athiest why dont you believe in a suprieme being?

Answer 1

They do. Themselves.

Answer 2

This is a question I feel compelled to answer even though I am not an atheist. I'm a Catholic who does view god and Jesus Christ as my lords and saviors. However, over the years I have known a few atheist and even dated one. One of my best friends has been an atheist since he he was very young. I think the most common answer I have received when I asked them all why are you an atheist? is pretty simple. They felt that any religion or faith in a supreme being was simply an invention by humanity to fill a void in people lives. Since they didn't see any real value in religion they chose to not follow the norm and go another rout. Also, some atheist I have met simply followed a different path. I met one years ago that followed a almost Taoist belief and lifestyle. I met someone else on a leisure trip long ago that had no belief in god or any religion. He was a former soldier and extreme martial artist. Instead of living by a religion that he viewed as flawed he simply followed a certain lifestyle and ideal similar to Bushido ( Samurai way of life, conduct, and code of ethics ) I believe it's safe to say that all people in this world need something to believe or have faith in. For some the great religions of this world just don't seem to be the right path for them. We live in a world of many ideals, beliefs, and religions. Which is something to be respected and viewed with a open mind. I do not in anyway speak for any atheist, this is all just from my experiences and opinions. I do have to say that I give atheist credit in the fact that they are brave. Christianity, Catholicism, Muslim, and others are the dominant beliefs and ways of life on this world. To go against that or simply not be part of the norm and go another rout is very admirable. It's dangerous and lowly to go away from what others see as the only way or what is normal. Didn't mean to preach and I hope this answers you're question.

Answer 3

Because we don't believe in mickey mouse and super man. I hope you said "supreme"... or didn't you finish your preschool classes yet?
















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Answer 4

Your "question" presumes there is something beyond the pale. I have seen no evidence of anything beyond the scientifically explicable.

Asking why I "don't believe" is superfluous. What needs to be explained is why adherents believe when there is no evidence, only threats and brainwashing from their parents and community. All the claimed "evidence" of religion are man-made objects (eg. the fraud of Turin) and made-up words in books (eg. the bible).

Answer 5

Unlike religious people, atheists are rarely born into a family that shares their outlook. We arrive at our world-view after considerable thought has been given to the issues - and often after overcoming considerable pressure from various "authority" figures and institutions.

Some of us have arrived here after carefully evaluating the history of human thought in relation to ethics, science, aesthetics, and the human condition in general. We think of ourselves as continuing the tradition started by the Greek philosophers who sought natural explanations in opposition to myth.

We also understand there are aspects to human existence that transcend the more mundane aspects of say, even science. For example, even if we DO determine exactly the physiology and psychology of love, this in no way means that the explanation IS love. We see these profoundly "irrational," but essential aspects of humanity as part of our "natural" existence.

Supernatural notions, e.g., a "supreme being," are in themselves intellectually uninteresting. For one thing, there is nothing about any one of them that marks it as superior to any other. You can build a superstitious universe with one, two, or as many gods as you wish to cram into your dogma.

Answer 6

How many similar questions did Yahoo tell you were already around when you wrote this? My guess is somewhere between 400-500.

Logic, reason, science, and lack of necessity as an explanation for the existence of anything fits the bill for me.

Answer 7

They are afraid of judgment. Believing in a supreme being just means that you have to answer for everything you have ever done, and sadly some people just don't want to believe that. It is way better to live for a supreme being and find out that there is none than to live for yourself and find out that there is a supreme being to answer to.

Answer 8

There is no real evidence whatsoever to believe in any such thing. I think Gods are the ultimate urban myth.

Answer 9

cause i look at the history of man and religion and just see one religion topling the other

christianity replaced pagan and judism with its believes

if we go back to the beginning i think it was a person who started having dreams of people who died and so the mythology was invented as explanation

we know better now

Answer 10

God seems to me to be much more likely the product of human imagination and desire than an actual being.

Answer 11

I believe in you, who can talk, who can walk, who can be seen, who can be urged to help, who can be expected to do something. But if you believe ony on presumption basis, without seeing and speaking to him, how that can be taken as a truth?