Isn't it nicer when we stop swearing?
There might be some truth to your argument, but I think that a lot of that first group are less what we would call 'true' atheists than merely people rebelling against parental authority. A lot of these people exist and, sooner or later, they go back to their beliefs.
The second group certainly also exists. Of course, you cannot grow up in a theist society and not hear about God from _somewhere_. These people have blind faith and are comparable to people who grew up in believer families and never questioned their belief.
The problem is that there is a much more important group: the ones who are well-educated on the topic of religion and who have analysed what religion has to offer and have discovered that religion offers them nothing that can benefit their lives. That's the group I'm in. I have no disrespect towards people who have faith, but I require them not to disrespect me for my lack of faith because ı am certainly none of the things that you have, in your previous posts, accused atheists of being.
Please continue to word your questions this way - in a spirit of understanding and in a search for knowledge. I believe you will be more satisfied with the answers you get.
With respect.
2006-07-14 00:09:25
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answered by XYZ 7
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You look through a very narrow view.
So I assume from "And started doing things worse like not respecting elders their parents people ho believe in religion and always get into argument with them", only Christians can have morals.
How about so many things where the Bible has yet to be proven. You can agrue many sites are found - and this is true. Since people wrote the Bible, they had to live in Cities. However, there is no proof there is any God, and Jews Enslaved in Egypt, any assention of Mohammad, etc . . .
I can not believe that God inspired people to write the Bible - but Humans chose the Cannons?
Mohammad was given instructions from Gabriel? No way, not with his spewing hatred.
Moses - well, that seems to be OK, since it is so old. Noah however - complete myth just by the dimensions of the Arc alone.
Second, I see sooooo much Hatred coming from the "big 3" religions it drives me crazy.
Maybe some athiests came to there own conclusions, and it is not all the parents faults.
2006-07-14 00:14:52
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answered by Anonymous
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You seem to be trying to group atheists into reasons they didn't find god, or reasons the rejected him. You also state that atheists do not know a moral life. You are trying to define atheists on seemingly religious terms.
You have to remember God is not a universal things, its a concept invented thousands of years ago as a social control. What do you say to someone who is born in a far away land, they never even hear the notion of a christian god?
You shouldn't group people into why they have not heard of, nor joined a certain religion, i think it would be more interesting and useful to group people into why they have been conditioned to believe certain religions over another.
I think most of the time you will find people are born into religions depending on their location or their parents, but atheism is the only worldwide constant.
All over the world there are people who seek the truth and think logically about what they are told to believe.
2006-07-14 00:19:58
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answered by A Drunken Man 2
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Looky here! A Christian looking down on others, whatever next. I am not an atheist, I just don't believe in religeon. In fact, I think religion is the EXACT OPPOSITE of God, in whatever form you believe it be.
What exactly is at the base of all religions? Something along the lines of "Hey, why not try to be nice to each other?" right? And how do you go about practicing your religions? By condeming everyone who disagrees with you to a hell that YOU MADE UP!
Ha ha ha haaaaaa, gotta love a Christian, they're wacky guys.
2006-07-14 00:07:53
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answered by Anonymous
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I have known 2 self proclaimed atheists in my life. Both were great people and good freinds. We were just are completely opposites when it came to God, Jesus and Christianity.
Both of these friends were older than me and both became seriously ill.
Both toward the end decided to accept Jesus which makes me wonder how many 'true" atheists there really are.
Also, when I first came to know one of these gentlemen, He constantly used God's name in vain ( until we became friends and he realized it offended me and then he stopped), anyway, why would you curse someone you do not believe in?
Just my observations on my only two experiences with atheists.
2006-07-14 00:24:25
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answered by kenny p 7
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i think you were honest/sincere when you posted that question. i guess most of you poeple are from within the united sates,no? there is your answer! what i mean is that the west and europe are and have been advanced in everything for soo long. they have experienced wars, revolutions, dectatorships, revolts, industrilization, democracy, free thinking and scientific achievemensts. authiesm is a religion. materialism is a religion too. they are the new religions. this is a new era and its not so different from older transtions when people had adobted monotheism and abandoned polythiesm. plus, how did organized religion improve society? i believe it did the opposite! it stopped us from THINKING, WONDERING whcih are the essence of philosophy, progress, morality, and ethics.
2006-07-14 01:01:54
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answered by Mo 1
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Well, if all of us atheists who have strayed from the path of righteousness were made by god, then he made us knowing knowing exactly what we would do. If we go to hell, it is god's fault, because he made us to be exactly the way we are, and there's no choice for us.
You see, there can be no such thing as free will if the supposed god knows everything, including the future. If he knows the future, then he knew it before he made us. If he knew the future before he made us, then he made us to do exactly what he knew we would do. How can we be blamed for being the way he made us?
The whole god story doesn't add up....
2006-07-14 00:08:07
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answered by RED MIST! 5
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hmm to tell you the truth I'm an atheist and no my parents did not pray with me and take me to mass and I'd just love to come over and puch you in the face for saying that my parents don't know what a moral life is. How Christian of you!!!
2006-07-14 00:03:36
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answered by Obilee 4
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I'm not an atheist. I DO BELIEVE in some kind of divinity bu t not in the christian God. And I am sick and tired of answering these kinds of questions.... However If i were to chose between Christianity and atheism I would undoubtedly chose atheism.
2006-07-14 00:09:44
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answered by oana 4
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Nope. I'm an atheist and so are all my friends and we all became atheists as we realized what a load of bollocks all this god stuff actually is. Say no to jesus.
2006-07-14 00:05:16
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answered by Anonymous
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