Why don't you believe in God? What caused your disbelief?

Question

Was it bad experience? Did the example of bad Christians/muslims/jews ect affect you? Just curious

State reasons

Answer 1

I don't believe what any religion defines God to be.

Answer 2

Interesting question you pose. To start i will tell you that as a child i believed in god for the simple reason that my father told me there was a god,and so did my grandfather who later became a priest,my grandfather also used to take me to church when i was young.

Then for many years i didnt go to church and my father was periodically atheist,and other times was sure there was a god of some sort or another,or that at least jesus had been a real person and did good things.

So when i was 14,i went out and bought my own bible,determined to make up my own mind on this issue,and not to let anyone just decide it for me,so i began to read,treating it like any other issue that might come up be it history,science,or philisophy starting at genesis.

Boy was i surprised at what was in there (the earth supported by pillars,rabbits chewing cud,snails melting,and a number of condoned genocides against the canaanites and a number of others) By the time i got to the book of Job with god and the devil having a nice gamble over a mans life that involved slaughtering his servants,livestock and family i was really very apalled.

But i took it in stride,maybe it was just the bible that was so horrible,and i remembered my classes in science and social studies,i had made the false premise that started with assuming there was a god in the first place,i should step back and look for evidence of a god or gods before just jumping into the issue,right?

Well here i am at age 26 now,and not one shred of evidence that i have found shows any such thing as god,the bogeyman,unicorns or any other kind of monster,fairy,or magic man who lives in the sky.Not one religion has anything more substantial than the other,or anything more telling than Homers Illiad

If anyone feels they have some evidence for one of the various gods,or even a compelling argument feel free to email me at [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Answer 3

Hi - The story of Noah's Ark. In my Sunday school we always made pictures of cute little circus animals climbing up the ramp to the ark. Decades later my children were in Sunday school and doing the same pictures. It always bugged me and now I started really thinking about it. It occurred to that if the story of Noah's Ark is true then God is a genocide of the highest order - he got mad because his plans didn't work out right and he MURDERED EVERYBODY (except a handful of people). So, therefore, this story could not possibly be true. That left the other possibility. That it was a scare tactic put there to keep the sheep in line. That also seemed bad beyond description. And the last straw, for me, was that nobody realized that Noah's Ark was a story that should have been written by Stephen King not by God. Everybody appeared brainwashed. I couldn't handle it anymore.

And then, armed with this knowledge, I started reading more of the Bible and it just got worse and worse and worse.

I left religion because, frankly and without intending to offend anybody, the violence and cruelty and horror of it was making me sick to my stomach.

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Answer 4

I was 5 years old, in the early '60's, when my aged Sunday school teacher told me that there were no such things as dinosaurs. When I argued that we have their bones as proof, she waffled and said that those things were included with the beasts that were mentioned in Genesis. At that point I knew that she, and everything she was trying to con me into believing about god etc, was nothing but crap and I set out to find the truth~ which I did over the years. I found that it has nothing to do with the nonsensical belief in deities, magical kingdoms, fairies and elves, and I have been 'spiritually' content with my knowledge and understanding of the world and how it came to be and have lived a happy and worry-free life without religion ever since :D

Answer 5

Stating reasons.
The bible is fiction. Just read it.
There is no proof of god other than the bible. I can take any book and make a religion out of it - Potteranity for instance.
I don't want some book telling me how to live. Who I can marry, if I can have an abortion, who I can be friends with, etc.
Christians constantly trying to scare me with hell, which doesn't work, or trying to "save" me. Save me from what?
Christians attempting to legislate morality based on their fictitious book.
Mel Gibson - this is not a joke. He is the worst kind of christian, focusing his Passion of the Christ only on the crucifixion, calling Jews names, and raking in the dough because he knows religion sells.
My boyfriend's mom with all her "Ye shall not be unevenly yoked" and prayer in schools nonsense. I could go on and on, but I won't. That should be enough.

Answer 6

The advent tale in Genesis is the only one from historic cases that holds up in cutting-part cases. different cultures around a similar time had the universe getting into life after a conflict of the various gods. frequently the earth and persons have been made by way of the winning gods from the physique components of the ineffective gods. Kinda stupid. you may desire to comprehend- a million. The intro to Genesis grew to become into written partly as a reaction to the pagan advent myths 2. The advent tale in Genesis is poetic 3. The advent in Genesis tale teaches us approximately God, morality, and our place interior the universe 4. The advent tale in Genesis isn't a technology lesson. Few poems are. (If any.) i wish this facilitates. if so, you are able to dodge destiny embarrassment by way of attempting to coach technology from this or different poetical works. Have a spectacular day. Pastor Doug Jesus highway challenge

Answer 7

Nothing caused my disbelief. I never had a belief in God, ever. I've always believed there is no higher power, that there is no supernatural. It's probably one of the few consistencies I've had in my developing convictions as I've grown to adulthood. Seems as ridiculous as believing in the tooth fairy, the boogey monster, santa claus and the rest of the world's fictional characters. Show me proof and then I'll think about it.

Answer 8

These are the thoughts of a 13 year old and I am not very good at spelling so do your best to understand where I am coming from k-k-k?

It isnt God whom I dont beileve in, it isnt heaven, ITS HELL. Why should I (or anyone else) beleive that God is going to send us to hell for our sins when 1. We are born with absoulutly NO knowlege of religous stuff 2. It is so easy to make misakes and not repent for it. 3. Why would God do that to us? It is torture! He wouldnt because he loves us, in my oppinoin (not nessesarally yours) if God really loved us (which I believe he does) he wouldnt make us prey to him, he wouldnt make us "worship" him, and he most definately wouldnt put us on earth with so many obsticals and expect us to bew 100% perfect. That is why, I (not nessesaraly you) think religion is wack. All of them. Anyone who is worth worshiping, shouldnt expect us to worshipt him/her. I believe in what I think is true, and I dont need a religion for that. So I am not a nonbelever, I believe a lil bit of every religion and some of my own thoughts. These are just my feelings about it, not yours.
So I will see you later.
Peace out. Bye. Luv/Kodi

P.S. I am not evil either, I love people and I dont dress all in black, I wear normal (really cute and fashionable lol) clothes, do my makeup on special occasions, I read and watch tv I watch movies, celebrate holidays, have lots of friends, have boyfriends, I live a totally normal life, so just because my beliefs are different then most people, doesnt mean that is all I focus on, if fact, I hardly ever focus on it, I dont think it is a big part of my life. Okay I talk to much lol. So bye again. -Kodi


O YEAH another thing: Most people become Christains (or any other religions) for one reason, THEIR FAMILY WAS. They just went to church and did what their parents did and never thought of making thier own thoughs, so most of them arent true to what they beileive. No offence to you or any other religious person. I just think that the child becomes what the family whas and that is how the religion gets passed on. PLUS I could go write a book any day I want to and call it a bible and say that god told me to write it... anyone could, so how do they know that God made it? Its not hard.

Answer 9

Education. I realized that every time science learned something new, less was left for a deity. Then I realized that there is no free will, and without free will for humans, the whole deific concept is meaningless.

What kind of deity would create a species that has no free will?

Answer 10

No I pretty much always thought it was bunk. Well, at least I did about the same time I figured out Santa was. It was a little hard to admit that I thought my parents (and about everyone else I knew) were delusional.

Answer 11

The same reason I don't believe in ghosts or devils or faeries or unicorns or werewolves or leprechauns...
There is NO proof. To claim something exists with no proof is illogical to me. Everything that is attributed to magic can be explained in a simpler, more accurate way.