Why don't people believe in God?

Answer 1

Because they weren't raised to believe in God and didn't go to Chruch.

Answer 2

Possibly they were not raised in a Bible believing home. but what would it hurt to just believe? I'd rather live my life as if their is a God, than die not believing there is, and find out different.

Answer 3

Some people do not believe in things that they cannot see and hear. Others were brought up as atheists, and have chosen to remain that way.

Some want scientific proof for everything - and do not accept faith - they want proof. That includes some people who were raised religiously, but chose to abandon their religion when they became of age.

Answer 4

It boils down to 2 things for me, how does one reconcile omnipotence, omnibenevolence and omniscience with this world and the life on it. And, why are there so many billions of people living in entire, huge countries whose culture has nothing remotely like the xian god and jesus. Here is a post I did before on the topic:

Because I look at what life was like for human beings for the past 40,000 years (maybe 6,000 for you). People lived for an average of 30-40 years. More than 50% of children died before age one (until about 100 years ago!). I look at thousands of children permanently blinded by parasites they get from playing in creeks in underdeveloped countries.

Then I look at children of modern developed countries, of any religion. I see that they live until their EIGHTIES!! Have all their teeth for a very long time. Have excellent health, etc... And I see that this has nothing to do with religion or god. It is medicine and science. So was it god's plan that hundreds of generations of people would suffer and die in their 40's and suddenly in the 19th and 20th century, everything would get better?

That's nothing other than sadistic.

I also look at all the different gods and interpretations of these gods for the past 4,000-5,000 years. I see how silly it is to point to one religion in the roman era and say "Ah, THIS is the correct one!"

I also posted this in answer to that question:
* The bible has many contradictions
* The bible shows the OT god to be violent and bloodthirsty. He also kills thousands of children.
* For thousands of years, man has had a lifespan of 30-40 years. 100 years ago in the US, 50% of children died before age 1. Modern medicine has greatly reduced this. During eras in western history when the catholic church was in charge and belief in god and church attendance was required, this did not change. So prayer seems not to have been the answer.
* The history of religions and gods seems to show that man has no consistent image or view of what god is or does.
* The bible is open enough to interpretation that if you walked into a church and asked 3 people questions about the bible or god's will, you would get probably 8 different answers.
* People kill each other in god's name every day and he apparently does nothing to stop it.
* 50% of conceptions do not result in birth
* 1 in 8 pregnancies result in twins and one twin is eventually reabsorbed.
* Children are born with no brains, with no limbs, retarded, blind.
* Children go blind from parasites every day, children suffer asthma, and other diseases

Notice I focus on CHILDREN, not adults so please don't tell me that millions of children are dying b/c god wants us to have free will. These children barely have free will yet and toddlers don't have it at all.

Answer 5

Probably because they feel if they don't believe that gresolves their responsibility toward God!

Answer 6

Part of the ones who don't are ignorant on the subject so they don't know what to think some just don't care and others are just too busy chasing the all mighty dollar

Answer 7

Because they cannot live a fun, sinful lifestyle so they chose not to believe in a creator that hates sin and judges based on that.

Answer 8

Some people just don't believe that which there is no proof there of. They weren't raised, or have chosen not to believe, that which is governed soley on faith.

Answer 9

i do and i believe that everyone will be shown the truth one day but i believe that it is not my job to preach it to anyone else god does his work and reaches everyone in his own ways. lol sunshine

Answer 10

People do.

Answer 11

Alot beleive in science, other in other religions, others it just doesn't make sense to them, therre are millions of reasons.