{"id":811,"date":"2013-07-18T13:36:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T13:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/?p=811"},"modified":"2013-07-19T05:49:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T05:49:40","slug":"people-hope-being-an-atheist-is-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/2013\/07\/18\/people-hope-being-an-atheist-is-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"People Hope being an Atheist is Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an article from CNN it discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/18\/the-story-behind-the-six-types-of-atheists-study\/?hpt=hp_c4\">Six Type of Athiest<\/a>s. \u00a0They all say there is no God. \u00a0I even have a friend, like all these famous people, that believe it&#8217;s up to the individual to come up with their own morals. \u00a0Sometimes I believe this because they are hoping that if they don&#8217;t believe in God it will make them fell less guilty about the things they have done wrong and the guilt they feel. Of course they will say they are totally happy without a God. \u00a0 They try and find happiness in doing what they believe is good. \u00a0Those are the best Atheists. \u00a0Then there are the atheist that try to displace the guilt they feel with substance abuse. \u00a0Those are the tragic atheists.<\/p>\n<p>I have said this before that if I look at it from a completely risk mitigating stance. \u00a0Or in other words I am trying do reduce the amount of risk. \u00a0I look at it this way. \u00a0What if there is no God, what will it hurt to try to believe in him and follow his commandments. \u00a0Love one another, turn the other cheek, Don&#8217;t commit adultery, don&#8217;t steal, don&#8217;t lie, and don&#8217;t kill. \u00a0The world would be a truly better place if we all lived this way. \u00a0If we die and there is no God there is no harm done. \u00a0However, if there is a God and he has rules that we are to live by. \u00a0Then I am going to be in some serious trouble if I continually say there is not a god and I am going to make up my own rules.<\/p>\n<p>I believe there is a God, that he loves and cares about us, and following him is going to make us happy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a completely different direction. \u00a0Paige finished her soccer camp at BYU today. \u00a0She really enjoyed it and had some good experiences. \u00a0She also made new friends and learned new things. \u00a0I am happy it went well for her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an article from CNN it discusses Six Type of Athiests. \u00a0They all say there is no God. \u00a0I even have a friend, like all these famous people, that believe it&#8217;s up to the individual to come up with their own morals. \u00a0Sometimes I believe this because they are hoping that if they don&#8217;t believe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-journal-entry","7":"entry"},"modified_by":"D. 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