Atheist, please answer?

Question

Is it ok to ask you how you are doing today, because I have tried twice now to ask a question on how you are doing and everytime my question gets deleted by the "wonderfull" people running this show. My Bible teach me to love they enemy, so here goes again. How are you doing? I'm fine today. Tell me, have you always been Atheists, or did you convert to Atheism? This is a friendly question.

Answer 1

They are decieved, thats why they become atheists

Answer 2

I'm fine today. I'm fine most every day. I'm in a really good mood, in fact. Getting ready for lunch. I have class tonight and I'm looking forward to chatting with some of my friends.

And I'm not your enemy, at least according to your religion. Your supposed to love the sinner and hate the sin, remember?

You can't convert to atheism. I was raised in a religious family and I went to church as a child, but I never believed in god. Even as a young person it seemed silly to me. Science, philosophy, history, and reality all made sense. When I was seven years old I asked my Youth Minister if cave men went to hell. He didn't really know.

As I grew older I began to see what religion really is - social constructs that answered the essential, existential questions of life in a pre-science world. If you study the history of religion, you will find that each religion is connected through common cultural concerns and norms but that none of the exist beyond our human culture. Christianity is just another version of existential explanation - and a fairly recent one, to boot.

When that conclusion dawned on me, everything began to make sense. I no longer had to worry about why there were so many faiths in the world, or why my religion was inconsistent, or why we could never know about things like evil, heaven, or hell. Those things are merely artifacts from a time long gone before we had the tools to really answer those questions for ourselves.

Being and atheist is wonderful! Every day is an adventure. I know my life is short and I love being alive. I will only exist for a little while and I feel compelled to do a lot of great work in this short period of time. In fact, it's my atheism that makes me love my brothers and sisters so deeply. I became a public servant and a teacher so I could leave the world a better place instead of pursuing my own, selfish ends. I guess you could say that it's because I am an atheist that I lead a Christ-like lifestyle.

Answer 3

I'm doing well, thank you. And yourself?

I was raised in a religious home, went to a religious school for 12 years and was as "devout" as a child could be until about the age of 13 or so, when it just stopped "doing it for me", ya know? Religion didn't provide the answers I was looking for and didn't share many of my personal beliefs as I grew. I saw too many injustices and too many instances of hypocrisy to follow any longer.

I like the whole "love they neighbor" bit and work harder on that on a daily basis. But with gay marriage being a big, bold, starred agenda on the religious right, I'm just saddened. And to this day my parents tell me that my super devout Roman Catholic grandmother would be "rolling in her grave" and "deeply upset" by the spiritual path I've chosen. I find that no different than all of the aged laws in staying in favor with god.

P.S. I think it's an awful shame to consider someone (who has not wronged you in any way) an enemy because they do not share your beliefs. Variety is the spice of life.

I hope this answers your question.
Do have a lovely day :)

Answer 4

I'm doing great.
Why do you think atheists are your enemy?
I grew up with a mildly religious background and I was "saved" at our church.
However, over time I grew to realize that all I was doing was believing in a different form of Santa Claus or Easter Bunny.
So, I became an agnostic.
After a while I came to realize that, this too, was just a way of sitting on the fence and hoping I was right.
So, no God, just here and now.
I try to live by the golden rule and I want to leave this place better then I found it.

Answer 5

Just so you know, questions like "how are you?" violate the community guidelines because they are considered chatting and chatting is not allowed on Y!A. That's probably why your previous questions got deleted. This time you should be safe though, having asked more questions than just that one.

I'm fine thank you. I have always been an atheists. I grew up in a partly Christian family and in a mostly Christian society, but always found it impossible to believe in that god they told me about.

Have a good day.

Answer 6

So atheists are the "enemy" but this is a "friendly" question?

I was a christian until I began to really research how christianity came to be. After a few years of research into religion, philosophy, history, and sociology, I walked into the light of atheism.

I did not "convert" as you put it since atheism is not a religion.

Answer 7

Everyone starts out as an atheist. They are taught religion as they become old enough to understand it.

Personally, I was raised Roman Catholic. When I started to ask rational questions about existence and our expected behavior that no one could answer satisfactorily, I started to doubt what I'd been taught.

When other Christians and Catholics tried to intimidate and shame me into believing nonsense that they couldn't rationally explain, I decided that this whole "organized religion" thing was a bad idea and embraced the notion of being Atheist.

Answer 8

It's nice to see something pleasing come from you, seeing as though a lot of your answers to other people's questions are quite the opposite (which kinda defeats your whole "love thy enemy" thing, doesn't it?). Which, why do we have to be the enemy? Are we at war? Did I attack you physically or emotionally? But anyways...to answer your "question":

No, I have not always been an Atheist.

I was born into a Catholic household, "saved" by the Christian Church as a teenager, and I woke up at the age of 17.

Now, my parents (were Catholic and Baptist), are Agnostic (mom) and Wiccan/Pagan (dad).

Oh...and I'm good. Just got the poos a little.

Answer 9

It's ok to ask me how I'm doing. But I am a little cautious when speaking to an enemy. I'm ok. I converted. So why do you want to know? And will you answer my question?

Answer 10

"My Bible teach me to love they enemy"

I am your enemy?

Why do christians always see things this way; black and white, for or against? It is trully pathetic.

In any case, I am doing fine today. Very busy at wirk, but I am enjoying it thouroughly. I was a devout christian for most of my life. I abandoned christianity and became an atheist after I began to analyze christianity and think for myself.

Answer 11

I am doing fine Jean. I hope you are doing well. I converted from baptist to atheism around 8 yrs ago. But that dosen't mean I agree with evolution 100%.