FOR ATHEISTS: why don't u believe in God???

Question

I'm christian,I respect the others' opinions &religions.
I'm just asking: what had drivin u to deny God's exsistance?
how does ur life go on without feeling that there is a God who loves u,protects u & cares for u......how do u feel safe???
when u r in a serious trouble& there is no way to get out of it, when u feel sad & there is no one who can help u...... what do u do????

for me God means life,I can't stand living 1 min. without feeling his presence which brings peace & joy to my life.
everytime I got into troubles,I find him by my side helping & encouraging me.

I'm asking seriously,I really want serious answers for my questions.
Thanx.

Liam,
1-The cause of different religions is man&devil.Anyone seeking the truth will get it as there is one way to know God.
2- The evidence of the bible is mainly the CHANGE we experience in our lives through revealing God's love towards us.
3-If u r a PersoN,so ur creator isn't less than a PersoN.It isn't logic to prove God's presence(the unchanged person)by changable relative investigations.
4-The real cause of disasters&evil is the presence of(devil)who contradicts God&hates mankind.
5-God created everything in a perfect way,but many things spoiled coz man(master of all creatures)fell into sin(devil's will)
6-The proof that the bible is Gods' words is the POWER found in its words that changes people's life.
7- Heaven&hell aren't simply places but mainly man's suituation according to his relationship with God.
8-God NEVER asked people to worship him,worship is the normal reaction to God's love.
9-ISAW many miracles in our church(blind seeing,cancer healed....many& many)

Answer 1

Hi There,

Your sincerity shows in your question, thank you.

I'm atheist, I respect the others' opinions, however I will contest when science is misrepresented.

There are many factors which have led me to disbelieve in a god.

1. Too many world religions, they all say different stuff. - Why would a god allow such confusion.

2. No evidence. The bible is not evidence of its own story, sorry.

3. Other natural explanations are being discovered as man progresses. Each time we do, religion changes, we were once animistic, shamanistic, then polytheist, then monotheist, as our knowledge of the natural world changed. Investigations into our origins is currently showing only impersonal means, and the theories put forth to explain the evidence don't need a deity, hence I think the final step in this progression is to atheism.

4. Natural disasters, disease, parasitoids, parasites, etc are all pretty evil stuff to create.

5. There are many examples of bad design in nature, our eye is wired backwards, did you know that? A first year engineer student wouldn't make this simple mistake.

6. The origins of all holy texts cannot be proved, nor can it proved they are divinely inspired.

7. Illogical concepts of heaven, hell and a god that needs and desires your worship.

8. I have never had any experience of anything supernatural, nor seen any evidence of this, and nor can I infer this from anything else.

This is what I just wrote and blurted out, I'm sure I have more reasons, and could explain more on the ones I have made, but I hope it gives you some insight into why someone might reject the idea of a god.

I was raised catholic and slowly turned atheist since I was about 12 based on my observations, education and experience.

Others have come to different conclusions...

Answer 2

A life long Muslim might ask the same question of you. In hard core Middle East countries converting to a Christian is considered so disgusting they will put you to death for it. In such a country a kid who had been raised in that culture would probably ask you why you so desperately wanted to be an infidel and why you would not want to feel Allah's love every day.

It's all about your perspective. You have been raised a certain way and you have bought into this myth that there is some magic bearded man up there looking down on you. If that brings you happiness then that's great.

I attended a Christian school, listened to all they had to say, read large portions of the Bible and concluded that it made no sense to me, so I am an atheist. I'm not going to be so arrogant to claim that there is 0% chance of a deity of some kind. But certainly I cannot accept the Biblical outlook on life when it talks about stoning people to death and ridiculous stories of people living in the belly of a whale, magic arks, people living to be nearly 1000 years old etc. So that is why I am not now nor will I ever be a Christian.

If one day someone shows me a credible explanation of life and the universe with some level of proof, I would consider what they have to say. But as of yet I have seen no such evidence.

Answer 3

Perhaps they * shouldn't *. If God truly gave everyone free will, then atheists, for whatever reason, have decided not to believe. As someone above already said, "arguing" for God's existence is relatively moot. In the end, someone will believe because the Holy Spirit finally convicted them of the truth. If one does not believe in the Holy Spirit, I don't see that happening. If an atheist decides their current life doesn't feel "right", they will seek something else. Do Christians have a "better" life because of God? Look at Paul, he was beaten, whipped and run out of town for his beliefs. Christians may say Christianity brings them comfort. An atheist would retort that they need no such crutch. Christians may say they sin less. Ha! Neither has a lock on morality. You mentioned that we cannot use "the afterlife" as a support for why Christianity is better. If such a limitation is placed on the response, then we have to stick with experiences on this earth. In that case, if we limit our response to life on earth, we may find that the atheist would * always * think their life is better as an unbeliever. It isn't until you become a believe that your perspective changes to include the afterlife. --- added ---- I noticed you said both "in the long run" and "disregarding the afterlife". To a Christian, the two are inseparable.

Answer 4

I was raised in a Christian family, and my whole family is still Christian. I am an atheist. I have extensively studied religious history, because I wanted to know where our beliefs came from. Most people hold religious beliefs because that's what they have been taught by their parents, who were taught by their parents, and so on, for thousands of years. But if we follow those beliefs back through the ages, we see that they have evolved and changed dramatically over the millenia. It's like playing that whisper game as children -- one person whispers something, and the next person whispers it to the next person, and by the time we get ten people down the line, the message is nothing like the original. Well, after decades of research, I've concluded that your god does not exist. At least, the entity which you worship is not the omniscient, omnipresent, benevolent being you believe him to be.
Christianity stems from ancient Hebrew beliefs. The Hebrews were a polytheistic people originally. In other words, they believed in many gods. If you look at the first commandment, for example, it doesn't say that Yaweh is the only god. It just says he's the #1 god. Most of the ancient peoples borrowed religious stories about each other's gods, and just changed the names. The same holds true for the ancient Hebrews. Most of their early stories, including the story of Adam and Eve, the Great Flood, the God and Satan dicotomy, etc., were plagerized directly from the ancient Sumerian society, which existed 1000 years before the Hebrews. They took the Sumerian stories, changed the names, and made them their own. But we can easily trace them back, and see that they are clearly plagerized. So, the beliefs you hold about your god, are based on lies. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but it's the truth.
This brings us to your follow up questions, asking how I can get through life without feeling that God has my back. There are two kinds of people in the world: those who would rather hear a comforting lie, and those who would rather hear a harsh truth. I would rather know the truth, even if it doesn't make me happy. I would LOVE to believe that everything happens for a reason, that there's a benevolent, all-loving, all-powerful God watching over me, etc. But the harsh truth is that that is a fiction.
When I'm in serious trouble and there is no way to get out of it, when I feel sad adn ther is no one who can help me, I do my best to help myself, and I turn to my friends and family for love and support.
I am a very nice guy (they don't call me "Jimmy the Saint" for nothing). I'm the guy everyone turns to for help most of the time, and I usually end up solving their problems. But I don't do it because God wills it, and I don't do it because I'm afraid I'll go to Hell if I don't. I help people because I want to leave this world thinking that I made a difference for the better. I do what's right because doing right is not a means to an end, it's an end to itself.
So, I hope I have answered your question, and I invite you to take the time to actually research the origins of your beliefs, and then ask yourself this question: Why do you believe in god?

Answer 5

it's very unfortunate that there are a lot of people try to substitute religious ideas for scientific break through or scientific development. science has given us such new deep inside into the working of the world. we can understand by enlarge how it is the universe is expending, how galaxies and stars are formed, and the nulear processes that allow our sun to shine, bake the earth, radiation, heat, and light. To try to substitue something for the powerful science that we've developed to understand these things is a travesty. It's not the point of science to role out the religion context, but no way should we allow older religious ideas to somehow displace the fantastic scientific archivements over many years.
when you can't address something in the natural world, if you try to bring in some God ro religion explanation because we haven't yet figured it out. that is often called the god of the gaps. we use god to fill the gaps of our understanding, and from that point of view, the more we understand the more god is necessary going to be pushed out. the more we understand how the world came to be and how life evolved and formed, we are not gonna need the theological explanatioin.

Answer 6

It is easy for some people to become Athiest. Most wars are fought over religion or territory. Some people have had very hard and difficult lives or may have been hurt by religious leaders.

Perhaps they just get sick of it all and decided to walk through life alone. It has always been said, there are no athiests in a foxhole. Most of us have a very cushioned life and do not feel we need to call out to a god.

They hear about a lot of shady men and women of God and that keeps them from wanting to get hurt or something along those lines.

Answer 7

Well I Would Believe In God But Then I Would Have To Face The Fact That The Easter Bunny Really Exists Too. o.0

Answer 8

"what had drivin u to deny God's exsistance?" Interesting phraseology, but I'm not Peter, and a rooster never crowed for me. I'm not DENYING; it just very quietly occurred to me one that that he doesn't exist. End of story.

"how does ur life go on without feeling that there is a God who loves u,protects u & cares for u......how do u feel safe???"
I take care of and protect myself. Everything else I leave up to fate. Fate is just as good as god; after all, god lets bad things happen too.

"when u r in a serious trouble& there is no way to get out of it, when u feel sad & there is no one who can help u...... what do u do????" You know that expression "let go and let god?" Read fate for god, and it's the same thing.

Answer 9

me, i am neither atheist, christian, pagan or any other religion. I am me. I believe that there possibly could be a higher being out there. I also believe that there is no religion that is right. this being may be male, female, or even an it for all i know. I just know that this being may be out there and quite possibly may not. I accept that. I also feel that if one religion is constantly saying that theirs is the only religion, then they are ignorant to the others. there is the christian god, the greek pantheon, the hindu pantheon, even the buddhist ideals. which one is right? What i do is combine what i like about each of them. how wrong is that? but, to each their own. My advice is to read up on the other religions of the world, and to compare how they are to your own religion. they may be different, but which one is right (in a subjective manner... don't base it on opinion)? You will find out that they are trying to do the same thing... explain what cannot be explained and to calm fears of what one does not know.

Answer 10

excellent question!

Simply put, when I'm in "serious trouble", I face it head on and take care of it. When I feel sad, I get out and enjoy life. I'm able to be a good person, respect others, and do good, not because I expect some kind of "eternal reward", but because it's the right thing to do.

If believing in god brings you peace, then that's absolutly fine. Just don't think that it's impossible to carry on unless you have some invisible deity guiding your every step. It's not lonely, it's not scary, and it's not evil. I rely on myself for my own happiness.