It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
originally posted by: JUhrman
Actually many believe the same as you, including religious people
originally posted by: leopayaso1987
Would you accept the probability of the existence of God ( general term) if it would be stripped away of all it's religious context?
originally posted by: leopayaso1987
a reply to: bb23108
What I meant was a God that created us but did not intrude after,so to speak. Why would you make such a God responsable for everything and ultimately to blame for it all,like you say. You buy a TV and it so happens that after a week it stops working. Would you blame God(in general terms) for it? I did not mean a God that created us for a greater good or a divine purpose,I meant just the ideea of a creator,I didn't specify what God would be since I think that's impossible. I never said that the God I was talking about answers my prayers or has a personal relationship with me,I don't need him to do that. Would that kind of God be too difficult to accept?
Out of curiosity, are you an atheist,religious person...what have you? Thank you
Matthew 25:
34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’
originally posted by: JUhrman
a reply to: SuperFrog
I did not get the impression the question was addressed to someone who is already an atheist but maybe I'm reading it wrong
originally posted by: SuperFrog
originally posted by: JUhrman
a reply to: SuperFrog
I did not get the impression the question was addressed to someone who is already an atheist but maybe I'm reading it wrong
My apologies if I misunderstood OP, where I was under impression question was for everyone, not just religious folks.
Can you please point where this is specified?
Why does God(general term) so very often has to be accompanied by various rituals,incantations, whatever you prefer calling it across such a vast array of religions? Would the ideea that there is a God(general term) that created us for his delight so to say and not for any kind of purpose whatsoever be so sad as to invoque the need for religious rituals,incantations,especially in the Christian and Muslim faith but not only.
I have to say I struggle a bit in understanding if you agree with my point of view or not.
originally posted by: leopayaso1987
Would you accept the probability of the existence of God ( general term) if it would be stripped away of all it's religious context?