Agnostics and Atheists: What is so wrong in not believing in God?

Question

Granting there's nothing there after you die, at least you believed. You lose nothing, you gain nothing.

But if you don't believe now and there IS God, then what?

okay, something got lost in the translation. i'm not a native speaker.

Answer 1

Pascal's Wager. It's not either, God exists and you go to Heaven or God doesn't exist and you lose nothing. What if the Muslim god exists and he condemns you to a hell for not believing in him? You assume that there are only two options, but an infinite number of gods could exist and if you choose the wrong one you too will end up in their hell.

I've included some links below that better explain this problem. The basic two points are below.

"Avoiding the wrong hell problem
Because of the multitude of possible religions, if any faith is as likely as the other, the probability of the christian being right is P=1/n where n is the number of possible faiths. If we assume that there is an infinite amount of possible gods (i.e. ideas of gods), the probability of you being right is infinitely small.
Because Pascal's wager fails to tell us which god is likely to be the right one, you have a great probability that you picked the wrong religion and go to some other religion's version of hell."

"The loss from religion
Pascal also made the incorrect statement that you would lose nothing from believing if you are wrong. This is not true either. Assume that you are wrong in being a theist. You will waste a lot of time and energy on going to church, praying and religious rituals. Imagine if all the energy that,throughout human history, had been wasted on such activities had been used to improve the world instead. Then maybe we would have had heaven here on earth instead."

http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/nogod/pascal.htm

Answer 2

There is nothing wrong with not believing in God. What matters is how you live your life. Some people need a God to inspire them. Others need God to explain things and Others don't need a God.

Your beliefs should be your own. As long as your happy in your life and not hurting others you're fine. If you are a participating member of society and have many friends, then your better than most

As for life after you die. Most Gods have conditions on that and not everyone gets life after death so that not an advantage.

Answer 3

Then I am wrong and God will judge me.
But He does that to everyone so I'm fine with it.
He is Almighty and so He knows why I am an atheist.If he wants to punish me for it,He should I guess.
I try to be a good person and feel no shame about choosing my values myself and not relaying on old books and rules of a church.
I am proud to be an adult who tries to find his way in life without just taking one ideology and copying it.I take full responsibility for my actions so I am ready if anyone wants to judge me.
If I am somehow wrong and God exist,it's up to Him but I honestly think that it is not possible .
There is no credible evidence and the bible is wrong on too many fronts.If I somehow faked religion by going to church and stuff just to be sure,do you think any God would appreciate it?
Does He like hypocrites?

Answer 4

Have you read II Kings 2:23-24?

Do you -really- want to spend eternity with something that used two bears to tear apart 42 children for nothing worse than calling his pal "baldy"?

For some of us it's not about risk assessment (which is the basis of your question). Some of us have more scruples than to associate with something so petty and blood-thirsty as a 'god' willing to treat children in such a manner.

Answer 5

Which God are you referring to, the Egyptian gods, Greek? Throughout time many religions, many gods, all believers believe they are following the right God, etc. Same today. Why waste time and money on something obviously false? For those that believe it basically give the benefits of socialization. For me I can join the Sierra club or something.

Answer 6

Err, do you mean not believing in god or believing in god?

I can find nothing wrong with not believing in god other than the fact that some newfound atheists use that as an excuse to act with wild abandon about the new world that awaits them.

As for finding something wrong in believing in god?

Yeah. I don't believe in god because I don't believe in Merlin.

Answer 7

There is no proof of god, the concept of god being all-loving, all-powerful and all-knowing is logically flawed.

if there is a god then I'll deal with it if it happens to be true..

People are too dependent on this god person. they pray to him for peace, or help or guidance but when that prayer is not answered which is ALL time. People use copout answers for why it was not answered such as it was not meant for us to know, or only god knows or we are not to question gods decision, he did answer it but not in the manner in which we wanted ect...

When something bad happens OH the devil did..

Plus people have in the past present and future will god to justify their actions towards others.

Christian missionaries felt justified by killing native American Indians for not converting to christianity.. the Inquisition is another example plenty of others are out there...

I am responsible for my actions..

Once again for me. FOR ME there is no actually proof of his existence

Answer 8

reasons are:
1. I will never fool myself.
2. i will never see him.( he is imaginary)
3. prayers are superstitions.
4. i am not really delusional.
5. i don't like to be wrong.
6. i am idealistic.
7. faith cant save the world from a plague.
8. faith disrupts the development of technology and science.
9. answered prayers are only coincidental.
10. the bible is a fairy tale.
11. believing in god is just like believing in santa claus and his elves.
12. having no physical evidence means no proof!( number 10! )
13. I AM NOT BLIND.
14. near death experiences are controlled by drugs.
15. god is derived from pagan beliefs.

Answer 9

There is nothing wrong in not believe in God.

Maybe you need to read your bible again. You praise a god who thinks a woman is a slave, working on the sabbath is a sin worth death, and a child who misbehaves should be stoned...

Instead of worrying about what happens when non believers die and the possibility they may be wrong. Think about the possibility you may be wrong. Think of how you treated others because of your religion. Think of how you lived your life. Think of all the things you missed out on. Think of all the hurt you caused others because of your intolerance. And yes, you may not think you cause hurt to others, but you do. Think of all the bad advice you gave, which every answer was God. Think of every time you rubbed your religion in another persons face..


So to answer your question..If i die and there is your Christian God..I will gladly go to hell. Knowing i didn't do all the things you did. And sadly your perfect God is less compassionate than i am. But who will really be suffering, me or you? I will be burning in Hell for all eternity..You will be sitting in a circle with Jesus in an Joyful Bliss singing "Kumbaya My Lord"", over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again..I don't know which one is worse.

Answer 10

I think you misworded your question. But it's a very valid question when worded this way. What _is_ so wrong about not believing in God? Only you can answer that.

As regards the rest of your sentence, look up 'Pascal's Wager' on Wikipedia.