That’s a good point. As a lifelong Atheist, I’ve always wondered, if [your] God is good, He should value goodness. Blind faith is not, in and of itself, good. Being a good person shouldn’t be predicated upon whether or not you believe in one specific god. I’m saying God should judge your deeds, not your words, because look at how many “Christians” go to church to be “born again” and will, not five minutes later, cut you off in traffic risking an accident, just knowing that they’re “saved” and will go to Heaven if they die, and fuck whatever you got going on. If you’ve ever driven by a church on Sunday around noon, you know what I’m talking about. Sunday Christians is absolutely a thing. And it’s not just Sunday, it’s the time they’re in that building, if that, and at no time else.
But Christians will tell you deeds and good intentions are not enough, you have to pick one very specific and narrow view of God and you have to be right. That doesn’t make sense to me. If you can be a bad person and still be saved because you prayed to the right god but you were a dick to everyone in life, but a good person can’t be saved because they prayed to the wrong god or to no god… that’s not an eternity I’d want to live in, nor the kind of people I would want to spend it with.
Here’s the real thing though: as an Atheist who tries to be a good person, if I happened to be walking down a dark alley and saw a grown man trying to SA a child, I’m going to kick his ass and get the child to safety. At the very least I’m going to break a few ribs kicking him in the side, then I’m gonna stomp him a few times when he’s down, so he doesn’t get up and give chase. To me, this isn’t even a question — I think even some shitty people would do that, just because it’s the right thing to do. Meanwhile, God is supposedly omniscient (can see all) and omnipotent (unlimited power), so he sees all CSA and many of those children are praying to Jesus (or some god) for help and God isn’t doing anything? That’s not a god I want to worship. Show me the god who uses his or her powers for good and prove they exist and I will follow. But wait, it gets worse. The girl who was SA’d doesn’t get the help she needs, so she takes her own life — straight to Hell, according to most Christians. However, the guy who did it got caught and “reformed” in prison, so he goes to Heaven when he dies? Her family never sees her again (assuming they go to Heaven) but the person who ruined and ultimately took her life is there with them for eternity, and they just accept his apology and forgive him? Nah, fuck that.
That’s a good point. As a lifelong Atheist, I’ve always wondered, if [your] God is good, He should value goodness. Blind faith is not, in and of itself, good. Being a good person shouldn’t be predicated upon whether or not you believe in one specific god. I’m saying God should judge your deeds, not your words, because look at how many “Christians” go to church to be “born again” and will, not five minutes later, cut you off in traffic risking an accident, just knowing that they’re “saved” and will go to Heaven if they die, and fuck whatever you got going on. If you’ve ever driven by a church on Sunday around noon, you know what I’m talking about. Sunday Christians is absolutely a thing. And it’s not just Sunday, it’s the time they’re in that building, if that, and at no time else.
But Christians will tell you deeds and good intentions are not enough, you have to pick one very specific and narrow view of God and you have to be right. That doesn’t make sense to me. If you can be a bad person and still be saved because you prayed to the right god but you were a dick to everyone in life, but a good person can’t be saved because they prayed to the wrong god or to no god… that’s not an eternity I’d want to live in, nor the kind of people I would want to spend it with.
Here’s the real thing though: as an Atheist who tries to be a good person, if I happened to be walking down a dark alley and saw a grown man trying to SA a child, I’m going to kick his ass and get the child to safety. At the very least I’m going to break a few ribs kicking him in the side, then I’m gonna stomp him a few times when he’s down, so he doesn’t get up and give chase. To me, this isn’t even a question — I think even some shitty people would do that, just because it’s the right thing to do. Meanwhile, God is supposedly omniscient (can see all) and omnipotent (unlimited power), so he sees all CSA and many of those children are praying to Jesus (or some god) for help and God isn’t doing anything? That’s not a god I want to worship. Show me the god who uses his or her powers for good and prove they exist and I will follow. But wait, it gets worse. The girl who was SA’d doesn’t get the help she needs, so she takes her own life — straight to Hell, according to most Christians. However, the guy who did it got caught and “reformed” in prison, so he goes to Heaven when he dies? Her family never sees her again (assuming they go to Heaven) but the person who ruined and ultimately took her life is there with them for eternity, and they just accept his apology and forgive him? Nah, fuck that.