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Mad at god or don't believe? My experience here tells me that some are just mad at god and others don't believe. Which are you?

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lerlo 8 July 25
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I try to avoid getting mad at anything and this is an easy one to accomplish.. but for the record I just don't believe. ๐Ÿ™‚

Davekp Level 8 July 26, 2019
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Hard to be mad at something that doesnโ€™t exist

Yes!

God never makes the claim of existence according to our definition, not anywhere. Swing anna miss, sweetie.

@bbyrd009 which god โ€œsweetie?โ€

Regardless, how can a nonexistent thing make a claim? My unicorn claims existence, prove me wrong!

@Marcie1974 Except for the people who, as one comment suggested, were/are mad at god and then "abandoned god." That to me is different than not believing god exists--hence the reason for the poll.

@Marcie1974 oh, my apologies, i'm from the deep south, bad habit with the sweetie thing i guess. God makes no claims of "existence: having objective reality or being" anywhere, that i am aware of? Allah doesnt, and YHWH doesnt, and Krishna doesnt?

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If I believed god exists I would be mad at him.

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The existence or non- existence of a god/gods is irrelevant to me. The disregard for separation of church and state in government are topics relevant.

I hope you find those posts

politics and religion are necessary to each other, vital even i guess. Obviously the "existence" or non- of a God or gods is paramount to your existence lol, regardless of your feelings on the matter

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Well I must be ! I drive an average of 3 hrs daily when I work . Through a tunnel . At horrible traffic . " Jesus f Christ " is everybody's name in my car . I don't even know that Jesus boy . Sooo much hate ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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I don't believe in god and I am NOT unsure!

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No gods or tooth fairies. Nothing to be mad at imo.

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When I was, angry, it was in the direction of myself for being gullibile enough to be taken in by the nonsense.

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In my case, anger at "god" led me to the realization there is no God, and the anger went away.

thanks for your comment, maybe you can explain to the people who are incredulous here that such a belief could exist.

@lerlo All kinds of beliefs exist that are believed without any evidence to support those beliefs, it's called faith.

โ€œWe either base our 'confidence' on reason (evident probabilities, past experience, competence, etc) or we base our beliefs on faith, which is blind by definition. Faith is the most dishonest position it is possible to have, because it is an assertion of stoic conviction that is assumed without reason and defended against all reason. If you have to believe it on faith, you have no reason to believe it at all.โ€โ€• AronRa

@zblaze really like the quote you referenced. And thank you for your comment. Saved me the trouble. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Neither of the above was my answer and here is why: I was raised in a home that believed in God and went to church. At a young age I became confused as to whether god was loving and kind or jealous and vengeful. I was never mad when I saw bad things happen I was just confused. I decided that since my family and community was Christian I needed to explore other belief systems, which I did as an adult: Judaisim, Kaballah, Islam, Buddhism, Wicca, other Druidic beliefs, and astrology. I came to my own understanding that bad or unpleasant, or sad things happen to people because that is life, maybe even just the luck of the day. It has nothing to do with god or gods or spirits or angels or any other magical or spiritual beliefs. There is no reason for me to not believe in god because he screwed me over and I am just reacting like a kid who got a spanking and sent to bed and now I hate everyone - that is such a waste of time and energy. I came to my decision in a thought provoking manner rather than a knee jerk reaction.

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I am mad at the people who made up a god to prey on people and the people who continue to do so. I am sad for the rest.

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Cannot be mad at something that is not real.

I don't believe in an invisible being that resides somewhere beyond the clouds.

At age 13, I became an atheist when I realized the Bible is just a book of stories written by men. Was never a believer.

I chose rational thought, not magical beliefs.

Michigan had a hard winter when I was 13. My 10-year-old brother and I read the World Book Encyclopedias. I was inspired by rational philosophers Spinoza and Descartes who bravely defied the church. They were anti-theist (anti-gods) and anti-clergy in the 1600s when heretics were burned at the stake.

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How can I be mad at something that doesn't exist

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I think you are a bit confused. There are some people who used to believe in a god, but came to the realization that there was no real evidence for one, based on what they had expected that particular god to be like. They stop believing because of the apparent lack of evidence, not because they were angry at some god. Maybe some were angry for having been duped in the first place.

I never really had any belief and I get really tired of people telling me that I must be angry at some thing that I don't even believe in.

I'm not confused at all and if you read the comments from the people who say they are mad at god, it is possible. I'm not accusing you of being mad at anything, it's just a choice. Some people decided god didn't exist one way, some people never stop believing but are just mad. Some were mad and then stopped believing. Happy for you to show me where I told you you were mad at god

@lerlo I get the feeling that you are looking for an argument. Lighten up, learn to laugh. Just a suggestion.

@itsmedammit which part of me being confused wasn't an argument? ๐Ÿ˜‰

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I'm mad at god the same way in mad at Hannibal lector. I hate him as a character, the way he is made into someone admirable despite his atrocities. People cheer both of them like they're heros and it really bothers me why.

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Your assessment appears incorrect.

As does your spelling ๐Ÿ™‚ As one comment probably correctly concluded, people might not admit being angry with god. Some of the comments get pretty angry over a pretty innocuous post. Why would someone who is not angry with god get upset about the suggestion that some people are angry with god unless I hit a nerve? A couple people had no problem admitting that they were once angry with god.

@lerlo read this.
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I'm mad at the concept of god, as it is one of the most dangerous concepts ever invented by humans, responsible for such misery, especially a mono-theistic god which inevitably leads to heretics, factions, rival theologies, and war and death. That does not equate to being mad at a god that I somehow secretly believe in. No sir.

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If someone is "mad at god", they would have to be a believer. Most of the comments I've read on this sight are from non believers.

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I would have to believe a thing exists in order to be mad at it.

Deb57 Level 8 July 25, 2019
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Kind of hard to be mad at something that isn't real.

only if you don't believe ๐Ÿ™‚

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I definitely and simply don't believe. Even if one did exist, I wouldn't waste time acknowledging it or waste time inside a building praising it.

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Can I be mad at people who happen to believe in god? That whole Council of Nicaea thing really opened a can of worms.

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I'm simply a non believer

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Mad at this stupid question being asked over and over. Not mad at Santa ๐ŸŽ…. Not mad at pixies ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ. Not mad at Leprechauns. Not mad at whichever โ€œgodโ€ you think in your mind exists.

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How am I going to be mad at something I don't believe in? Mad at "god"?? That's like being angry at Santa Claus.

Angry at religion, however? Of course I am. Religion has been invested in the repression of women for centuries. I'm not down with that $hit.

I take from your comment that God and religion are separate

@Ruby_Slipper Wow --new concept to you that religion and god may be inseparable? Ok genius walk me through how my comment makes me a religious believer--I can't wait

@lerlo I refuse to interact with trolls. Crawl back under the bridge you came from.

@Ruby_Slipper apparently you have nothing else to do and I will continue to defend my right to post as I feel necessary and deal with the less competent as they come my way. The only people who cry "troll" here are the people with no arguments to the contrary and who think that such a cry will get them noticed. You've succeeded in being noticed as someone without a clue or who is mad at god and is afraid to admit it. I'll be here as long as you will unless admin decides to admonish you for your personal attacks.

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Iโ€™m a bit of both really. Hating God to me is like hating a fictional character. Only difference is that I wasted much of my young life with god and he turned out to be my biggest mistake.

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