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**55Beaphable** · 07-28-2006, 08:00 AM

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But, just as soon as trouble hit their lives, be it sickness, fighting a possible death or other disasters, they suddenly \"discover\" G-d, and they raise their arms toward Him and request salvation.

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No offense intended, Seadove, and I\'m certainly not trying to spark a debate here, but I don\'t completely agree with that statement. All it says to me is that those people have weak convictions and maybe a lack of will or drive. People need to believe that they are part of something bigger than themselves, some grand scheme that takes into account all the negativity in this world and neatly explains it away (just MHO there). So, it seems to me that those people who \"find God\" at the first sign of trouble either 1)never really believed He didn\'t exist in the first place (used atheism as an excuse for disregarding the principles taught by their chosen religion/denomination) or 2)use their circumstances to circumnavigate taking responsibility for the situation in which they find themselves and/or taking action to improve that situation (i.e. well if I must deal with this then it is God\'s will and through no fault of my own and/or now I put my fate in the hands of God so I don\'t have to deal with it myself). I realize I just stomped all over many people\'s beliefs, and I apologize for that. I just felt I needed to respond to your comment. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

07-28-2006, 08:00 AM	#26
55Beaphable Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 572 Senior Member	Quote: But, just as soon as trouble hit their lives, be it sickness, fighting a possible death or other disasters, they suddenly \"discover\" G-d, and they raise their arms toward Him and request salvation. <font class=\"post\"> No offense intended, Seadove, and I\'m certainly not trying to spark a debate here, but I don\'t completely agree with that statement. All it says to me is that those people have weak convictions and maybe a lack of will or drive. People need to believe that they are part of something bigger than themselves, some grand scheme that takes into account all the negativity in this world and neatly explains it away (just MHO there). So, it seems to me that those people who \"find God\" at the first sign of trouble either 1)never really believed He didn\'t exist in the first place (used atheism as an excuse for disregarding the principles taught by their chosen religion/denomination) or 2)use their circumstances to circumnavigate taking responsibility for the situation in which they find themselves and/or taking action to improve that situation (i.e. well if I must deal with this then it is God\'s will and through no fault of my own and/or now I put my fate in the hands of God so I don\'t have to deal with it myself). I realize I just stomped all over many people\'s beliefs, and I apologize for that. I just felt I needed to respond to your comment. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
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