Have you seen an Atheists saying to people encountering clinical depression, “Pray to God, and that he will help you?” Have you met an Atheist? Have you any idea what Atheism means? For the information of everybody, Atheists are individuals who do not believe in God.
I thought how can they have the ability to enjoy life without God and who they believe in. They’re also those that deserves respect from all of us, that’s why I do not choose to judge them quickly about their beliefs. I want to find out about Atheism because individuals often judge them immediately before knowing who they really are and why they exist.
Not until I have read news entitled, “With No God, Where do Atheists Turn in Times of Crisis?”
I got curious about reading what Blair Scott is wanting to state here, who’s actually the author of the news. This man is actually an American Atheist. I want to find out about their beliefs in life.
Blair Scott said, “Prayer and gods do not cure our diseases or solve problems during times of crisis. Where prayer and faith help is by calming the fears people have because prayer acts as a form of meditation and can have a therapeutic influence (even a placebo effect). Prayer and faith may give people the courage and emotional strength to continue, but they do not solve the problems that people face.”
“… God and prayer do not cure clinical depression. Clinical depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain that prayer cannot cure.”
Being a Christian, I’m about to disagree with what he said because I do believe God can help us cure our diseases and solve our problems in life.
He added, “When you hear about people that were praying to a god during a time of crisis it is important to pay attention to their story. Often you will find that those that were actively praying during a crisis were in a stagnant mode. They were hiding under a desk (as we witnessed at Columbine) or were hiding in a basement or bathroom (such as in tornado activity) or were doing something else that left them inactive during the crisis. Those that were taking action talk about thanking their god after-the-fact. The atheists, on the other hand, thank the firefighters, police officers, rescuers, medical doctors, etc.”
Reading what he said, I paused for a second and that I was trying to find out something different about American Atheists; something good regarding their beliefs in life.
I came up with a concept. Being a Christian, we all know how to hear God; thus, God helps us if we are struggling, hurting as well as in period of crisis that’s happening in life. However, each one of us must help our very own life and must do the best to get rid of those problems in life. As you pray, you’re also ought to do the best that you can to help make that prayer possible. It is necessary sometimes to live life practically. We do not need to wait for God to listen to our prayers, we must make a move for it! Consider this proverb in life that people all need to know, “God helps people who help themselves.”
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