To All True Athiests.?

Question

I'm talking about people who definitely do not believe in heaven or God for #1
1. Do you believe in what comes around goes around, you sow what you reap, or what?
2. What keeps you from sinning or doing wrong?
3. Do you care?
4.. What got you to the point of believeing there is no God or heaven?
5. Are you afraid of death? What do you think about death as it can happen at any time?
6. Do you think it is better safe than sorry to ask God to forgive you and let you into heaven, or do you think you should just party?

I've been wanting to ask the first question for a while....

Answer 1

1. no
2. because i know what's right and wrong, and i avoid doing what's wrong
3. do i care what? about what's right and wrong? yes, i do care
4. because it made no sense, and science does
5. no i'm not afraid of it. it's inevitable. why waste my time worrying about death instead of enjoying my life
6. neither. it's not "better safe than sorry" to pray to a god i don't believe in. and yes i like to party sometimes, but not all the time. mostly i'm just concerned with living my life. que sera sera.

Answer 2

1. Not by the hand of some outside force, no. I believe that there are always consequences for our actions. Sometimes we're able to dodge those consequences, but we all have to deal with the things that we've done wrong.

2. I don't believe in "sin". I've been hurt plenty enough times in my life that I don't want to hurt the people that I care about.

3. Do I care about what, dear?

4. I am an ex-christian. I started doubting my faith. I read the bible and prayed earnestly for a year. I never got any response, and while reading the bible, my doubts continued to grow. After about a year, I realized that either this god did not exist, or he did not care. I tried out most of the other major religions and I didn't find god there either. I'm much happier being an atheist.

5. To an extent, the idea of death scares me because I don't want it to be painful. But as far as being scared to no longer exist, no. I didn't exist before I was born, and death will be like going back to that. Its a natural process.

6. I think that if your god does exist, he should know the difference between true repentance and the "just in case" kind. Since I'm not truly sorry for my sins, I would only be wasting his time and my own. But I don't just "party". I work two, sometimes three jobs; I'm going to school to become a teacher; I help take care of my parents; and I volunteer at an animal shelter. I rarely go out and "party". Just because I don't believe in god doesn't mean I'm an immoral, irresponsible person.

Answer 3

1. I believe that often there are times in our lives when someone will do a wrong to us and we may remember a time in our lives when we also did something like it to another person. So we could call it karma but I do not believe in some law of nature that causes these things to happen.

2. From my perspective there is no such thing as sin. The word sin is only relevant if one believes in a god. Wrong is the act of doing harm to someone or something. Common sense tells me this and the desire to have good character makes me strive to always live accordingly.

3. I care about a lot of things and about human kind as a whole.

4. You can read about this in my previous answers.

5. I am not afraid of death itself. I am afraid of dying slowly and painfully. I try to live carefully. I wear a seat belt and try to eat right. I don't think about death much.

6. The idea of being safe better than sorry is ridiculous. If there were a god it would know my true thoughts so pretending would be hypocritical. I ask forgiveness of those people I feel I have done wrong to. I don't party. Never have.

Answer 4

1 Not necessarily. In the sense of cause and effect, yes. But when it comes to a system of universal justice, absolutely not.
2 I have control of my actions.
3 I do not understand this question. Perhaps I do not care.
4 The impossibilities of your god's existence being explained logically, point by point.
5 Yes, it is natural to fear and avoid death. I hope not to die soon or painfully and work toward this goal.
6 It is better safe than sorry to ask the Invisible Pink Unicorn to forgive you and let you into heaven. My sentence makes as much as yours. I party after business is finished.

Are you implying that the lack of a god in one's life indicates the lack of morals or will to do what is right?
If so, I fear for those around you the day you lose your faith. There would be nothing to stop you from doing something disasterous.
Truly responsible people know how to do what is right without a punishment/reward system.

Answer 5

1. No, life is kinda random. Things like health problems are caused by genes & not a way of gods punishment or such.

2. We have all sinned, nothing wrong with doing more. One cant prove anything that happens after life so enjoy life while you can.

3. Exactly what is this question about. I care about my family, friends, things I like.

4. If 1 thing is taught to you as being right while half way around the world what you are taught is taught as being wrong. What is right? One cant prove heaven or hell exists so no point in trying to be a good person in gods eyes.

5. No!!! Death is 1 of 2 things that are certain in this world. Being born & dieing, along with some things in the middle.

6. If you can prove god exists I would be more than happy to join you in heaven lol.

Answer 6

1. To a limited degree, yes. If you're nice to someone, they'll be nice to you back, often enough. There's no karmic balance sheet or anything, though. Fairness is a human concept.

2. Sin is an offense against God, there is no God, therefore I can't sin. With respect to doing wrong, I have an ethical system, it just doesn't have a God in it.

3. About many things.

4. Ironically, confirmation in the church. It was one of those 'voluntary' things that was pretty compulsory when you looked at it closely.

5. I don't know if afraid is the right word. I'd prefer not to die anytime soon, though.

6. This one requires a drink. Now that I think about it, so does #2.

Answer 7

1. Yep.

2. My brain. I don't want people to hurt me or those I love so I don't hurt others. It would be an endless cycle of revenge. Are you honestly incapable of realizing that all by your itty bitty lonesome?

3. Care about what? I care about many things. I just don't believe in your god.

4. I grew up.

5. No. Nothing. I almost died in 2004. I was unconcious in a hospital bed for a week. I was conscious but had the mental capacity of a four year old for about a month. Though it took me over a year to fully recover, I have a 127 IQ back but have to be reminded of some instances of my childhood by my family.

6. Not pascals wager again. God does not exist. I will not worship something just because I'm afraid. My fear does not control me. And I don't "party". I loath parties. I live my life as best I can, taking care of my family and loved ones, spending time with them, and enjoying my life. I don't go out drinking EVER, I don't smoke EVER, I don't do drugs except for the occasional tylenol to take care of the occasional lingering pain from my car accident that I told you about. I strive to have a good job that I truly love. I strive to spend my time with people I love. And I strive to be happy. The religious people I know tend to be the most naughty and cruel people I've ever met. Don't believe me? Go watch a Catholic school sometime and see how much more cruel, and sex drunk, the kids are in the school than they are in the public schools. I dare you.

None of it has anything to do with your god.

Answer 8

1. In general, yes you reap what you sew. There will always be exceptions to the rule (as in horrible people who rise to power and get away with murder, and murder of innocents) but as a general rule, yes.

2. I don't do wrong because I don't think that's fair behavior. For instance, I don't kill my neighbor and take her car because Kelly is a lovely person. She deserves to live. She isn't worthwhile because a skygod said she was worthwhile. She's worthwhile because she's alive and I value life.

3. Sure. I care about lots of things. I care about my family and friends and a lot of causes which I volunteer for.

4. I came to disbelieve after a thorough study of the bible. I was raised a Christain and was in bible school when I came to doubt my faith. It was a difficult and painful process.

5. I'm not looking forward to death, but I don't fear punishment in an afterlife. I have written down plans for my funeral, to make decisions easier on my family at that time - I know death can come at any time.

6. No. I think life is very valuable because it's the only one I've got. I party where there is cause to celebrate, but my life has more meaning if I take it easy and spent my time caring for my family and being a responsible parent.

Answer 9

1. No. Stuff happens. Without reason or rhyme.
2. Rationality and empathy. I don't want to be stolen from. I don't want people around me to be stolen from. I would feel empathy for someone I steal from. Stealing is therefore wrong.
3. Do I care about what? I certainly care about morality, if that's what you're asking.
4. There's no empirical evidence. It's irrational to fill gaps of knowledge in with ideas like the omnipotent sky-daddy.
5. I fear death. It's a natural instinct, both genetic and societal.
6. Pascal's wager is very, very silly. Google "atheist's wager"

Also, there are people who believe in gods other than your god, and afterlife other than heaven, but they still aren't atheists.

Answer 10

1. Do you believe in what comes around goes around, you sow what you reap, or what?

You mean like KARMA? No, not really. There are hundreds of thousands of people who have broken laws and hurt people repeatedly and had nothing bad happen to them, so no, I think anything bad that happens to a bad person is merely coincidence.

2. What keeps you from sinning or doing wrong?

Have a firm knowledge of what is right and what is wrong keeps me from doing wrong things. I don't believe in the word "sinning" because of the religious connotations. I know right from wrong in the moral and ethical sense so I don't do what's wrong. I'm also a citizen of a country with pretty firm laws and if I don't break them, I stay out of jail. So I don't break them.

3. Do you care?

Care about what? I care about right and wrong, yes. I care about humanity and the earth, yes. I care about politicians and religious leaders who think their post is a license to do whatever they darn well please, yes. I care about my family, friends and the future. I care about a lot of things. I just don't believe there are any gods.

4.. What got you to the point of believeing there is no God or heaven?

Thinking. The stories in the bible make no sense. I never felt peace with god. People who are god folk tend to be worse people for it than without it (judgemental, condescending, name-calling, killers who wish to rid the world of anyone who doesn't believe as they do). No empirical proof of god at all without using the bible which was written by men to control the rest of the people on earth.

5. Are you afraid of death? What do you think about death as it can happen at any time?

I'm more afraid of the pain associated with death than death itself. What is there to fear? Bring it on! I don't want to miss my son growing up but if I die, I die and there's nothing I can do about it. Believing in god won't stop it. I do not believe there is anything after death... just nothingness. You are here one minute and gone the next.

6. Do you think it is better safe than sorry to ask God to forgive you and let you into heaven, or do you think you should just party?

Neither. I'm pretty sure god would know that I'm believing "just in case," so he'd probably kick me out anyway. And I'm not so much into partying anymore. I'm a responsible mom with kids to raise and bills to pay, just like you. The only difference between us is that you believe in one more god than I do.

If god folk would just understand that atheists are just people too, we'd all be a lot better off.