Question for Atheists?

Question

Can you please (for the sake of argument) catagorize yourself

A.) You are absolutely sure there is no type of god, or creator, and there never was.

B) You simply feel that such a being is unlikely, there is not enough evidence to believe it, and it would be a waste of your time to try to have "faith" in something so illogical and unnecessary to explain things. You feel science explains enough to leave your head spinning in awe, and you'd rather spend your time learning more fact than wondering "what if Theists are right".


I ask because many people seem to think you guys make a religion out of the disbelief in God, when most Atheists I've met fall into catagory B.

If you fit into neither, please explain.

Answer 1

I am an A-B) because Evidence is important

"I ask because many people seem to think you guys make a religion out of the disbelief in God, when most Atheists I've met fall into catagory B. "

well a disbelief of something is not actually a religion, I don't see you calling a person religious who disbeliefs in Vishnu, Ra, Thor, Allah, Fairies, The FSM, Poseidon, and others more. You are just as atheistic towards these gods as any other atheist(assuming you are a christian of course). Disbelief on something doesn't require faith, believing on something without evidence is faith.

Answer 2

Category "B" has many clauses to it. So let me simplify the the question and my reasons for choosing it.

Only first clause of the first statement of choice "B" I would choose. The other clauses do not make any sense, nor necessarily follow the first part.

Most importantly is the a non-belief in god represents a religion. A religion is nothing more than an attempt to know the universe by revelation; i.e., some entity telling what is real and what is moral.

Its hard to imagine any religion without a corresponding deity or other supernatural being giving information about the universe or commands that govern the universe and people.

If you argue that religion is a system where everyone part of a group agrees on a certain number of rules, then you would also be saying that vegetarianism, chess clubs, and banks are also religions. Somehow, I don't think my usual chess club, despite some chess players enormous egos, quite qualify as deities.

But back to choice "B".

Just like anything else, I believe in things that have proof, or at least some evidence to back up a claim of their existence.

God falls into the same category as unicorns, dragons, the Easter Bunny, and Santa Claus. Nice themes; but no evidence, no proof, no belief.

However, I am willing to change my belief in such things if suddenly there was proof of these wonderful mythical beings.


Rob .

Answer 3

I am sure there are things I do not understand out there that exist that I can not see etc

The bible - is a hoax that sounds like a stoned guy wrote -

All the religious texts sound like a stoned guy wrote them The claims are idiotic and impossible

So because I reject all religion - Christian Muslim and Judiasim and every other man made religion I have come across doesn't mean I don't look up at the sky and go wow -


Where did I come from where am I going and so on


It does mean I am absolutely convinced that the politically motivated religions that want to answer those questions for me by virtue of their statements simply can not be right

Answer 4

Neither - or both - I am absolutely sure there is no god BECAUSE of the scientific evidence. Science does not leave my head spinning in awe because I've been trained as a scientist and have a degree in bio-medical science.

Science explains the world without the need for implausible and impossible interventions from nebulous deities.

The more religionists protest the existence of god the more I hear the hollow brainwashed unthinking rhetoric in their voices and the more convinced I become that I am right.

Answer 5

I'm a nontheist. Nontheists are similar to atheists and agnostics (in fact, it is often used as an umbrella term which incorporates both of them, but I go by the narrow definition), so I'll answer your question, too.

I believe that God is irrelevant.

Because morality is more fundamental than God.

Belief in God does not grant morality. Disbelief in God does not eliminate it.

True morality is based on logic and empathy: the empathy to care how your actions affect the rest of the universe and the logic to figure out how they do so.

If God exists, he can either agree with morality or disagree with it. He cannot create or determine it.

The question "Does God exist?" is like the question "What is the best flavor of ice cream?" People may argue about both questions, but the ultimate answer has no effect on how you should live your life.

Answer 6

Of the two, B) is closer, but the degree of unlikelihood is so high that for all practical purposes it may be treated as A), short of seeing "The clouds of heaven open and Jesus descend" and even then I'd check for a brain tumour or drug effects as a *first* hypothesis.

But I'm an ex-theist, and the degree of improbability isn't something I've simply assumed. It's something I've arrived at after serious study and thought.

Answer 7

A & B except for this part: "you'd rather spend your time learning more fact than wondering 'what if Theists are right' "

Wondering whether theists are right has NEVER been a consideration when deciding how to spend my time.

Answer 8

I have found that technically, most atheists miscategorize themselves. Not believing in God is atheism. However, the idea that there isn't enough evidence to prove that God exists or doesn't exist is something else entirely, called agnostic.

Answer 9

Good question. I'm neither. I can be categorized as an Agnostic-Thiest if you want to put me in one.

I think that there might be something out there, but that all of our religions are probably way off. For instance, I believe totally in evolution but I do believe in an afterlife as well.

Answer 10

A AND B.

Atheism cannot be a religion. There is no dogma to follow. It's just the disbelief in the existence of gods. That's it.