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Originally Posted by Cheese
Im Atheist...Cow is Agnostic...but I think you can see that we come from close quarters. Not a huge gap at all really, and both parties are part of the Humanist chain. That doesnt mean I dont want you to prove me wrong. I simply do not believe there is any type of entity or spirit that is God...or Jesus. That doesnt mean I dont feel, love or care.
Im sure the next question would be...well IF I am wrong then I chance the fact that I might not get invited beyond the pearly gates.
If there is a God and this God is a fair and just God, surely he will judge people on their actions in life, not on whether they happen to believe in him. A God who sends good and kind people to hell is not one most atheists would be prepared to consider worshipping.
Im sure if you go back and read pretty much everything I write you see that I am firmly against this type of teaching, ESPECIALLY to our children.
Atheists havent just been questioning the existence of Jesus "all of a sudden". There have been non-believers as long as there have been believers. For a great number of years suggesting that idea might merit someone a beheading or worse.
Atheists arent two headed monsters running amok in society burning churches and destroying synagogues....it seems differing religions do a good enough job of that themselves. We simply watch...amused. I donate money and time, I volunteer and work with youth. I know many other Atheists who hold positions of power and control....all of whom are just as charitable as anyone else. The need to have a belief in a deity simply does not exist in our lives.
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I wasn't saying you were a two headed monster or anything. Nor was I saying that they just started questioning Jesus. They've obviously done that all along. However, previously, people didn't question that he existed, they just questioned that he was God. Now they're saying he didn't even exist.
Anyways, I don't understand that you can say God doesn't exist when there is no proof He doesn't. As an athiest, you've made up your mind. You're telling me as a Christian to prove Jesus did exist, but you as an Athiest aren't able to prove God doesn't. And yet you're banking on that IF He does exist, He won't send you to Hell because you're a good person.
There are other Gods without some form of Hell. If you're unwilling to accept a Christian God, but insecure in there not being one, why don't you believe in a 'nicer' one?