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Can we stop saying that atheists are afraid to believe in god? [Spirituality & Religion]

Who the heck wouldn't want to believe that death is not the end and that we'll be reunited with our loved ones?

It seems to me that in fact fear is one of the strongest motivators TO believe in a god which soothes the terrors of death, oblivion and separation.
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Miram · 31-35, F
There is no one easier to fool than the one who is desperate to believe. That's exactly why we have pseudoscience, miraculous diets, psychics, fortune tellers and religion. And why there are heartless swindlers making money out of all of them.
@Miram

true statement
👍🏻👍🏻@Miram
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@Miram @Pikachu
There is no one easier to fool than the one who is desperate to believe. That's exactly why we have pseudoscience, miraculous diets, psychics, fortune tellers and religion. And why there are heartless swindlers making money out of all of them.

This is why we need Jesus.
it’s too late for you , with that response @GodSpeed63
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@Texasgurl
it’s too late for you , with that response

It's never too late. You're not dead yet.
@GodSpeed63

This is why we need Jesus.

Or indeed, that's why people believe in jesus
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@Pikachu
Or indeed, that's why people believe in Jesus

They believe because Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one, not even religious people, can enter the kingdom of God but by Him.
@GodSpeed63

Maybe.
Maybe not.
JBird · F
@GodSpeed63 that's your and your own belief and you should keep it yourself. But that's not true for anyone else and you can't force them to.
MistyStarr · F
@GodSpeed63 and the kingdom of God is found within.
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@JBird
that's your and your own belief and you should keep it yourself. But that's not true for anyone else and you can't force them to.

Jesus told us to spread the Gospel of His Word to the ends of the earth. Now, whom do you think I'm going to listen to?
JBird · F
@GodSpeed63

Jesus told us to spread the Gospel of His Word to the ends of the earth. Now, whom do you think I'm going to listen to?

Well, somebody needs to tell Jesus to mind his business because nobody wants to join his team and it's really annoying when people knock on their doors and try to brainwash them. 😆


Btw, forcing someone to believe in your God is not civilized. It makes you look desparate.
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@JBird
Well, somebody needs to tell Jesus to mind his business

You became His business ever since He created you in your mother's womb.
JBird · F
@GodSpeed63 nope. My parents created me. I have no business with him.
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@JBird
nope. My parents created me.

Whom do you think gave you life and all the lives in your family line?
JBird · F
@GodSpeed63 My parents, their parents and so forth?
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@JBird
My parents, their parents and so forth?

Wrong.
JBird · F
@GodSpeed63 Umm, it's not wrong. It takes a man and a woman to have a baby. It's a natural process designed by the nature to reproduce an organism and no other entity can take part in it. It's basic biology.
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@JBird
Umm, it's not wrong.

Sure it is. Until proven otherwise, God created you as well as He created the rest of us.
JBird · F
@GodSpeed63 so you're saying God is responsible for all the births. I mean how? Did he make every women in the world pregnant? If so, what's the use for man?

Btw, it's already proven God has no role in reproduction. It's just fusion between ovary eggs and sperms. You know, in fertility labs, the process is done in test tubes by technicians to help people who can't get pregnant naturally. No God was involved.
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@JBird
so you're saying God is responsible for all the births. I mean how? Did he make every women in the world pregnant? If so, what's the use for man?

You're not an idiot, so, don't talk like one.
JBird · F
@GodSpeed63 I am an idiot? That's what you have been saying, man. Not me. "God created everything". You're the one blabbing nonsense. You should not stop talking like one
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@JBird
I am an idiot?

No, but you talk like one.
JBird · F
@GodSpeed63 dude, I was asking questions that relates to your delusion of 'God creates everything'. Therefore instead of insulting people, could you answer my question? How is God responsible for people's birth? Btw, I know you calling me an idiot because you can't give an answer and trying to change subject. Tell me or you will be the one looking like an idiot.
GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M
@JBird
dude, I was asking questions that relates to your delusion of 'God creates everything'.

That's my point. You call my belief in God a delusion without any kind of evidence to support your claim. That's what I mean when I say that you are talking like an idiot.