Question about athesist?

Question

Just wandering why athesists believe human come from the stars or whatever? I have a cousin who is athesists and i still don't understand. Can you tell me a little bit about athesists? Thanks so much.

To the guy that said i should put my age. I am 25 years old not that young. LOL. And for the people that wants to make rude comments i only want a little information thats all so i can understand a little better what my cousin believes in.

Answer 1

Atheists don't believe in a god or gods. That's the only defining characteristic of an atheist. They do not necessarily have an opinion about where we came from; they might just not care.
For those who do have an opinion, it is almost always based on science; that's pretty much the only way to have an opinion about the origins of life that doesn't depend on supernatural intervention. While science has no absolute answers about anything, scientists can speculate (called forming a hypothesis) and then test their ideas with experiments. When a hypothesis has stood up to many experiments by many independent scientists, it becomes a Theory. The theory about where the molecules in our bodies comes from has been detailed by previous answers, but basically all the molecules in our bodies were originally part of stars.
So yes, to the extent that we have opinions, we would generally agree that humans came from stars, in a round-about kind of way.

Answer 2

I think what will help most is if you realize that atheism is not a religion. It's simply a description of the attribute of not believing that any gods exist. With that said, not all atheists believe the same things. For example, the Raelians are atheists but they believe that humans were planted here on earth by alien beings. Some forms of Buddhism are also atheistic. These 2 examples are religions that hold an atheistic philosophy, however, the majority of people who call themselves atheists are non-religious. There are many like myself who could be considered naturalists, or materialists who believe that there is no part of reality that is supernatural. On the other hand there are spiritual atheists who believe that there are supernatural forces in the world. For the most part both of these philosophies view science as the best tool for understanding our world. Many of them rely on having a good explanation that can be tested, observed, or supported by external evidences.

This of course is a very broad and generalized look at what atheism is, hopefully it was helpful.

Answer 3

>> Just wandering why athesists believe human come from the stars or whatever?

Good question. Atheists don't actually think that in a literal sense, but most do believe in evolution and believe in general theories that have been established on how life started. For instance, in 1953, scientists took very simple gases (water (H2O), methane (CH4), ammonia (NH3) and hydrogen (H)) and combined them under pressure and heat, and ran electrical current through them (similar to what might have happened on an "early Earth") and lo and behold, very simple organic compounds started forming inside the apparatus. Once we have the simple compounds, evolution can take over and start producing lifeforms!

For the details of the experiment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-Urey_experiment

For how compounds went on to start life:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_life#.22Genes_first.22_models:_the_RNA_world

The "RNA Hypothesis" is currently the leading theory of its time.

Answer 4

You sound young -- you should always put your age in your question so we know what kind of words to use in the answer.

Atheists don't believe in god. Usually (but not always) that means they believe what science tells them about how the universe came together. Planets are made from heavy stuff, like rocks and metal, and the way that stuff is made is in the center of big stars like the Sun. Carl Sagan was an atheist who loved this idea, and he would talk about how everyone is just stardust. That's probably what your cousin was talking about.

But it's true -- all the atoms that make up your body were once in the middle of a star many billions of years ago. Humans don't come directly from stars, but the material that makes up us and the planet does.

Hope that helps. :)

Answer 5

Athesists, as far as I can guess, don't believe in the writing of long papers as the culmination of college education.

Answer 6

Don't conflate Atheism and science. You can be scientist and religious but you have to have an open mind (which only means you don't put all the weight of your Christianity on that one "creation mythfact" foot).

Atheism really only explains on part of one's life - a relation with god. It doesn't try to expain science. It doesn't need to.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

We don't believe in the supernatural. That's about it for the definition.

Many scientists -- religious and atheist -- have theorized that all the matter that makes us up came from stars exploding, correct. That's how heavier elements and complex molecules formed.

Answer 9

I thought scientologiest believed we came from the stars (alien reincarnation). Atheists don't believe in any spiritual being.

Answer 10

Athesists do not believe in-"the"-