What do athiests believe?

Question

That we evolved from microbes.
And when you die it just go's black and thats it?
I cant blame you for not beliveing in the church and their historically corrupt behavior but there is a god,surpreme being man in charge or what ever you want to call him.
I had died in a pool for 20 minutes and was revived to tell of my experence.
I came back less religous and more spiritual church was not important to me but I understood the spiritual realm does exist there is a god and it's a beautiful loving experence.

Answer 1

Where we came from and where we are going is totally irrelevant to me.

Since I do not concern myself with heaven or hell, it does not matter and contemplating things for which I cannot know is pointless.

Whether some magician invented humans, whether aliens planted us here, or whether we evolved from lizards is totally irrelevant to my daily life.

But, I am not compelled to invent imaginary friends to explain things I either don't or cannot know.

Thanks for sharing that marvelous story. I'll put in in my file drawer with the other ten thousand or so making similar claims. Unfortunately, none of you have anything to support your claims other than your "good feelings."

Atheism, the only logical choice.

Answer 2

Speaking for myself, I believe in the forces of nature. We all came from nature and will return to nature. A thousand years from now you and I and all the rest will be exactly as we were a thousand years ago.
As for your pool experience, I had a very similar experience on the operating table. My breathing stopped and I had no heart beat. I was worked on for a long time before I came around.
At a later time, a friend asked me if I had any religious revelations. My answer was no. I felt nothing. It is not a feeling that I fear. Just nothing. What's so bad about that ?

Answer 3

Atheists believe that God is a myth, much like Zeus or Odin.

That religion is an organization of poltroons and con artists preying on people's fears and uncertainties when all a person needs to do is believe in themself.

Answer 4

The atheists I know, are very busy enjoying their lives and enhancing the lives around them to care very much about things that don't exist.
The better questions for you would be What is wrong? Why are you trying to avoid your life so hard?
Life is wonderful and exciting. Who the heck needs more?
You folks are like spoiled children who are never happy with what you have. At least that is what it looks like from this atheists perspective.

Answer 5

All I can tell you is what I believe as humanist and as an atheist. And here it is :

We are committed to the application of reason and science, to the understanding of the universe and to the solving of human problems. This must be combined with sensitivity and compassion

We are concerned with securing justice and fairness in society and with eliminating discrimination and intolerance to achieve an open and pluralist society

We believe that scientific discovery and technology can contribute to the betterment of human life

We are committed to the separation of Church and State

We respect the right to privacy. Mature adults should be able to exercise reproductive freedom, to have access to comprehensive and informed healthcare and to die with dignity

We believe in the common moral decencies: altruism, integrity, honesty, truthfulness, responsibility. Humanist ethics are amenable to critical, rational guidance

We want to protect and enhance the earth, to preserve it for future generations, and to avoid inflicting needless suffering on other species

We attempt to transcend any divisive parochial loyalties based on race, religion, gender, nationality, creed, class, sexual orientation or ethnicity, and strive to work together for the common good of humanity

We believe in individual happiness; in developing our creative talents to their fullest, and in the realisation of the best that we are capable of as human beings

We are deeply concerned with the moral education of children. We want to nourish reason and compassion

We are engaged by the arts no less than by the sciences

We are sceptical of untested claims to knowledge, but we are open to new ideas and seek new departures in our thinking

We affirm Humanism as a source of rich personal significance and genuine satisfaction in the service of others. Humanism is a realistic alternative to theologies of pessimism and ideologies of violence

Answer 6

Atheists believe what they want to believe.
They claim the "atheist" label in defiance to those who believe in some form of otherly being (i.e. God, etc.)
Or, believers have assigned them this label to point out their deficiencies. Either way, they're still humans who deserve the love and respect we should offer to all.

Answer 7

I think that Athiests are a boycott of God. People that just do not beleive. But one day there will be a judgment and they will be begging for their forgiveness and God will turn his cheek in tears because it will be too late.

Answer 8

Athiests believe that there is no God

Answer 9

Are you asking? Or preaching?

Answer 10

THERE IS NO GOD THINGS HAPPEN FOR THIER OWN REASONS