Atheist if you don't believe in God, why do you talk so much about him?

Question

Atheists do not believe in God. That is a fact. But do they have fears? That may be a fact too. People who have dirty consciousness would rather not to believe in God. In that way they do not have anything to fear. Anything to be scared of.

I just see this as a fact: we are here for some reason. And whatever bad things we do, we may have to pay for it. But atheism is maybe a way to try to avoid that.

I am not here to judge, but how is that of believing we came from nothing?
I don't like to judge, but did you think sometime back years ago there was nothing and then something?

I don't like to judge, but is it easier to believe that the universe was there and was created by nobody?

I don't like to judge, but does evolution theory really make sense?

Would you explain me who do you think create the universe? The stars and all in it? Did it create itself? You don't have to say what created it, just what do you think created the whole universe?

Answer 1

Because you people keep bringing it up. Maybe if you would shut up about it we wouldnt have to keep talking about it

Answer 2

Why do I talk about it so much?-B/c knowledge is grand and Christians need so much.
Who created everything?-Why do you think anyone fully formed and actually more complicated than humans existed?
The big question is, why would a 'perfect' being create anything? What's the motivation? Being perfect, 'He' can't get lonely or bored. Being omniscient, 'He' wouldn't make/create anything that would cause 'Him' grief. 'Free will' doesn't work b/c God could give angels and humans (or whatever he wanted) all the free will in the world but, by being omniscient, he would know the end result/i.e. what the choice would be.
Also, everything humans are capable of comprehending are made up of a variety of organisms. Not singular. Creation NEEDS a female host (I am very aware that males are necessary for mammal reproduction) but it takes a he ll of a lot more than one of anything to create anything worthwhile. 'It takes a village to raise a child'. The idea that this country is based on Christianity? What a joke! Several different people put forth their anger at 'taxation w/o representation' and formed a government free of a dominant religion enforcing it's view on the government b/c they saw what horrors came b/c of it in their homeland. My point is, b/c many different people and ideas formed this country, that's why it's been successful so far. George Washington even had a quote about not wanting a monotheistic regime.

Answer 3

People like you make me laugh. We didn't come from nothing, we came from millions of years of genetic evolution through natural selection. Or at least that's the scientific argument. I believe your argument is we came from...dirt? And that the 4 billion or so females on the planet came from a rib?

To answer you question about the creation of the universe: The universe is 16 billion years old. Earth formed 4 billion years ago. Humans only came around about 80 000 years ago. Why would your god sit around waiting for 15.5 billion years and just decide that he's going to create life?

The evolution theory makes perfect sense. There is scientific evidence to back up the theory of evolution. There is absolutely no evidence to back up the bible. It's nothing but a bunch of fairy tales written 2000 years ago.

Answer 4

I'm not scared of God; but I am scared of those who believe in him. They've done a great deal to make my life difficult, and quite honestly, if I can prevent that recurring by monitoring their activities, then I'm going to do exactly that.

And regarding your questions about origins, 150 years ago, we didn't know about bacteria. No clue. It wasn't understood until Louis Pasteur determined that germs caused disease.

You are asking the same questions that scientists ask. You have, however, asked this in the Religion & Spirituality section, where we are mostly humanities majors, not biologists or physicists. Would you come to R&S to find out what opus number was Mozart's 40th Symphony? I think not. You're asking us to play to our weakness. Quite frankly, you're being unfair.

So let me suggest two things:

1. If you are serious about wanting to know the current evidence-based understanding on the origins of the universe and on evolutionary theory, there are excellent descriptions found at http://www.talkorigins.org .

2. Consider that you are proposing (not so subtly) that anything that is not explained is a place for God to be discovered. This is commonly referred to in ontology as "the god of the gaps" theory. It typically assigns God to any blank space that science has not yet reached useful conclusions. Remember what I said about disease? Before bacteria were discovered, it was assumed God was punishing the ill, or that they were demon possessed, or some other supernatural phenomenon caused sickness. This is the same god of the gaps.

Science never assumes, and should never assume, anything is supernatural. The purpose of science is to discover through measured observation, testing, and repetition what natural causes lead to our natural world. If you impose a statement "God caused it," then this stops the search for knowledge, because God is ultimately unknowable. This is the reason that the "god of the gaps" theory is discounted among learned ontological academicians, and is ignored by science.

Answer 5

let me correct you on a few things here, darlin.

1) i have plenty of things to fear. hell just isn't one of them.
2) just because i don't believe in god doesn't mean my life has no meaning or that i think i can get off scot-free doing whatever i want. my life has a lot of meaning, it's just the not the kind of meaning you would ascribe to it. and i do believe, wholeheartedly that there are consequences for my actions
3) evolution and atheism have nothing to do with each other. they often go hand in hand, but one does not depend on the other
4) yes, evolution makes sense. take the time to actually study it before you bash it
5) evolutionary theory says NOTHING about the origins of the universe
6) no one created the universe. it just always was. if god doesn't need a creator, then why does the universe?

Answer 6

Good question. I think people should believe what they believe, and stop parading it about, and trying to pressure others...including Christains!
I am a Christain...by the way.

I think atheists are atheist just because they don't believe, not because of a dirty conscious...some people just don't have faith...or something bad made them lose all hope/faith in a God.

However much I agree with you, hon, I must say, that although you said you aren't here to judge, and you don't like to be judge, you seem to be doing an awful lot of it...or, well, atheists may see it that way...

I suggest, respectfully, that you try not to offend anyone. I'm not saying you're trying to offend them, but you're not trying not to offend them.

Answer 7

I don't believe in Odin, but I talk about him, too.


Religion is an important subject, especially since the extremely religious seem to have granted themselves a special mandate to walk all over everyone else.

Your objects to science just make you look ignorant, so you'd do well not to advertise that.

Answer 8

Wow, I think that's the fastest someone went from making an account to ending on my troll list.

If you didn't mean to be a troll, wake up. Take a science class. It's hard to believe you're older than 10 from this post.

Answer 9

According to the Bible (Romans 1), an atheist knows deep down in his/her heart that there is a God. Though an atheist is blinded by Satan’s lies, there is a longing in every human heart, including atheist's, to search and know God.

Answer 10

You ask a half dozen questions here.

We talk so much about god because we live in a culture that VERY much believes in a specific god. And that impacts what can be taught in my kids schools and what medical research can go on in my country. It impacts who can and can't be elected to office.

It's pretty important. If you're not worked up, you're not paying attention.

Answer 11

Why does the creator of the universe have to be the Christian God? The Christian God is as improbable as Mickey Mouse.