Atheists: Why do you asks questions about God?

Question

I'm not at all trying to be facetious, sarcastic, or ignorant. In all honesty, I don't understand why atheists, or any non-Christian ask questions about God when they don't believe in Him. I mean, if you don't, why bother? It seems to me that you could be spending your time doing something else. You know, like the new SunCom commercials. (When you're not worried about your wireless service, you're free to worry about other things.) Same concept. If you're not worried about being Christian, you're free to worry about other things. I mean, honestly, I'm not trying to be funny. It's just if I was atheist, I don't think I would be concerned.

Now, I do understand if you're trying to get us to listen to reason and show us that you think we're brainwashed. If you're doing that, I appreciate you all caring for our well-being. I really do. It shows there are in fact people in this world who do care. If true, then continue asking. Thanks for your concern.

I appreciate all input. From the outside looking in, I could see how I could agree with the majority of you. Believe me when I say, I have questioned my faith, my God, my everything! There was a time when I almost gave up. I know Christianity seems completely beyond all reason. I tend to like to hear reason, trust me. With this, however, I can't draw away from it, not because of tradition, upbringing, expectation, etc. This is where I've been drawn to and I dare not let go now. I appreciate the challenge you all present to us Christians; it tests where I stand and what I believe. It calls my character into question: am I judgmental? am I being as I believe my Lord wants me to be in relation to those who don't believe in Jesus? You all test me, quite often. Thank you, in all sincerity.
Forgive me, that I won't "listen to reason," but walk in my shoes for a day...reason would be thrown out the window.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Answer 1

The thing is that atheists, and Pagans and others are incessantly bombarded with talk about god; it irks us. Often, we are facetious (not all of us), and we wish to try to make the point that much of what Christians believe is truly beyond the realm of reason. At times, we just need to vent. If some Christians could simply see how ridiculous they appear from a point of vantage that shows reason as well as the ridiculous, it might wake them up a bit, but alas, that doesn't seem to happen.

Answer 2

Well I'm agnostic and we believe that there is no way we can know for certain that there is a God. But I ask questions because I'm scared there is a God and I'm going to be punished. Also because I want to know why Christians believe in it so much because the Bible seems filled with so many flaws and some verses conflict with some previous or future ones in the Bible and it makes me wonder even more that there isnt one or the Bible wasn't written and was actually some extremely long novel or whatever. That why I ask a lot of questions actually, plus a lot more but I just don't feel like typing EVERYTHING.

Answer 3

If you aren't concerned about the effects that religious people have on our world, then you need to look around you.
Someone just 5 minutes ago asked what atheists thought about "in god we trust" being on US money...it's everywhere. It's constantly thrust at us. Since the 50's, Americans have been forced to acknowledge god in the Pledge of Allegiance...whether or not you agree that there is a god.
Fundamentalists in the US have, on several occasions, attempted to amend our Constitution to reflect their own, personal religious dogma, regardless of what anyone else may think.
Remember 9.11? Those were religious fundies.
Right here in America christian fundies used to bomb abortion clinics.
Until just a few years ago, the catholics and the protestants regularly murdered each other in Northern Ireland.
If you truly wonder why your belief in god is of any concern to other people, then you haven't really been paying attention.

Answer 4

So .... to sum it up .... .you are trying to say humans should not questions what they do not believe?

Which essentially means you are supposed to be a robot and only answer yes then bury what you do not believe underground and never to be seen?

Great ..... now I know why you are a faithful lot ..... you do not dare to questions.

A. You will not question something you believe.

B. You cannot question something you do not believe.

Therefore christianity is the true not because it is the truth, but because christians are told to believe and not to question things they do not believe, just have faith it is all true and sweep all your questions under the bed.

You had really put your faith into bad light now.......

Answer 5

To be succinct, Creationism is on the plate for being introduced to the school systems where I live. So religion is quite on my mind. One need only to visit a museum to see that Evolution is not just a theory.

No worries about your question. It is genuine and non-offensive. Theology is quite important to me as so many people ignore the bad parts of the bible which makes god look like a good person. But if an educated person reads the bible, he really is a heinous being. To say god is merciful is a widely erroneous statement.

Answer 6

There are a few reasons why I would ask someone questions about God/religion. I could be getting to know them. I imagine understanding how one perceives the Universe to be paramount to knowing what kind of person they are.

Sometimes I find a really intelligent theist and I do a sort of Atheist calibration test by trying to subject myself all their arguements and see if I come out a theist as well.

Answer 7

Mostly because I genuinely cannot understand the idea of having "faith" in an unproven entity.
Also partly because I recognize the influence that theism has on the people around me, including those who run this country I live in.
And finally... I think it's interesting. Talking about religion is just fun for me to do; it's a hobby of mine. Eventually I'll get bored with it and start getting obsessive about something else, because that's just what I do.

Answer 8

When I do it it is simply trying to engage in dialog. I consider myself a rational and reasonable human being long before I think of myself as an atheist. If someone could address my questions with "good answers" that I would find acceptable then I would be convinced and would change accordingly.

And, quite frankly, I do hope to give other people something challenging to think about.

Have fun

Answer 9

"[Y]ou never quote your atheism principles because you have no principles. Right?" Wrong. Also, I do not generally ask questions about God. I seldom ask questions in this category at all. Atheism is not, of itself, a religion with moral teachings and all that. It is a philosophical position that says there is no god. Moral principles therefore come from my own judgment, informed by what I have learned over the years (in my case, nearly 65 years) and the best I can do of rational analysis. Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Answer 10

Where did you get the impression that only Christians believe in God? Atheists aside, most of the people in the world who believe in God are not Christian.