Religion Debates and Discussions

I will believe in god the very second he shows me a sign. If he knows this why doesn't he make it obvious for me? Does he not like me?

 

In my mind, Jesus was a dude who was a humanitarian but he didn't do anything special.

What he said^

 

I definetly think about my relationships with other people the most. I value people. I can't be too blinded to see Jesus right in front of me.
If I dedicate my next week to god, put all other things on the back burner will he show himself?

 

No, because "you have to truly devote all of your life to him and serving his kingdom". Another reason would be because he doesn't exist.

It doesn't matter? We don't "worship" our food/video games/relationships. Most atheists just don't believe in God, it's not that we replace him, but rather that we reject his existence until evidence is shows he is real.

 

no, the "fact" he was gods son but whatever, continue to twist everyones words in this thread

 

How about no one gives a crap of whether the other believes in God and instead of wasting precious time on debating on a video game forums on such existence, go put this gift called time to good use. cool.

 

why are you posting here if you dont agree with it

 

I believe that Jesus existed, but not that he came back to life and saved all of humanity

Atheist is literally "a," as in not, plus "theist," as in religion. "No religion" is about as literal as you can get, and I think that bsaically every dictionary will back me up on this.

- Google

- Dictionary.com

- Merriam-Webster

- Oxford


As for what matters the most in my life, I've answered this already in previous conversations but I'll say it again:
I believe that everyone can create their own meaning. Whether it's fame or money that you strive for, or you devote yourself to your art or science or religion, or you care most about being accepted by others and being kind and loved; everyone has their own unique meaning.
For me, I derive happiness from creating things. I've written and produced a lot of different styles of music, and ever since I was little I loved creative writing, drawing, music, and art in general. For a while, I was amazed with biology and astronomy and physics and math, but they've sort of lost much of their appeal to me as of now.

In my opinion, it's wrong to try to change someone else's life's meaning just because of what you want yours to be.

Edit: I do notice that Google decided that nihilism is a synonym for atheism, but I'd disagree with that and say that nihilism includes atheism, but is not necessary for atheism. Like how a square is a rectangle but a rectangle might not be a square. Also, it's pretty far at the end of the synonyms, after even "Doubting Thomas," which I've never even heard, so it's a very loose synonym. Also, all of their synonyms are pretty loose.

 

thats not how buddhism works lol

girls, girls, girls, no need to fret!
we're all gods in one way or another!
let us rejoice, let us celebrate in our own disgusting filth! in all of the vomit, piss, snot, blood, and cum we've collected over the years!
let us undergo tranquility, and enjoy our times on this earth!

 

Why does there have to be a universal meaning? From a purely personal-pleasure based thought, I would much rather there be no universal right so I could create my own. Personal pleasure aside, the evidence that I've seen and observed and thought about suggests that there is no single universal meaning and thus I can create my own meaning. A question I have that might be out-of-place or loaded (and I don't intend it to be) is do you find comfort in a universal meaning? Do you feel like it enables you to streamline your life into being more efficient? Or is there some other reason?

I've met plenty of people who think of themselves as nihilists, and literally not a single one of them would ever think about ****ing a small child, or stealing a wallet, or killing children, or whatever. The most any of them do is drugs. I honestly hope you don't believe that all nihilists are as disgusting as that. Grouping such large groups together into awful people is terrible to do. I understand you aren't saying all nihilists are like that, but to focus on the negatives of that group is pretty insulting. It'd be like me comparing all of religion to the radical Islamic terrorists. The proportions aren't the same, obviously, but the analogy is legitimate.

It's also extremely important to note that atheists as a whole do not reject the moral principles associated with religion. Atheists just find that those morals arise from things other than religions (again, I've explained by reasoning for this is another place, and I'll find it and paste it here if needed).

 

If all I require of god is to see him once and he can't do that for me then he must not give a hoot about me.

 

If god knows me and loves me than I would hope he would show himself to me because that is the only thing that could save me.

 

your grandmother told the preacher idiot

 

I never said it had to be physically but I want him to show himself in some way or another (AKA a sign.) I'm not going to just pick up a book and start bieleving, no, that wouldn't be logical.