well how can anyone be an honest athiest-when Jesus gives them every reason to believe and know him as savior?
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The Bible says that even devils believe, and tremble. This is interesting since they cannot be saved and they know it yet they still believe (in the existance) of God. Firsthand knowledge I might add.\n\nEphesians 2:12 gives what I consider to be the accurate definition of an Athiest.\n\n"That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.\n\nSimply stated      (A-Thiest) = Without God!
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Hello !\n\nSteal something , you have a penalty set by God, \nkill someone , you have a penalty set by God,\nBut liars have been mentioned as God's enemies,\n\nIf you have lied then God forgive you .\n\nThe sense that you ask such a question shows that you are a good person .\n\nPlease ask anyone you know that all people should prevent themselves from telling lies, it's worse than killing someone !\n\nAnd for the guys that believe in Jesus , Jesus never said that whoever believes in him shall go to heaven, the correct statement is " whoever tries to act like Jesus shall go to heaven "\nThis "intention" is very important , not just carrying the name of a christian .\n\nHope the best for you ,
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If I was a true follower fo Jesus I would believe anything that he were to tell me.
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Jesus could have, and had the power to not go through what He did.  The fact is He chose to lay down His power and receive upon Himself the penalty We so rightfully deserved.  Instead of retaliation He chose to forgive, displaying to us the true heart and nature of our God.  That He has not set condemnation upon you for your wrongdoing, but, instead, payed for it.  This was done so you could know God and have an eternal relationship with Him.  Not just go to heaven, but to begin to know Him now in your life.  Not just believe as in some fictitious character, but to have a real tangible relationship with a true and powerful Living God.  May you know Him!
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Because it is easier for them to say he doesn't so that they can lead life the way they want not realizing that there are no atheists in hell (when they face judgment they will know).\n\nJesus is our Savior sent by the one and only God
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This is real and the fact is you don't have any evidence to think otherwise than what was fed to us by so called thinkers who seek to explain the sinful reality we live in. Jesus came to this reality to save us and we should believe that and accept it or else you will have to excuse to say why you didn't believe in the reality that you knew and had the facts about.
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Will only address the first, initial question.\n\nI personally believe that many religious people try to convert, not only athiests, but people of all religions -  as there own personal religion has commanded them to do by either there saviour, or teacher, or prophet, etc.  Many, honestly are not even comfortable with sharing there faith in God,  Allah,  YHWH,  or  whatever name they have for God, or there saviour, or teacher.\nMany they try to convert, are forced, or at least feel pressured to do so, in order to please there deity, other people or possibly themselves.\nSome feel, according to there scriptures, or holy book, that if everyone does not hear about there faith, and/or there saviour that  their saviour, or prophet/teacher  will not return to take them away from persecution on earth.\n\nAthiests make the decision to choose there own destiny, not leaving it in the hands of a deity.  a  prophet/teacher,  or  any  other  person.  An athiest knows he or she is totally responsible and takes that  responsibility for his or her own thought-life,  words he or she speaks, and  his or her  own\nbehaviour/actions.\n\nHope this helps a little.  \n\nThat was an  Excellent  Question.  Thank You.
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An athiest does not believe that there are, wre, or ever will be any god or gods, deities, higher powers or anything like that.\n\nAn Agnostic accepts that there MIGHT be something beyone ourselves, but that it is not possible to know or understand anything about what the nature of that may be...
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Christianity believes that as long as you claim you love Jesus and believe he is the Son of God right as you die, you'll go to Heaven. So, be Atheist, kill everybody, and then right before you die say you believe Jesus is the Son of God... and you're in Heaven... sounds like it does to me. :)
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Why is it that they need \nTo have everyone as they believe?\nWhy is it, if true, \nLeave it to the blessed few?\nDid not the great Paul say,\nThey are predestined, anyway?\nHave to wounder why it is,\nThey need to have other in their digs.\nWhy do all need to verify,\nWhat they believ in their lives?\nCould it be by converting others,\nThey find their truth matters?
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Good Atheist. Religion is vague. Being a genuine good person is for real.
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The whole getting saved during the tribulation thing is set in stone, but it is no stone any human has ever seen. It all depends on what God's plan is. Ask Him. He know everything. Don't be afraid to wait a seemingly unending amount of time to get an answer. You might get none. Still, that is no reason to stop believing.
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I know there is a God. I didn't arrive at this conclusion by my intellect, for human intelligence is limited. Give up on trying to figure everything out, for common sense itself should tell you that you can't know or understand everything. This is not a matter of the head, but of the heart. Ask yourself this: "If God is the truth, do I really want to know the truth?" Our sinfulness makes us afraid of a holy and righteous God who we feel must demand an accounting of us His creatures. Atheists say they don't believe in God, but I don't believe in atheists. If they don't believe in God, then who are they so mad at? They claim wisdom and knowledge and call believers simple, but I see atheists as being extremely smallminded and limited. Did atoms and microbes not exist until some human came along who was smart enough to detect them? How small these people's reality must be! How futile and pointless their existence! I commend you for at least being openminded enough to ask? How foolish it is to think that one's ignorance is evidence! Thanks for not being that way, wisdom is not beyond the grasp of one such as yourself. There is a God; He is beyond human comprehension; He is absolutely holy, righteous, and frightfuly just. His awesome majesty and power is terrifying and he is completely unapproachable by vile, prideful humans. Remember I said that it is our innate sense of this reality that drives some to deny His existense out of fear of the truth. They can't face themselves and their guilt, and they can't face a righteously angry, holy, and just God whom they rightly think will demand retribution of them. What they don't understand is that this same God is also infinitely loving, kind, gracious and merciful, and that He paid the penalty for their sins and removed their guilt which was keeping them from Him. How? He gave us His only begotten Son Jesus Christ who took our sins and guilt upon his holy and innocent self and was put to death so that we may go free. Believe this, make claim to it as a FREE GIFT from God, confess it to Him and to others, then walk in peace from now on with Him, always trusting Jesus' sacrifice as your justification in God's eyes, not your own merit. Then keep on learning more of Him and growing spiritually.><>Sir Brian
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I am sorry, but those words you just said were descriptions of Jesus.  I am no Jesus.  The Bible says that a Chrstian is a follower and believer of Jesus Christ who STRIVES to be like the almighty.  The Bible makes it clear that you will fail.  No one is perfect.  I am a Christian because I try to have the best relationship with God that I can, I have and will see people delivered and set free from sin, I try to worship God as much as I can, and I strive to be part of my local church.  The one think that makes you and I human, not God, is the fact that we will never always succeed.  God knew this, so he sent us a way to not have to pay for our sins, he sent his son jesus to lift the burden off our backs and to sacrifice himself for every person on earth.  All you need to do is believe and ask for forgiveness.  That is a REAL Christian.
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Belief is everything.
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To answer your question, only God knows.\nThere's nothing wrong with being skeptical and all.\nLastly, no one actually knows how God judges us. God did not specifically say that he will punish those who do not believe in resurrection. It is just a teaching of the church. The Church says that if you do believe in Jesus Christ, you believe in everything the Bible says. It's in an all-or-nothing basis. The Bible said that Jesus was resurrected from the dead, therefore, we should believe so.
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There are no such thing as a true athiest. Think about it. If an 'athiest' has something wrong they always say 'oh god' or something similar. They may say they are athiest but there not.