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Motivations for the non-belief in God

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ReverendDG
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Message 5 of 89 (294154)
03-10-2006 7:32 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Chiroptera
03-10-2006 6:17 PM

For me moving from belief in the christian god stems from a lot of the same reasons many people stop believing. Such as "where was god when my mother died? or in the case of a rape victim where was god when i got attacked.
there is no solid reason for losing faith, many people lose faith over the texts confusing and contrary nature. such as say a homosexual who believes in christ but is condemmed for his/her feelings - without christianity they wouldn't feel this way
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i lost my faith when i realized i never once felt god or cared about worshiping him, when i felt a void where god should be
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as for rewel singh, he knows nothing about why athiests do not believe, he is doing what all people who equate morals with god do, they say anyone who does not follow the moral laws of god are immoral some how
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03-28-2006 3:32 AM 		Reply to: Message 10 by knitrofreak
03-27-2006 10:41 PM

Re: God cares
what the?!
i wasn't talking about god, i was talking about the poster, he knows nothing about why athiests do not believe, he is making a sweeping generalization
can you at least quote me in context?
other wise your post doesn't have anything to do with the question
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God seeth not as man seeth for man looketh on the outword appearance but the Lord looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 *look it up*
how is this relevent to my post at all? - i'd rather not scripture is not part of this at all
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ReverendDG
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10-08-2006 12:42 AM 		Reply to: Message 48 by Christian7
10-07-2006 10:43 PM

Re: God cares
If the bible is an anthiology of tales, then these tales are not litterally true. Since the message of the bible is based on the litteral interpretation of the character of Jesus, it cannot possibly be valid unless we accept this interpretation.
i dispute this, this is how you see it not the reality of it, jesus doesn't have to exist for the message of love from god to be real or the spiritual truths to be true
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you just see it that way because you see things in black and white, eather its all true or none of it is, i mean was there a real musterd seed or did samson really kill a thousand people with an asses jaw bone?
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ReverendDG
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10-08-2006 3:48 PM 		Reply to: Message 62 by Christian7
10-08-2006 2:09 PM

Re: belief a prerequisite for ethics?
There is nothing in the bible to suggest that God is any of that. God offers everyone a free gift of eternal life. All they have to do is accept it. It is by their own volition that they enter into hell.
tell that to the folks who say that god selected you before you were born to go to hell, theres a lot of them
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ReverendDG
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10-08-2006 3:52 PM 		Reply to: Message 57 by Christian7
10-08-2006 1:27 PM

Re: belief a prerequisite for ethics?
Wrong, once again. This has nothing to do with Christian apologetics whatsoever. There are some moral and immoral christians as there are athiests, but most likely those christians that are immoral are not really christians. If they are, it is between them and God.
thats hilarious, you just proved AO's point, a moral christian is a christian, because they are moral, an immoral christian is not a christian because they are immoral, not because of thier beliefs.
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this IS apologetics, you are trying to fix it where to be a christian you have to be moral, but being moral isn't a requirement to be christian, believing in jesus as savior and god is
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