Atheists, don't you wish sometimes you could believe in God?

Answer 1

Only when I want to avoid responsibility.

Answer 2

My Dear Fellow Non-christians,

Belief in Christianity is what caused most of the problems on planet Earth.
We can go on and on about the atrocities Chrisitans have done (the Inquisition, colonialism, slavery, extinction of Native Americans and the buffalo... etc.). But in all fairness, people's actions don't always resemble the tenets of their religion.

Having said that, Christianity is the most unfair religion on the planet, because the most fundamental idea of Christianity says that all you have to do is believe that Jesus died for your sins and therefore, all your misdeeds are immediately forgiven. In other words, you can harm as many innocent people as you please, you can cause the complete extinction of native tribes, you can kidnap 12 million Africans and enslave them for many generations, and all of those heinous crimes against humanity are automatically forgiven! This christian belief is just like saying if you kill the president of a country, all the criminals can go free, because the president took the burden for people's sins. With such a belief, it is no wonder that Christians have comitted so many atrocities in the world without a guilty conscience. I suppose Jesus took his followers' conscience along with their sins. Furthermore, in the Bible in the first chapter (the book of Genesis) it tells Christians to "subdue the Earth" !! Atheism is a much more noble way of life than Christianity! I rest my case.

Blessed Be.

Answer 3

On Oprah once I saw a show that had an atheist as one of her guests- It was a Thanksgiving show- and this is what the atheist said- "I wish that I did believe in God, because if I did I would have someone to thank" wow- I am so thankful I have God to thank!!

Answer 4

I do wish there was a just, loving god out there (of course, it goes without saying that as much as I'd like that to be the case, there is still zero evidence for it and it's most likely not true). That isn't the same as wishing I could believe, though; I honestly do not wish to have my rationality handicapped to the point where I 'could' be theistic.

However, I've never wished that God (the name of the Christian God) existed. He's horrible. As Dawkins described him, God

"is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filiacidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."

Answer 5

The god that I don't believe in is the god of the King James Bible. I do believe in the divinity of each and every person on this planet. We are capable of trancending what we were taught or what our dna tells us to be. That is where god lies. That is what I believe in.

Answer 6

Sorry, I am an atheist, and I only believe in things that have evidence to support that belief. I will believe in god once there is some evidence to support the existence of such god.

I don't do wishful thinking well....since it really doesn't reflect reality.

Answer 7

I agree that all religions contradict each other and they tell some wild stories, but that does not prove that the universe was not created/designed.......BASIC SCIENTIFIC MODEL OF CREATION (all Creationists agree):

1) Spontaneous generation, i.e. life generating from non-life, is impossible.

2) Life was created by an intelligence infinitely superior to our own.

3) Different forms of plant and animal life appeared abruptly on the earth. Each species, or type, was perfectly formed with a perfect genetic code (no mutations).

4) Variation within each plant and animal type, such as varieties of dogs and cats, is observed and expected. This is called natural selection, or micro-evolution, and all scientists agree.

5) The process of one type of animal changing into another, such as cats changing into dogs, commonly known as the theory of evolution, or macro-evolution, is 100% impossible. There is zero evidence that this biological evolution has ever occurred.

Answer 8

Yes, it is hard. I love going to church for the fellowship. People are nice and food is good. But there is some pressure to confess and become a real Christian. But deep down in my heart, I know that Bible is mostly a fantasy. What can I do?

Answer 9

no never - do you ever wish to be an atheist?

That's actually one of the things that bugs me - people say they don't want to learn evolution cos they don't like the idea that we're descended from apes. They prefer some kind of adam and eve thing. isn't finding the truth (what ever it is ) more important than some cutesy feel good?

Answer 10

No, not me. I have been atheist since before I was 6 years old and have no plans to change. Oh, I don't believe in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny either...Why? Because they are only myths.

Answer 11

I have absolutely no preference, one way or the other. I am a scientist, and will happily go wherever the evidence takes me. If it takes me to believe in god, that is fine, but there is no evidence to support such a notion, and a fair amount against it. See: