Do many atheists pray to God, just in case?

[SkyWriting]

Do atheists pray to God, just in case? What about agnostics?

 

[bèlla]

No. God didn't become a focus until I decided to answer the question. When I embraced my agnosticism prayer was not an option. 'He' didn't exist.

Yours in His Service,

~Bella

 

[Tolworth John]

Do atheists pray to God, just in case? What about agnostics?

What is prayer?

I consider " Oh God! " Etc etc to be a prayer, or the start of one, so every atheist who says this or any variant is hypocritically praying.

 

[Noxot]

I am reminded of the time on the cartoon called Metalocalypse when they were visiting different kinds of churches. They even went to an atheist church, it was hilarious.

 

[Lost4words]

God is not interested in luke warmness....

 

[Francis Drake]

As an old soldier once said, there are no atheists in foxholes.

 

[Nine of Spades]

Do atheists pray to God, just in case? What about agnostics?

An atheist doesn't believe in God for the same reason Christians don't believe in Thor, Odin, and Zeus. For this reason, a Christian wouldn't pray to a pagan deity "just in case," whatever you mean by that. Why would atheists think any differently about the biblical god? In their minds, God is a mythological invention of human imagination, so they don't pray to him.

 

[Francis Drake]

What is prayer?

I consider " Oh God! " Etc etc to be a prayer, or the start of one, so every atheist who says this or any variant is hypocritically praying.

I don't agree.
For most people, words like "Oh God" or "Christ", are just expletives, they come out of the mouth just like "Oh $**t" or "F**k" does, and that's why such words are so often combined in an explosion of swearing.

 

[Tolworth John]

I don't agree.
For most people, words like "Oh God" or "Christ", are just expletives, they come out of the mouth just like "Oh $**t" or "F**k" does, and that's why such words are so often combined in an explosion of swearing.

Yes that is how they are using those words, but how does God view it?

Is blasphemy by an atheist any less blasphemy because they don't believe in God?

Would a traffic policeman let a speeder off because the speeder didn't believe in speed limits?

 

[Noxot]

The part of the brain that has to do with saying cuss words is a kind of warning mechanism. Perhaps unconsciously people may not like to hear such things because it reminds them of danger or something negative or because such things should occur only when there is danger or else it would be a false alarm.

It has also been proven that when you get hurt and cuss that it lessens the pain. I cannot be against what will lessen someones suffering.

 

[Francis Drake]

Yes that is how they are using those words, but how does God view it?

Is blasphemy by an atheist any less blasphemy because they don't believe in God?

Would a traffic policeman let a speeder off because the speeder didn't believe in speed limits?

The foul words an unregenerate uses against God are irrelevant, even if he lived a perfect life, it still wouldn't get him to heaven.

 

[Tolworth John]

The foul words an unregenerate uses against God are irrelevant, even if he lived a perfect life, it still wouldn't get him to heaven.

No where have I implied this.
What I have said is atheist who blaspheme are hypocrites as they are praying to a being they say does not exist.

 

[Francis Drake]

No where have I implied this.
What I have said is atheist who blaspheme are hypocrites as they are praying to a being they say does not exist.

OK, but it didn't come across like that.