When ‘ Faith’ is all about believing in the unseen? How come Atheists demand to see God virtually to believe?
Isn’t such a demand, lame?
Atheists don’t understand what ‘faith’ is. Atheists use the ‘left side’ of the brain. processing information in a linear manner. It processes from part to whole. It takes pieces, lines them up, and arranges them in a logical order; then it draws conclusions. The right brain however, processes from whole to parts, holistically. It starts with the answer. It sees the big picture first, not the details.
Atheists must have all the ‘parts’ or ‘pieces of evidence’ in order for them to draw a conclusion. Since spirituality doesn’t work in a linear manner, like science for example, they rely on their five senses only. People who are spiritual usually have a ‘right brain’ domination. We understand that not all the little ‘parts’ have to fit exactly into place before drawing a conclusion. We can definitely see the ‘big’ picture, even if we can’t physically see it.
I’ve always wondered, however, if atheists cannot see, hear, touch, taste, or smell things like oxygen or carbon monoxide, why do they believe that THESE are real?
February 25th, 2010 at 8:12 am
Easy, They have no F A I T H.
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February 25th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Faith is lame, because it’s all about ‘believing in the unseen’ (i.e. unjustified belief).
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February 25th, 2010 at 9:11 am
Why do Christians only understand faith in their own religion? why do they demand that muslims and hindus only have faith in what THEY don’t see?
isn’t such a demand, lame?
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February 25th, 2010 at 9:29 am
they have little faith.
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February 25th, 2010 at 9:46 am
If someone told you your child was dead would you just take their word for it an plan a funeral?
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February 25th, 2010 at 10:34 am
I don’t think its generally considered reasonable to expect people to believe in things on faith, particularly the more far out the claim. Would you consider it reasonable if I said you should just believe on faith I speak to invisible leprechauns and they have imparted knowledge about certain actions you should take in your life? Probably not, I hope. All atheists are saying is they don’t find it anymore reasonable to accept religious claims on that premise and in fact its not unreasonable. So they don’t. If you expect them to take your claims seriously for themselves you would need to offer some good objective, verifiable evidence.
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February 25th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Faith without a base is blind
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February 25th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Believing in something just because you were told it is true is lame.
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February 25th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Because *I* don’t see how faith could possibly be a valid approach to reality!
I don’t believe faith justifies ANYTHING. Blind belief in spite of there being no evidence is, indeed, (to use your own words against you), lame.
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February 25th, 2010 at 11:45 am
In that particular case it would possibly be a misunderstanding. There seem to be more than one type of Atheist.
You have ones that have self-centered reasons and others who seem to be more lucid about it. I think the former could have gone either way; religious or atheist. They are of little substance to either side of the argument.
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February 25th, 2010 at 11:54 am
What’s lame and stupid is this question. We are not demanding sheet. You are the ones demanding to believe in your "faith" or suffer the consequences.
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February 25th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I don’t demand to see God, just evidence of God. I don’t need to see air to know that it exists, it is enough that I can see trees blowing in the wind.
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February 25th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
It supposedly worked for doubting Thomas. The same courtesy could be shown to everyone else.
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February 25th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Faith it something you build over a period of time. when you want logical proof for everything then you do not have faith. can we proof existence of mankind? some believe God created us. others have other explanation. but there is no proof for any of these. so it is the faith we have that make us believe what we believe in.
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February 25th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
These same people have never seen a radio wave or an electrical pulse , but yet they have no problem believing they exist !!
Funny how you only believe in something if you want to …………..
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February 25th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Yeah, Hi. I’m an atheist. I have no faith.
I’m OK with that, though.And demanding evidence for extraordinary claims isn’t lame…it’s common sense.
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February 25th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
"4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
2 Corinthians 4:4
‘god of this world’ = Satan
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February 25th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
It’s simple, we do not have enough faith to accept that much, seemingly unbelievable, content without some proof.
I’ve never been to Antarctica and Africa, and to tell me that there is a place, far away, with many great and different animals some as big as a house, and the people that life there, are mostly dark skinned and speak words you will not understand… or that there is a place very far away, where the land is nothing but ice…in places it’s miles deep, it’s so cold there that steel breaks like glass, that, aside from a temporary visiting station, no people can live there. It was known to be as cold as -100F, and there are small black/white birds that cannot fly. This would sounds unbelievable also, but the difference is that we have pictures of these places, we have brought back animal from these lands, we can come and go to these lands if we choose to. (some minor latitude for Antarctica, granted)
I know that Africa and Antarctica exist because I’ve seen proof, but I do not know that God exists, because there is no proof (that can’t just as easily be explained with science) and as a result, until there is some proof that God / Heaven exists, I will not just blindly throw my faith into that arena any more than I will the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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February 25th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Faith is just an assumption. Can you imagine what kind of world we would live in if we just depended on faith. One example: Trying someone in a court of law using only the evidence you saw fit and assuming the rest, what chaos this would cause. That is why religion remains in this condition of chaos, because the believers carry on regardless using only what suits their belief.
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February 25th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
First of all, "Faith" is not all about believing in the unseen and it doesn’t pertain to religion alone…it’s the belief on an idea, person, or thing…Second, we are not demanding anything…we are stating,that if you want us to believe in your "religious faith", we need proof of God’s existence…not just gibberish, based on an old, decrepit, inaccurate, contradictory book…and last…"virtually to believe" is an oxymoron…the term virtual means, "that which is not real" , but may display the qualities of the real…believe means…"to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof…so, your statement is as lame as the "demand" you are wrongfully referring to
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February 25th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Someone can still have faith in a diety and still be given the opportunity to see them. That is what I don’t understand. If God is so loving and caring, and yet is mysterious invisibility causes (according to scripture) millions of his creations to burn in hell for an eternity, the least he could do is to show up.
For example
I can have faith in a leader and follow him, but still be certain he is there. I’ve seen him. I’ve shaken his hand. I’ve spoken with him.
Jane may not have faith and not follow that leader, but still, at least Jane doesn’t have to debate with herself on whether he exists.
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February 25th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Atheists don’t understand what ‘faith’ is. Atheists use the ‘left side’ of the brain. processing information in a linear manner. It processes from part to whole. It takes pieces, lines them up, and arranges them in a logical order; then it draws conclusions. The right brain however, processes from whole to parts, holistically. It starts with the answer. It sees the big picture first, not the details.
Atheists must have all the ‘parts’ or ‘pieces of evidence’ in order for them to draw a conclusion. Since spirituality doesn’t work in a linear manner, like science for example, they rely on their five senses only. People who are spiritual usually have a ‘right brain’ domination. We understand that not all the little ‘parts’ have to fit exactly into place before drawing a conclusion. We can definitely see the ‘big’ picture, even if we can’t physically see it.
I’ve always wondered, however, if atheists cannot see, hear, touch, taste, or smell things like oxygen or carbon monoxide, why do they believe that THESE are real?
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February 25th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
"Isn’t such a demand, lame?"
As opposed to what, believing that there is a God simply because you have been told there is a God?
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February 25th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don’t believe, no proof is possible.” – Stuart Chase
Peace, Bill
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February 25th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Because we have no faith.
Simple really. Faith is lame.
@little_Hussein
Radio waves, while invisible, can be measured. God cannot.
@Susan
Read my response to little_Hussein above. All the things you described can be measure even if unseen. It has nothing to do with left or right brain thinking. Faith has everything to do with emotion and nothing to do with intellect.
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February 25th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Nature does not require belief because it’s real; the supernatural requires belief because it exists only in the imagination.
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