Are you a non-believer because?

Question

of something a person did or said to you? If so, why blame God because of a meesly person?

Answer 1

No, it's not because of something a person did or said to me.

I was given "free reign" by not being brought up with any direction in terms of religion. (My parents are non-practicing Bhuddists ... my brother and sister are christian / catholic - not really sure). I was pretty much just left on my own...

So, I researched and looked into various religions... didn't find one that felt "right" or made enough sense to me to devote myself to any of them. The "Bible" made no more impact on my life than the "Illiad" or "Treasure Island" - it just read to me like a collection of stories.

I realized that I didn't have any "faith" in any religion - NONE of them made any real logical sense to me... I had become a student of modern science where I needed hardcore PROOF of the existence of things.

I respect people's religions - and can appreciate that they have this faith in a higher power. It gives them comfort and makes them feel that they have a certain understanding of the universe. My logical brain think they're mildly delusional - but that's okay. It works for them.

Answer 2

I don't blame God.

I blame the Christians of this era for perverting the very faith they claim they have. I blame everyone who says that a person who believes in Christ can "name and claim" what their heart desires. I blame all churches for making faith about what a person has or does not have.

Simply put, I do not believe in Christianity because the Christianity of this era is a false religion.

I don't blame God - I blame Christians. God has nothing to do with Christianity. Period.

Answer 3

Are you a believer because of something a person did or said to you? Same challenge.

Or are you a believer because you were abused as a child? Or have an alcohol or drug problem? Those seem to be very common motivations for religious belief.

Atheists don't believe in gods because there's no evidence for the existence of any gods. Our reasons are solid. Believers' reasons have the kinds of problems you're trying to attribute to nonbelievers.

Answer 4

I'm not a Christian any longer but I certainly don't blame God for that. Just because I don't follow the same religious dogma of so many on here doesn't mean I don't have a relationship with the God/dess. Christianity doesn't own the exclusive rights.

Answer 5

I don't believe in God because just like the the second post says there isn't any evidence other than the word of people like Jesus who for all we know could have been hallucinating. Also I don't trust humans to be able to tell a story as it is without embellishing it. I will admit that there is alot that I don't understand about the world and the origins of the universe and stuff like that but I choose not to look for answers in religion which in my opinion is nothing more than fairy tales. For future reference its measly and not meesly.

Answer 6

I could just as easily ask..."Are you a believer because an atheist pissed you off? Why blame no god in particular for the actions of one bitchy atheist??? The rest of us are really nice people."

Answer 7

No... I am a non-believer because I learned to think properly.

There are about 40 studies, conducted over the past 80 years, that reveal a statistically significant INVERSE correlation between intelligence and religiosity. In plainer language, they found that the more intelligent a person is, the LESS likely he is to be religious.

We're not entitled to conclude causality from these data, but there are three possibilities:

1. Considering religion important lowers measured IQ (unlikely, since IQ is substantially genetic whereas belief is not).

2. The causality is via other factors not considered, such as socio-economic conditions, cultural history, or physical environment (definitely possible).

3. Having a higher measured IQ lowers your likelihood of considering religion important (most likely).

If you think about it, this makes a lot of sense. Intelligence tests mainly provide an indication of reasoning ability and problem solving ability... critical thought. These are the very qualities that see through religion, and recognize it for what it is; i.e., religion cannot survive the glaring light of reason and critical thought. This was well understood by important figures in religious history. This is why the early church destroyed all the writings that were in conflict with dogma, such as Greek philosophical, medical and mathematical knowledge... all the good stuff... which led directly to the Dark Ages.

Just to illustrate the point, here's what Martin Luther, the 'father' of protestantism, had to say about it:

"Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and ... know nothing but the word of God." ~ Martin Luther

"There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason... Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed." ~ Martin Luther

"Reason should be destroyed in all Christians." ~ Martin Luther

Christianity is essentially a criminal business enterprise... in fact, it is the world's longest running and most successful Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) scam. The product they are selling is 'salvation'... and the 'pay plan' doesn't kick in until after you're dead. What a racket! FORTUNATELY, it only works on those who are gullible enough, and sufficiently lacking in critical thinking skills, to fall for it. UNfortunately, THAT accounts for about 75% of the population of the USA. (There are a lot more people who DON'T know how to think properly than there are people who DO know how to think properly.) That is why there are a lot more religious people in the USA than there are 'Free-thinkers'... including Atheists. Also, Christians generally do not realize that proselytizing (spreading the 'good news') is a key element of the Christian MLM MARKETING PLAN, which was instituted after Christianity lost the political power that had previously allowed them to simply torture and kill anybody who did not comply.

Interestingly, statistics on supernatural beliefs count the USA on a par with backward, developing Third World nations, rather than among modern, advanced industrial powers.

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"Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered." ~ Victor J. Stenger

"Businesses may come and go, but religion will last forever, for in no other endeavor does the consumer blame himself for product failure."  ~ Harvard Lampoon, "Doon" (paraphrase)

Answer 8

By no means. Beliefs based off an individual's actions (especially your own) are tenuous at best, and create the weakest of adherents, either to atheism or an organized religion. One person cannot be allowed to make your entire world view.

Answer 9

I don't blame God because I don't believe in God. His believers validate that for me every day.

Answer 10

No. No I'm not. And by the way, if you can blame your god for good stuff, why can't he be blamed for bad stuff too?