Okay atheist, you got me. How Do I become Ahteist?

Question

I've read and seriously studies the bible for weeks. I think maybe the atheists are right, It's just a big conspiracy.

Answer 1

I, as an Atheist, really hope that is a joke. When I post a question or answer, I am not attacking Faith, I am attacking fundamentalism and intolerace. Change your view of the world, not your view of God.

Answer 2

Okay, I'm not an atheist, but I'd love to comment. It's unclear to me as to what is troubling you. I recommend that you read the Book of John as your introduction to the Bible. Then read the other of the first 4 books of the New Testament. That will give you a foundation for studying the rest.

I don't think that atheists consider "it" to be a big conspiracy. They typically consider people who believe religious teaching to be misguided. They consider truth to be found within themselves and their own understanding of their world, so it strikes them as a bit unusual that people would rally around something that cannot be seen. They do not consider it reasonable to live by "faith."

However, I have found my own faith strengthened by reason. The author of Hebrews writes, "By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen has been made from things that are not visible." This is an explanation of faith, but reason prompts me to look at the symmetry, color, branching, flow, movement, etc. and seek an explanation therefor. I realize that my existence is comprised of 4 basic components: time, space, matter and energy. I conclude that these 4 components cannot interact in any meaningful way without the influence of substantial intelligence and power. And then I read Genesis 1:1--the introduction of God's expression to man, and I am in awe of the beautiful simplicity of his greeting: "In the beginning (time) God (powerful intelligence) created (energy) the heavens (space) and the earth (matter)." In one brief sentence is encapsulated the explanation of the synthesis of everything. To me, everything else then begins to make perfect sense.

Thus, to me, to become an atheist--I mean a really good one--you have to come up with a better explanation for everything than Genesis 1:1.

Answer 3

You don't have to become an atheist just because you think the Bible is a big conspiracy. Read other religious texts. You should try to understand the meaning of God. To each person it is different. If you are thoroughly convinced that God doesn't exist, then you are an atheist.

My idea of God is that it is a spirit within ourselves but has no magical powers nor miraculous power nor all that hoobli gooblis.

Answer 4

Open your Heart?

Is it full of questions?

Did you read or just skim over?

Did you expect God to speak?

Be sure, be VERY sure that what ever you do is right, because if it isnt. You have a problem. Think about where you came from, and your mom and dad, and their moms and dads and so on and so forth till you get back to Adam and Eve and then tell God you dont believe

Faith Hope Love

Answer 5

"If going to church makes you a Christian, does going to a garage make you a car ?"

I saw a star in the East. Peg, did you do laundry?

If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.

Taoism: **** happens
Buddhism: if **** happens, it isn't really ****
Islam: if **** happens, it is the will of Allah
Catholicism: if **** happens, you deserve it
Judaism: why does this **** always happen to us?
Atheism: I don't believe this ****

AGNOSTIC: I Don't Know And You Don't Either

"Once there was a time when all people believed in god and the church ruled. This time is called the Dark Ages" Art Gecko

Q: How do you play Religious Russian Roulette?

A: You stand around in a circle and blaspheme and see who gets struck by lightning first.
"I refuse to prove that I exist" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing."

"Religion is a magical device for turning unanswerable questions into unquestionable answers"

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

"If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."

If God were a liberal would he have given Moses the Ten Suggestions?

Puritanism /n./: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy

"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves." - Lord Byron.

"Whenever books are burned( science ignored ), men also in the end are burned." - Heinrich Heine.

A man without religion is like a fish without a bicycle. (Why don't fish ride bicycles? No thumb to ring the bell.)

"There ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk." - Bumper sticker.

"Because he lived at home until he was 30, he went into his father's business, his mother thought he was god and he thought his mother was a virgin."

RE: persistent Saturday morning missionary pests: Oh Lord, Deliver me from thy followers!

"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." - Andre Gide.

"This would be the best of all possible worlds if there were no religion in it." - John Adams, 2nd president of the U.S.

"What has been the fruits of Christianity? Superstition, bigotry and persecution." - James Madison, 4th president of the U.S.

"Ashcroft went on to say that our way of life is being threatened by a group of radical religious fanatics who are armed and dangerous. And then he called for prayers in the schools and an end to gun control." - Jay Leno

"Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them ?" - Jules Feiffer.

"I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability." - Oscar Wilde.

"Jesus loves you, but personally I think you are an asshole."

What is history but a fable agreed upon? ~ Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

"Religion is to brain what tapeworm is to intestine."

"The command, 'Be fruitful and multiply', was promulgated, according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two persons." - Dean William R. Inge.

"Water into Wine' and 'Loaves and Fishes' were pretty good, but 'Oregano into Primo Mexican Weed' was truly impressive." - Top miracle not mentioned in the Bible.

"Religion is a cow. It gives milk, but it also kicks." - Buddha

"Q: How do you get holy water ?

A: You boil the hell out of it."

"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself." - Sir Richard Burton.

"The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible." - Mark Twain.

"In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light'.

And there was still nothing. But, you could see it."

"God must love stupid people... He made so MANY of them !"

"Why do most forms of swearing reference either deities or genitals ?"

"Why should I hate someone on the basis of their religion, when I can take a little time to get to know them and hate them for a myriad of real reasons" - Dennis Miller.

"Sorry I missed church... I was busy practicing witchcraft and becoming a lesbian." - Bumper sticker.

"I don't care WHO you are, you're not walking on the water while I'm fishing."

"I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older - then it dawned on me... they are cramming for their finals !"

"If those folks in Kansas are right about evolution never having happened, I sure hope it happens soon."

Answer 6

Ha... if you are being sarcastic then I have to say you have a good sense of humor.


"Okay religious, you got me. I read Nietzche (seriously) for a few weeks (they were serious weeks). I think maybe the religious have it right and all his philosophy leads absolutely nowhere."

Answer 7

WHAT??? Get a grip. Have you been drinking or something? This morning you where good..well almost, still strange, but better. You didn't take that Bible ufo crap I told you about seriously did you?

Answer 8

Very Funny

Answer 9

I dont think there is an atheist church I think if you decide to become an atheist you are. I believe they are against organized religion.

Answer 10

It's a conspiracy.
Jesus is involved in a conspiracy to bring you everlating life.
I'm on His side. Who else is involved in the conspiracy?