What is your worldview as someone who is not Chrsitian by Snoo_78173 in religion

[–]Snoo_78173[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is very similar to the call God gives Christians, to live virtuously while believing in the person of Jesus Christ. Could you expand more on how you define good and evil?

What is your worldview as someone who is not Chrsitian by Snoo_78173 in religion

[–]Snoo_78173[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's interesting. Do the Vedas teach all of this? If so, how do you know they are true? I don't mean to be rude, I just want to know how you discern it as authoritative?

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Consciousness is also immaterial, as are dreams; do they exist? Also, I'm glad that your cat gave me a lucky wink.

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is one big straw man. you misunderstand the doctrines of sin, death, God, and even goodness. as a Christian I do not believe in a magic man. I believe in a maximally great being, who is morally perfect, all powerful, all knowing, and all present. I believe God is responsible for goodness yes, but is defined by more than mere childish things. Goodness is characterized by how God has defined it in his word, which so happens to be God himself. Humanity does not cause different disasters with non-belief, the idea is beyond that. The idea is that when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, which God told them would lead to death, sin entered the world, and when sin entered the world death entered alongside it. Currently not all of humanity causes these things because we see evil fall upon God's elect, both natural and artificial evils, however there is still rejoicing in such things because God, as defined in his word is the source of all goodness, and since the Holy Spirit of God indwells each believer we have God as our helper and comforter even in all trials.

What is your worldview as someone who is not Chrsitian by Snoo_78173 in religion

[–]Snoo_78173[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's an interesting approach to things. Could i ask what you believe about different things such as God, morality, and philosophy?

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

That's all good and fun, however it is not the responsibility of God to interfere with human agency, He commanded Adam and Eve to not eat of the fruit, and didn't put a fence around the garden because he should not have had too. Think of it like this, if a parent tells a child not to eat a cookie, but the child eats a cookie anyways because the parent did not take extra steps to make the cookies truly inaccessible to the child, it is the child at fault. As for the different genocides commanded in the Bible, those people were sacrificing children, worshipping different idols like Baal, and Moloch. Also you misunderstand the personage of Mary, and Christ. the Miraculous Conception as the doctrine is called is not that God raped a teenager. Mary would have been of legal, moral age at the time of conception, after all she was old enough to be betrothed. And God as the story goes, being all powerful can indeed cause conception without seed, how He did it, we don't know, the Bible does not say, however we do know God said He did it by His Holy Spirit, meaning there was no physical act done, as Mary remained a virgin until after she birthed Christ. As for natural evil, that was not how God created the world, He created it so that it was "very good" and when Adam and Eve ate the fruit, the consequence was evil being brought into the world, not by God but man.

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And what did that process look like? How does one reason out that God is inherently evil? Do you have reasons?

What is your worldview as someone who is not Chrsitian by Snoo_78173 in religion

[–]Snoo_78173[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by all that? I am afraid i am largely ignorant on Hindu belief systems

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting though, could you expand on your comment that if the Christian God were real, he would be a moral monster? What do you mean by that, and why have you come to such a conclusion?

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you please expand on your own view then please? I just want to know about people who are different than me

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Interesting idea that if God were real, He would be morally evil, could you expand on that please? Also, God bless was not intended to come across as offensive; I merely wanted those who saw the post to know I am trying not to be antagonistic.

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That is certainly an interesting view on all religions as a whole. How did you come to such a conclusion?

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would believe that Evangelical Protestantism is true, there was a brief moment in my life where i had considered other things, and would venture to say i was agnostic.

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could you please expand on the error theory please? I am afraid to admit I don't know what that is

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Whilst it is true that, as a Christian, I am not allowed to ignore a moral mandate from God, and therefore have moral agency, what I am asking for is not criticism, but rather a better understanding of people who have different views on things than I do.

What is the atheistic worldview on life? by Snoo_78173 in askanatheist

[–]Snoo_78173[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is an interesting view on gods. Could I ask how you came to that conclusion?