If God is real, why are there atheists?

[MastaChronic]

Yes but I am not Christain...and yes I think they might discover God is in us all. It was buddist that they did the C scans on and found this thing they are calling the God gene it was also found in nuns. It seems to develop by praying.

i know your not BC, your mentioning of studies done to find a god gene just reminded me of that thought.
it might be something entirely different than a god gene, it might be a "blind faith" gene or something

[BlueCat]

You are trying to think of God as an entity but what if it is a place of peace and harmony with in ourselves. Imagine if everyone believed that way we'd have the song John Lennon sang and he'd still be here to sing it

[MastaChronic]

You are trying to think of God as an entity but what if it is a place of peace and harmony with in ourselves. Imagine if everyone believed that way we'd have the song John Lennon sang and he'd still be here to sing it

i believe (im not entirely sure, mr.D a little help?) that the place within ourselves full of peace and harmony would be the buddhists nirvana....or is that hinduism? idk, ima go wiki it right now

EDIT: yes, i was right
maybe all the christians should throw down their beliefs and pick up buddhism while the athiests adopt this
i dont think buddhism is really a religion, but more of a philosophy

[BlueCat]

It is buddism and nirvana from what I have read is when you know all there is to know. Very few reach nirvana. The Dalai Lama hasn't even reached it yet. They acheive peace and harmony through meditation and prayer.

[BlueCat]

No it isn't really a religion though some buddist think of Dalai Lama as god he is a teacher. I love Buddism. My son cooked at a buddist temple in Vancouver before he joined the army.

[nikweiser]

im simple when it comes to this subject really. i have my own theory and thats what i follow. i do my own thing and live my own life... i dont follow anyone or anything thing such as a 'god'.

I think our spirits will move on to a greater adventure, as i saw someone say earlier in the thread that our life is just a 'test' into what we are going to experiance in our afterlife.

i would LOVE to have there be a god, to go to heaven when you die and be greated by all your family members and be happy forever..


but until then im just gonna live my life day by day. i fully belive in my ways 100% and not a single person is ever going to change the way i feel about it.

[JunkYard]

Buddhists are great! I Love them...They are more christ like than most Christians, imo. Gentle, Loving, compassionate, and kind; I think they are true beacons to mankind. We could all learn something from the Buddhist philosophy, imo.


Much Love,


~Junk~

[wakdady]

Simple. Free will. It's God's law. It can't be broken. Every human has choices.

Not a difficult concept.

have you seen Waking Life?

[harris7]

i believe (im not entirely sure, mr.D a little help?) that the place within ourselves full of peace and harmony would be the buddhists nirvana....or is that hinduism? idk, ima go wiki it right now

EDIT: yes, i was right
maybe all the christians should throw down their beliefs and pick up buddhism while the athiests adopt this
i dont think buddhism is really a religion, but more of a philosophy

Buddhism is a very secular tradition. Some sects would be considered a region and others a philosophy. I believe that it differs so much because different sects often focus on different parts, others look at it in entirety

It is interesting

[Immolation]

Simple. Free will. It's God's law. It can't be broken. Every human has choices.

Not a difficult concept.

Will people have freewill in Heaven?