If atheist don't believe in GOD why do they spend so much time answering religious questions?

Question

oh shed light by casting people into darkness with your own theories is that it?
Why not answer questions that show your expertise and help someone with legit questions, and not just why " you think" a certain way. God is the beginning Tom and will be in the end.

so far antibiotic has the best answer

Answer 1

I am an Atheist and when I come ot Yahoo!ANSWERS I don't go looking for a specific section of questions, e.g Religion. I answer the questions that appeal to me, or that I'm knowledgable in. When I answer religious questions, I answer them to expose a new perspective from an unbiased stance. I can't vouch for other Atheists, but I don't look for trouble when answer religious questions, I have modesty and respect for others decisions so I answer them in an honest, unbiased and respectful mannor, as I do with any other question.

In a nutshell: I answer religious questions in quest to so to say, "shed new light" on a perspective, especially one where most of the responses are from the same stance.. where the opinion is mutual and everyone pretty much agrees. I enjoy making people think - for better or worse.

EDIT: Unfortunately, a lot of people don't want to/can't accept that people don't share the same beliefs as them, and believe that just because we answer questions that are religion based, when we(Atheists) don't have one, makes us curious or insecure. A lot of people call us close-minded or unable to see things from another side, but thats what we're doing when we read/answer these questions, we're reading another point of view, we're learning another side of opinion... but at the same time, voicing our own. People can't comprehend that, and it only saddens me about whats ahead for the Human race...

Answer 2

I like to show people how ridiculous their beliefs are. Christians are so infatuated with a book full of the most silly stories imaginable. A talking snake, a prophet's talking donkey, a sea parting in half so people could walk through it, Moses' staff turning into a serpent, water coming out of a rock, a giant flood covering the earth and 8 people surving in a big boat which, in real life, would collapse under its own weight, and then we have a guy who raised dead people back to life, made a blind man see by rubbing mud into his eyes, walked on water, and fed thousands with a few loaves of bread and some fish. I just do not understand why people must believe in such nonsense! They gave up believing in Santa Claus, fairies, and monsters in the closet because there is no evidence that these things exist; yet they persist in believing that their God exists despite the astounding lack of any evidence whatsoever...and all because some people wrote about it in a bunch of books, which were then compiled into one big book. You know, ANYBODY can write ANYTHING and then claim that some deity told them to write it. Who cares? Why should anyone believe what they say? But Christians are gullible--as their holy book expects them to be--and they will believe just any old thing that anyone says if it sounds nice.

Muslims, Jews, and Hindus are not off the hook, either. They are no different, believing what people in authority tell them to believe out of fear that their favorite sky genie will put a curse on them. At least the Hindus are more tolerant of others, though; I tend not to pick on them for that reason.

Answer 3

Because in general, atheists have a far more balanced, and educated perspective on the subject. Just because we don't believe in a deity, doesn't mean that we are not intrigued by religion. Most of the atheists I know come from religious backgrounds, and many of them have studied their particular religions in far greater depth than many believers ever will.
It takes a believer to be a Christian. It takes a thinker to be an atheist.

Answer 4

Athiests are a funny sort. They refuse to accept even the possibility of forces they cannot see despite the fact that they believe in others. By a purely materialistic definition, many things are impossible, including life and the beginning of the universe. Ny claiming it was some undiscovered force or something humans have yet to learn, athiests can avoid the responsibility to bow to a higher authority, as if refusing to acknowledge God's presence will absolve them of all responsibilty of folllowing his will.

Answer 5

Because to many atheists and agnostics alike, the concept of religion and God is nothing more than an intelluctual curiosity. They are offering a point of view and regardless of your convictions, they have a right to it. Treat it as a chance to learn, as all forms of thought serve to enrich the mind and our lives.

Answer 6

My theory is that it is mostly to antagonize us. And I also believe that many of them are truly interested in the belief in one God, but if they let on that they might actually be interested, their friends that are disbelievers would leave them in a heartbeat and then they would have no friends, so they might think. In reality, if they truly became interested in God and asked logical questions, they would find they would have much better friends and would feel much, much better about themselves and learn what the word compassion means.

Answer 7

Because many of them are "afraid of God" even in their belief of his nonexistance and many feel they 1. need to prove themselves. 2. Have some sort of wide-spanning knowledge. Many don't want to "spread the goodness of their enlightenment" but just want to bash religious people. Some are passionate with anger. Of course, this cannot apply to many athiests as well....ahh political correctness.

This is almost a rhetorical question of yours.

Answer 8

The truth is that everybody believes in God.Imagion this:A guy is stranded in the ocean in a tiny sail boat.All of a sudden his tiny boat starts to sink,he sees about 5 great white sharks under him.Auto madically he is going to start saying"please dont let me die,help me."The guy can say however much he wants that he dosent believe in God.However,when he says that,that is a type of prayer.He knows that their is a God,he is just too scared to admit it.

Answer 9

Seems like if you say you are an atheist, then you are saying that you don't believe in God. So you must be interested in the topic of disproving God or you wouldn't bother to label yourself in that way.

Answer 10

Some enjoy the debate, some might be slightly interested, others just do it to get under everyone's skin.

It IS interesting that they spend more time fighting something they believe doesn't exist than proving something does exist.

I just don't get that logic.