I have often wondered, not in a judgemental way, what made you, as an Atheist decide there was no God ? ( Serious answers only- please , let's be able to learn from each other-Thank You.) ?
2007-08-13 07:16:13 · 15 answers · asked by The Count 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For me it was the fact that there's no evidence for the existence of any gods.
Of course I continued to believe on the basis of authority for a while, but eventually outgrew that.
Thank you for not throwing in a gratuitous dig against atheists. It is appreciated.
2007-08-13 07:23:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You happened to been brought up(i would presume), to Christianity, so you no what it's like to disbelief in Allah, Zeus, Vishnu, Krishna, and others more. I'm not an atheist, but i'm atheistic towards the theist gods, but overall i'm agnostic/deist. The main reason for my atheism towards theistic gods, would probably because it is unreasonable for me to believe in things that there is no evidence for, therefore I think the lack of evidence for these things suggest the odds of an existing god is extremely low. I don't regard faith/personal experience has evidence, for the fact that it varies from person to person.
I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.
2007-08-13 07:32:24 · answer #2 · answered by 8theist 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Every human being is born clean and free of superstition and religious belief. Along with the ability to walk and talk. These things are taught to us as we grow. Some people simply do not have the strength of character, education or simple common sense to know the difference between fantasy and reality.
The fact that many religions use the word, flock, or sheep to describe themselves and their followers see absolutely nothing sinister about it, boggles the mind.
Simply put, religion is taught. Depending on the society you are raised in, people either choose to be a sheep or they manage to hang on to their reason, individuality and sanity.
2007-08-13 08:18:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I learned physics. I found out that the universe obeys strict mathematical laws rather than the whims of a vengeful God. That was initially really all there was to it. It was much like Pierre Simon Laplace when he presented Laplace's writing of "Celestial Mechanics" (an enormous, five volume tome of celestial mechanics ) to Napolean, Napoleon is said to have remarked, "I see no mention of God in this work". Laplace is said to have replied, "Sir, I have no need of that hypothesis."
Later I realized that the hypothesis of a complex God is not an explaination for the origin of complexity. It merely makes the problem larger than it was to begin with. Now you need to explain your much more complex god.
2007-08-13 07:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, really. I was just never convinced that there was a God, and thought it to be a little bit of a egotistic construct (the creator of the universe is human in shape, that only we are the ones truly following him, and that everyone else is wrong)
2007-08-13 07:24:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As I got older, the things I had been taught growing up made less and less sense to me. I found it more difficult to believe in supernatural beings--and that includes God. (Or gods.) When I reached adulthood, I realized that I just didn't believe in any of it.
2007-08-13 07:53:31 · answer #6 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As i grew and my personality developed, and i became alot more inspired in alot of ways to take control of my life and shape my destiny. Its mainly this drive to keep control, that has somehow left me feeling fulfilled in life without needing or wanting any theist god in the picture.
2007-08-13 07:27:16 · answer #7 · answered by Menon R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I was raised a Christian and I've always had questions about God and what I believed in but never got any answers. Religion just wasn't my "path" I guess. I talked to my youth master guy and he was all "I dunno, just believe." But that wasn't enough for me, I don't want to believe in something empty with nothing to back it up and no answers. So I've decided to be agnostic (=
2007-08-13 08:25:25 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ meme ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't guarantee there are no gods. I can only observe that the evidence for it is lacking, and the idea sounds like a man made one.
2007-08-13 07:23:17 · answer #9 · answered by wondermus 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there is nothing in my surroundings that leads me to believe there is a supernatural being.
there are things that i don't understand, but i think that they can be understood someday. just like as a child i didn't understand where the stars were, i thought they were inside earth and didn't understand how they could be bigger than earth and in it at the same time, but now 20 years later, i get it.
2007-08-13 07:33:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋