To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.
Joseph Addison
2007-02-19 12:06:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
atheist have no faith in a religion. they believe they r here they die the end. a question to think about- have u ever told a friend a secret u didnt want ne one else to no if u have u had faith in that person not to tell ne one else. the point is every one has faith in something
also if u have faith that God is real then doesnt it seem that is more faith because u cant see God if u have faith in something u can see it seems much much smaller
hope this helped and that u r a Christian not an atheist
2007-02-19 12:14:17 · answer #1 · answered by MR. BLANK 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists have no faith, we are free from delusion. An Atheist is much more interested in facts and best case scenarios. Because of that, we are excited at new discoveries in science and therefore our opinions will change on certain things whenever science comes up with a more convincing hypothesis. Religion teaches us to be content with not understanding.
"At a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell
2007-02-19 20:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is false. It takes absolutely no faith to be an atheist. It takes no faith to NOT believe in god(s). Whereas it takes great faith to believe in god(s). Faith is the will to believe without evidence. I find atheists to like to see the evidence before believing. Hence, most atheists I know have no faith.
2007-02-19 20:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by CC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It requires a great deal of faith to be an atheist, just as it does to be a theist, since neither position can be conclusively proved.
2007-02-19 20:11:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Faith is by definition belief without evidence. Atheists base their belief on evidence, and their non-belief on the gargantuan non-evidence for god. As a 17C-18C essayist, Addison was a bit remote from the evidence that we have today, so perhaps it seemed right to him at the time. But it's not now.
2007-02-19 20:09:02 · answer #5 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
This guy died in 1719! A more contemporary quote might be more relevant:
"Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence."
Richard Dawkins
2007-02-19 20:15:57 · answer #6 · answered by atheist jesus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. It requires no faith whatsoever to be an atheist. It only requires a respect for logic and evidence. Believers have faith that God(s) exist. Atheists do not have faith in the non existence of Gods, we just accept the fact that there is no evidence for the existence of God(s).
2007-02-19 20:08:16 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Being an atheist doesnt take any amount of faith, only a great amount of denial.
Atheists dont have faith, they lack it.
2007-02-19 20:23:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is faith that there is no God vs. faith that He is. There is no physical proof of either. Spiritual proof is another story.
2007-02-19 20:11:57 · answer #9 · answered by 4HIM- Christians love 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It requires no faith at all.
"Faith is believing what you know ain't so."
-- Mark Twain
2007-02-19 20:12:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋