Ask an Atheist

[Sky Dancer]

We have an "Ask a Mormon thread, I thought why not one for asking atheists questions?

My first question: How do you live your life and think about death without religion?

Where do your ethics come from?

 

[uscitizen]

How do I think about death?

Dead is dead, it is the end.

The only thing that is eternal is change.

 

[Sunni Man]

Since Buddhists do not believe in God, heaven, or hell, they are atheists.

So why don't you answer the OP question yourself?

 

[Mad Scientist]

How can you ask an Atheist anything when they don't believe in anything?

 

[Sky Dancer]

Since Buddhists do not believe in God, heaven, or hell, they are atheists.

So why don't you answer the OP question yourself?

Because Buddhists are non-theists, not technically atheists.

 

[Mr Natural]

I don't need a lot of crazy rules to know the difference between right and wrong.

 

[Sky Dancer]

How do I think about death?

Dead is dead, it is the end.

The only thing that is eternal is change.

I'm not sure I would call impermanence "eternal" anything.

 

[Sunni Man]

Since Buddhists do not believe in God, heaven, or hell, they are atheists.

So why don't you answer the OP question yourself?

Because Buddhists are non-theists, not technically atheists.

Semantics.

If Buddhists used the term atheist they would lose their religion's tax exempt status.

So they use non-theist so they can still qualify as a religion.

 

[Sky Dancer]

Since Buddhists do not believe in God, heaven, or hell, they are atheists.

So why don't you answer the OP question yourself?

Because Buddhists are non-theists, not technically atheists.

Semantics.

If Buddhists used the term atheist they would lose their religion's tax exempt status.

So they use non-theist so they can still qualify as a religion.

It's not semantics. There is a difference between atheism and non-theism. Atheism is opposed to all religion and no belief in God or gods. Buddhism is a non-theistic religion that employs the use of meditational deities in visualization practice and sadhanas.

 

[Marie888]

One of my questions to atheists:

If during your lifetime on earth, all the believers in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior disappeared, would you believe God's Word as 100% truth?

This is based on what you may or may not have heard as the "rapture". Jesus Christ is coming back and He will raise those dead and also alive up with Him. (in His timing, could be tomorrow or 1000 years from now). It'll be chaos on earth thereafter; but there are still many things we do not know or how it all pans out and many Christians even disagree (human nature/that).

But I'm just asking, if that happened where all the believers you knew went "poof", would you at least consider that as your "proof" you need?


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[Sky Dancer]

If all the believers went "poof" Peace would reign on earth. You forget that some people don't think the Bible is "God's Word".

 

[Marie888]

Another question for atheists:

Are you an atheist or agnostic?

What is agnosticism?

Question: "What is agnosticism?"

Answer: Agnosticism is the view that the existence of God is impossible to be known or proven. The word “agnostic” essentially means “without knowledge.” Agnosticism is a more intellectually honest form of atheism. Atheism claims that God does not exist—an unprovable position. Agnosticism argues that God’s existence cannot be proven or unproven, that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists. In this, agnosticism is correct. God’s existence cannot be empirically proven or disproven.

 

[Sky Dancer]

If you don't buy into a story of a talking snake and Adam and Eve in the Garden, no original sin was committed and there and no need for a "savior".

 

[Marie888]

If all the believers went "poof" Peace would reign on earth.

Do you really believe that? Atheists do not "war" or fight? They never argue? All have the same moral values?


What about other "religious" people who do not believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior? And/or what about all the muslims? They'll still be here; so atheists and muslims would never , ever "war'? Or will the nations be diivided into "what we believe" nations - ones who have Sharia law, and ones with no laws at all for the atheists? Who gets to decide who are the kings of these nations? Who will be kings of these nations?
Who's in authority?

People war because of wanting plain "power" also; not just what they believe in as their faith. We have a sin nature, a fallen nature.

That's the whole reason that Jesus Christ came to save us. From ourselves/sin.

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[Sky Dancer]

If all the believers went "poof" Peace would reign on earth.

Do you really believe that? Atheists do not "war" or fight? They never argue? All have the same moral values?


What about other "religious" people who do not believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior? And/or what about all the muslims? They'll still be here; so atheists and muslims would never , ever "war'? Or will the nations be diivided into "what we believe" nations - ones who have Sharia law, and ones with no laws at all for the atheists? Who gets to decide who are the kings of these nations? Who will be kings of these nations?
Who's in authority?

People war because of wanting plain "power" also; not just what they believe in as their faith. We have a sin nature, a fallen nature.

That's the whole reason that Jesus Christ came to save us. From ourselves/sin.

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I think the world would be more peaceful if those who want to convert everyone to their way of thinking went "poof".

 

[Mr Natural]

The world would be more peaceful if the religious observed the 11th commandment:

11. Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.

 

[Sky Dancer]

The world would be more peaceful if the religious observed the 11th commandment:

11. Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.

If we never talked about religion or politics we'd never fight.

 

[Mr Natural]

The world would be more peaceful if the religious observed the 11th commandment:

11. Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.

If we never talked about religion or politics we'd never fight.

Well, at least we wouldn't fight over anything as insignificant and trivial as politicis and religion.

 

[California Girl]

The world would be more peaceful if the religious observed the 11th commandment:

11. Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.

In the United States, we have freedom OF religion, not freedom from religion.

 

[Sky Dancer]

The world would be more peaceful if the religious observed the 11th commandment:

11. Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.

In the United States, we have freedom OF religion, not freedom from religion.

Some would love it if we had freedom FROM religion.