What If God Disappeared?
To believe or not to believe.
A strange thing is happening in the world. Believers and there illogical thinking.
First I have to tell you guys that I am an atheïst. So I don’t believe in a GOD in anyway. There are a lot of wrong idea’s about atheïsts in general. Let me explain some:
On YouTube a video appeared called: What If God Disappeared? (video below)
In the opening of the movie the storyteller tells us the following thing: If god would disappear the christians would feel that instantly, they would feel emptiness, hopelessness and desperation. Like atheïsts do today!
WTF? I am an atheist. I do not feel empty! Especially after helping to realize a dream with the dreamfoundation as a phographer, or having paid some money to the cancer fund, or giving a dime to a homeless person. I feel that i’ve done somethin’ good. I helped people.
I don’t feel hopeless, I even still have hope that one day god really will not excist anymore and this world (at least the people on it) will live happy next to each other.
So why do christians think we atheïst are moral-less?
I do believe in good and evil. That doesn’t mean there is a god and a devil.
The frightening thing is that christians and other religious believers truly need a GOD or book to tell them what’s good or bad. I as an atheist can reason about what’s good an bad. It’s in my nature. So the true dangerous people for our society are the religious people who cannot reason for them self what’s good and not.
Imagine a world without god?
I can, it would be one without religious wars, religious people deciding for others what to do. In my imagination the world would be a better place without GOD.
In the Netherlands we have one man in a small village who unplugs the ATM Money machine every sunday. It’s the only ATM in the village! So this guy’s decides for all people in the village that they shall not get money on Sunday’s! Coz you shouldn’t work on sunday! If I was a christian and lived in the village, I wouldn’t pay my share on sunday’s in the church! Coz I couldn’t get to it on sunday.
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In that case it even makes it worse. I’m at the point to believe christians could make such a video for real.
You do realize that this video is a satire, right? The creator of this video is a famous atheist himself.
And no, “Paars” doesn’t count, since PvdA also has Christian heritage (CDU) 🙂
They may exist (groen links actually has christian heritage), but has there ever been a contemporary *government* (not including opposition) without a christian party? Right, never.
I do not agree. We do have atheistic (or more humanistic) movements in the netherlands. We do have the “humanistisch verbond” and the Socialistic Party, Groen Links, VVD. Aren’t those atheistic, or without a theistic believe?
An Atheïst movement is nonsense. There is no such thing as a general atheïst, and atheism is no religion or movement.
But people shouldn’t be afraid of “coming out” being atheïst, and that’s a huge problem in almost any western country and culture.
Look at our own country. Government is only filled with parties that have Christian ideology. PVV wants to have our “Jewish/Christian” background firmly placed in rules. CDA and CU are dangerous to evolutionary thoughts.
The US.. even worse. Just before he left, Bush assigned a high court judge that was a christian fanatic against abortion. If Obama would have said he was an atheïst, he’d never even be running for president.
Christianism and any other religion is so deep into our governmental systems (also political, even though they claim division of church and politics) that only a hard revolution can change that. And I don’t see that happening for a long time…
The problem is that Atheïsts are not united in a believe, because it isn’t! Lot’s of registered catholics in the netherlands don’t believe anymore. But don’t “come out”, affraid of reactions of their family/friends/surrounding.
I guess this is the next taboo the western world has to get rid off.
And we need I guess an Atheïst movement!? Or even a political party, public broadcast (omroep)?
The voice and opinion of Atheïsts is now not being heard!
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ik moet me corrigeren, een omroep hebben we wel (gehad?). Ik zie het alleen niet meer op tv of in de krant. Of lees er te weinig van op internet. Het Humanistisch Verbond.
@luc
You’re right Luc. I know. The are afraid to lose there power.
But the Biggest part of the people are uneducated and poor.
They do the dirty jobs. Religion is used for power.
It was, it is and it shall be.
That’s how the world is.
@Frank:
I do not agree Frank, lot’s of christians in america who say those things about atheists ARE rich and have a future.
And i am angry on religious people telling other peoples how to live their lives. And those people are nog poor or un-educated.
Religion is for those that are afraid to take responsibility in their own hands.
Christianity has been created as a hierarchical religion so there are always people higher up the tree (closer to God) as others (the mere followers), so those higher can place the lower beings under strict rules (and get them to pay lots of $$$).
Check out some books on the subject.
Also check out the Gospel of Judas. I think that gnosticism is actually more true to reality than current Catholicism etc.
There’s no such thing as a super-all-knowing overlord being. If there is a God, it is what we as people create ourselves and have within ourselves.
Oh my God,
In a lot of words you are right.
But You’re talking as atheism is a religion.
I think the problem is education. You are well educated but a lot of people aren’t.
You can believe in your future and don’t need help from GOD.
Because you have money, education and a photocamera.
I know what you mean….
I think you’re more angry about the system behind the religion.