Why don't religious and non-religious people get along?

Discussion in 'Christians Answer' started by ChristianInspiration, May 31, 2017.

  1. Athanasius

    Athanasius Life is not a problem to be solved Staff Member

    Eh, atheism isn't a belief in 'nothing'.
     
  2. Dani

    Dani You're probably fine.

    Wouldn't that be nihilism?
     
  3. It's a believe that everything is meaningless, essentially. So I interpret it as "nothing" How you define it beyond that becomes an "existential crisis" where you can perceive everything has meaning or everything is meaningless, or somewhere in-between all depending on people's beliefs and religion.
     
  4. Dani

    Dani You're probably fine.

    No that's nihilism.

    Atheism is just the absence of a belief in God/a god.
     
  5. Athanasius

    Athanasius Life is not a problem to be solved Staff Member

    Pretty much, yeah.

    That interpreted 'nothing' is filled with positive claims about that universe, expressed negatively. It is, however, still a something.
     
  6. devilslayer365

    devilslayer365 Wazzup?!

    Actually, atheists do believe in a "god." They believe in and worship humanity. They believe mankind is constantly "evolving" and we'll someday come to some pinnacle of "perfection" where we'll solve all our problems and be "one with the universe."
     
  7. פNIʞƎƎS

    פNIʞƎƎS Connoisseur of Memes Staff Member

    That "sounds" more like New Age than atheism.
     
  8. devilslayer365

    devilslayer365 Wazzup?!

    Well, I kinda threw in the "one with the universe" thing, but New Age stuff is, at the heart of it, a type of humanism, as is atheism. Both say "there is no God...other than me." They don't need a God to be saved. They're quite capable of saving themselves, thank you very much...
     
    Last edited: Jul 19, 2017
  9. Chuckz

    Chuckz Member

    Relationships are reciprocal or complimentary. There may be a way to have a dialog but there is no neutrality with Jesus. There is a way to be gentlemanly towards people and that is about it. As soon as you or they have something to say about someone else in this age, they will want to put their hands on you.
     

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