Athiests, why don't you believe in God?

Question

I'm not here to preach to you, I'm just wondering. And don't just say "because he doesn't exist" because there has to be a deeper meaning then that. What in your family's religion made you turn away and believe that religion is not important?

Answer 1

I tried to believe for many years. I never felt anything. I was promised by the members of the church if I asked Jesus into my heart that I would feel. I did ask him into my heart, I did follow the right path, I did everything I was supposed to, but I saw so many people within the upper areas of the church being greedy, inappropriate to women, other races, etc. It was the worst judgemental group of people I have ever met. This happened in three different cities and with 2 different churches.
I saw if I personally tried to do MY best and helped people with the power that came from ME, that I was able to do miraculous things. I've saved three people's lives (on different occassions), I've volunteered much of my time developing organizations to help with children and the developmentally disabled, and I've been happily married without cheating and have two beautiful daughters wh are incredibly smart. I have brought myself to this place, nobody else helped me. I truly tried to believe and felt nothing.
Additionally, the scientific explanations and theories for life, evolution, the age of the earth, etc. (note: theories are not just guesses, most -- like the theory of gravity -- are able to be tested) have helped me understand just how life truly is. Way too much info here, but I read, write, and research on a daily basis (education is addicting to me) and I see just how reality is (as much as I can anyway). But religion, God, etc., has so many proofs against them and nothing but faith to show that they exist. My favorite retort to my thoughts are "But if the world was created from some small molecules, how did the molecules get there? God must have made them since you can't make something from nothing". OK then, where did God come from? If he's always been around, how come there has to be a beginning to things in the universe, why did there have to be a beginning to the molecules, why couldn't they have just been part of something else somewhere for eons and then found each other during the big bang and formed something unique? It is a winless argument saying God always existed when you won't admit that matter couldn't. Also, the studies I have done have shown SO MANY potholes in the Bible, in religions, showing the how politics have tainted the truth in 5 C.E., there is nothing around for me to believe in God, the Bible, or that Jesus was christ.

Answer 2

I don't believe in a god or a supreme being/entity because numerous fields of science simply do not point in that sort of direction. Biology, oceanography, archeology, etc. Put them all together with other natural sciences and you have not just a theory, but sound, logical proof of there not being a Divine being in charge.

Also, the question on a god himself makes no sense. Thousands of philosophical arguments simply wear down and erode the possibility of a god.

Also, religion in and of itself, including the bible are too shaky in contradiction. There is even a new book out called Misquoting Jesus that proves, with newly found ancient texts, that the current King James bible is mostly false and made up by translators and scribes.

Also, faith requires no logic, reasoning or critical thinking. Anyone can make up a story and then say they have no proof, that you just have to have faith. And they do too! Such as alien abduction, the lochness monster, Area 54. Faith requires no learning, no thinking and no questioning.

Answer 3

I must say that I love the assumption that to be an atheist one has to have turned away from religion at some point. That there is one cataclysmic event somewhere in the past that turned someone against ....dare I say it.....god. Atheists are atheists because they have the capability of independent thought, and are not governed by the fear of dying. All afterlife belief started when mankind realized they were dying. Here's the logic....."Well if I'm just going to die, what's the point in doing anything?" ......To counter that logic, you must make dying something that you do in order to gain something else. "You know, if you're really good, and do whatever god tells you and follow his rules, which I just happen to have a copy of, after you die, you'll live forever in a really cool place with hot and cold running everything." Religion became complicated when people started asking questions that couldn't be answered, so were explained away with convoluted logic and the stimulation of guilt. "If you ask questions, or doubt god, he'll send you to the hot place for all eternity...you have to have faith....or else!"

Answer 4

i realized that all my religion preaches doesn't hold water. There are fictional things and I can't believe in magic and so on. I understood the power of rational arguments and scientifical explanations.
But if we see the religion as a mean to make people better I don't have nothing against it. Some people( even myself) can find a relief n praying to God. I admit it. Unfortunately the church and many priests say something and do something else.

Answer 5

well i'm agnostic and i guess i always was agnostic but didn't know the correct term for my beliefs anyway i was a catholic and protestant and read the quran and studied other religions anyway none of what i read seemed realistic to me which is what led me to doubt the existence of god and made me find agnosticism and the fact there's not enough evidence to prove that god exists or not played a part as well and besides we as human beings should have morals anyway regardless if we believe disbelieve or aren't sure either way in god as our parents have taught us right from wrong and we don't need a holy book of any kind to know right from wrong as we should know better and we should use reason logic and common sense with a twist of empathy

Answer 6

Because there is no proof,
Because the religions which claim to try to help the world are some of the most effective ways to hold it back,
Because, mostly, of Jerry Falwell.

I watched that idiot, along with Pat Robertson for about 4 years of my life, as an impressionable child. They didn't let me keep watching when I asked "How the hell do you believe these idiots?".

It was about then, after doing a bit of research, a lot of reading, and finding out there really is no actual proof, that I tossed it out the window.

Answer 7

Sorry, but I do not find the need for anything deeper than not beleiving simply because it doesnt exist....

Is there some deep rooted reason that you dont beleive in pink unicorns? I mean, there has to be, right?? What in your religion has prevented you from beleiving in pink unicorns?

When you cut down to it, there is really no need to BELEIVE anything. Wouldnt you rather KNOW something, accept what we dont know as an unsolved mystery (rather than "God did it!") and take responsibility for your own actions? It makes life so much better and easier to understand....

Answer 8

lack of evidence demonstrating the presence of god. No one in my family has ever been religious. They believe in hard work, abhor crime and criminal activity, set high moral standards of behavior, show kindness and generosity to others. We never felt that any religion had anything more to offer. Our general opinion of Christianity and Catholicism is that it is hypocritical. I acknowledge that is serves a specific purpose for those who need guidance and support spiritually and helps many find solace when the daily toils become unbearable. But for one religion to persecute followers of another, and to cite religion as the justification of certain agressions, that's what makes non believers out of many.

Answer 9

If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her.
(Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT)

I never had a reason to believe or disbelieve before I was raped. Then I read this verse. That's all the reason I need. What kind of ****** up god would think this way?

Answer 10

I don’t think I could ever complete a whole list as to what I find objectionable regarding the bible. There are many more topics in which to tackle such as sexism, infanticide, homophobia, and the likes. Frankly, I find it too tiresome to go on any further. I do not believe in the reality of God, except as a psychological phenomenon, but if I did believe I would not worship that horror. It violates my morality to worship a hypocritical, judgmental, self righteous murderer. In punishment, it could send me to the hell it’s made for those it dislikes, and if there was no other choice but worshiping it, I would walk in proudly.