mine was my 6th grade geography teacher mr.snyder that explaint the theory evolution to us.
what was yours?
2007-09-02 16:44:25 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do not believe in a god for many reasons. First of which is the Bible. It is a good read, but it is full of contradictions. The old testament portrays a violent, even hateful God, while Jesus was portrayed as a loving god.
I also am a paleontologist, and as such I have seen much evidence that supports evolution. In order for evolution to be true, in my mind the Bible must not be the word of God. And if the Bible is not the word of God, then it was created by men. Which means I was lied to when I learned about the Bible, which casts doubt on everything I was taught about the Bible and God.
Also, if there was only one God, and he was there from creation, then why are there so many other historical gods? Why is Thor or Zeus not the true god? Why are there so many different views of the Christian God? Why is there no undeniable evidence that says there was one creator, and this is the way he wants you to live?
If there is a creator, who made him? Is it actually man that created the idea of a god to explain what he could not understand and to make himself feel significant?
I have many, many other reasons, but it all comes down to the fact that there is no evidence, that I have seen anyway, that supports the conclusion that there is a god. I am of course open to evidence, but I believe there will never be any.
2007-09-02 17:08:42 · answer #1 · answered by Thor 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
A combination of the bulk of the above answers.
I guess that, and I am testing my own memory here, that I reached the age of ability to reason at 12 years old.
I thought about religion and god a lot at that age and asked myself many searching questions - that had no other answer than "god works in mysterious ways" or very similar.
I read the bible from cover to cover, looking for some sense in it all. I then looked at history , REAL history, and still nothing added up.
Then evolution was introduced to me. That made sense.
Then the big bang concept was explained. That made sense.
Then I began the journey on the rather 'uncomfortable' road to severe doubt that there really was a magic entity out there.
It was only at this age that I asked my parents if they believed in a god. For the first time, they admitted that they were atheist. I was very relieved.
However, so deep-seated is the fear that it took me another three years to step over that line between an agnostic, afraid to commit, just in case, to a fully-accredited atheist. 15 years old when that happened. That was 50 years ago and, as I reflect, that decision was one of my best. Freedom from the shackles of the delusion of god is a wonderful thing. I recommend it.
OR
waste your life on a dream?
Choose wisely?
2007-09-02 17:08:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Me? I began eating Thrice's cookies. That was my turning point. Yummy! And I started growing as a person--mostly around the stomach.
No, in all seriousness, I lost a very close friend of mine to a very terrible disease. The same disease that did it's damnedest to kill me much later in my life: Cancer. His death started the process of thinking about the views I was raised under. Got me asking questions that nobody had the answers for. I became quite critical in my need to understand how God could--if He is all powerful--allow such things to happen to good people. Finding no answers in my own religion, I turned to studying others... only to find many of the same contradictions and loopholes. Since I know that the truth never contradicts itself (it is what it is, regardless of how one feels about it), I began to entertain the notion that perhaps no God or Gods exists at all. It was that line of thinking that finally made sense to me, and got my ball rolling.
RIP Martin Hansen. And if I'm wrong about the whole God issue (which I'm fully open to that possibility, while not being convinced that I am), I hope He will no longer ignore the pain of the ones Martin left behind. I still see people who knew him, and I'm here to say some wounds do not heal in time.
2007-09-04 00:30:17 · answer #3 · answered by writersblock73 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I basically never believed. None of it made any sense to me, and the second I was old enough to comprehend the theory of evolution, I learned about it on my own for a while. I measured tons of FACTUAL evedince VS a "bible" that was "written" by "God"....and there you have it =)
2007-09-03 05:46:27 · answer #4 · answered by Fersureee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One day I woke up and thought to myself, "Hey! What's with the nonsense?! Gods have been created throughout history by men seeking to act dictatorial or make laws against cannibalism and the like." That anyone should say the earth is 4 - 6,000 years old is frightening to me, especially in the face of absolute proof against it. Then, I thought to myself "Hey, good thing I didn't have to deal with religion growing up. Now what shall I do with all this time on my hands? Oh, help humanity? Moralless me? Never! But I knew... I knew in my rotted blackened atheist heart that it was true, that I must find a way to celebrate and aid humanity, rather than playing fantasy stories in my head about the better life to come. And BOOM! Like an epiphany it came upon me! Lightning thundered and thunder, er, yeah... so
I began to bake cookies.
This here biography brought to you by Thrice-Baked the Third.
2007-09-02 17:02:14 · answer #5 · answered by Thrice-Baked the Third 2 · 9⤊ 1⤋
Omg. Both me and my brother stopped believing when we were in 6th grade too, lol.
But I actually stopped Because I find it hard to believe in something with no proof of it's existence.
Also, I used to pray all the time, for my life to get better, But it only got worse.
Like Why should I waste my life thinking that a bunch of air created earth, and everything on it.
wtf.
Never will that happen.
It's IMPOSSIBLE.
fggts.
And Whats the deal with the Jesus bull ****,
Everyone knows you cannot come back to life after you die.
And Seriously, People get abused, Beaten, Tortured, Murdered, and all that crap every day, But you don't see them in the bible.
And really who is so dimwitted that they think there is a big evil creature In the middle of earth, and A Huge guy above the clouds.
What is up with these people who think that.
Comon people stop chewin shrooms an see wtf your doing.
2007-09-02 18:43:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
I was raised Jewish and always tried to make myself believe in it even though I knew in the back of my mind I didn't. Finally, as a teenager, I was able to better understand the fact that I just flat out don't believe in god and I never did. Being a biology major and scientist doesn't hurt either! Now, in my twenties, I have no problem telling people that I'm atheist.
2007-09-02 17:04:10 · answer #7 · answered by Two quarters & a heart down 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It took me several years, but the process started when I realized that there was inconsistencies and injustice in the religion I was being taught, and I simply started to think those through, looking for more rational explanations that would eliminate the inconsistencies and injustice.
The end result was a realization that all religion is superstition.
2007-09-02 17:08:15 · answer #8 · answered by Jim L 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I've always been. At one time, early on (prior to the age of 8), I wanted to believe in god.. but it just never seemed to make any sense. It has always seemed rather illogical to me. once I went through some Bible instruction at 7, I realized it was too far out for me to believe. 20 years ago, at 14, I told my family I was an atheist.
2007-09-02 17:04:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Jesus said I am the Way the Truth and the Life, these three things cover everything! All you need to do is believe that He is. He will do the rest. I like the scripture, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,.... Why did Jesus say that? Simply because children do not think beyond what is said. They believe everything that is said. "Jesus said "In my name heal the sick" they do exactly that, they do not think "Hmmmm I dont know about that one???" Their thinking is simple, they believe without doubting. Believing comes evidence. Revelations come from the Lord, they are not revelations like one who understands a mathematical equation, it is a spiritual revelation one that soothes the conscious, eases the mind, fulfills the heart. The Bible is the Word of God it is a confirmation of ALL things for God's Spirit witnesses with our spirit through The Living Book of Life. Salvation Prayer Dear God, I come to You in the Name of Jesus. I admit that I am not right with You, and I want to be right with You. I ask You to forgive me of all my sins. The Bible says if I confess with my mouth that “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead, I will be saved (Rom. 10:9). I believe with my heart and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is the Lord and Savior of my life. Thank You for saving me! I ask that you fill me with the Holy Spirit. In Lord Jesus Christ’ Name I pray. Amen.
2016-05-19 22:58:40 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋