Opinions on atheism please.?

Question

Just interested. I am an (open minded) atheist, and just want to know peoples reason for or against believing in God. I your religious you can even try to convert me! :) Either way, opinions please...

Well said Paul.
Tard Factory you're ignorant.
Does anyone have any good arguements for religion at all?

Thanks a load.

Answer 1

They are the most irrational and self-deceptive in their thinking.

Answer 2

I don't care what people believe. It is a personal matter between them and whatever or the void of whatever.

Now I do believe in a God, but I do not believe in organized religion. Not any god of any religion I have ever heard of but a God that is all life everywhere and every time put together.

I believe in a God because I find the odds too great to think that this was all a random occurrence that our planet is just close enough and just far enough away to support life, that we have an abundance of liquid water needed for life, etc.

This is not proof of God but when I take into account all I know of how everything fits together (because I like science i like to read up on stuff) I find it the chances are much better that there is a higher being, who at least layed down a foundation, than a total random occurance that just came out like this.

But that is my own private opinion and everyone can believe whatever they want since it in no way affects me.


Abel>>All life knows right from wrong. the animals obey the rule as they all do what is good for all by obeying their nature. The Gazelle might think the lion is wrong and evil but the lion is doing right by keeping the natural balance. They don't go kill all gazelles just what they need to eat. It is all natural law that is not exclusive to humans

Answer 3

Most people in Western Europe and liberal North America are atheistic by default - a God by definition is a metaphysical entity that cannot be proven empirically or considered analytically. Twentieth-century theory from the Logical Positivists onwards has generally been dismissive of metaphysics. Believers often argue that atheism, the conviction that there is no God, is a leap of faith comparable to their own but I would disagree for the reason given - it's the absence of proof. Similarly, most non-religious people are not really agnostic if they do not trouble themselves with metaphysics and in any case such thinking would muddy the pursuit of science and the quest for falsifiable knowledge.

The Church has developed philosphical arguments for a God over the centuries but only three are not immediately refutable. The "first causes argument" states that causation means that everything, a big bang included, must have a cause or a creator. Bertrand Russell in "Why I am not a Christian" countered, and I paraphrase, that if you are going to arbitrarily attribute the quality of not needing a creator to metaphysical entities there is no reason why you should not attribute this to the universe iteself. In recent times quantum observations have shown that causation works quite differently in sub-atomic dimensions.

The old ontological argument in outline stated that if one imagined a God then by definition it would be perfect in all qualites including existance - a non-existing God being less perfect than an existing one - therefore God exists. This was finally refuted by Kant who noted that "existance is not a predicate (quality)" as it does not follow the same rules of logic - one can say that the King of France is not bald but not the converse that the King of France has hair because his existance is in doubt.

The modal ontological argument rests on two premises: that there MIGHT be a God and that necessarily if there is a God God MUST necessarily exist - God must be essential and not just contingent. If one can imagine a universe where there is a God it must apply to all the other ones, including reality, as God cannot be contingent by his very essence. The flaw is in premise "a" which raises the possibility of existance in an attempted proof with hitherto no evidence.

Most people are passive atheists as God cannot be proven or thought into existance.

Answer 4

No matter what the grand cosmic truth is, there are people who believe for the right reasons and people who believe for the wrong reasons.

I'm an atheist. Thus far, I've seen nothing I would regard as good evidence for the existence of a god. There are plenty of mysteries in life (e.g. "why do we exist"), but the god-hypothesis just doesn't sound convincing to me. I'd rather stick with the honest and straightforward answer of "I don't know" than invent some fanciful tale, unsupported by evidence, that is almost certain to be false.

With regards to morality, most gods behave like spoiled brats. Also, religious tends to be rife with contradictions. I may not know the grand cosmic truths myself, but I do know that a religion that's rife with contradictions is certain to be false.

Between the scientific process, Occam's razor, and the contradictions inherent in pretty much every religion, it's quite clear to me that religion is just superstitious nonsense. The best explanations available to us are provided by the scientific process, even if those explanations remain incomplete.

Answer 5

I was raised Catholic but turned an apostate many, many moons ago. Anymore, when people ask what I believe, I tell them: "Define me as you will, as an atheist or an agnostic. Whether there is a god, gods, goddess, goddesses, cosmic coyote, mystical soup can, or some other supernatural being or beings, or nothing at all, I am not going to live my life any differently."

I don't discount the existence of some power greater than our own existence. But, the idea matters not to me. Perhaps I will be damned. If so, so be it.

I do have a problem thinking that humanity has any concept of what a god might be like. Rather than say: God created man in his own image, I would argue that man created his gods in his own image, giving to his gods human-like psychological attributes.

To each, their own. If people find comfort believing in a god and if it encourages them to be a good to their fellow humans and fellow creatures of the earth, then great.

Answer 6

The problem with you atheists is you ignore the evidence that God exists.

Many of you have said that atheists are more intelligent than theists. Prove it. If you ignore these questions and say they belong to the Science Section you are in effect ignoring the possibility of an Intelligent Designer.

Why were there primitive life forms on earth?
Why is it that no primitive tribe has been found that does not have a moral conscience? A moral sense of right and wrong?
Why is that all primitive tribes that have been discovered know the Golden Rule?

Peace and every blessing!

Answer 7

I'm agnostic. It may be fence sitting, but there is no compelling evidence for or against theism. The old Dawkins spaghetti monster argument is seriously flawed (if you don't agree, ask me about it). And as such if you can't disprove the existence of God, what puts you in a more rational position than those who believe in something they can't prove the existence of? Atheism is a belief system for people who want to be religious without stigma - it requires faith in science and subscription to scientific realism, which is philosophically indefensible. That's what I (and some established philosophers) think anyway.

Answer 8

I don't believe in religions I consider them false, but I don't consider myself an Atheist either. I've been studying quantum Physics and how it may relate to spirituality. I believe that if Quantum Physics is right, it is so far out there that there has to be a God, but not an old man sitting on a cloud, much less the bible god. I believe that god is energy and human consciousness and we are all a part of it.

Answer 9

I am an atheist and i respect all forms of religion. I dont think is a good idea to have people convert you. Do some rearch and follow your heart whatever makes YOU happy rather than someone trying to tell you what will be the best for you.

Answer 10

Atheists are people who've decided through tradition, lifestyle, learning or upbringing that there is no God. For your sake, I hope you're right. If I'm right, you may be in for a bit of a surprise after death.

However, I don't believe in insulting anyone, so if I'm ever referring to atheists in a post, I always call them 'cuddly little atheists.'

Atheists are in the whole very intelligent people, they don't see the intelligent design in the universe but they'll still be fascinated by the beauty of it. Richard Dawkins is a very famous atheist but he's a very learned man.

Answer 11

I know where you are coming from, Because I was an Atheist for many years. I thought people who believed in an after life were just hopefuls and uneducated.
But, I had an unexplained miracle happen to me, that could have happened only by a divine intervention. Needless to say I've converted to Christianity. I pray you will have such an experience also.