Why do atheists judge God regarding certain things in the Bible when you do not have all the facts?
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"The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.'" Psalm 14. There's you answer. They're FOOLS when it comes to God.
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definetly... you cant pick and choose which parts of the bible to believe. it's an all or nothing game and the old testement is part of the bible.
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I read the most of the Bible. It's not the Book that made me an atheist but rather the hypocrisy of a lot of people who claim to be Christians.\n\nNot all, I agree, but too many.
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To Mainworry your answer is great although this came from modern mans deciphering, and deducing. Most people just read the bible without understanding the history or social events that were going on during that time  period that caused people to be moved enough to write something down about it. Unfortunately too many take it literally and usually break it down into verses which mold into their particular belief. With that said I can say that I feel that the gods of religions are the lesser gods and I feel that these gods probably do have some choices. A sort of limited choice over those so inclined to follow the god any particular religion.
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It is not a pre-mature assumption on your part.\n\nThe Atheists here are the great and powerful Oz, they know all.\n\nI am being sarcastic, of course...They do not know all, they only wrongly assume that they do.
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Some atheists like to pick on believers because they enjoy mocking anyone who thinks differently than they do. That is why they Troll the religion sections of most forums.Even if they had their own section they'd still harass people who believe in God or gods. I'm a Christian but I have no problem with a person being an atheist if thats the way they want to believe. The only problem I have is when certain Atheists go and ridicule and condscend to people who do have some sort of faith regardless of what that faith is outside of some form of cult. I ignore most of these Militant Atheists because most there arent a lot of them around they just like to make lots of noise and make most people intimidated by them. Why even give them attention I say. Keep the faith I say To Believers
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Atheists are just free thinkers who do not choose to believe in the specific constraints of organized religion.  Many are open to the idea that a god like creature or creatures could possibly exist.  They just find it very hard to believe that (for example) the Biblical description of the universe makes any sense.
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Depends on the person...some people don't believe in the bible at all so why would they pay attention to it
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It would be more correct to say that atheists do not think God is real.
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At first glance it looks like you are splitting hairs. But if you are splitting knowing from believing because know means to have indisputable evidence and believe means to strongly think something is true, then the answer is not that simple. We know things in every day life because we experience them. We sit in a chair because experience tells us it won't break. We can say we have faith in that chair but we don't go that far. That's silly. Of course the chair won't fall. It's something we know. However we believe that the North Pole is really up there but not because we have verified that through experience, but because the majority says it is up there. A lot of our knowledge is based on what the majority says is true and is continually verified by others. Now this brings up a question. Does a belief have to be held by the majority of people in order to pass from belief to knowlege? The first people who realized the earth was round had some hard sledding convincing others. In fact they were persecuted. All the time all the people thought the earth was flat; all the time a few thought the earth was round, and all the time that the majority thought the earth was round, through all these stages, the earth was always round. At first nobody knew that; then a few knew that; now  everyone knows that. It was always true. Belief did not make it true. The majority did not make it true. Is there a God? Look at the evidence. Does not make a difference what others believe. If you want to know what is true you will always find out what is true. If you have a bias, then all evidence will be processed in the mind to support that bias. So the question (does God exist), we have to want the answer that is true, not the answer we want. Atheists want the answer to be there is no God. But do Athiests know how much gold there is in the ground or how many grains of sand there are in the world? Of course not. Neither can they know there is no God. They would have to be God to know that. So an honest Atheist can only be an agnostic, not knowing.  Evolution would be true if all millions of the in-between or transitional life forms were in the fossil record. They are missing, all millions of them. So evolution is just as logical as throwing a bunch of metal on a flight line and presto a plane emerges. It won't emerge after five minutes, five hours, five years, five millenia. Airplanes are man made. Everyone knows that. Yet they use the above mentioned logic to say that trees, animals, fish, birds and people living on the only habitable planet, just evolved over billions of years. If the metal can't evolve into a plane after billions of years, what are the odds that in all this universe the earth's inhabitants evolved only on earth but nowhere else during all those billion of years? What makes sense to me is that a creator did all this. To me it is a belief but it is more than a belief. My inner self knows it to be true, and it disagrees with no logic or known fact.
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I think atheists are often a little defensive when it comes to topics of religion, because they're so often nagged to 'convert' to others' point of view... They may also be a little fed up with so many people reminding them that they're going to die because they don't believe, etc..\n\n...I know I don't appreciate being reminded of those types of 'facts.'
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Because atheists hate that others see the truth of GOD through faith.\n\nAtheists can't see that through GOD always being on their mind is proof that GOD exists,they choose to be blind.
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iam a christian. i see that science and theories can help you understand whatever it is you want to know. But all that takes away from god and the bible is the works of the devil. Many things are unexplainable, but many atheists have given there life to god on their death bed, Many scientists love to make up things to get fame and stuff, but that is stuff you rarely hear about. Everything is based around psychology, atheists have big egos. they think they control there own lives and announce that god is pretend, but is god dont exist to them then why are they always so threatened
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God has given to all of us a measure of faith. Atheist chooses to believe there is no God, yet deep inside they knows better. That is one reason they are so concerned about christianity. Again all Atheist will not stay that way and some will be converted. Someday they will  see that a Holy God is nothing to play with.
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Atheists don't have enough knowledge about religion because they are not associated with any religion. I guess it's their own ignorant way of forming an opinion which ins't even valid. It's kind of like children laughing or teasing at something that they have never heard of. It's a childish way of coming to terms with something.\n\nYou're right in saying that there is a reason to believe in God. As a catholic, we don't really consider it as a "higher power" though. However, it is the only form of being that we worship (we worship no one else except God) which comes from one of the 10 commandments.\n\nOne other thing, why would God be unfair and cruel? Because of all the terrible things that happen? Let me tell you that there is a reason for everything that happens and it's all part of God's plan for each of us in the future. For example, something bad had to happen today for something more important that will happen tomorrow.
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Because there are many people who don't follow the doctrines of your mythological book.\n\nJust like YOU don't follow the laws of Islam, or the Hebrew faith, or worship Zeus and Hercules.\n\nWhy are YOU so ignorant of other people's beliefs?\n\nThe bible is a book. It's a good book. But it is JUST a book.
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I am not really sure what exactly you mean, but I suppose you mean.....Why do we continue to believe the things we were taught growing up even if now we know better? \n\nIf that is what you mean, I don't think this is true. Once you know better you do not believe anymore. I for one, was taught to be a Baptist Christian. I really do not believe in God or Jesus anymore because there are to many contridictions in everything I was taught. I am intellegent enough to know that the bible was written by men. I also know that what we are shown as the bible is not complete. Many books of the bible were removed by other men, later, because they felt they did not serve their own purposes...So the bible for me is an uncomplete document. I don't think anyone has the complete version. I have traveled the world and seeing what I have seen makes me not believe in God. So for me, I was taught to believe, I believed as long as I didn't know better, now that I do, I do not believe.....sure I like the rituals, the organization, the social aspects of church, but real belief, no. \n\nOr maybe how about Christmas....we are taught to think there is a Santa Claus...when it is our parents. Eventually you know it is them and you no longer believe....\n\nSo I am not sure what you mean, and I am stabbing at this topic...hopefully I am right.