If Your Kids tell you they no longer believe in God

[the_bob_delusion]

What's the best way to respond?

[the_bob_delusion]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

(no atheist muslims)

Well no, there wouldn't be because a Muslim is one who follows the religion of Islam, regardless of what ethnic and cultural group he/she belongs to..

Strictly speaking I'm not sure that an atheist can call him/hersef a Christian since the word christ means the anointed one or Messiah, but one could certainly follow the teachings of Jesus whithout  believing in God.

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That's why I've always said that the term Christian is a meaningless term. If the definition of a Christian is someone who follows the teaching of Jesus, who essentially just taught the Golden Rule which exists in every society then everyone is a Christian. 

[raptor_rebooted]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

(no atheist muslims)

Well no, there wouldn't be because a Muslim is one who follows the religion of Islam, regardless of what ethnic and cultural group he/she belongs to..

Strictly speaking I'm not sure that an atheist can call him/hersef a Christian since the word christ means the anointed one or Messiah, but one could certainly follow the teachings of Jesus whithout  believing in God.

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well, evidently they do exist.

there are christian atheists, jewish atheists,

buddhist atheists. 

since the only countries where apostasy is

a crime often punishable by death are muslim -

i imagine that is the reason there are no

muslim atheists.  

[iapetus_rocks]

That's why I've always said that the term Christian is a meaningless term. If the definition of a Christian is someone who follows the teaching of Jesus, who essentially just taught the Golden Rule which exists in every society then everyone is a Christian. 

No, I  think one has to accept that Jesus was the son of god and died for our sins etc etc to be defined as being Christian. Ask the Christians; they're sure to know better than I do. 😉

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@secondhand-wonderland wrote:

Sorry to detract but something I am noticing more and more is the amount of athiests that have been bought up Catholic.  And Catholic schools seem to produce a lot of little athiests too.  I wonder why that is... 

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 I wonder?

[softail-joanie]

What's the best way to respond?

pray for them.

[lal-au0]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

(no atheist muslims)

Well no, there wouldn't be because a Muslim is one who follows the religion of Islam, regardless of what ethnic and cultural group he/she belongs to..

Strictly speaking I'm not sure that an atheist can call him/hersef a Christian since the word christ means the anointed one or Messiah, but one could certainly follow the teachings of Jesus whithout  believing in God.

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well, evidently they do exist.

there are christian atheists, jewish atheists,

buddhist atheists. 

since the only countries where apostasy is

a crime often punishable by death are muslim -

i imagine that is the reason there are no

muslim atheists.  

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oh but there are muslim atheists.

what they do is either leave the country to take refuge in a western country or go along with the mumbo jumbo hoping that no one notices that they reached enlightment.

sometimes they just die because they couldn't hide their opinions well enough.

[the_bob_delusion]

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@softail-joanie wrote:

What's the best way to respond?

pray for them.

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Why? What's going to happen if you don't?

[lind9650]

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@lind9650 wrote:

Another question to Bob.

Please tell me what or who is GOD?

If you have the answer, then you can ask why people don't believe in God.

Erica

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Why ignore my question, Bob?

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@lind9650 wrote:

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@lind9650 wrote:

Another question to Bob.

Please tell me what or who is GOD?

If you have the answer, then you can ask why people don't believe in God.

Erica

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Why ignore my question, Bob?

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That's what Bob does. Asks a lot of questions but doesn't answer any except by asking another.

[raptor_rebooted]

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@lind9650 wrote:

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@lind9650 wrote:

Another question to Bob.

Please tell me what or who is GOD?

If you have the answer, then you can ask why people don't believe in God.

Erica

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Why ignore my question, Bob?

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bump for bob