Atheists a question for you all? =]?

Question

1. I'm curious to see how many of you have actually been to a church? I mean how can you not believe in something that you have not even looked at, read about, etc etc?
2.Did people who were WAY TO religious in your life help make your decision?
3. Do you still think some (i think it's the last five commandments) of the last commandments like do not commit adultry and such are common sense?
4.If you believe that the earth was created by the big boom or w/e its called...what do you think CREATED that boom? (i think it could have been god! lol)

Answer 1

1) I have been to church many times as a child, even sunday school. most Atheists know much more about Christianity than alot of christians, I for one believe you can not comment on things you have no knowledge of! I read all the time

2) no, I made my decision to become what I am through my knowledge of the subject, plse ask yourself this question, or did you find the path you are on, by yourself?

3) of course they are common sense, but they are not the word of God

4) the big bang theory is relevent to cause and effect, this theory surrounds everything in the universe, what created it? what was b4 it? well these are the questions that we have not yet answered, but they will b answered in time, remember the earth was thought to be flat less than 600 yrs ago! so intime we will find the answers, to just say "a God must have done it" is a bronze age explanation for the things we do not understand!

maybe you should read as much about our beliefs, as we do about yours, then you would have a better understanding of us! we know both sides of the coin, can you say the same?

Answer 2

#1) Yes, I've been to church. I was raised Christian, and had a very strong faith growing up. Most atheists I know were religious at one point. Also, most atheists have studied religion much more thoroughly than the majority of religious people I know. I studied long and hard before determining I didn't believe it.

#2) No, overly-religious people had nothing to do with the fact that I just didn't believe in magical, supernatural beings.

#3) Of course. They are common sense, they started OUT as common sense rules, and then religions adopted them and started calling them rules from "God". Did you know that the last commandments appear almost word-for-word exactly the same in the Egyptian Book of the Dead? You don't need "God" to tell you not to kill, steal, or to try to acquire someone else's spouse or belongings. The very fact that you wouldn't want those things done to YOU tells you that they are wrong.

#4) I believe that the matter that exists in the universe has always existed, just not in it's current form. That includes all chemical elements. Do you know how easy it is to cause an explosion? There are so many different combination of chemicals that can cause an explosion. I just think, at one point, elements that were already existing just came together in such a way that it caused a huge explosion. If you believe that that happened beause there was a "God" that decided it would happen, then I can respect that. I just don't believe that, personally.
Look at how far we've come in our understanding of the workings of the Earth and universe in just the past 100 years! I would be very interested to hear what scientists are going to learn over the next 100 years.

Answer 3

I'm not actually an atheist.

This question is another example of why I don't like Christians. Your religion is not the only religion in the world!

1. Yes I've been to church before, I used to sing for a choir, not for the religious aspect, just because I liked singing. I found the whole thing a bit silly really. "To believe in god you must believe in the bible, to believe in the bible you must believe in god".

2. No, I made it myself.

3. The Commandments are basic laws and ideals of any society. It's just human nature to believe in these things.

4. I don't know how the earth was created, but in response to who started the big bang, who created God?

Answer 4

1. Until I was 7 I attended church every sunday and went to sunday school. At the age of 7 I realised it was all total BS. Since then I have attended church on occasions out of duty or the respect of others' beliefs (attendance at church three times a year was compulsory at my school: I attended the church weddings and christenings of friends and relatives). I know plenty about churches. One of my uncles was a lay preacher for 25 years (until he was caught having adultery with one of his "flock") and another uncle is a Bishop. My descision to be an atheist is made out of knowledge, not ignorance; how many religionists can say the same?

2. I made my own decision then and continue to make my own decisions to this day. I don't need a church, a bible, a preacher or anyone else to tell me how to think.

3. Just because rules are written in the bible doesn't necessarily make them nonsensical. What is nonsense is:-
(a) describing commonsense rules as somehow being handed down by a non-existent being;
(b) stating that you should obey all the rules in the bible and then selectively ignoring the ones that are a bit tricky - like not eating shelfish, keeping slaves, wearing mixed fabrics etc etc. If you believe the bible its all or nothing, not some hypocritical pick-and-mix

4. The physics and maths in the Big Bang Theory do not require devine intervention. (Scientific Theory = a model of a situation which fits all known facts)

Answer 5

I am an atheist.

1) Yes, I have been to many churches with my religious god-believing friends. I can easily say I do not believe in any god/s since I have not seen any evidence to support the existence of any god. However, I do believe that churches exist. I have been in them. Please keep in mind, that just because churches exist, this doesn't mean that any god exists.

2) No. My disbelief in god stems directly from the lack of evidence to support the existence of any god.

3) Yes, most of the commandments are incorporated into societal laws of even non-religious countries in Europe and Asia.

4) I don't assume that the earth was created at all. Why do you? If you do not know what happened, why do you assume god must have done it?

Answer 6

1. I am the son, grandson, nephew, & cousin of Methodist ministers. I grew up in the church, majored in religion in college, and spent a year in Seminary. I know the Bible and theology better than most Christians and many pastors.

2. Reason helped me make my decision. Check out my 360 blog for more details: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-t0BORtswfacdeOuprS2h8mE-?cq=1&p=36

3. Commandments have nothing to do with it. There's no god to give commandments. It makes sense not to kill, steal, lie, or break promises if you live in a community of other people. And now, because of technology, the entire globe is one community.

4. Just because you believe in God, you think it could be God. Well, it could just as well have been the final throes of the LAST universe. Who knows? We didn't even know bacteria existed 150 years ago. We've learned a lot, but there's a lot more to know, and quite frankly I'm happier saying "I don't know" when there's insufficient evidence than I would be guessing at something that I pulled out of my hat.

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Answer 7

I was brought up in a catholic family until I refused to go to church any more at age 16.

I made my own decision based on investigation.

I believe that the moral code humans adhere to is not made by 'god' but by man. Whether or not that agrees with some of the 10 commandments is neither here nor there.

I have no idea what created the big bang, as I am not a scientist, but I sure do know it wasn't 'god'.

An atheist

Answer 8

1. I was raised as a Baptist, I went to church three times a week, and I attended my church's private school (chapel three times a week in addition to daily Bible study).
2. no it was lack of evidence for god.
3. some commandments are "common sense" like false witness and murder. Adultery is a cultural rule.
4. the Big Bang refers to a time when all the matter in the universe started to expand outward. All the matter that is here now, was here at the Big Bang, only compressed to the size of an atom. It is not difficult to imagine why matter started to expand.

Answer 9

1. Yes, I've been to church. I've read the Bible. I've also briefly studied Buddhism and Hinduism. I didn't find any of it very convincing.

Have you looked into other religions? If not, how can you be sure that yours is correct?

4. If you believe that the big boom was created by God, what do you think CREATED that God?

Answer 10

1. I've looked at a Satanic church before as well and I've read about Mario too. That dosen't mean I believe in them.

2.Yes in a way.

3.Yes of course.

4.Could have been A God but I don't believe in the Christian god.