Atheists: Does anything attract you to Christianity?

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zacchaeus wrote:But what else can an atheist do at the dying bedside of his only child except to cry out to GOD?

What good would that do anyone?
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I have no doubt that most people in that situation would cry out to something but it's not as simple as that.

Which 'god' are they crying out to?
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Nessa wrote:I have no doubt that most people in that situation would cry out to something but it's not as simple as that.

Which 'god' are they crying out to?
People in their last despeate agonies will often call out for
their mother.

I dontvsee any of this as the least indication that there is a god.
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Audie wrote:
Nessa wrote:I have no doubt that most people in that situation would cry out to something but it's not as simple as that.

Which 'god' are they crying out to?
People in their last despeate agonies will often call out for
their mother.

I dontvsee any of this as the least indication that there is a god.
If they cry out for their mother, does that mean their mother doesn't exist either? y:-?


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RickD wrote:
Audie wrote:
Nessa wrote:I have no doubt that most people in that situation would cry out to something but it's not as simple as that.

Which 'god' are they crying out to?
People in their last despeate agonies will often call out for
their mother.

I dontvsee any of this as the least indication that there is a god.
If they cry out for their mother, does that mean their mother doesn't exist either? y:-?


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Audie wrote:
Nessa wrote:I have no doubt that most people in that situation would cry out to something but it's not as simple as that.

Which 'god' are they crying out to?
People in their last despeate agonies will often call out for
their mother.

I dontvsee any of this as the least indication that there is a god.
If they are crying out for their mother while dying to help or save them, then it's quite possible they are still crying out to a 'god' that they are trusting in, above anything else. A mother can give temporary comfort at the point of death but really, thats it.
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The issue is there is no hope... And if you die and go nowhere, why mourn, why care, why have feeling at all.

As far as which god- at this point we are simply trying to establish a god, or creator- in which look around! Do you think I should be able to light a firework and create a complex universe of finely tuned, constructed, organized atoms? Or is our mothers responsible as well? Not to mention someone had to light the firework... Does science suggest we all came from nothing?
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Ever thought about the possibility that God put in each of us, a desire to know Him?

A "God shaped" void in each of us, that only God can fill.

Ever thought that people call out to God when they are desperate, because God placed that longing for Him, in each of us?
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zacchaeus wrote:The issue is there is no hope... And if you die and go nowhere, why mourn, why care, why have feeling at all.

As far as which god- at this point we are simply trying to establish a god, or creator- in which look around! Do you think I should be able to light a firework and create a complex universe of finely tuned, constructed, organized atoms? Or is our mothers responsible as well? Not to mention someone had to light the firework... Does science suggest we all came from nothing?
Depends how you define.'nothing'

According to Krauss, nothing is really something.
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RickD wrote:Ever thought about the possibility that God put in each of us, a desire to know Him?

A "God shaped" void in each of us, that only God can fill.

Ever thought that people call out to God when they are desperate, because God placed that longing for Him, in each of us?
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Nessa wrote:
RickD wrote:Ever thought about the possibility that God put in each of us, a desire to know Him?

A "God shaped" void in each of us, that only God can fill.

Ever thought that people call out to God when they are desperate, because God placed that longing for Him, in each of us?
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That C. S. Lewis was pretty smart! ;)
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RickD wrote:
Nessa wrote:
RickD wrote:Ever thought about the possibility that God put in each of us, a desire to know Him?

A "God shaped" void in each of us, that only God can fill.

Ever thought that people call out to God when they are desperate, because God placed that longing for Him, in each of us?
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That C. S. Lewis was pretty smart! ;)
Yes, unlike the dumb blondes ;)
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Nessa wrote:
RickD wrote:
Nessa wrote:
RickD wrote:Ever thought about the possibility that God put in each of us, a desire to know Him?

A "God shaped" void in each of us, that only God can fill.

Ever thought that people call out to God when they are desperate, because God placed that longing for Him, in each of us?
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That C. S. Lewis was pretty smart! ;)
Yes, unlike the dumb blondes ;)
Takes one to know one? :mrgreen:
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RickD wrote:
Nessa wrote:
RickD wrote:
Nessa wrote:
RickD wrote:Ever thought about the possibility that God put in each of us, a desire to know Him?

A "God shaped" void in each of us, that only God can fill.

Ever thought that people call out to God when they are desperate, because God placed that longing for Him, in each of us?
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That C. S. Lewis was pretty smart! ;)
Yes, unlike the dumb blondes ;)
Takes one to know one? :mrgreen:
Hey, anyone can dye their hair grey to try to hide their blondeness :P
But we all know the truth ;)
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zacchaeus wrote:The issue is there is no hope... And if you die and go nowhere, why mourn, why care, why have feeling at all.
Maybe your issue is "no hope", its not mine

Because that is how people feel? People dont decide how they are going
to feel.
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