Aheists! why??

Question

Okay pleas only atheists answer this, why are you an aetheist?

Answer 1

It takes a certain amount of narcissism and ignorance to accept the idea of a higher power and the fact that the human race is the center of the universe. I do not possess a high level of either of those qualities. Intellect seems to act as teflon to religious thought, those lacking in intellect seem to have an easier time with religion sticking to them.

Believing in Gods and a creator is a shortcut to thinking. There is no advancement in that train of thought, just stagnation. I live for the search for truth, not to have other peoples make believe stories spoon fed to me. I also reject fear and have little need to be accepted by others...more traits shared by dim witted theist types.

Answer 2

I was raised in the fire and brimstone atmosphere of the Baptist Church and went until I told my parents no more I don't believe and never will. After a bit of time I became an Eclectic Wiccan and now I am an atheist.

I have read the bible, the quran and many other religious texts. I have talked to people from varying belief systems and even college professors from secular universities and religious universities. From the evidence provided, the same evidence some use to be believers I came to the conclusion that deities do not exist and religion was a sociological construct meant in its original form for social cohesion. Religion and deities are man-made and I have no need for that.

Answer 3

OK, here's the way I look at it. As humans our natural tendency is to want to have an explanation for everything in our lives. It gives us a sense of security and structure. So when we ask ourselves: Why are we here?...How did we get here?...And what happens after we die...we have, over time, developed a systematic way of answering these tough questions. Religion and spirituality are those systems that allow us to explain the unexplainable. More importantly though I believe religion gives us hope...that there is something else after our time here. Hope is a very important motivator for people and it helps a lot of people through some really tough times. Think about it...if we actually knew 100% that there was no heaven or after life of any kind it would be pretty depressing for a lot of people. As you can probable tell I am not anti-religion...I just don't have that sort of belief system. I think religions are nothing more then made-up belief systems to give people hope. So there you have it...my two sense.

Answer 4

There is empirical evidence and explanation for things such as evolution and the big bang. Do the research...its out there. There are valid explanations on why a missing link hasn't been found, and it goes to the church's word or microevolution. You'll only see the big steps on the ladder, not the little changes that eventually made up those big steps. If something is proven, it is valid, and when its wrong, it EVOLVES thru more evidence.

Religion/spirituality bases itself off of stories handed down hundreds and hundreds of years. Evidence points out that these stories aren't accurate, in many cases. The books used were edited to give the church a direction. Most of the stories have counterparts in other cultures, yet those are wrong, even though their older...the list of inaccuracies goes on and on. When something is proven wrong, you can't go forward with religion, you can only go to what came before and change the interpretation of the wording...it's like playing baseball, and halfway thru saying that you can only tag the player, not the base. Change the rules, and you change the game. Those who follow religion can't even agree on what rules to follow...that's why there are so many different churches, sects and branches of most religions.

Prove god to me...any god...and maybe I'll reconsider. Don't quote the bible, don't use scientific research and findings out of context (worse still, conduct scientific research, but claim it proves religion without any outside testing on the findings), and please, don't quote a scholar whose only research was the bible...none of it holds up. Learn what a theory truly is. Arguing that evolution is a theory is foolish...so is gravity, yet you believe in that. The earth going around the sun is still considered a theory, and yet you use a modern calendar.

Superstition needs to end.

Answer 5

I grew up catholic until high school when I became very interested in science. I studied constantly about everything in the topic. After years of this, I slowly began to realize how moronic Catholicism was. Not just that, but any religion for that matter. There are facts proving the nonexistence of god, but nothing supporting the fact that he does exist.

Being atheist gave me an all new perspective on Earth and the universe. It had no beginning and will have no end. The laws of science have existed forever. As for the creation of Earth, thousands of different gases in the universe combined creating solid mass, liquids, and the air that initially helped in the making of living things including plants and animals. No god created anything. There just happened to be perfect conditions to create life. No religous person can give you facts, only what they believe their false god told them.

In the time religion was created, people couldn't comprehend this, so they tried making up answers so everything could be much simpler. They were afraid of death, so they made religion to get over that fear, while still trying to teach positive morals. I felt much better off not believing in anything. I no longer had the fear of going to Hell and none of the pressure of trying my best to get into Heaven.

Answer 6

I can tell why I used to be an atheist.
Until the connectedness of everything was proven to me, I thought God, or the concept of a higher being playing SIMS with us all was a man-made attempt at creating power through fear. I believed the scriptures were written by greedy men trying to dominate a mass of people to enhance his wealth and power. I thought they used this fear to create anger and redemption in their followers so they could conquer more land & people.
And I still do, but now I know religion has nothing to do with God, or the power that unites us all. Religion is just the first ever marketing campaign gone wrong. So now I'm called Agnostic, but I don't think I am. I believe every God described in every religion is the same power I witnessed, only interpreted in a different manner to suit the needs of the times. For example; when the Roman Catholics didn't accept remarraige a king decided he needed to remarry and created the Protestant strain to suit his needs.
I believe many followers are doing the opposite of what they believe in- many say 'we' have to 'let go' to the power of God, but they do not let go of the power of their church/religion, so are believers without having experienced the true unison of the human being- the balance that is life. And you know what? As long as they are not hurting anyone with their beliefs, and they are happy, so be it- why change what works. But current affairs point to another reality. Governments will always cover up their true intentions using God's name in vain, until the people who do their bidding realise man-kind's true greed.
Therefore, jumping from Atheist to Agnostic is not an easy thing to do, but the more they let go of their hatred of religious institutions, the more they'll be in touch with the power of Karma- the Butterfly Effect in the world we live- cause & effect.
Balance is the only key to Love- to love wholeheartedly everyday you live. Believe in what you will, or don't believe in anything, but give up the strong attachments that lead to hate, the obsessions that lead to greed, the beliefs that lead to death, even if they are 'the majority's' belief!

Answer 7

I'm going to assume you are a christian for starters. So you believe god gave you freewill, and that he is all knowing.

Think about this if god is all knowing that means he knows everything past present and future. He knows what color shirt I will wear tomorrow. He's not guessing, he's not kinda sure, He KNOWS. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, it is set in stone. If he knows I will wear a red shirt tomorrow, that means I will. There is no way I can choose to wear any color shirt other then red. If god knows it will happen, and If I don't have a choice as far as what shirt I wear tomorrow, I don't have freewill.

Meaning that either god doesn't know for sure what will happen tomorrow, or I don't have freewill, either way it means the christian god can't exist.

Answer 8

After studying some theology, history, and quite a bit of philosophy of religion, I have determined that every religion is simply man made. Once religion was out of the picture I thought about if a god was really necessary for the universe to exist and decided that answer was no.

Answer 9

wellll...
many reasons

1. i do not find it hard to believe that god doesnt exist, because i have never felt like i have experienced him directly (he/she/it has never spoken to me, or made themself evident in any way)

2. the bible disgusts me-am i really to believe that it is the work of a just and merciful being when almost all of the worlds population ever is sent, either by action or inaction to burn in hell for all of eternity?
And also, whats with all these strict rules that seem so unnecsecary? ----abstinence till marriage, dont be wealthy because it corrupts(sometimes true), rest on the sabbath(jesus did not overrule this one, he just said that its ok to do good on the sabbath), love god above all else(mother father and all other friends and relatives)

3. i do not find god to be a sufficient answer to why everything exists, b/c if everything must have a beginnig then why is god not also in need of one. i dont think the univers ever didnt exist, nor do i think that it will ever cease to do so.

4. if there is a god, which of the thousands of religions should i choose from?

this is a short summary
i wouldnt really call my self atheist, more of a doubtful-agnostic, meaning i think god could exist but dont see why i should believe he does.

Answer 10

It was the only reasonable choice for me. I did not get any of the messages from god that belivers claim to have gotten. The only things that I can deduce from this is that either God perfers me to be an Atheist or it does not exist. If God would give me one of those messages theists get then I would still have a problem with it's immoral behavior.