I had to question my atheist friend's question. I find the question to be more true put this way.
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I do not think THEY are threatened either. However, there may be a hidden angst. If they are right, and there is no God, then death is just annialism. \nIf the Christian is right, and there IS a God, and this God is revealed in the Bible, then death will lead to judgment--and it will not bode well for them. \nSo--in order to feel better, they must prove their side without a shadow of doubt. Unfortunately, this is an impossibility given all the evidence around them.\n\nAlso note, that the immature atheist is unable to debate, so they get shrill, loud, use all caps, make statements without proof or source, call names, or just act rude. Unfortunately, the same goes for immature Christians or pretender Christians as well.
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Theoretically, if they are saying the phrases you describe then they are not actually atheists. how can someone you don't believe in damn anything? Seriously I don't get especially annoyed by this one thing that atheists do but there are other things such as being illogical and pigheaded which usually bother me more!!
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A person is an atheist based on an analytical view and has therefore settled any questions as to otherwise.  It is not a whim or a notion, it is based on as solid a foundation as any religion, more so actually because it is based on what we believe to be fact.  I would certainly hope that the kind lady would not ask me to change my heart on this matter.  And, in turn, even though I would agree to be the recipient for the kidney that will give her a "reward" from God, I would not ask her to change her view toward God.  Please bear this in mind:  Although it is rare, sometimes people will perform sacrifices for each other with no other motive (i.e. rewards, going to heaven, avoiding hell) than to be good human beings.  That, my dear, is a rare and true sacrifice.
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Human nature. Also, atheists might enjoy talking about religion more, even if they don't beleive in any.
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haha I asked the same question but about fundalmental christians.  For someone trying to figure out my own sprituality I find both sides rather annoying and superfical.  I think the reason both Atheists and Fundalmentals are on here so much is because their point of view is very simple to give a easy answer.  Beleive and don't question for the fundalmentals and don't beleive at all for the Atheists.  To answer many of the deep questions posted on here a lot of thought has to go into those answers.  Even with lots of thought, a good answer is hard to communicate.  Whole books have been written to answer some of these questions.  So it only appears to be narrow minded people in the population but in fact its just easier for them to give their narrow minded answers because to them everything is black and white
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it may get depressing when u come to the fact that an atheist has no one to rely on for something like eventual salvation. a belief is a powerful thing even if its based on something false. it can give that reason to go on thinking u have a purpose. an atheist hasn't got that.
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I think in a way u are using the same argument as Pascal. He said the same thing - there are better consequences for believing in a God. But u know what, there are other factors that have to be taken into account. For instance, how do u know WHICH God to believe in? U just believe in Christianity, u don't know if it's true. So what happens when u kick the bucket and u find out that u've been praying to the wrong God? There are many more questions like these that need careful consideration before u just enter the bandwagon of praying to a God.\n\nTo Giggly:\nWell, that's a totally screwed up way of looking at it, but i would say yes. (And I love South Park, lol). This website should give u some of the problems of the Pascal Wager, whioch the asker is talking about:\nhttp://atheism.about.com/od/argumentsforgod/a/pascalswager.htm
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Someone asked this yesterday.  I'll tell you what I told them.\n\nIf I am wrong about being an atheist, and I stand before god, I will hold my head up. I'll say "I looked for you harder than anybody I know. I read the bible in its original languages. I prayed for hours and hours. If you know all, you know how sincerely I looked. If you can chuck me into hell, knowing that, then I go with a clear conscience. Because I wouldn't want to share eternity with a being who could torment ANYone for eternity. Let alone someone who looked for him so hard."\n\nI would rather go to hell with a clear conscience and a pure heart than go to heaven because I chose out of fear.
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yes your mind is going in circle-your question is stated clearly on last sentence-first 8 sentences is a wonderful example of circle logic that just doesnt make sense-it assumes there is a god-i often use similer arguement when i am asked why i dont cut my hair-i then ask them if they believe in god-upon positive response i then ask them why they arent satisfied with what god gave-lots of love keep the peace old hippie
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The bible really doesn't touch upon that, interesting question.\n\nWhile i'm personally an atheist, i've spent most of my life as a christian, and the thing to remember is that you shouldn't take it literally, you should take it figuratively. While i don't agree with it as a source of knowledge, if interpreted as a behavioural code, it's mostly alright.
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An Atheist is a believer.  However, they do not believe in the correct religion.
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I find it hard to comment on this, because it is clever, well scripted and I suspect the questioner at some point had a belief in the Christian faith. I would agree with all your assertions, taking hombrage with the claim that you created earth. God is in all of us and are all of us. Ambiguous messages from organised religion are the bane of humanity.
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Nope. I could debate with an atheist all day. They will NEVER EVER make me question my beliefs. I would rather believe there is a heaven waiting for me where my dead loved-ones are waiting in everlasting life, then believe in nothing as an atheist believes. I think thats truly awful. If they want to believe in nothing, and then at the end of their lives they die and go to hell, then let them. Its their choice. And I highly doubt you can make such a generalized statement about ALL christians seeing as you couldn't have possibly debated every christian in the world.
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I agree! I'm always confused when someone tries to do that... T_T It just, besides being offensive when one tries to force religious beliefs on another, doesn't make sense. For me, that's something i think is so COOL, is how we all have different beliefs and yet we can be friends! :D
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Just remember this...your friends don't get to decide whether or not you go to heaven, only God does. So who would you rather please? Your friends or God?
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Question:  Does God truly exist?\n\nAnswer:  You won't know for sure until you die.
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Well, it looks like you asked WHY they DON'T believe in God. That's a little different than asking "Do you believe in God?", which has been asked plenty of times here, and usually with one line answers of yes or no. \n\nI don't think that you deserved to be berated the way you were by some of the answers, but there is a difference in the questions. They should have been able to tell you why without being mean about it.