To the atheists out there; without trying to dethrone your idea and concept?

Question

of disbelief - was there ever even the slightest occurence in your life that made you (if only for a brief moment) think that your position of nothing out there perhaps is not true and accurate; this is a meeting of the minds , a genuine inquiry - if you get mad about people being so sure that there is a God; why are you sure that there isn't ? What is your basis, ever any doubt about your position??

Answer 1

How do you have doubts about something that isn't real to you? Did you ever had doubts and think that maybe Zeus really is real?

Answer 2

I beleived there was a god when I was younger, growing up, but only because that's what I was taught. Once I was able to think on my own and use logic to reason, i realized that there was no way I could ever know, so I quit wasting my time trying to figure it out. It's okay to believe something if you want to believe it, but I only believe in what I can actually see, or what can be logically reasoned.
I have nothing but love for all peoples, all religions. I think the Bible teaches great lessons about life, and how to act as a society, but at the same time i do not believe it to be factual. Maybe there is a god, maybe there is not, I won't know until either I am gone from this Earth, or if he/she comes to Earth one day. Until then, I'm not going to rack my brain or waste my time trying to understand it. I'm just going to live my life peacefully, help others as much as I can, and if that's not good enough then so be it.

Answer 3

I came to atheism from Christianity (and was actually an ordained Elder in the Presbyterian church) so, yes, there was a time when I believed there might be something out there.

My non-belief started with a rejection of organized religion. I later rejected the miracles of the bible while still believing in god. Finally, though, I could not see any need for god. I could not see him acting in this universe or in my life.

I am perfectly willing to be convinced. If the sun stops in the sky and delays going down a full day while a major holy city is destroyed, I would be willing to accept that as a sign that there is a god as well as a sign that he didn't hold whichever religion that particular religion in high favor. It wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong.

On the other hand, if it never happens and we both discover that it's not life after death, it's death after life, it wouldn't be the first time that I've been right. Admittedly, it will be too late to gloat.

Answer 4

I am hundred percent sure that there is nothing hereafter.After all why should it be. There is no logic. Life after all is the process of evolution and it goes on and on. If there is a life out there we would have definitely met some of these people who died earlier.But nothing like that has ever happened.Secondly if there is a god he has to be impartial and merciful.But the situation is just the opposite.Millions are born with birth defects.Others suffer from incurable diseases and million go to bed with just one meal a day.And above all supposed to be children of god fight and kill each other.The very birth place of the Prince of Peace has become a place of terror and what more!!!

Answer 5

I am an atheist and my main reason for not being religious is a feeling of discomfort that i get from christianity. DOn't get me wrong, I got nothing against you or your god, but i hate how twisted something as beautiful as christianity is. It seems to be the basis of everything, from politics to media, and it's very difficult for atheists to fit into society. I always play off like I'm christian until i really no a person to avoid the atheist bias. People always think of atheists as gothic, confused, disturbed, or pessimistic and i must say that i am none of those things. I'm not afraid to die and be nothing, in fact, i'm more afraid of eternal life. I have no reasons for beliveing their is or isn't a god, and i have no intentions of seeking the answers out.

Answer 6

I'm an atheist, but feel no anger that others believe in god, any god. No- never in my life have I had any brief glimpse of a supreme being, and I don't care enough to pursue any inquiry to search out more information on my beliefs or anyone elses.

Answer 7

I tried and tried to do the God thing. I didn't know there were other people who didn't believe in God, so I really tried. It just never made sense and when I finally let go, the whole world opened up.

So, no, I don't doubt my position. As for other people believing it, well, it just doesn't make any sense, so I don't understand how others believe it.

Answer 8

Nop. Not after I realised what the world was really like and what it had become at the hand of certains things and people. Not after I started finding logical reasons for everything that happened rather than tossing em up on unseen, unknown and unforeseen things.
Fear, lack of reasoning and speculation (sometimes unconsciously) can drive any one take anything as divine. No doubts anymore.

Answer 9

Prior to reverting to atheism, I had multiple visions that utterly crushed my soul and convicted me with all the power one could imagine of being a sinner in need of a Savior, and my visions were of Jesus and Mary... I was Catholic at the time.

Since reverting to atheism, I have continued to have 'visions' or out-of-body experiences. Only, now my visions/OBE's are of Fenris Wolf from Norse Mythology. The wolf plays an overwhelming role in the symbology of the story of my life, so it makes sense to have this experience from a neurological basis.

It was this, more than any other fact, I think, that really made the difference. Every single spiritual or religious experience can be duplicated in the laboratory with simple jolts of electricity or magnetic fields to the brain, and as the research progresses, the reliability of this technology increases. Also, in every such case of artificially induced spiritual/religious experiences, the people experience whatever their life symbology would have them see ... a Hindu, for example, might find himself in the presence of Brahman, Christians in a Heaven of one sort or another, or for a 'wolf-heart' like me, in the presence of the most powerful lupine archetype I know, Fenris.

When religion became just another toy for scientists to dismantle and reduce, I realized religion was bogus. My subsequent studies of neuroscience have confirmed this, for me at least.

Answer 10

I'm not sure there isn't.

My problem is that there MIGHT be a higher being, but I have strong doubts that it is GOD. It could be something a bit more enigmatic that simply God. I do know that I am every bit as insignificant as the next person if I don't make something of myself. By myself.

Answer 11

No, I don't really doubt. I spent my childhood and early adult years wondering why I couldn't believe the way everyone around me did--I thought there must be something wrong with me because I wanted proof beyond "It's in the Bible so it must be true" or "I feel it so it must be true". Finally, I realized that there isn't any proof, because God doesn't exist. My life has been so much better since then, there is no comparison. I only wish I'd found the truth sooner.