If Your Kids tell you they no longer believe in God

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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.


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. 

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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.


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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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. 😉

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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... 



 I wonder?

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What's the best way to respond?

 

pray for them.

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

@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.


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.  

 

 


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.

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@softail-joanie wrote:

What's the best way to respond?

 

pray for them.


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

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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


Why ignore my question, Bob?
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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


Why ignore my question, Bob?

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

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@lind9650 wrote:

@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


Why ignore my question, Bob?

bump for bob Smiley Happy

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