Dear atheists why do you reject God?

Question

what makes you not believe?

Just because I asked this question does not make me hateful towards you moron :). Anyways I was just curious what makes you reject what is brought to you. Maybe I don't understand but if you don't reject because there is no "proof" but you just don't believe, is that because you don't want to give up sin? If you say there is no proof that God exist than what about all the manuscripts? people that were around way before these scientist that you claim find and say wonderful things. Manuscripts were really found, so why is that not proof for you? Do you just think that people wrote on lamb skin just because they were bored? Sorry but that is dumb to think that, the bible is not just something you would sit down and write just because. The proof is there you just would have to find it.

Okay well I really don't know much about it buy my pastor just like all pastors go to a bible college, there you are tought all these things. About were the bible came from and this and that.

Reject/believe whatever you want to call it.

Why don't you ask God to show you that he is real?

John 14:6 Jesus says "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me."

Answer 1

Dear Christian,
why do reject Santa Claus? What makes you not believe? I am not trying to be ugly, but its the same thing.

Answer 2

Because your god is as valid as the thousands of gods out there.

"John 14:6 Jesus says "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me.""

You will note that 'the events and god described in the bible happened because it says so in the bible" is not a very valid argument.

Answer 3

What makes you reject Santa or faeries or unicorns? I don't see any reason to believe any such entity is real. Lack of any meaningful evidence. Many Gods have been invented and worshiped and continue to be. There is plenty of evidence for me that religions are the inventions of humans.

I truly don't understand why you think ancient manuscripts are proof God exists? People have been writing and coming up with fanciful stories and philosophical/ religious systems to base societies on for thousands of years. Should we accept the Buddhist/Hindu manuscripts as the ultimate truth since they are the oldest predating Christianities stories by thousands of years? Or how about the ancient Egyptian writings on Gods who were hybrids of animals and humans? The existence of ancient writings claiming God or Gods exist and recording fanciful stories as proof are not new and the sheer number and variety seem to belie human imagination.

Answer 4

What leads most atheists to not believe in God is that we began asking questions to which there were no answers iin either the bible or the religious faiths in which some of us were raised.

To generalise a little, many atheists tend to be logical thinkers who note the kind of logical fallacies and inconsistencies to which the bible and religious doctrines are prone. Naturally, one looks for answers and, when none are forthcoming, or we are simply told to have faith, one finally learns that perhaps the 'truth' is a fabrication and that logic and empiricism yield more intellectually satisfying answers.

I was baptised a Catholic and was so frustrated by the inconsistencies of Catholic teaching that, after some exploration of other faiths, I realised it was not one faith that was illogical, but all.

Answer 5

Which god?
I am not believe in personal god that claim to be the producer of the earth because some scientist tell me that earth make from the meteor. I don't believe in personal god that someone say will judge and be biased to only some one who believe in him.

But do believe in some thing like the law of Karma that I think fairness or Buddha the human god who claim to be the awaken one that I think he is merciful.

This is only my view. If you believe difference to me, may it 's good for you.

Answer 6

We can not believe is because there are no evidences that supports the existence of 'God.' If you say 'God' exist, then you have the burden of proof to show that 'God' does exist. No proof = no need to teach or wonder why atheists do not believe in 'God.'

That's why church can not influence government. Philosophy will teach you the way of subjective vs objective.

Answer 7

As an apparent atheist, I don't define myself by my rejection of your particular deity, but by my acceptance and support for the mainstream scientific principles, descriptions and explanations of the natural world..
Also, particularly in the christian religions, the lies, deciet, intollerance, bigotry, miosogyny, divisiveness, hypocrisy, scientific illiteracy, and blood spilled in the name of god are good enough resons for me..

How do you reconcile all these in order to believe in your magic sky fairy..?

Answer 8

Do Buddhists believe in a creator god?

No, we do not. There are several logical reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern scientists, sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origins in fear. The Buddha says:

"Gripped by fear men go to sacred mountains, sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines." *Dhammpada 188

Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of god in order to give him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a god gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in god because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this seems to support the Buddha’s teaching that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief but with rational understanding.

The second reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. There are numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have god’s words preserved in their holy book, that they alone understand god’s nature, that their god exists and that the gods of other religions do not. Some claim that god is masculine, some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their god but they laugh in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of another god. It is not surprising that with so many different religions spending so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their gods that still no real, concrete, substantial or irrefutable evidence has been found. Buddhists suspend judgement until such evidence is forthcoming.

The third reason the Buddha did not believe in a creator god is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a god is necessary in order to explain the origin of the universe. But this is not so. Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without having to introduce the god-idea. Some claim that belief in god is necessary to have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are millions of Atheists, free-thinkers and Buddhists, who live useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a creator god. Some claim that belief in god’s power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite. One often hears of people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps, enormous odds and difficulties through their own inner resources, through their own efforts and without belief in a god. Some claim that god is necessary in order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the theological concept of salvation and Buddhists do not accept such a concept. Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.

But if there is no creator god how did the universe get here?

All religions have myths and stories which attempt to answer this question. In ancient times, when man simply did not know, such myths were adequate, but in the 20th century, in the age of physics, astronomy and geology, such myths have been superseded by scientific fact. Science has explained the origin of the universe without recourse to the god-idea.

Answer 9

How can you reject something that does NOT exist!!!

I think I'll write a book about purple elephants with pink stripes that can fly, then use that book as proof that they exist.

Answer 10

Unbelievers reject God because most of them were Christian at one point in their life and they feel they were abused by the church or they feel they need stronger evidence to confirm God's existence.

The Bible said unbelievers and scoffers of the bible would increase dramatically before the end of days.