Curiousity?

Question

I am curious about Atheists and what they believe exactly. I ask questions about them so I can better understand what they believe. I love to learn about different groups and cultures, to expand my understanding of everyone around me.
My question is: Atheists if you were going to put your faith in a higher power, a "GOD" per say, What do you believe would be the closest thing to being proof of GOD?
Just to let you understand what I believe. I am a christian (argued to not be one by other christians) Who doesn't believe in living my life based off the bible. I believe that the SUN is GOD. (most think I'm crazy for that) I've researched and seen a lot of evidence that leads me to believe that. I use my common sense and my concious to make my decisions. I know right from wrong and don't sin anymore than the most dedicated Catholic out there.
Like I said, i am just curious what Atheists believe and feel, I already understand the Christan view. I'm not here to judge, just to learn.

You all are a bunch of bitter individuals, perhaps a little less time in spirituality!!! I guess it's true, religion does start most wars.. There were a few exceptions and to those thanks for the kindness.

Answer 1

I'm not too sure what motivates an atheist or their beliefs or lack of the same. I'm pretty convinced that it took a supreme being or beings to create the cosmos and all it contains...But I don't beleive that those beings or being has any day to day contact with us or interferes in any way with the functions of life. In other words prayer is only for the person saying it. I don't know if I'm saying this right...I hope you can figure out what I'm trying to say.

Answer 2

I used to be a conservative Christian (was born into a conservative Christian family) but now think of myself as an agnostic and not an atheist, but I guess you could say in the way I live my life that I'm functionally an atheist.

Anyway, the thing about atheists and agnostics is that there's no pressure to believe anything about God or gods or anything, which is a very different experience from the way it was when I was a Christian. Being a conservative Christian meant having to constantly monitor your own thoughts and feelings for the "dangers" of false doctrine, false beliefs, and doubt. (Looking back, it was really one big mind game.) I think it's a lot easier for many Christians out there who like most people don't think very much, very hard, or read all that much. I loved to read though, and was curious about all sorts of different beliefs and subjects, which meant finding all sorts of things that didn't jive with the official Christian teachings, which made one always worry if they didn't believe enough in the correct beliefs when doubts naturally came.

I really don't know if there is a God or gods or some higher being or not. I am pretty sure that none of the official religions of the world are anything more than the historical, cultural inventions of people with no special knowledge or insight into whether or not God exists. (No one organization, person, or belief system has the ultimate truth about God or the direct line to him.)

The closest thing to proof of God? Nothing I can think of comes anywhere near being close. Some people think God exists because of some holy book or some church organization tells them so. Those claims are hearsay, and hardly qualify as substantial proof. Some people believe that they just feel that God exists. I don't buy that either, because I don't feel anything of the kind and never really did. Unless God appeared in a very dramatic, real way and communicated his presence, (in a way that was pretty clear and couldn't be explained away by a psychological delusion as many so-called miraculous proofs of God can be) I can't think of anything that would qualify as solid proof of God's existence.

Ultimately, if God exists then I don't think he (she, it) has set up this elaborate game in which only if you play by a church's rules and believe in him, you don't get tortured for all of eternity, so I really don't think it's that big of a deal whether or not people believe in God. It's more important how you live your life and treat others.

So, when you say that you think that the SUN is God, do you mean that you literally think that the physical, fiery sphere of our planet is revolving around is God? Like the way the Ancient Egyptians did?

Answer 3

The sun is God?! I am speechless, I don't even know what to say to that. I know that wasn't your question, but seriously, I am a true, Bible living Christian. How do you call yourself a Christian when the Bible, clearly God's Word, says to live by it, and you are living by the sun?! P.S.-the sun cannot talk, or write a book. God created the sun. AND we sin every day, there is no way around it, we can try and try, but we are not perfect, nor are we sinless, in any way. When God looks at His children, Christians, He sees blameless people, because we've been cleansed by Him. But the sun cannot cleanse one, it causes skin cancer, do you think God wants to kill people? I think, that maybe you should re-research your "findings". There is no proof that God is the sun. God is God, and we cannot contain Him to a miniscule thing such as the sun, it isn't even the biggest star. And if you believe God is the sun, and you believe that God created everything, then how did He create Himself?(God said, "let there be lights to govern the day and the night.", not, let me be a light to govern the day and night.) I am sorry, I am having a really hard time buying into this "theory" of yours.

Answer 4

First you need to define "god" There is no way to study something that has a moving definition. I haven't the slightest idea what you could do the way that you have constructed god to show that he is real. Religion has gone out of its way to move the definition to avoid scientific study over and over.

I am sure that an omnipotent deity could provide proof, or at least the slightest shred of evidence if it wanted.

Answer 5

You have all the qualities of an Atheist and a Catholic.The Catholics worship the sun as you do. They have several big in graved suns in the Vatican.Just think! You could join either one of the two.

Answer 6

It's simple. We don't believe in god, any gods. We believe that all gods and the religions they represent sprang from man imagination. Religion is nothing more than a tool use to control the masses.

Answer 7

I share your view on our great religion - and most think I'm crazy as well. Anyone who has studied the origins of Christianity (as you obviously have) cannot deny the fact that it was a solar-based Mystery religion from the beginning.

Answer 8

Honeybee - basically just that we all got here thru natural causes. No sky fairy, no invisible super-being guided anything. When we die, we cease to exist. We don't go on to a better existance and we're not reborn.

I believe this way, not because it sounds the best to me (I'd rather live on forever!) but because that's what reason and logic tell me is most likely. I am similar to all living organisms who cease to exist when they die.

Hope that helps.

Answer 9

I really don't see how I can answer your question. There's no evidence for any god, and that wouldn't change no matter what I believed.

Answer 10

I guess.. if i WAS going to have a "god" then...
the next closest thing for proof is if i somehow met maybe some famous person?
or seen a miracle?