Atheists....?

Question

When and why did you become an Atheist? What aspects about Atheism do you like and dislike? What do strive for? Are you morals any different then a religious person?

Please, no comments from anyone other than the Atheists, I do not care about your salvation or that god is going to send us to hell, or that Jesus died for the sins of the Jews.

Answer 1

Well I'm an atheist because I never really learned about religion when I was growing up and when I did start learning about it there was lots of things that I wondered. One thing I wondered is why God would allow such horrible things to happen to some people. I understand that bad things have to happen in life and that's fine...but I don't understand why some people have nothing bad happen to them while some little children get raped, tortured, and murdered before they even turn 5...why some children are born to sick parents who have them soley for the purpose of raping them...anyway, those things have made me wonder what kind of God would be okay with that. That's just one thing, there are some others. I don't think that my morals are any different. I want to make this world a better place, not for my own salvation or to get into heaven, but because I care about people and wish that everyone could have a decent life. I strive to make this world a better place for myself, everyone ese, and for the children I hope to one day have.

Answer 2

I became an atheist in college, after realizing that I can't be a responsible and ethical person if I let other people or God make my decisions for me.

I like being free to judge what's right and wrong, to watch whatever movies I like, to hang out with and learn from a broader spectrum of people. I don't know if I dislike anything, but I miss some of the closeness I had with people in my old fellowship group.

I strive to make a positive impact on the world for other people. My morals are a little different than a religious person's, in that they are based on my experiences and reasoning, and I can be persuaded to change my morals if someone made a good argument. I feel like religion has a fixed set of morals, and people strive to change themselves to match them -- so the conviction is not as organic.

Answer 3

I have been an atheist all my life, therefore I have no particular reason why I became one. It is my natural state.

I strive for contentedness, happiness, and harmony. These are personal goals but I would extend them on society if I could.

Of course my morals are different from religious people. My morals are not created by a religion or by a belief of an afterlife and after-judgement. My morals are rather based on reasoning; the basic rule of my morals could be summarized in "everything which does no harm to anyone is allowed and okay". This is different for example from the "sin" concept of christians, since there are many "sins" defined which do no harm to anyone.

Answer 4

I have (as far as I can remember) always been an atheist.

I attended a Church of England school, I sang in the choir, attended Church on Sundays. I have Christian friends, I work in a care home and take residents to Church. But it's never 'done' it for me.

What do I strive for? What does anyone strive for? Happiness, compassion and understanding for others, chocolate, a decent credit rating, a better world? I don't know how to answer that. All of the above (and more) I guess.

Are my morals any different from a religious persons? Not really. I strive to do what I think is 'right'. It's just I don't say 'I love the world because that's what Christ teaches us to do' (please feel free to substitute sentiments/ actions and religious teacher at will).

I'm just an ordinary bloke living an ordinary life. I just don't happen to believe in 'god'.

Thank you for asking.
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Answer 5

I became an atheist because I didn't believe in the concept of an omnipotent creator being. I was baptized Byzantine Catholic as a baby and studied Catholicism, then other religions as I grew older to see if ANYONE really had a better grip on truth. The journey led me through years and years of study of Islam, from every angle imaginable, other Christian sects like Baptist, LDS, etc. I studied the history of religions and paganism, Wicca, etc. and wound up finding Buddhism, which makes the most logical choice to me.

So I'm atheist and all of my ETHICS come from Buddhist logic/philosophy... and of course they're "different", everybody's different.

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Answer 6

I became an Atheist when I was about nine years old. The reason I don't believe in God is because I have no reason to. I live on Earth and interact with humans, so why then should I worry about a "supreme being" with no real definition other than being "really powerful" who's never actually shown himself? Of course no one can know for sure whether there is some sort of God or not, but I find it unimportant. Science can explain our questions with real answers, not random contradicting gibberish written by ancient civilizations. Also, I feel no need to blindly worship. Worship is something to be earned, not received by default. If God is going to punish me for not worshiping "him", then so be it. It's his fault for not providing the evidence or answers we deserve, not mine. If he's so smart and perfect, he'd understand.

Answer 7

I become atheist when I was 15. I went to church when I was about 5-11, stopped, then went back at 14 for about three months. Then suddenly it just dawned on me that God and the bible don't make much sense. I haven't been to church since.
Just because I have no religion does not mean I lack morals.

Answer 8

I was born Atheist, just like the rest of the world's population of animals. Religion is taught to people, it's not something you're born into. I tried to be Christian, but that worked for maybe half an hour.

My morals are different than the next person. Not just because I know that doing bad things will get you in jail, but also because it's just wrong to break laws that were intended to keep people in line. Killing people is bad. Stealing is wrong. Doing intentional harmful things is bad.

Answer 9

Why me? Because the fact that an Invisible man in the Sky who watches your every move is silly to me.

and The fact that supposedly you don't have to take responsibilities for your actions as God does it.

last Evolution has so much evidence going for it while alot of creationists don't understand it, makes me annoyed.

For me the whole Premise of Creation is nice but doesn't seem very logical.

Answer 10

enable me get this promptly,you're asking questions of atheists and complaining when we answer? ought to a even as no longer be more advantageous powerful spent complaining about the non secular no longer answering once you ask questions of them? faith is backwards. i imagine eighteen is your lot more advantageous or a lot less