Question for Atheists...?

Question

I would like to know about some of your beliefs, your reasoning and why you believe what you believe. I am a Christian wanting a better understanding of where your belief comes from. Please no rude or disrespectful answers, Thanks!

Please no short, uninformational answers like, "there is no God" if you do please elaborate, thanks again!

Answer 1

I believe there is no good reason to believe in a god or gods.

The big questions about the natural world all have materialistic answers, including consciousness (several competing ideas, but with some promising advancements), the origin of the universe (the Big Bang, which is very well established), the origin of life (probably something like the RNA-world hypothesis, which is very plausible thanks to the Miller-Urey experiments and others), and the origin of species (evolution).

While two of these (evolution and the Big Bang) are more certain than the others, we do have plausible explanations for the big mysteries now, so there is absolutely no room left for a God of the Gaps.

Religions all tend to fall into incoherence, and very few if any manage a coherent definition of a god. All can be explained away through history and sociology.

Meaning and morals are absolute (more or less) and can be discovered through ethical philosophy, not through religion. People do not really get morals from religion. Theists actually tend to be less moral than atheists in a lot of important ways.

Mathematics and science and philosophy are, in my mind, the most important fields of inquiry.

Answer 2

While I'm not atheist (as I believe that there are supernatural beings and separate planes of existance outside of our own) I don't believe in any god that man has created to this point. I believe that there is something similar to a universal consciousness that binds all things, living and non together (no, I didn't get this from Star Wars....they just worded it better than I know how to). But I don't believe that it is something that should be worshipped. I believe that every man is a god and every god is a man. The reason I say this is because of the power and ability of the human mind to talk themselves into (or out of) anything. We have the ability to convince ourselves that anything is possible (or impossible) and as soon as we accept that as truth that's exactly what it becomes. Who needs an external deity at that point? All of the "amazing" things we've seen or heard about people doing all over the world is just the person convincing their mind that it is possible. (Like the 90 pound mother who can lift a car to save her child's life). There's a lot more to what I believe, but this is the basic "reader's digest" version.

Answer 3

The bible is, in my opinion, a fallable source of information, written by men who claim to have been spoken to by god over 2000 years ago. I can't wrap my head around why people continue to believe it, and base their entire lives around it. Christians are basing their belief structure, moral structure, and ideals on what was basically written by people we would put in the looney bin today.

Besides, science, logic, reason, and mathematics are all viable sources of information. And many of the things we have learned from the above four contradict the bible wholly. I would rather live my life to the fullest, try to be a decent person, and spend my time learning more every day than blindly following a religion that is, really, only the earliest form of politics.

If an omniprescent, omnipotent god was a reality, then he/she has some serious self-esteem issues. All he wants is for you to BELIEVE in him? That's kind of sad, don't you think, from someone that should be able to make himself known and end it once and for all? Maybe he's hiding because he's ashamed of all the smiting he's done.

Who knows. The above stated, and noah's ark, are the reasons that I am an athiest.

Answer 4

Greetings Mrs. Bear, thanks for asking so nicely.

I'm a pagan Taoist. When I was a child I was Christian, but I could not believe in a deity who was so, well, mean and uncaring. I spent many years on a lot of spiritual paths, some Christian-like and some purely spiritual... but I did always hold a certain belief in my heart.

When I was studying world religions in college I came across Taoism, and it was a lovely description of what I already did believe. It made so much sense to me, that this is now what I describe myself as, although just as a student because there so much I still don't understand.

I also celebrate pagan holidays and I enjoy pagan symbolisms. Pagans celebrate life, and each aspect of life in turn throughout the year. This is excellent fun and I think it's very healthy psychologically, and even better, it's all in line with public holidays so no one needs to know I'm pagan.

Since Taoism is not a very administrative religion these two don't conflict; I"m free to celebrate and live as I please according to my judgment.

Answer 5

You are asking for some kind of long detailed answer. There isn't one. Atheists by definition are individual with unique thoughts and ideas. The only thing we have in common is our disbelief in god.

Sorry but that's all she wrote.

Atheists do not believe in god or gods. Most also have no belief in the supernatural or paranormal.

Answer 6

I grew up "Jewish" which is to say my mother was Jewish, and we believed in God, but I ate bacon cheeseburgers if you follow me. I always believed in a creator, and never really questioned it. Then I tried Christianity when a good friend of mine had her life change for the better with it, so I prayed, and at first I felt something, but it quickly went away. So then I started reading the Bible, and the more I did that the more I became skeptical.

Now I believe there is something (not necessarily someone) greater than our current perception of the universe that we are yet to understand, and that there is something that connects us all. But I don't believe in a conscious God.

Answer 7

The concept of god is reasonable. something had to start the ball rolling. But the bible has been proven to be nothing more than a political diatribe written for a politically charged climate. And then it was voted on as to what was in fact 'god's word'. Many 'gospels' were not included when they voted because they didn't like what they said. They may have bee true, but some one didn't like it. But that is gods word to the fundies. Give me 'proof' that god exists and I am your forever. Quote the bible to convince me and we digress.

Answer 8

My beliefs are simple, i have none. I view life through an open mind, believing that most things can be explained through simple thought and observation.

I feel religion is too much of a control mechanism over its followers and restricts them from forming their own opinions. Reverends tell you how to interpret the bible. But surely it is up to the person reading the bible to interpret it themselves, otherwise i see no way in which you will learn fom the teachings of the bible.

I believe religion can create fanatics who seek to disprove and destroy other religions. This causes tensions and often leads to wars.

Answer 9

I just realised that god belief is a bit like believing in Santa Claus (a somewhat nice idea but a bit silly)

I've yet seen any convincing evidence otherwise

Answer 10

Let me get this immediately,you are asking questions of atheists and complaining after we reply? Would a while now not be larger spent complaining approximately the devout now not answering whilst you ask questions of them? Religion is backwards. I suppose eighteen is your lot kind of