This is for the athiests?

Question

please answer as honestly as you can or feel free to e mail me.
I especially want to hear from athiests that were once believers. Have you always been an athiest or were you once a beliver. What happened to make you stop believing. Do you really believe there is no God or are you just very angry at him to the point that you hardened your heart towards him?
Thank you for you answer. : D

Answer 1

does believing in God involve a book called the bible and a son called Jesus?

Answer 2

People who are "angry at God" are not really atheists. How can one be angry with an imaginary being? Perhaps they could be angry about the idea of "God" as other people might present it, but that's not the same thing.

I lost interest in "God" because, rationally, the idea of a deity intervening in human affairs didn't make sense, and there was no convincing evidence anyway. There are enough evil Christians and virtuous non-believers to disprove any moral distinction between them. Often the more selfless a person is, the more he will be ridiculed. "God" apparently denies prayer requests as often as he accepts them regardless of how worthy they might be, so how is "prayer" different from random chance?

Bad people die old and happy. Good people die young and frustrated. It's been a problem since forever, enough that they had to invent "heaven" and "hell" to explain the injustice of life. (It's all supposed to get straightened out AFTER the point where you can ask questions or change you mind. That's a classic scam ploy, except when "God" is holding the ante, of course.)

Theism works for some people, motivating them to do good for its own sake. For other people, it is an oppressive, terrifying burden that keeps them from ever living a meaningful life for fear of offending a stern and vengeful judge. And there are some of us that would just rather live as mature, responsible adults, without all the silly masks and rituals. It's not anger but impatient weariness, mostly with evangelists whose actions don't match their words, and whose words don't match reality.

Answer 3

I believed in God when I was a child because that is what I was taught. Once I got into high school, I started to really question things a lot more. There is just no evidence that God exists. I think atheists are misunderstood. We agree with many of the morals that religion preaches. However, we feel that these morals are not derived from any kind of supernatural being. The idea of God just seems silly to me. There are a huge list of gods that are now just referred to in mythical terms like Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo, and the list goes on. If somebody told you they worshipped one of those gods, you'd think they're crazy. So why is it that any other god seems reasonable? I am not an angry person. I am quite happy and live a morally responsible life. Also, there are bad things that people do solely in the name of their religion. Good people will do good things and bad people will do bad things. But, it takes religion for otherwise good people to do bad things.

Answer 4

Have you always been an atheist or were you once a believer.

I have always had Atheist tendencies as religion and religious beliefs never made much sense to me.. I started questioning it all at a very early age which often lead to my being kicked out of Sunday school class and taken to my parents when the Sunday school teacher got frustrated..


What happened to make you stop believing.

Please see above, There was never a single thing that made me stop believing it was a large number of things that made me finally realize religion and religious believes made no sense.. God is simply the latest in a long line of deities invented by man to explain that which they do not understand yet..

Do you really believe there is no God or are you just very angry at him to the point that you hardened your heart towards him?

I honestly believe the are no deities.. No god, no Allah, no Zeus, no Poseidon, no Vulcan, etc.etc.etc..

Thank you for you answer.

Your welcome I hope this will lead you to understand more fully what I believe..

Answer 5

Attended Catholic schools.
Knew I questioned the validity of any religious perspectives from an early age.
Had been agnostic from my teens.
As my education continued and critical analysis skills improved,
my readings led my to believe that there was no clear evidence of an existence of god in any manner that is consistent with religious teachings.

It would seem to me that if one had become or is "angry with god" then one would posit a belief but not a worship or acceptance thereof e.g. "a turning away from god".

Answer 6

i believe that there is something out there i guess you can call it god but i just don't believe what the bible says, how can anyone believe the world was create in 7 days? i was raised a buddhist but i went to church because my religion allows me to explore other religions and question everything even buddhism i just can't believe in a book that has been changed over so many years, different versions from different people so i went back to buddhism, there is no mention of a god in buddhism

Answer 7

I was born into a religious family, but never took religion seriously. Then when I was 14 I stop going to Church so I could sleep in on Sundays.

Answer 8

no, i never did manage to believe in invisible spirits, or find any reason to do so. i suppose i might be a bit miffed at god if i could seriously entertain the notion that it exists. but since i can't... well there is no sense being angry at an idea.

Answer 9

God allowed my favorite dog to die a few years back and now I am so mad at Him that I stopped believing in Him.




Not!!

It took me a few years of being an agnostic of sorts until I finally realized that history shows us that man invented gods and finally God and that the concept of gods or God is impossible. I can not be mad at something that does not exist.

Answer 10

Raised in a Christian family. After reading and studying the Bible , I started to doubt it, I was about 12. As I grew older I looked at other religions and rejected them.

I don't believe in god(s) or spirits. It's just superstition.

You're welcome.

Answer 11

1) Most atheists believed at one point.

2) I finally realized god was Santa for grown-ups.

3) No atheist is angry at god - we don't believe god exists. How can you be angry at something that doesn't exist? People who are angry at god still believe in one.

4) Reality is fun. You should try it someday.