Why do atheists come to the religion section?

Question

I'm not attempting to be rude to your beliefs, I'm asking a serious question. Is there some reason why you would even want to be in a religious debate? As far as what I knew atheists don't believe in any form of higher being. That would be agnostic.

So what is it? Curiosity? Or are you driven by some force to get people to switch to believe in nothingness? Is there an underlying problem in the atheistic world view when it comes to others believing in God? Please be respectful.

So far, what I'm seeing is "we wish to strip people of this so called God, and make it so they have zero hope like we do"

Good point Jean.. reminds me of how Satan is.

So what's the point then. If you believe in nothing after death, then there is no reason to even talk to people about what you believe. This is common sense. We talk to others, because we believe in God's promises, and the fact that hell is real and eternal, and he doesn't want anyone to perish there.

But you believe nothing. So there is no emergency in your minds. What would be the purpose in getting people to convert besides simply stripping religion from the face of the earth like what satan wants to do. Actually he just wants Christianity gone.

Thank you all very much for all of your comments. Even the rude ones. I was not attempting to hurt anyones feelings. Of course you have a right to be anywhere you want to be. I was just asking some questions. Much love to you all through Christ Jesus.
Dusty

Answer 1

If we didn't come here, who would answer all the evolution and Pascal's Wager questions?
Cheers!
A simple YA search could have saved you some time-
http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=Ah2RaUys9ZvQzOeJRzeNX28azKIX?p=atheists+in+R%26S
BTW- I am a Buddhist, Satan does not figure in my life. I love how you start out saying I don't want to be rude and tell us to be respectful and then act like Satan is ruling our lives. The same goes for "you don't believe in anything". You have absolutely no idea what I do or do not believe in. Now why don't you do the "Christian" thing and apologize.

Answer 2

I was going to ask a similar question when I saw yours. Atheism is the doctrine or belief that there is no God. It's an opposite of religion. I personally didn't understand their drive to come and answer and ask these questions, either, when they already have their minds made up.

I must say... I agree, though, that religious people should not force their beliefs on anyone. I don't do it. I only spoke my mind about it when I first got into it. I quickly learned it had the adverse effect and stopped. I was ignorant, and people that try to force their beliefs without being asked are, too.

I think a lot of people choose atheism in order to live a guilt-free life. It's one way to cope. Either way, I dont' know why we can't all just let each other be. According to Christians, God's the judge. So let Him do His job! You just live your life according to the Bible as a witness for Christ. It has a much greater affect than any amount of words. Hey, on a more personal note, I don't believe women should cut their hair, but I'm not out blasting other Christian women that do it for doing it.

I keep saying... Do what you want. Free-will. It's a person's right to choose what they believe or don't believe. There are also consequences for every action, but you still get to choose. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Answer 3

HOO BOY.
1. The subject is religion.
It is not a prayer circle.
Religion has very definite effects in the lives of atheist!
They are not usually pleasant effects.
2. You seem confused about agnostic, atheist or ignostic. Please do not feel bad, most people are a bit confused.

Simple way, atheists simply do not believe in Gods. Period, so simple.
Agnostic says the question is moot because the question is meaningless. Their reason is that either side is unprovable.
Agnostic is actually atheist because they do not believe either. If they were believers then they would assume proof existed.
Ignostic is another type again. An ignostic goes back another step and says that until somebody actually defines what they mean by the term God nobody actually has a clue about what they are talking about.

Read that through again please.

The problem that the modern atheists are facing is the resurgence of fundamentalism in the USA with its lack of tolerance and its attempts to establish a theocratic state.
Atheists are legally deprived of the right to vote in some places, deprived of the right to work and in some states are not even legal as witnesses in court.

I think religion is of a major concern to atheists just because of the harm it does to them every day of their lives.

Answer 4

We have opinions, too. Most atheists were once Christian (or another faith) and studied up on our religion diligently. Diligently enough to have questions that couldn't be answered and thus lead to atheism. We're still interested in religion. Just because we no longer feel we need it doesn't mean that we ignore there are other people that feel they do. In fact, with this whole culture war going on, most of us feel we need to make our presence and lack of belief known. We are a valid part of society and if we don't represent ourselves, who will?

Most of us don't have a problem with people believing in God(s)...our problem comes when people who believe in God(s) want to force their beliefs on us by making laws based on religion and not reason. I'm very invested in the religious development of society because I am a member of society and should have as much say as everyone else.

To understand my position a little better, you should know that a neighbor once pointed a gun at my head and forced me to say that I love Jesus. She was an insane religious nutball; thankfully she's not around anymore. The whole incident did get me to thinking, though. If atheists don't stick together and let people know that we're here and we have a strong opinion on this subject, what's going to keep people from making laws that would allow the government to do what my neighbor did? I was terrified when she pulled out that gun, but I can't even imagine the horror of a policeman, a marine, a judge or a congressman doing the same.

Religion is not just a way to believe. It is power. People have used religion to get to power and to keep it all throughout history. If it were just a belief, I wouldn't care too much. But to know that it is mixed in with political power is a strong motivator.

Answer 5

Well they do it for entertainment but hoping to better the world.

They see the sins of religions (grievous) and feel that the world would be better without religion. They have a rational logical view and other than the Atheist that took over the Soviet Union hasn’t perpetrated a fraction of the harm on mankind that religion has.

That is why they come here and they should be heard.

If you could go back in time to 1350 and went to Rome and they discovered that you believed the earth revolved around the sun you could die a heretic if you didn't repent of your misconception even though you had experiments that could prove it does.

Religion tries to do something similar today with evolution and other scientific realities. Thankfully, because of people like the Atheist that post here, law prohibits religion from inflicting illogical chaos on our population.

I am no Atheist, but I thank them for helping to keep these new religions like fundies in check.



Blessed Be!

Answer 6

Agnostic would be someone who doesn't know that there is a higher being, but whether they choose to believe in one anyway or not, is up to them.

Atheism is the belief that there isn't a god in any form or shape.



And how could there be a debate if everyone here thinks the same? Look upon Atheists as a fresh new wind through this section. I wouldn't want this section filled with questions "oh God is fantastic for this and that reason" and every answer agreeing with them. This is a site for questions, not for acknowledgement.

Answer 7

curiosity to be sure, also to answer questions about religion from an atheist perspective. Yes in questions about God himself that generally is pretty pointless, but hey, you can try. In questions about religious history (which is my major) I do feel I can contribute something, as many people have extremely distorted views in that field. Like the belief that everybody in western europe was a catholic until Martin Luther. That matters, it matters to all sides to know that the claims of seniority of religious dogma, or alternatively it's being old-fashioned and rusty are simply not true.

And, to explain of course, that I do not believe in "nothing". People claim that atheism defines itself by religion, and that's true in a way, but religion also defines itself by what it perceives to be atheism. Whenever either side tries to gain some sort of moral ground over the other I just have to object. Metaphysics and individual morality are unrelated subjects, and yes I do feel an unquenchable urge to shout that from the mountaintops. Is that so strange? I think I come here for the same reason people of any other conviction come here.

Answer 8

Having read the first two pages of responses it simply confirms what the Bible teaches about the "narrow gate". WOW.

The sad thing is that as much as we want them to know Christ Jesus like we do and all of the benefits HERE and after one dies - they think we believe in "fairy tales" and are nuts, or wicked, or that we are hateful because we warn them of "the wrath to come"? (Ephesians 5:5-7, Colossians 3:5-7, 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10, and Revelation 6:16-17)

Answer 9

It appears that they like messing with the heads of theists. May I ask you a few questions Dusty? Where in the bible does it say that the bible will consist of the 66 books in the protestant bible? Where in the bible does it say that christians have the correct translation and interpretation of these 66 books? When you say you are a follower of Christ, would it not be more accurate to say that you follow your interpretation of books you think may be inspired by God?

Answer 10

I am sincerely concerned about the effect religion is having on society. Especially fundamentalism and Biblical literalism. It is as much beyond me how someone could believe the things that people who subscribe to this do as it probably is for them to accept why I don't believe in God. I come to get a better idea of what these people think and to provide factual evidence of why its sort of crazy.

Dustin you can have hope in many things besides fairytales. I don't live a life of hopelessness at all.