Atheist: If your children believe in God, does it not effect you?

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What an odd dilemma Christianity creates...

"How could you be at peace knowing you could potentially be spending an eternity away from the ones you love." I think this is exactly why people leave Christianity and/or become atheist. What a weird problem to put on people.

"living a Christian life, the worst that could happen is you may treat your wife a little better, your family a little better, your neighbor a little better... you'll think twice about doing things you know is wrong" So living a Christian life is the only way to accomplish these things? People that aren't Christian don't treat there wife/family as good and don't know what's right or wrong? That is insane.

 

I love it when both sides act like they know for sure one way or another. The Christians are so sure of themselves they think they are better people and treat their wives and neighbors better than aethiests. The aethiests are so sure of themselves that they compare God to an electric hippo or something like that in the sky.

I think it's refreshing to hear someone say "I don't know" when it comes to this particular debate. That's my stance. "I don't know" and I don't even think about this stuff in my day to day life.

 

Neither do atheists. At least we don't anymore than we worry about the sun not rising tomorrow. We don't have the time nor the energy to struggle with things that are so unlikely to be true that pondering the possibility is a waste of time.

 

If that's the case then why do so many Aethists feel the need to debate/engage this issue? Don't you think it's silly to say you know for sure that there is no God? Equally ridiculous as someone saying they know for sure that there is a God?

 

What?

Life is worth living, because you have only a limited time to live it.

Seems a tad bizarre that you could go to Heaven, and have everything you care about stripped away from you. Sounds a bit like Hell to me. I would think in Heaven your family would be there for you, but they wouldn't necessarily be in Heaven. Much like a dream. You have dreams involving people you know, but they aren't actually there. You wouldn't expect that? Once again, that doesn't sound like something I'd want to be a part of.

 

I don't know how anybody knows. To be 100% positive on something that can never be proven is difficult to comprehend.

 

I am a Christian, a middle aged Christian who has seen time and time again that these type of threads never have a positive outcome! On the contrary, both sides seem to hunker down, and the conversation progressively gets more condescending!

Question: Has anybody ever been persuaded to change their views/beliefs on any of these threads?...because it seems like the same people keep regurgitating the same response over and over again! What's the point?
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The atheists will stop debating and engaging in the issue when Christians stop trying to pass laws based on their religious beliefs.

 

What about Muslim countries? Apostasy = death penalty? You won't find that in predominantly Christian countries.

 

Do you really believe that's what this is about? Politics? I understand your point but I think there is more to it than just laws.

 

It doesn't seem you really grasp the issue. Christians push their religion into the public sphere with every opportunity, whether it's the classroom or government or selling chicken sandwiches. Atheists resist that and that is where Christians come up with their silly war on Christianity argument. They feel they not only have a right to practice their religion but to indoctrinate your children into their religion via all societal mechanisms.

There is no real debate about the existence of God between atheists and Christians. Atheists ask for evidence and Christians have none which is the nature of faith. It's not a debate about existence so much as where each person's religion belongs in society.

 

Since your day has concluded, please kindly inform me of the number of examples that you feel Christianity is being forced upon you. The thing that irks people just like you is its existence...you equate religion or its presence as something that is force fed, but not as an alternative. The concept of religion is very much an idea that provides millions of people comfort and hope; a purpose in a seemingly "directionless" life... The fact that you are merely threatened by people in the community selling you chicken sandwiches or saying a prayer before a day is started is your problem. The message of Christ(and other religions) are out there for all to hear and listen to. You can choose what you wanna hear and accept or you cant. Its a free, unbiased choice.

And to the second point of indoctrinating young and impressionable minds(ie children)...what are these "damning" religions really teaching???...Thou shalt not kill, thou shall love your neighbor as your self, thou shall honor your father and mother...how are these concept that threaten the fabric of mankind??? How are these doctrines corrupting the minds of children. As I have stated once before, we all have a choice on a belief that life greatest mystery are confined by the limits of science and its process, or we have a choice to believe that life's greatest answers are sometimes just immeasurable...

 

You don't know anything about what irks me.

I don't need your religion to give my life meaning as I have my own beliefs but I respect the message of Christ a great deal. Perhaps you should convince more Christians to actually practice it because as a whole you're failing miserably.

 

Generalize much?

 

For now, i can only try defending the message of Christ, but I can not ask people to live more Christ like. I would be a total hypocrite...I hope that as i grow more, I would raise my standards and live a more Christ like life/a become an example for others to see and become inspired...

 

Well I hope you succeed because little by little that makes for a better world.

 

If God didn't promise an eternal life would any Christians give a crap? Seems very self serving.

 

Laws directly govern the people. What else is there to fight and argue for? Hurt feelings ? I suppose being told by your neighbor that he's going to heaven while your family will be tumbling down hell would make a man quite upset as well.

Christians aren't big on equally are they?

 

It's even more refreshing to hear someone say "I don't care".