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only Christians have faith in God, when Atheists have faith there is no God (the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven).

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  • 8 years ago
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    I don't have faith in some idea that "there is no god." Instead I do not have faith in the assumption that there is one. There is a subtle but huge difference. Regardless, if you are trying to equate atheism to a religion, you are quite mistaken. Neither atheism or theism are religions. To be a religion it would need to include a system of belief, doctrine, ceremony and generally a mythology. None of these can be found within atheism or theism at their root. They are a stance on whether one believes in a god or not. Within each you might find subsets which are religions. There are atheist religions such as LaVeyan Satanism, some forms of Buddhism and arguably Humanism. Within each you can also find those who do not follow a religion. Deists are theists because they possess a belief in a deity, but they don't actually follow a religion. Most atheists likewise do not follow a religion.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    when Atheists have faith there is no God

    No actual Atheist I have ever met, including Myself, has Faith that your doesn't exist...Faith doesn't enter into the equation..

    we deal in Facts, Testable/Falsifiable facts..no facts exist that show the existence of a god...

    simple if you guys would actually Pay attention to what atheists say..Instead of seeing what you want to see.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    While it takes more fait to believe that everything came from nothing, “evolution”, with faith in God we have more than hope we have a base’s for our hope. What started the evolutionary process, a big bang? What caused the bang? Who or what made the molecules or planets in that explosion? You can’t get something from nothing with out an out side source. God, or mans reasoning?

  • 8 years ago

    I hope your "Prof" moniker is just a play on words, or just made up to make you feel important, because people of any age should not be learning anything from a person making such ignorant statements.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    Ok, right. But I think it is better to believe that God is real and believe in the Bible because it fills our hearts with hope and influences us to be real nice, generous, thankful and forgiving people.

    While people who don't believe in God... Like many people my age (teens) who are into drugs and kill and rape and all that bad stuff. They don't believe in anything and they are real empty and hopeless inside.

    Even people who come from bad families. Even if they don't feel much love from anyone, if they believe in something... Well they feel better.

    Also, it's real hard to believe without evidence. So the people who believe without letting anything influence them to not, are the most brave and loyal people.

    Have a good day =D

    ~ Christie

  • 8 years ago

    We can prove that there is no evidence of a deity.

  • 8 years ago

    You seem to have answered your own question. Good day.

  • 8 years ago

    Why do people like you ALWAYS get this wrong?

  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Jesus was proof.

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