Are atheist mad at God and that's why they refuse to acknowledge Him now?

Question

The majority of atheist did believe in God at one time or another. Did all atheist turn to evolution and has Scientist become your God now? just wondering no disrespect meant.

I know that most of atheist are very intellegnent , but If 33% of the world are Christians and 16% are atheist (which includes people who are unsure) Are you curious what is causing hundreds of people a day to convert to Christianity?

I truly do not mean any disrespect , I'm just looking for honest answers

Answer 1

Atheism has been around a lot longer than you think.When Jesus was doing miracles right in front of everybody,people still denied him or called him a witch.I think some of them even called him evil and the devil,but they were missing the point just like they are now.They didn't listen to what he was saying,just like they don't listen now.Why should anything change?Everybody wants it their way or no way,and you can't get them to have faith in anything,much less religion.
People that don't believe and resort to heckling,are a lot of times people who hate authority,and do not wish to be taught.Some have prayed for something certain,and it never came to pass so people gave up.Some people have had religion shoved down their throats in their youth,therefore they become bitter toward religion.Some of them are very successful in their careers and don't feel like they need God in their lives,or say they just don't have time.The list goes on,and on.
As far as evolution is concerned,there are people out there who believe whole heartily that evolution is real.Tell them it's not,and they become defensive,probably not because they are being mean,so to speak,but you are pushing against the very thing that they rely on for reality.Just like someone heckling a Christian over their belief.Take away evolution,and that person has to finally face reality.Take away evolution and that person has to find another source for trying to disprove God.The reality is that there just may be a bigger picture to this lost and dying world whether they want to believe it or not.But after saying that,most atheists are going to heckle you even more,or ask questions to try to get you to screw up.
Atheists still prove everyday that they are predictible.No answer is good enough.God could come down her and stand right in front of them and say "here I am" and they still wouldn't believe.I have even met atheists who would gripe if you hung 'em with a new rope.

Answer 2

Hundreds of people convert to atheism as well. People change their beliefs all the time, most individuals have steady beliefs but there is a constant flow into and out of every religion. Ultimately, that means nothing.

The idea that 33% of people are Christian and only 16% are atheists actually begs the question -- if being half represented as Christianity implicates our being wrong, then Christity being only half the amount of the people who don't believe (67% are non-christian, 33% are christian) makes the same implication for Christianity.

I really have no reason to be mad at God. Firstly, my time as a believer was fulfilling and empowering -- it was an amazing thing to 'know' the love of Christ. Some of my happiest moments, though not all, are related to events and retreats that had to do with my Christian experience.

I simply no longer believe god exists because of the flaws I find in the Bible. The person described by the New Testament violates so many of the messianic prophecies and twists so many Old Testament passages that it's hard to accept Jesus's divinity. And when we see that this supposedly All-Loving and All-Powerful deity was capable of genocide, murder, the slaughter of innocent infants, the killing of children because they picked on a bald guy... these are not things an All Loving and All Just deity could do or would do.

So as I was studying for the priesthood and becoming better and better aquainted and understanding of my Bible, I was sowing the seeds of my own atheism, because I was realizing more and more that the Bible simply could not be reconciled with itself or with morality.

Many people assume that people turn away from God or turn their backs on God... but this isn't quite accurate. To say we turn our backs is to imply he's still there, just now behind us instead of before us. It's more that we're standing there, facing God, and God simply vanishes from our sight.

Answer 3

Atheists don't think God is real just like I'm guessing you don't think unicorns are real. Do you sit around denying unicorns or are they just filed away in your brain somewhere with other things that are lovely but not real?

I've never believed in God. At a few points I actually wanted to due to extreme loss and suffering but I could not because I don't think God is real. I would love to believe in unicorns, magic, and Santa Claus but I don't think those are real either. They all are filed somewhere in my mind as sweet fantasies about unreal things.

I'm sure hundreds of people become disillusioned with Christianity and become Muslims, Scientologists, Pagans, Buddhists, agnostics, atheists, or other things every day, too. Otherwise your "statistic" about most atheists having believed in God at one time would come from a vacuum. Most atheists I know were once Christians. People's thoughts, feelings, and beliefs are always in flux.

Answer 4

I am not mad at your Christian "God"

I do not believe your Christian "God" exists. How can I be angry at that which does not exist? That's kind of like saying that as a Christian, you are angry at the Great Pumpkin.

No, I'm not curious about what causes hundreds of people a day to convert to Xtianity. I know why. It is foolishness on the part of the converts, and pressure from the proseltyzing evangelists.

I do not believe in your "God" because I have read the writings attributed to him - your "bible" - and find it full of lies, deception, untruth and outright nonsense. Why would I believe in something so pathetically WRONG?

Answer 5

I don't think that anger is much of a factor seeing that most atheists conclude that there is no God--I think mostly that the atheist cannot logically accept something seemingly as unlikely as God based on available teachings on God's attributes, abilities, supposed omniscience,omnipotence, etc.,.While I can understand the reasoning, I am still compelled to disagree (peacefully I may add) concerning the existence of this event that some call God. I contend that it is impossible to 'explain' exactly what God is--being spiritual in nature, and that in itself is a vague attempt at establishing a foundation to understanding God, we may safely assume that physical laws are obsolete as they attempt to bring the unknown into the known space of physical reality. If this were possible, we would be able to grasp and manipulate the abstract components of ourselves--who wouldn't run out and buy a six pack of Forgiveness or plan to have our Anger removed at the doctors request? In truth, and it is also a scientific fact, Man is a dangerous creature; we often destroy what we do not understand and I sometimes wonder if the duality of Man--that meaning the fusion of both a spiritual and physical creature--was a design of intent to prevent us from exhausting to extinction our existence before we "got it". We say that the wars of the world are because of religious disputes and that would be obvious all the way up here in Yahoo! Answers--but if you discount all aspects of our rocky passage to 'God', what was the cave man's beef with the tribe on the other side? It has always been Man's choice for war or for peace and for that we need no external force to blame or discredit--we are fallible creatures with selective reasoning embracing prejudices and applying them to our entire realm of perception--the touchable, corruptible God that we attempt to sell to the world has nothing to do with the God that is-- I say let's lose all of these percentages and diverse measurements to tabulate more nothingness and bring peace instead of this constant whirlwind of negativity...that is my LONG but honest answer...

Answer 6

Some people become atheist because they refuse to acknowledge God.

Others have become atheist because they were let down because of their experience (or lack there of) as being a Christian. This may have happened because of some misunderstandings about God and the Bible (like the Jews who where looking for the Messiah to come and free Israel and not as a suffering savior), and there fore became discouraged.
Some may have went to a church that could not help them with their needs (spiritually, mentally, emotionally, etc), and so they found no help in Christianity.

Answer 7

What don't you understand?

I was young when I believed in God because that's what people told me to believe.

When I grew up, reason and logic told me otherwise.

I don't worship anyone, I just look for evidence.

I can't be mad at something that doesn't exist.

And no, I am not curious to know why people turn to Christianity. Our population is growing, so that means more people are being born into the religion. Our society is complete and utter chaos, and people are scared. They look for something to make them feel better about themselves.

And finally, there are the few that are followers. That plain and simple.

Answer 8

I just love how you guys phrase those questios: "I truly do not mean to disrespect". "has scientist become your god now" I do think your intent is to disrespect.

but anyway, a scientist cannot be god because we don't believe in any god. Frankly, all of the people that want to convert, can do just that. fine with me. I don't choose to follow, I choose to lead.

I don't mean to offend you, but do you sometimes wish you had the courage to lead instead of follow. just looking for an honest answer.

Answer 9

Urm, no. Atheists do not believe that gods exist. Someone who just refuses to believe something just to rebel is not an atheist.

I personally was just not taught any different. My mother took me to church and our school was pretty much lead by that church so you can see why I didn't question it.

TV for one brings questions to the Bible. Where do cavemen and dinosaurs fit into the Bible's creation story? Why isn't anything written in the Bible in actual history books? It's only natural that someone who has the desire to learn new things may dismiss other things as false. Do you believe everything you're told just becuase you were told it?

Answer 10

We're not mad at god, cause there's no one there to be mad at. We just don't buy the whole God Package. Also, many people who do not believe in god were never christians... a mjority did not "believe at one time or another." Mostly as children we are taught to believe, but everyone I know didn't believe it as children and refused to be brainwashed into believing as adults.