I'm as curious about you as some of you seem to be about Christians!
2007-05-28 15:09:36 · 39 answers · asked by KJ 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Minfixation- True, feelings ARE a good thing to be in tune to, but seems like believing without reading the manual is kinda like going from Bogota to Anchorage without a map
2007-05-28 15:50:03 · update #1
jwls319- Ha Ha! I caught that one too!! Thanks.
2007-05-28 15:52:17 · update #2
I have read some of the Bible, but I don't think it's even necessary to read one verse to decide that you don't believe. Many have tried to prove God, but it always fails. I'm agnostic, so I try to rely on logic to figure out what I should accept. I used to be Christian, but I broke away once I started thinking about what I believed. I remember defending my religion viciously from others who were telling me what I believe now, but I guess it took personal reflection to really change anything.
So: since the Bible offers no proof of God, I cannot believe in God.
2007-05-28 15:19:35 · answer #1 · answered by Skye 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Um...I read some Bible stories as a kid, but that's about it.
I never really "decided" to be an atheist. I went to church with my friends or my aunt sometimes, and then eventually stopped going. Not because I had stopped believing, mind you, but because I was a kid and I thought church was boring. As time progressed, I hadn't given God a second thought. Since He has never really been a part of my life, and I have never connected to Him on a spiritual level like so many Christians say they can do. It wasn't for lack of trying--because I certainly tried quite a bit to find a connection while I was going to church. I just never found it. Anyway, when I was about twelve or thirteen, I learned the meanings of "atheist" and "agnostic" and I kinda swayed back and forth between the two. I eventually decided that, even though I really don't care either way (this leads back to the whole, "I don't give God a second thought thing"), I am probably more of an atheist.
So, there you go. Life story. :)
2007-05-28 15:18:45 · answer #2 · answered by Stardust 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an Atheist but I'm not Christian and I am no longer a Christian because I was forced to study the Bible in school, over and over again. The more I read the more I realized that there were too many inconsistencies and God sounded tyrannical, which is not something I believe a God or Goddess is. The Bible however does have many important moral values to teach us and I believe it was the greatest collection of stories ever written, no matter who the author was.
2007-05-28 15:14:01 · answer #3 · answered by Kate 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised as a Presbyterian. I have read the bible all the way through once(we had a thing call bible study.) Believed it was true until I could start thinking for myself. Then I realized it was just mythology. The bible is just a fantasy book. There are some cool monsters in there. That God character can be especially nasty sometimes. The crap he will put people through just because they think for themselves, Wow, nasty!! Don't mess with the Almighty!!! He will layth the smackth down on your ***!!!
2007-05-28 15:41:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read the bible 3 times. I read favorable works on most other religions. None of it made sense to me. I became an atheist about 100 years ago at age 21.
2007-05-28 15:13:43 · answer #5 · answered by Lionheart ® 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LOL!!!
I'm not a true atheist, just an agnostic.
However, I did read the bible, cover to cover, when I was 12 years old during the summer. It was a result of this little project that led me to NOT believe in Christianity, God, or any religion at all.
There's no reasonable way to 'interpret' so much hogwash!
2007-05-28 15:14:35 · answer #6 · answered by nora22000 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I am an Atheist, specifically a Secular Humanist, and I have read and continue to read the Bible as a historical text. It is an important document in Western Culture.
2007-05-28 15:13:58 · answer #7 · answered by once_a_night_is_enough 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not an atheist but I am a non-Christian. And, quite the opposite of what you suggest, I used to be a Christian apologist, spending hours upon hours reading and re-reading and studying not just the Bible but every commentary and reference material I could get.
2007-05-28 15:17:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find that, on the whole, I am far more familiar with the bible than the Christians I meet who are trying to convert me.
I have read it, cover to cover, many times.
Why?
I keep trying to understand why so many fanatics are so adamant about it's truth... only to find that most of those fanatics have never actually read the damn thing.
2007-05-30 06:37:22 · answer #9 · answered by Atheist Geek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for me.. yes.
the same can be asked about Christians. Dont many Christians NOT read any books.. articles.. studies.. or watch discovery channel shows before rejecting evolution ?
Even if you dont believe.. or think you dont believe in evolution.. its always best to have an *understanding* of it..
it makes for a well rounded person.. and many wouldn't have to ask us atheists questions about it all the time
2007-05-28 16:15:14 · answer #10 · answered by nola_cajun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋