if you are an atheist...?

Question

Why?I'm not I'm just curious.I'm Baptist

Answer 1

i'm nt atheist but im with the baptist thng.atheists can't prove thngs like the big bang theory

Answer 2

After further realizing the problems of this world, I wanted to save it as best I could.
After a short time, I read the words of a sage and agreed: in this, I have no need or ability to alter.

I've been an atheist off and on, but as shown above... I changed... and that was today.

I was an atheist because I had no place for God in my life. God is a word... what you attach to the word is ultimately useless. Perception alone matters.

I cannot give you my understanding of what God is... Words fail... My intellect however advanced is radically inadequate.
God is to be noticed within, or... not.
Belief plays absolutely no real part, except to the "fake it 'till you make it" crowd.

It's like feeling the season changing. It's all I have as an example.

Answer 3

Easy, the Bible is wrong. Every religious text I have read is wrong.

The universe was not created in 168 hours, people can not survive in whales, donkeys do not talk, Hell is not in the middle of the earth. God can not be all knowing and all powerful and create freewill.. The list goes on and on.

I used to be religious, almost fanatically so (teenage years). Then I started asking questions.. I looked at the answers in a rational way and came to the conclusion that the Bible is just wrong. It is clear as day how wrong it is when you look at it objectively.

Answer 4

How does one reconcile omnipotence, omnibenevolence and omniscience with this world and the life on it. And, why are there so many billions of people living in entire, huge countries whose culture has nothing remotely like the xian god and jesus. Here is a post I did before on the topic:

Because I look at what life was like for human beings for the past 40,000 years (maybe 6,000 for you). People lived for an average of 30-40 years. More than 50% of children died before age one (until about 100 years ago!). I look at thousands of children permanently blinded by parasites they get from playing in creeks in underdeveloped countries.

Then I look at children of modern developed countries, of any religion. I see that they live until their EIGHTIES!! Have all their teeth for a very long time. Have excellent health, etc... And I see that this has nothing to do with religion or god. It is medicine and science. So was it god's plan that hundreds of generations of people would suffer and die in their 40's and suddenly in the 19th and 20th century, everything would get better?

That's nothing other than sadistic.

I also look at all the different gods and interpretations of these gods for the past 4,000-5,000 years. I see how silly it is to point to one religion in the roman era and say "Ah, THIS is the correct one!"

I also posted this in answer to that question:
* The bible has many contradictions
* The bible shows the OT god to be violent and bloodthirsty. He also kills thousands of children.
* For thousands of years, man has had a lifespan of 30-40 years. 100 years ago in the US, 50% of children died before age 1. Modern medicine has greatly reduced this. During eras in western history when the catholic church was in charge and belief in god and church attendance was required, this did not change. So prayer seems not to have been the answer.
* The history of religions and gods seems to show that man has no consistent image or view of what god is or does.
* The bible is open enough to interpretation that if you walked into a church and asked 3 people questions about the bible or god's will, you would get probably 8 different answers.
* People kill each other in god's name every day and he apparently does nothing to stop it.
* 50% of conceptions do not result in birth
* 1 in 8 pregnancies result in twins and one twin is eventually reabsorbed.
* Children are born with no brains, with no limbs, retarded, blind.
* Children go blind from parasites every day, children suffer asthma, and other diseases

Answer 5

Because through searching and thought, I found my way to atheism. For me, it's simply a logical conclusion.

Now, why are you Baptist?

Answer 6

Because Atheists have a reason not to believe the same things as you do. They live and let live, but still get weirdo's trying to convert them against their will.

Ruvi, your husband is right.

Answer 7

I'm Atheist because all prophets were Atheists during their life time but became prophets & gods after their deaths.

Answer 8

No, and I am not even no other certain denomination of any religon.....I don't believe in "organized religion'....no offense to you, I have many friends that belong to certain denominatons.....I am a spiritual advisor/mentor.....I deal with all kinds of different "religions"......many.....and one of my clients happens to be an Atheist....she doesn't try to convince me there's no God.....(I am a HIGHLY SPIRITUAL one....firm believer in GOD).....and I don't try to tell her she's going to hell either.....everyone is different....but I truly do believe in the Holy Trinity....and my abilities come from them...

Merry Christmas to you!!

Answer 9

Im not but my husband is.........I think its to do with the fact that believing in a religion means you let go of the idea that you have total control of your life....and as such for him its a sign of weakness.....A rather shallow point of view

Answer 10

NO!!!
I believe in every think since I feel that god is really every thing including 'Baptist'.