Just another survey.
You don't believe in God, or
You don't want to believe in God?
First, let me speak my mind.
As been said by Hot Carl, it's all parsimony...or....something......Anyways, basicly an atheist would find all the logical explainations before believing in magic. So I had to ask, do Atheists merely do not believe in God, or they do not WANT to believe in God?
So anyway, yeah here's my survey. Answer honestly.
2007-02-24 08:50:00 · 25 answers · asked by Adia Azrael 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The reason I feel that way is because someone said:
If he's not insane, it must be a UFO.
If it's not a UFO, must be weeds.
If it's not weeds, must be a prank.
If it's not a prank....(the list goes on)
He must be convince at some point, right? But still it's not....so, is it that they don't believe, or do not want to believe....Hmm...
2007-02-24 08:56:48 · update #1
There's nothing wrong if you don't want to believe in God, why take offence?
Some people don't like the idea there's a being watching everything you do, knowing everything in your head, or letting people suffer on Earth.
2007-02-24 09:05:27 · update #2
I just simply do not believe in a god. Honestly, it would be nice if such a force existed, but I just can't make myself believe.
2007-02-24 08:54:23 · answer #1 · answered by ~ Sara ~ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, technically I'm agnostic, since I am aware that there is no proof that a version of god doesn't exist. However, I choose to not believe that such a being does, given the lack of evidence proving his/her/its existence. I like to see the question of God's existence from a scientific point of view: he/she/it does not exist until there is enough evidence showing that he/she/it exists. Until then, I won't believe in any form of god.
As for speaking for atheists as a whole, I have no idea. Some atheists will be open-minded to evidence that might support the existence of a god, but some would undoubtedly remain close-minded and firm about their beliefs. It just depends on the person.
2007-02-24 17:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by Nanashi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both. Let's make this clear first: if I believed in God, I would probably be a Christian. But the idea of going to heaven while other non-Christians, possibly good people, go to hell sickens me. Also, I don't want there to be life after death. The only immortality I'd want would be on earth, just because there is so many things to do, but what could you possibly do in heaven? It sounds so boring to me. I would prefer to rest my mind after a thoroughly long life of eighty-ninety years (my family has a long life span. I knew my great-great grandmother until I was five). Then I'd want my organs to be donated and I'll be cremated and have my ashes cast over an ocean. Life is long enough without adding "life after death" to it.
I also don't like the idea that life is a test. If you fail at life, you go to hell. That upsets me. As does the idea that God watches us, and even though he's all powerful, he refuses to stop the suffering in the world. If Satan uses his power to make evil in the world, why doesn't God utilize his power to stop it? The list can go on forever.
2007-02-24 17:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by Stardust 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Believers sure are frantic to believe that atheism is a matter of active rejection of God. It seems that most of them are so afraid of being wrong that they insist that we don't believe in god because it enables us to misbehave somehow.
Probably the most important thing I've learned about believers from this site is that they're terrified of the fact that there are sincere nonbelievers. It clearly illustrates the fact that faith is essentially dead - almost none of the believers here are able to admit that there is no evidence for their beliefs. Faith is almost entirely absent from religion, judging by the believers here anyway.
2007-02-24 17:06:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not believe in God.
I'm sure most people here have a similar opinion to me, I desperately want to believe in a God. How great would it be to know that when you die you go to the perfect place imaginable, and that this life has meaning, it would be very conforting. However, like most atheists, I recognise that there is a very big difference between something being conforting and something being true.
2007-02-24 17:01:34 · answer #5 · answered by Om 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did not start out wanting to believe in God. I do not believe in God because there is no evidence.
If God would give a simple, unequivocal proof of his existence as Jesus did for Thomas then I would believe.
2007-02-24 16:58:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheists don't believe in god because they know that the world wasn't made by a deity that had to have been made by a deity etc. It's not that atheists don't want to believe in a god, it's just that there's no proof surrounding that fact while for evolution there is.
2007-02-24 16:54:01 · answer #7 · answered by Blackbird 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist, and I have stated numerous times on Y!A that I would *like* to believe, but have been given no valid reason to do so.
That said, I wouldn't want God to be the Christian interpretation. That seems like the nightmare scenario, quite honestly.
2007-02-24 16:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
What "god"? Prove one exists first.
Your hypothetical hypotheism is hypocritical in the absence of facts.
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As the saying goes, "Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results." If you ask the same question, you're going to get the same answer.
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2007-02-24 16:57:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't believe in God
2007-02-24 16:56:05 · answer #10 · answered by untilyoucamealong04 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋