And what is it that he does not reject?
It is complete nonsense on the part of atheists/materialists to reject the Creator's written rules of life, saying that they do not need them, they themselves know very well how they want to live. But this is also evident from the state of the planet and the millions of tons of garbage with which the complacent pollute the environment and continue their predatory farming, the mindless exploitation of the earth.
The path of atheism is a path of destruction, focused on the present, based on self-interest, which necessarily ends in self-destruction. And the fact that they know this and do nothing serious about it shows that the delusion of atheism is self-excitingly pressed into the minds of those involved, from which they have no desire to distance themselves, since this perception of life and way of life is their element of existence.
Not to mention the fact that the whole world is mired in armaments, corruption and thousands of everyday forms of crime that they are unable to get rid of or counteract in any meaningful way. What remains is for them to be weighed, found wanting and to suffer the inevitable consequences.
The morality of the Bible is outdated for those who adapt their own to the occasion.
If God truly loves this earth so much why does he let his creations hurt, kill, rape, and steal from each other? Why does he let them damage the earth itself?
ANSWER: He should add that this is done by His disobedient creatures,and who are the disobedient, if not the atheists who deny Him?! And why does He let this happen, why does He tolerate it? So that the record of each person will be revealed, where he belongs, among the obedient or the disobedient. Then the reward of each will be distributed according to his life when Christ comes again to enforce the will of God.
Why did he create so many flawed individuals? Why did he make us with bodies that fail and grow cancer and other diseases.
ANSWER: All of God’s physical works /that He created/ were initially very good, but man’s disobedience brought sin into the human family, and its consequences were disease, suffering, and death. Everyone must face the consequences of a wrong lifestyle and cannot blame God for it.
Interestingly, if man came into being through evolution, then disease is not a problem, because what else can be expected in an unplanned blind evolution. But if God created it, then it's a problem, because God is so negligent, even vindictive, for doing so.
But even a child, if he doesn't dress in the winter and catches a cold, cannot blame his parents for acting this way, because he didn't obey them. The same goes for illnesses and all other problems; disobedience will eventually pay the price.
And again: "The 'God did a miracle' seems like an unassuming, primitive and lazy solution. The idea that someone who operates with such solutions wants to define moral obligations for me, for everyone, I really reject that."
Then suffer the consequences of your actions, and do not accuse God without reason!
The characteristic of a righteous man is not to accuse, but to admit his mistakes and seek the way to repent from them.
If he actually created human beings, he also gave us the power to question, to think, and to reject blind faith. So why should he punish non-believers for doing just what he created us to do?
ANSWER: Blind faith and blind disbelief are in the same boat, walk in the same shoes.
If there is no need for God in eternity, why is there a need for a designer in everyday life?! Every intelligent human creation is a small universe that proves a designer. The universe is a larger creation with intelligence in it, so why doesn't that prove a Designer? To reject this is not blind disbelief?
The basis for the punishment of non-believers is moral disobedience, which results in committing sins, while atheism tries to get around this by claiming that ethics have no ultimate basis. Sin is what some people consider it to be. On the other hand, serial killers, for example, view sin differently. And people who steal your bank account or stab you in the open street.
God did not create man to mold morality in his own image, but to think and question blind faith in all areas of life, which leads to destruction!
The Bible encourages people to seek the truth and not allow themselves to be misled by any forum, because there are many false forums in society. In fact, this is what the entire world system is about, manipulation. And churches are no exception to this, in fact! The more people there are, the more religions there are, the more it becomes clear that they are not consistently following the instructions of one God, but their own, which they claim to be true.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Examine everything; whatever is good, keep it.
Luke 12:57 And what is this, that ye yourselves judge not what is right?
The Bible understands good and truth to be the word of God, which atheism fundamentally questions. Now then, do justice in human society, where a man stands up in the public square and says - this is the truth. He will have at least as many enemies of his statement as friends. Because human nature is fundamentally divided.
[See for example biology. If useless half-finished constructs are harmful in commerce, why not the functional organs in nature in the process of development? If partially evolved features and organs never existed in nature, why do they exist in conscious design and manufacture? If putting them on the market is deadly here, why not there? Or are all organs at all times optimally developed at all times? Why is this not the same as creation, which is the release of finished products as a result of engineering?]
If he’s as loving and forgiving and amazing as is claimed, why does he need or want to be worshiped?
ANSWER: In the Bible we read the call:
Revelation 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him: for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Behind worship is fear of God, respect, appreciation, and gratitude for creation. He who realizes that behind the part of the universe that is not left to itself is an intelligence of a quality incomprehensible to human reason, gives it the respect it deserves.
"The deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which manifests itself in the incomprehensible universe, shapes my idea of God." - Albert Einstein
Furthermore, there is a fear of God in obeying this transcendent arrangement, which is for the benefit of all living things (see, for example, the biological balance in nature and human society).
Worship of God brings all this together and gives it a framework in which to be realized. When the universe is united in the worship of the one true God, there will be perfect harmony, peace, and lasting happiness. God does not force this upon anyone, because intelligent man will eventually realize that there is no better guarantee of unity in which everything flourishes and shines.
This initial harmony was broken by Satan and is being broken by humanity showing a spirit of rebellion. Perhaps there are leaders who do not allow their own face to be lost, but rather sacrifice their lives on the military front by the tens and hundreds of thousands because of their stubbornness? Then where will this world go, where God's law of respect for one's neighbour is worthless!
Religion and faith are not the same! They kill/were killed in the name of religion, but believers love in the name of Jesus. And how is atheism different?
The greatest atheist preacher's moral hymn is also destroyed by the petty atheist car thief, who with his actions refutes the falsity of atheist beliefs that are presented as authentic. It happens thousands of times a day.
Atheism is a primitive form of rejection of God, which traces its own self-lawfulness back to spirit, to its own, but is willing to trace the laws that coordinate the universe back to anything, but spirit. This is the root of all problems and the humanly irremediable nadir.
If he really wants us to believe, why doesn’t he just make appearances every now and then. If he did, YouTube would be overwhelmed with videos showing it and everyone in the world would have the proof they need. Although I’m sure there would still be atheists who had conspiracy theories about the videos.
ANSWER:God does not have to appear now and then when He has given the revelation that answers all and guides all. You just have to learn to read the map, to use God's compass. To do this, man must train himself to understand the Scriptures. He needs the holy spirit and wisdom of God. That is why God gave man spiritual faculties, since we are created in His image and likeness.
Rejecting this, what is left for man? His animal origin, the meaninglessness and futility of his life.
Jeremiah 8:9 The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom [is] in them?
"The whole genetic programme is at the service of DNA, not of the people themselves. We are merely temporary containers of life-bearing molecules. In this case the packaging, ourselves, is merely there to be discarded." /Rudi Westendorp, Dutch professor of genetics/
If humans are a disposable product of nature, then for millions, garbage is much more of a disposable product, and the lives of others are sometimes treated as waste, which stands in the way of the strong, the powerful.
“Right now, humanity is lost. We don’t know what we’re doing here. God is dead.” /John Stewart: The Evolutionary Worldview and Its Implications for Humanity - https://www.evolutionarymanifesto.com/OverviewEW.pdf
Sorry, but I just can’t have blind faith. I need proof before I’ll believe in anything.
ANSWER: "I have honestly asked God if He exists, but I have not received an answer" - The question itself is flawed and not honest. The ignorant man does not realize that he himself is the answer to the existence of God.
What is the evidence for God? Man’s own reason is the evidence, which is a reflection of God’s reason. God is not something like a cinematographer who projects a film onto a screen, but an intelligent spiritual guiding force that projects the universe into space in time.
Just as you can't see a movie projector while watching a movie, you can't see God while you are part of the universe, because you are projected by matter carriers. If you seek God, you can only find him with your spirit. Intelligence, perception, boundless complexity, and a message imbued with love in the beauty of creation: in trees, rivers, fresh breezes, smiles, children's cries, strokes, kitten purrs. Especially in the Bible. If your spirit cannot receive this message, God will forever be out of reach for you.
God is not a creature, because creatures are the products of his spirit. Who created music? The composer also only calls up the beautiful melodies from somewhere in the spirit world, which he conceives in himself. He transmits the music, but He does not know where it comes from. It is magic. And it is not of material origin. We are blessed with our own spirit and soul, with which we can think and feel. There is not only physical feeling, but also spiritual feeling.
- Melodies are messages from space in the language of music, which lead to God. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VLOOVJQMNQ
Creation is embodied when it is conceived and comes into the world on a material carrier. If you love someone, you carry it within you for a lifetime. And you don't know who made this feeling possible in you, because it is unfathomable. The ability to carry it is not yours. It comes from another dimension, the origin of which is unfathomable. Animals do not have this ability. But the magic is still true. I am only a part of this magic, for which I feel gratitude in my heart.
You are not seeking God, you are seeking a reason to reject Him because you want to live independently of Him. Your question betrays you because it is not sincere. You turn the side of the magnet towards you that repels you, not the side that attracts you. Any satisfactory answer is an unsatisfactory answer for you. Therefore there is no answer for you. You won't get to the answer because you have torn apart the private sphere and your invitation to it with your attitude. But there are those to whom this secret will be revealed. For they find delight in the gift they receive.
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and it is not yet clear what we will become. But we know that when it is made manifest, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
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