Why are you an atheist, and please don't use the typical "there is no proof" answer..?

Question

I don't use "because the bible says so" I believe in God because there is no other option. If I tell you that the sky is blue, you would believe me, right? Why?

wow evolved kw, i didn't realize that you were an atheist as well as a racist. Before you tell someone how stupid they sound you should really think about how ignorant you sound!

Answer 1

Because there's no evidence for the existence of any gods.

Your question, and the Christian responses to it (like the one just above me) reflect poorly on Christianity. If you're not willing to be honest about this, you'd do better to just not bring it up. If you keep lying about it, we're forced to conclude that you're liars.

Answer 2

Sorry the reason that I left Christianity is precisely because there is no evidence for any of the miraculous events or even ordinary events in the Bible.

For example we have a wealth of documentation from ancient Egypt including evidence for rulers that were "erased" from their history, but nothing that would indicate that the Hebrews were ever there - including no references to Joseph or Moses.

Examining the evidence shows that the universe and this planet are incredibly old and that evolution did happen without any indication of "Intelligent Design". This shows that the creation story is essentially a myth.

There are a number of theological contradictions and problems with the Bible, that indicates that God is discriminatory and sends mixed messages.

So, with no evidence, no indication of design, and contradictions the only conclusion that can be reached is that god is a man made myth.

Edit: Technically the sky is not blue, it is just that blue light penetrates the atmosphere easier than other wave lengths, this is the same reason that we often see water as being blue or blue green. In reality the atmosphere and water are normally colorless. Perception is not reality.

Answer 3

If you tell me the sky is blue, but i cannot see it i would be disinclined to believe you until I could see it for myself. I would not blindly believe something simply because someone else said it is the truth to them.

What if a person is color blind and cannot see blue? What if they look to the sky and it is green to them? Then they tell me.... "Dave, the sky is green." i'd be stupid to believe them without verifying that first. Or how about if I were the one who was color blind and I went around preaching to everyone that the sky is green.... people would think of me as a fool. Just like atheists look at christians...... you are blind to the world around you... yet you run around telling us the "truth".... you do not know what you're talking about.

Granted, the color of the sky isn't a big issue..... but I think that everyone should use this logical approach. Don't believe everything you are told. Get the facts/evidence yourself and make your own decision. The world doesn't need any more sheep.

By the way, i'm an atheist because i have a low tolerance for stupidity and I think anyone who believes in these supernatural occurances and an invisible sky daddy are partially (if not completely) retarded.

Answer 4

If you don't like the "there is no proof" answer, why ask the question. Because even though it is horribly simplified, that is the biggest reason a lot of Atheists do not believe.

Frankly your reason for believing in an invisible, flying creature invented by ancient, primitive Hebrew camel jockeys, "there is no option" is absolutely pathetic.

Answer 5

Its the typical answer because it is true, there is no objective proof of deities existing. I have found though plenty of reason to conclude after my own study that religions are the product of humans. I see no reason to believe that people receive divine wisdom the rest of us are unable to when we know humans will lie or suffer delusions. There are many contradictory beliefs systems most claiming they are the one true way to God. I admit that I am deeply turned off by religions that claim God is love but if you don't worship it then it will burn you eternally in a hell. I know there are other concepts of God and these are more attractive to me but I just don't see any reason/proof for the validity of the claim. I don't see any indication of a God at work in the universe or world and God has never "talked" to me. Yes, I appreciate the beauty and feel awe inspired at times but we have natural explanations that makes sense and where we don't is just where we don't have an answer. There is also a lot of ugliness and destruction which are for me better explained by the natural explanations sans supernatural. People always want to invent an answer for things they don't know because the uncertainty and lack of control are uncomfortable for them. God seems to fill this need.

I uphold your right to your own beliefs though, be happy with your faith if it makes you so. Why need everyone else to believe or live by your beliefs in order to validate yours? I would hope you could return the favor and respect others right to follow their own free will and live their lives as they see fit with their own conclusions as guidance.

Answer 6

Okay, here goes, again.

I was raised catholic, catholic schools, church, my mom sang in the choir, the priest was a family friend, etc.

About three and a half years ago my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer (even though she hadn't had a cigarette in 17 years). Over the next five months, we watched her endure what no human should, a slow, painful, degradating death. She was a woman that did nothing but good and served her god.

After that, I started to question. I read and reread the bible, researched religions, tried to find answers. My research brought me more questions than answers. The main answers I kept receiving were "god works in mysterious ways", "she was needed elsewhere", "everything happens for a reason", and my favorite was "just have faith". There were no answers, so I looked into logic instead. If there was a god, would he have made her suffer like that? If she was needed elsewhere, why was it not quicker and painless? Then I got to the religion as a whole; why should we follow a book (that we are supposed to look to as fact) that was written 400 years after the actual events? Have you ever heard the same story twice? let alone past down by word of mouth for hundreds of years? Then I learned how jesus became known as the son of god, he never claimed to be. The catholic church decided he must have been.

I realized that religions were created in a time where people needed to believe in something. The world was full of brutal barbarians that had nothing to look forward to. What better way to civilized people and give them hope than religion. They showed them that there was heaven, a blissful place that they will go to after this life, but only if they are good. They killed two birds with one stone.

During this time of questioning, I got sick. I was in the hospital for weeks with a still unknown illness (the CDC couldn't match it to anything in their database). The doctors said if I would have been under 10 or over 50 I probably would have died.

That's when I finally admitted to myself what I had already deduced. God was made up. Now, I live my life much like before, but with differences. I now live for me and my family, not for god. I live everyday to the fullest because it could be my last (and it almost was). I don't act out of fear of punishment (hell) or hope of reward (heaven). I live for life. I live for love.

So now when I post on here, I do not try to insult religious people and imply that they are stupid, they are not. But they are gullible. They follow like I did, because they were told to. I advise people to question. But, if they question and realize that they need god (and many do), go ahead and believe in whatever you want. Just don't try to push it on me. However, if you question and come up with the answers that I did, maybe religion is not for you.

Answer 7

Because I find no evidence in a supernatural God (particularly the Biblical one) participating in my life's affairs or anyone else's. I also find no evidence of a God intervening in history. Natural disasters, death, wars and other horrible things occur throughout history and everywhere regardless of the victims' faith.

Prayer is clearly "hit and miss". Believers will credit good news as a miraculous answer to their prayers. But when things don't turn out well, many conclude it is God's plan, which we cannot know.

How is it that we were made in God's image, by a God with all too human personality and flaws, and are asked to accept his plans for us, yet believe all along that he works in mysterious ways.

Also, I see no evidence that miracles occur, and the Jesus for instance, produced such "signs" in his lifetime. Why cannot such "signs" be performed now? Didn't he tell his disciples they could these acts in his name? Why can't faithful missionaries heal the blind, deaf, possessed, amputees and bring those in a coma back to conscience?

Humans cannot violate physics. No way ever.

As a former Christian who seriously doubts the existence of the Biblical God, I must assume that the rest of the world's supernatural beliefs must also be false. That is why.

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Answer 8

Because the universe is far to vast and unexplored to accept any answer as fact. Humans are very arrogant to think that we have everything figured out. God gives people hope, guidance, and a chance for immortality. Without god the world/ universe would be a scary place for some. One three letter word makes everything all better. For some it is a crutch and for others they simply would not be able to live without it.

Answer 9

Gods are far to similar to humans, they share the same key survival mechanisms we have. There are multiple other reasons why, but this is the one of the main reasons I do not believe in any gods.

Proof is a huge factor, do not dismiss it so easily. A lot of us find it to be absolutely necessary before we devout ourselves to something such as a god.

Answer 10

When religion was invented people didn't know much, they didn't know how the brain works, they didn't understand why we have dreams, they didn't know what the sun was, what the sky was, they thought hell was deep underground and heaven was past the clouds, so how can anything those people thought be right when almost everything they thought was proved wrong, once the brain shuts down there is no conscience so we no longer exist, it's sad but it's the way it is.

Answer 11

Reading the Bible started me on my journey towards Atheism.

I realized that the God I was told about while growing up, was nothing like the God in the bible.

I also noticed that many of the stories in the bible didn't really work, and required me to give up reason for belief.

I just can't do it, it is not the way I am built.