Atheists what are your beliefs ?

Question

What are your beliefs, and what do you live for what is the point of living in you beliefs you strive to ?

I am curious school project

Answer 1

I believe this question is worth two points and a drink.

If you're really being sincere, atheists believe just about everything that everyone else believes, just not the stuff about god doing any of it.

Answer 2

Atheists beliefs are wide and varied.

My personal beliefs are probably almost identical to yours, for example.

The only difference is, I don't credit any of my beliefs to a god. I also don't blame any gods for any of the bad things that have happened in my life.

One thing you should consider though, when you ask, "What is your point in living" is this:

What is YOUR point in living? If you are a religious person, presumably you believe you're going to some kind of perfect place when you die. Why then, would you even want to live? Why do you not pray for death every second of every day?

I'll tell you why. You have the same will to live that I do. You have the same will to live that a dog does, a mouse does, an insect does, an ameoba does... None of these creatures needs a god to want to live. And you are no different.

But atheists, just like any other animal, are not afraid of death to the point where we have to imagine some sort of reward that comes afterward.

Answer 3

I believe that we should all learn from each other and help each other when we're in need. I believe that cosmology (wondering how the world came to be) and ethics (wondering what we should do) are seperate subjects which should not be mixed without caution. I believe the word "God" is often used to refer to all the things we do not and cannot know, and yet also used to refer to a character from a book, who is presumed to write or dictate that book. These things do not match. I prefer to call the unknowable simply "the unknowable" or "the Dao", and I don't believe that the unknowable ever expresses itself in any language. I believe the question for a "point" to existence beyond existence itself is the result of confusion. Life in and of itself is good and beautiful.

This is what I believe, I cannot and will not speak for anyone else.

Answer 4

You have a school project to find out what Atheists believe? Is this a real school? In July? Man, times have changed. I suppose researching the millions of books on the subject isn't an option? YA answers is not credible for research purposes. Get to the library!

Answer 5

I think I will join in taking two and a drink.

To actually answer that question would take a volume as large as "War & Peace" and I just don't have that kind of time.

Atheism is by definition a lack of belief in a deity, nothing else. We Atheists run the gamut.

Answer 6

I do not hold any beliefs nor do I have any articles of faith.

Either I have evidence for a thing, or, I do not hold an opinion.

While not all atheists reach the logical conclusion of atheism, look up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism . Many would argue that nihilism is not the logical conclusion of atheism, but I would disagree, being both an atheist and a nihilist.

Answer 7

As a collective group, our only shared belief is that there is no god.

The way I see it, the point in living is to live; I have no specific beliefs to live for, like Christians will try to follow the path of Jesus. I'm just living to for my own enjoyment.

Answer 8

My belief is that no gods exist. Not yours, not any of them.

The point of living is to live and love, of course. I strive to be the best person that I can be and help out anyone that I can.

Answer 9

I believe that it's nothing short of foolish to live your life in anticipation of some promised heavenly reward.

There is no such thing so why waste what could be an awesome life?

The point of living isn't to "get into" a place that doesn't exist, the point is to LIVE.

Answer 10

I believe that every living thing is inherently driven to survive, as individuals but even more so as a species. I believe that self-awareness, episodic memory and abstract thought are humanity's greatest assets, enabling it to direct its own destiny. I believe that my welfare and progress are interdependent with those of my neighbor. I believe the health of a culture is measured by how it treats its weakest members. I believe that the only "purpose" and "meaning" to intelligent life is to attempt to leave the world a better place than when one arrived.

I believe that human minds necessarily interpret and categorize their experience of an otherwise chaotic world symbolically, and that they should re-examine their criteria and belief systems on a regular basis. I believe that "good" and "evil" are not absolutes but sorting concepts, dependent on circumstance, intention and result. I believe that most human conflicts are the result of fearful ignorance, not hatred, and the only reliable cure for conflict is to understand and seek the good of one's adversary.

I believe that life equals change, and that when one refuses to adapt to the development of knowledge and understanding about life and the universe, one stops growing and starts to die. I believe that the simplest and most fool-resistant ethical code is to treat others as I would wish to be treated. I also believe that speculation about unseen worlds inside or outside our own are worse than useless if they keep us from living here and now. And I believe responsibility for our lives is something better owned than surrendered to others. And with a few egregious exceptions, solving problems should always be a higher priority than assigning blame.