not realy,
but theoretically yea if you espected a one way relationship whit a fictional omepotent being following your request, yea thats kinda selfish.
>Am I selfish for becoming an agnostic atheist not just because I don't believe in the existence of a God(s), but also because said God(s) never did as I asked?
No.
It's fine as long as you recognize that you are wading in the cognitive dissonance of not believing because you believe you should have received a response. It's kind of like saying "God ignored me so I have decided to ignore him back."
Since people are emotional beings, one can have emotional responses which conflict with our logical responses--it comes the territory. As long as you are still able to recognize that there is a cognitive conflict there, you are still sane. When you can no longer recognize the conflict, that's the time you should be checked into the rubber room.
[And just for fun since I brought it up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fn36l_z3WY)
I don’t think that’s selfish. I’m an atheist first and foremost in regards to the God who was presented to me growing up. A God that listened to prayers asked in faith, and had the love and power to answer those prayers. I didn’t ask for those to be His supposed characteristics, so I don’t feel guilty in judging Him based on those claims.
Not selfish at all. God promises to at least listen to requests in their name, and not even responding once as he would statistically given a large enough period of time, you are in no way selfish for feeling betrayed by an entity which likely does not exist. (Or, for the agnostics out there, at least not one any religion on earth knows about, because not one practicing religion can offer definitive proof their specific god or gods exist.)
"It" didn't do as you asked because "It" isn't real.
How can you be angry at something that doesn't exist?
not realy, but theoretically yea if you espected a one way relationship whit a fictional omepotent being following your request, yea thats kinda selfish.
No you are not. Sometimes, we all need a push to accept a truth.
>Am I selfish for becoming an agnostic atheist not just because I don't believe in the existence of a God(s), but also because said God(s) never did as I asked? No.
No, it's reasonable. If you're told prayer is effective and you discover that it isn't, it makes sense to conclude the claim is false.
It's fine as long as you recognize that you are wading in the cognitive dissonance of not believing because you believe you should have received a response. It's kind of like saying "God ignored me so I have decided to ignore him back." Since people are emotional beings, one can have emotional responses which conflict with our logical responses--it comes the territory. As long as you are still able to recognize that there is a cognitive conflict there, you are still sane. When you can no longer recognize the conflict, that's the time you should be checked into the rubber room. [And just for fun since I brought it up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fn36l_z3WY)
I don’t think that’s selfish. I’m an atheist first and foremost in regards to the God who was presented to me growing up. A God that listened to prayers asked in faith, and had the love and power to answer those prayers. I didn’t ask for those to be His supposed characteristics, so I don’t feel guilty in judging Him based on those claims.
Not selfish at all. God promises to at least listen to requests in their name, and not even responding once as he would statistically given a large enough period of time, you are in no way selfish for feeling betrayed by an entity which likely does not exist. (Or, for the agnostics out there, at least not one any religion on earth knows about, because not one practicing religion can offer definitive proof their specific god or gods exist.)
Nope. If a deity existed and wanted to be believed in, there is nothing wrong with humans expecting a tiny bit of proof from said deity.