are there any atheists?

Question

who are actually seeking
i dont know if this sounds contradictory , so please excuse me if i misunderstand atheism
and this is in no way intended to be an anti atheist question
but do atheists look for something that may prove them wrong ?

I know that in my beliefs
i actively seek out information that may help either confirm or eliminate some things for me
and i think that is quite a healthy attitude

i feel that agonstic is different to what i am asking
i am asking can an atheist be a seeker

haha acid .. i just like to cover my botty so that no one thinks i am being mean
i am just curious

Answer 1

I seek the truth whatever the truth may be. Am I afraid of what I'll find? Hmm... perhaps.

Answer 2

Hmm...yeah, see what you mean, it's almost a linguistic minefield, this...to be atheist appears to imply a surety that there is no god, so to search for something appears to be admitting unsurety, which kind of flips one over the line from atheism to agnosticism.

But I reckon there's room for something in the middle - I'm an atheist in that I don't believe there was a creator-god. But I'm interested in spirit, I'm interested in the power of belief, I'm interested in learning about any evidence there is of which I'm currently unaware that might well prove me wrong. I don't have that evidence before me at the moment, so I'm an atheist. But I'm always looking for new information and new approaches to the world that might yet prove me wrong. So I'm a seeking, open-minded atheist, rather than a simple 'I don't know' agnostic.

Answer 3

i am not an athiest, nor a christian .. however

to a degree yes, most athiests hold the philosophys of the big bang theory and/or the theory of evolution as major philosophys to answer a few of the unknown questions. but for the most part i believe most true athiests know that these are just theories and are subject to change given more knowledge of the world around us. so are they seeking for something to prove them wrong? no they are just seeking more knowledge of the world around us .. which may for the most part proove or disproove there own beliefs.

many athiests don't believe athiesm is a religion, i on the otherhand do. it has a belief system (Science, reason and philosophy) and for the most part a set of morals which is more or less based off their beliefs. all the basis of a religion in my eyes.

Answer 4

I am atheist, this means I don't believe in God or in any religion, simple as that really.
It does not mean that I believe in nothing at all, so of course I am always searching, but not for any God or religion, I've looked for the truth in all that stuff, I know in my own mind it's all BS, so why would I need to look any more?
A lot of folk seem to think that atheists object to any one believing in God , I certainly dont object, I do object to all the different religions that seem to be required to worship this God, why do religious folk need leaders and teachers to tell them theirs is the only true religion?? Its madness, If you feel a need to believe in God then good luck to you! I feel a need to get drunk at least once a week,thats also pretty sad but when I go to my local pub I dont want to kill the feller sitting opposite becase he is drinking a diffrent beer to my brand.
Dont feel bad about appearing to be anti atheist , I dont feel at all bad about being anti religion!
Maybe some atheists are looking for a 'sign' that they could be wrong, but I'm not one of them, I am just as convinced that there is no God as a dedicated Christian is convinced that Christ was God on earth.
In future have a blast at us , not many of us would ever dream of reporting you, on the other hand if 'we have a go' at religion of any type we will without a doubt be blasted with reports, I wonder why that is??? Could it be that we introduce a bit of logic into the equation? This of course cannot be allowed, in fact I am almost certain that there is a complete passage in one of the 'holy' books that preaches against the use of logic?

Answer 5

I can only speak for myself, but you have to appreciate, as an American, I've grown up in a predominantly Christian society. Throughout my childhood, I was thoroughly immersed in Christian beliefs, and exposed to the differing doctrines of several religious sects, including Catholicism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter Day Saints, etc.

I don't think for one moment that I've heard and seen every possible argument modern religion has for the existence of a God, but I do know that none of them make any sense to me, and never really have. As a child, I believed, not because I made any real evaluation of the concept, but because my parents and the people around me told me God was real.

As an adult, science is a source of never-ceasing wonder to me. I don't have the educational background to fully comprehend all that I read, but I continue to learn, and to seek out more knowledge. Should science someday prove the existence of God, I would want to know it, but I am not interested in science in the hopes that that will happen.

Again, I can only speak from my own experiences, but I get the sense from other like-minded people that they have undergone a similar progression. They too have lived their lives in a Christian society, know the drill, and have rejected the premises on which religion is based. They are seekers of knowledge, and understanding, but not in hopes of finding proof of God. Atheists from other cultures and other religious backgrounds may experience something of the same process.

Answer 6

While I am an atheist, I remain open minded. If any new evidence came along that proves anything having to do with God or an afterlife I would most certainly accept it and believe it. There is much man doesn't know about himself and the universe. You have a great day!

Answer 7

No we do not seek enlightenment, a atheist does not believe in the existence off a god or any higher being.

A agnostic believes there is something but does not know what so they would seek more to understand.

I hope this helps, from the point off view of an atheist.

Answer 8

As an atheist- I sometimes seek a spiritual side of life. But spirituality has absolutely nothing to do with some omnipotent god figure or any organized religion. Yet- there is still wisdom to be learned.

For instance- as much as I despise Christianity, they have a teaching and value of 'Forgiveness' that is a wonderful life lesson.

Answer 9

Do Christians,Muslims etc look for something that may prove them wrong?-No.
I would love to believe in some supernatural being that was looking after me and had a place in heaven set aside for me,but I as an atheist have accepted,after a Catholic upbringing, that when Im dead I will just be worm food.

Answer 10

An atheist seeks something to prove an anti athiest wrong and vice versa.... So in turn all of us are seeking something with these labels. At the end of the day it is belief matters to all of us.

Answer 11

Well, i am not an Atheist, but I'm not a Believer, either...but I don't NOT believe, you know what I mean? i think it's called Agnostic. Anyways, I just asked a question about the dinosaurs and God that has always really bugged me... maybe you could answer and clear some of it up for me??
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