why people become atheists?

Answer 1

I am an atheist because I don't believe in deities and the word atheist describes this state of disbelief. I don't believe in deities because no argument or evidence presented to me in support of their existence has been convincing.

1. Biology adequately describes life and emotions without appealing to mystical invisible dieties

2. Astronomy adequately describes the formation of stars/planets/universe/etc without appealing to mystical invisible dieties

3. Geology adequately describes the evolution of the Earth, land formations, etc without appealing to mystical invisible dieties

4. Psychology describes the human psyche better than appealing to mystical invisible dieties

5. Appealing to mystical invisible dieties is an appeal to ignorance

6. There's no physical evidence for the existence of mystical invisible dieties

7. A myriad of mystical invisible dieties have been posited by emphatically superstitious societies and have been proven to be products of overly active imaginations (today's religion is tomorrow's myth) and ignorance.

8. Believing in mystical invisible dieties seems to become quite absurd when those who posit the mystical invisible dieties begin explaining why and how they exist in the face of contradictory physical evidence.

9. As scientific knowledge increases, the role of the mystical invisible dieties oddly gets pushed further and further back.

10. Mystical invisible dieties are mystical invisible dieties (ie can never be found by empirical methods)

That should be enough to get you started.

Answer 2

Because there are influential people like Ayn Rand who write things like Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead, and focus on man's stellar abilities, and that man's ultimate goal in life is his own happiness, and that there are other templates for morality than just a religion. Many feel that organized religion is indoctrination, and we only believe in it to set rules as a guideline for living good, productive lives. Yet others have been tormented by the world, enveloped in science, or have had an overly-religious family that turned them away from it. These people find such philosophies as those of Rand to be acceptable, they would like to think that humanity is of a certain independence, that we don't need a higher moral code than what we can make for ourselves. I am not an atheist, but I have known many. And while all of their reasoning is very logical and makes sense to me, I have seen too much in my life to know that I do believe in God.

Answer 3

they feel that if they can harden their heart they will not fall prey to the weaknesses of bonding, not all people have answers that can deal with all the religion or humanity can throw at people who just have enough problems trying to cope with the hope that they have, as many atheists have and do as much as humans can do with the thoughts that they to have and do the right things in the world that make building blocks for the finest country in the world, all walks of life only have small differences when high quality prevails to lend a helping hand that can be manifested in anyone

Answer 4

Christians who threaten little kids If you don't believe in God, you will go to hell. Something is wrong with the Universe is people like that goes to heaven.

Answer 5

1. they had built a philosophy that to see is to believe.
2. they are scientific minded that to prove hypotheses it must have variance.

Answer 6

Because they see people like Star Jones with a man, and they say "Why her and not me, lord?? WHY??? HOW?"

Answer 7

It's plain deception, they're deceived.

Answer 8

Intelligence and logic.