This is the same question that atheists ask religious people all time but reworded. Seriously, start asking smarter, more philosophical questions instead of insulting this caricature of theists that most Christians and Muslims do not even share.
2007-01-06 13:52:55 · 13 answers · asked by Sifting 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
why don't you believe what I believe? Oh I forgot, we STILL live in America.
2007-01-06 14:03:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is also a religion, as dogmatic and fundamentalist as any other.
Everyone is free to believe in whatever they want - Even non-believers.
But consider this BE - LIEF = To be instead of something.
You do not know something so you believe in it.
Perhaps you are right, perhaps you are wrong.
If you want to find out the truth, then stop believing in anything and think it over for yourself.
We could all ask ourselves
"Why am I a Christian/Muslim/Jew/Atheist?"
If the answer is because you were born into that religion that shows you have not had the courage to think for yourself.
2007-01-14 13:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by Satya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of us either answer questions, or poke fun at you. It is really hard to have a rational conversion with a group that just can't understand that a single book written by religious zealots in the bronze age doesn't constitute evidence in any imaginable way. Let alone proof.
When we try to ask good philosophical questions, we get back scripture quotes, not serious debate.
2007-01-06 22:00:18 · answer #3 · answered by Alex 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with and understand your point, but it isn't quite that simple. Philosophy is not "fact based" or logical. It's emotional. Atheists frustrate believers by looking in terms of evidence, in turn believers frustrate atheists with faith.
Unfortunately most atheist myself included can't just turn of our logic/fact based view of things. (Our brains don't work that way) You may as well ask a heterosexual man to understand why a homosexual man finds men attractive. We simply look at things from vastly different perspectives. It's not that we don't want to understand the religious perspective, we can't!
You can't believe that Moses parted the Red sea in an evidence based light, it takes faith. I DON'T intend any insult here, be proud of your faith, it's something most atheists can no sooner do than they could lift an elephant.
To put it in shorter terms, we're asking to TRY to understand your perspective and keep asking in hopes that someone will give an answer we can understand!
2007-01-06 22:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by mrtryitall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never asked theists to stop believing. It's hard to stop believing in something that's comforting to them and has been indoctrinated into their minds as truth.
All I (and I assume other atheists) do is ask them to be more open minded and at least QUESTION their faith/belief. We also put down misconceptions people may believe and tell them the truth - the ones that are facts, not opinions mind you.
2007-01-06 21:58:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably because you religious people are being so difficult. And they bundle all you christians and Muslims up in caricature, just like you are now bundling all Atheists in one caricature with your question.
2007-01-06 21:57:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, its not what Atheists ask. You're asked to know what science actually teaches instead of ignoring science in favor of your religion and asking ridiculous questions claiming that science says we came from monkeys.
You're asked to be educated. Thats not too much to ask.
2007-01-06 21:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've never asked a christian any such thing. Everyone has a right to their own beliefs. To each their own and live and let live.
2007-01-06 22:01:17 · answer #8 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not an atheist that goes to Nepal and tells those people that if you don't believe what I tell you to believe than you are going to hell. It is Christian missionaries that go to Nepal and lie.
2007-01-06 21:56:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
MANY believers have been trying for centuries to FORCE people to believe what they believe that's how we got the inquisition.
2007-01-06 21:56:58 · answer #10 · answered by Noi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think we should all leave each other alone and let people who are ready to search for something new do it
2007-01-06 21:56:55 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋