i want to know more about the atheists...
im not an atheist but i love to know more of their views....
2006-12-20 17:14:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ok! thanks for ya comments! i appreciate it so much... :)
2006-12-20 17:50:20 · update #1
I'm a Pagan and I support evolution fully.
2006-12-20 17:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The fact is, people are entitled to believe or not believe. But the question still remains.... What would be so bad about believing in something you can't see? Just because you can't see something or someone, doesn't mean it/they don't exist. Hey, you probably believe that you'll win the lottery, too....huh? Oh, but you don't believe that the most complex/simplest things on this planet owe their gratitude to a higher power, do you? Think about it the next time you look at a flower, or a grain of sand. Furthermore, of course we don't know where God came from. Did you ever stop to think that our puny little brains couldn't handle the truth? Hello. Some things are meant to be kept a mystery, until we're face to face with our creator. Die tomorrow, you'll see.
2006-12-20 17:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mona 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question makes no sense at all. Explain the nature, the nature of what?
I don't believe in god, but saying I didn't means a whole different thing.
All atheists do not hold the same views on everything.
2006-12-20 17:22:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question atheists & theists are trying to answer is: "Why there is something instead of nothing?"
Atheists like me like to believe that there is no need for a complex initial cause like a God or an intelligence to explain the amazing complexity & efficiency found in biology OR the fine-tuned nature of fundamental physical constants. We always delegate purpose & the "illusion of design" found in nature to much simpler causes like necessity (e.g. survival of the fittest) & chance. We believe this planet is just right for evolution of life because there are billions of planets and this planet just happens to be good enough for life. We also like to "believe" in string theory which explains that this universe is just right for life because it is one among many universes which is part of much larger multiverse. As of now we like to "believe" multiverse is the end of it all and there is no need of a multi- multiverse because ... at higher dimensions like the 10th dimension everything has happened and everything will happen.. and we are just part one set of happenings. But we are always open minded on our beliefs and willing to continually change it.
We continually invoke the one-among-many and survival-of-fittest type arguments because we believe that will take us to the truth. And we are right because history has shown that scientific curiosity is good for the betterment of human lives.
But if you have noticed: We have not been able to explain why there is something (multiverse) instead of nothing. Neither can you.
We (theists & atheists) are all running for the same goal - the truth. But in the process of it none of us should resort to non- altruistic acts and destroy ourselves or the tranquility of our minds. I am sure both theists and atheists can agree on this. Nobody wants to die. Even (most) people who believe in a heaven don't want to die to get there. Because in case you didn't know life is the best things that happened to all of you.
2006-12-20 17:49:30 · answer #4 · answered by Louzer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nature is a causation from evolving groups of cells, it didn't work out to be perfect, it just developed into what it is. Nothing special, not necessarily the best it could have developed into, but it is what it is. For a long drawn out explanation, look for "evolution" in Yahoo! for an answer to how this can happen.
2006-12-20 17:23:09 · answer #5 · answered by Concerned 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not trying to be rude. To explain nature you can pick up a biology text book. Im sorry if this came across as rude.
PS I love the fact that your interested in our views ;)
2006-12-20 17:21:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution. Where it all started no one knows. I don't have a problem with that. Those who believe in god do not have answers for how he came to be either.
2006-12-20 17:19:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two things are not really related!!!
You can't explain nature whether or not you believe God.
If you could and you believed God, you could not explain God, so its back to the same.
2006-12-20 17:18:06 · answer #8 · answered by rostov 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are not intellectually mature enough to claim to know the answer to every question but we don't invent deities to fill in the gaps.
2006-12-20 17:58:44 · answer #9 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The nature"? Read Darwin, my friend. It is not a "theory" but what they call "scientific fact" since there is overwhelming evidence. God does not exist, except for weak, dependent people who are afraid to die and that they will cease to exist.
2006-12-20 17:18:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋