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The human condition?

Atheist can make the point that we don't need God and that God is not real but I would like to ask this. We need religion like we need the law. We need to feel protected and safe. We need to feel as if there is someone out there looking after our best interests. we need to have structure in our lives. Most of all when we pick up the phone to dial 911 or the bible to pray that someone will be on the other end to help us. God is important to our society at large and just like the law it is the only thing that keeps most of us feeling safe in an unruly world. Your opinions please.

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    You need it, because you're weak and stupid. Or you THINK you are, and refuse to grow up and take care of yourself.

  • 2 years ago

    I don't need Religion for anything you state here, why should I need Religion when I am able to admit the the course of my life is determined by me and me alone, I feel safe in my life and I do not fear that at the end of it I will be tortured for eternity.

  • 2 years ago

    Well, if I had an emergency and I had to choose between calling 911 (and talk to a REAL person) or praying to god (a fictitious being), what would think I'd do? Just ask all the millions of starving and persecuted people in the world how god keeps them safe every day.

  • 2 years ago

    The belief in God is important to some people, but not all people. Some feel that relying on family or on government or on friends makes them feel safe and comfortable.

    That is why we have freedom of religion in this country.

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    911 is real.

  • Paul B
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Given that a percentage of humans are atheists, we clearly can feel safe without the concept of a deity.

  • 2 years ago

    Nonsense. When you dial 911 (or whatever the emergency number is in your country) there is a human on the line to talk to you. When you pick up a bible there is no telephone line, no communication with someone else. You might think there are gods out there but there is no evidence for any of them. Your analogy falls apart.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Go ask a black person if the law makes them feel protected and safe.

    Source(s): Oh wait you can't because a white racist pig cop shot them for no reason.
  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    So true. You're wonderful. Yes, praise be to our Almighty Allah and wonderful Islam. They protect us.

    Stay clear of atheism though. It's a death cult and religion of hatred.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    I agree. Just because you need God, doesn't mean he exists.

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