Non-Believers-Asking for Evidence

I think maybe my question wasn't fully understood. While I agree that many Christians, unsure in their own faith and beliefs can sound, as you say hollow and are not applying what they were taught and what God requires in their every day life or in the deeds they perform.But there are many Christians who would not ever think of insulting someone for their non-beliefs, or question someone as to why they believe as they do. And yet, these same people, are asked for evidence of the existance of God, for no other reason that I can think of, other than to belittle and attack us for believing in the first place. I as a Christian myself ( if you read any of the responses i've given on this topic, I think you'd agree)that I have not badgered, insulted, or degraded anyones religion or non- beliefs and in most cases, neither have other respondents of these discussions, (started mainly by a few people I won;t mention here) and yet, after mocking us for beliefs in the same breath, asking us for proof of the existance of God.And what i'd like to know is, why?

"But there are many Christians who would not ever think of insulting someone for their non-beliefs, or question someone as to why they believe as they do. And yet, these same people, are asked for evidence of the existance of God, for no other reason that I can think of, other than to belittle and attack us for believing in the first place." hhhmm not necessarily...I can of course only speak for myself and no one else but I've NEVER questioned a Christian who hasnt provoked me to in one way or another...and though granted I'll attack when provoked I HAVE asked friends who are Christian WHY they believe as they do and so on but not to be troublesome, its becuase i'm genuinely curious "why" and we end up having decent, calm, indepth conversations on the subject I think in a forum its a little different...a simple comment can sometimes be taken as an attack particularly if one is used to being attacked online and other times there can be an underlying story that others arent aware of...I have a "stalker" online who has bashed me, harrased me, been terribly rude and uncompassionate (this is a Christian btw) for yrs in various forums, on my own website guestbooks and so on...so yes whenever I have to deal with that person I'm not nice about it becuase its neverending with that person and said person never lets up even after all these yrs even when I tried playing nice.....In that particular situation, to an OUTSIDER who is unfamiliar with our history it could very well come across as my being mean for no reason other than that persons beliefs but the reality is thats not the case....Make sense?

Everyone has in one way or another, Christian or not,come in contact with someone, who, for no other reason, feels the need to attack you, merely for disagreeing or not believing what they do.And I totally agree that mostly, this is found in online discussions and forums.And that's exactly the people i'm referring to.I can't, nor would I ever defend the entire Christian faith,What I meant when I stated that there are lot of us who would not even begin to try to turn someone else around or belittle their beliefs or non belief,is speaking about people I know personally and have as friends. But I also believe , that "both" sides of the spectrum, could find a better way to stand up for what they believe, without ridicule, insults and rudeness,and you have proven by your response that this can be done.

Thank you for your response.that was the whole point I was trying to make in starting this discussion. And I do think, like you, that there may be some people who truly want to learn more. But from reading a lot of the discussions here,started by those who are asking for proof that God exists, I think you maybe hit on something I hadn't thought of and if this is the case,I myself, have to stop responding to these discussions and ask myself why I do in the first place. In the long run, it's probably not worth it.

I don't argue with anyone who believes differently than I do.But I do admit and maybe i'm wrong, I do get angry when certain people , claim they know the "truth" and Christians are just ignorant.I guess they should just be ignored.Thank's for your response.

I have to disagree when you say that they just "don't want to believe",name one person that you may know,that hasn't had bad times, tragedies, hardships, whatever.And even those of us that do believe,tend to question God at times or ask why, it's just human nature to want answers,to anything we don't understand and God being the power force of a Christians life, maybe needs to have these answers more than non-believers,because, we have also known his mercy and kindness.We also know that though , we may suffer lifes tragedies, he will never give us more, than we can handle through the strength and courage he provides How can someone who doesn't believe in God in the first place, get angry at him?, or want to punish him?,You would have to already believe that he even exists, to blame him for anything.And a lot of non-belivers just don't. And yes, there can be is great joy in believing in Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.And may God Bless you as well.

We all have had bad times and tragedies in our lives...some more than others. But some people choose to blame God and cut Him out of their lives because of it, whereas others choose to lean on Him and let Him guide them thru. That is a huge difference. God heals, but He will not force Himself into anyone's life. I've gotten angry at God before and after a while, I realized that being angry at God was making things a whole lot worse for me. I chose to let Him help me and heal me and He did. I also asked for His forgiveness for being angry at Him and blaming Him for what I was going thru. Life can be really hard at times and I have learned that if you lean on the Lord, you will be ok and it is easier than trying to deal with things on your own. A lot easier!

The bottom line here is that people who worship GOD whatever form they may have, pagans, christians, muslims & others, believe that there is a Supreme Being. An Entity that is Higher than Man, and that sounds good for the idea of God as different from man is existing. I would say that we do not judge others who tell that there is NO GOD (to judge others is not Godly even...just let them be) For the word GOD actually came out from their mind. Meaning they also believe that there is one, they are just forcing themselves not believe...Who is making a fool of themselves anyway? Happy MyLotting! :)

Everyone must find their own way.Thank you for your response.

That was my question, but just put in another way. Why the over abundance of discussiions, seemingly by the same people demanding proof of Gods existance? it just doesn't make any sense to me.But if you read the above post by silentrose, she really may have it on something . If they don't believe, fine, no ones asking them to, but at the same time, if they do have something "tugging" at them , why not just admit it without insulting or degrading a Christians belief, they just might get better responses. but it seems to me , that 's not what they're looking for at all.

Because it's not up to us to proove the existance og God. We believe in him by faith and his presence in our lives. You can't give that to the unbeliever. thank's for your reponse