Atheists...?

Question

How come you always feel the need to bite at Christians yet you don't give us a reasonable reason to go atheist? Why do you feel we HAVE to believe atheism? At least we have a hope of where we're going.

like, you don't neccessarily push us to be atheist but you keep yping about our beliefs.

Answer 1

If we consider ourselves Christians, Jesus only left us with two suggestions for dealing with Atheists.

First He ask us not to judge them.

Secondly He ask us to love our neighbor.

Atheists are our neighbors.

End of discussion.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

It is our nature to question everything - everything. And that means not taking things for granted, nor for taking concepts for granted, etc etc. Meaning, it is good to do your own research and study.
eg. When buying a car. You don't simply go to your nearest car dealer, and ask "What car should I buy?". A Ford dealer would naturally say, Oh, Ford is the best, I've worked here for 25 years and never had a problem with the Fords I bought, etc etc.
And so, an atheist has simply gone around different car dealers and never liked any particular one, and knows that car dealers are only there to sell their cars, and nothing more.
And you may well say - But oh, religion is not the same as selling cars...!
But if you are aware and intelligent, you can see the parallels I am pointing out, and will know the analogy is a good one.
That it is best to be aware of the wider issues involved. And that to use your critical thinking and analysis (along with personal observation) - is good. Because then you own what you know. Instead of say - quoting text from the Bible - which actually doesn't mean anything... You are not using your 'thinking' but only your memory.
Besides what is true and accurate - will stand up to any kind of critical questions and analysis - but lies and misinterpretations, etc will not.

Answer 3

If I pick on christianity, I do it for real reasons. I'm not exactly what you could call an ateist, in fact I was baptized christian myself, but I jus can't get over so many people following something that much blindly and being so sure. When I see statements such as "the bible is true cause it sais so in the bible" - even if I try, I can't stop! My fingers automatically start writing my ironic answer.

Answer 4

Personally I don't want you to be atheist and I can honestly say I have never tried to convince anyone to become an atheist. Atheism simply means without theism so by definition it's religiously neutral. You can believe whatever you like and I don't think anyone can or should try to change anyone's belief or lack of belief.

There is no 'atheist movement' to convert people because there is nothing to convert to. Non-theists are no more a homogeneous group than non-racists or non-gamblers. Beyond being non-theists they don't necessarily share any other trait.

I tell you what. You point me toward whatever atheist you think is trying to convince you to 'go atheist'. and I'll confront them.

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"like, you don't neccessarily push us to be atheist but you keep yping about our beliefs."

Someone saying they don't agree with your beliefs is very different than trying to make you believe theirs. This is an open forum where people can and will say just about anything about anything. It's little unreasonable to expect people to not disagree with you. I'm willing to defend your right to believe anything you like but I would also defend anyone else's right to say they disagree.

Answer 5

Atheism does not indicate elitism of intellectualism. You should read the near-death experiences of those who rejected God or salvation in the book "Beyond Death's Door" by Dr. David Rawlings. It is proven that we are neurologically wired to believe in God. It is the limbic system that is responsible for this. Brain scans prove this. However, "the fool hath said in his heart there is no God" (Psalm 53:1).

Atheism is not based on fact or logical reasoning - it is a decision to believe foolishness in spite of evidence to the contrary.

Answer 6

I would kindly disagree. You have false hope. That is worse than no hope at all.

I don't have to hope where I'm going I am quite certain I am not going anywhere. An guess what, I am totally fine with that. Is the thought of an afterlife the only thing that holds you in your religion? That, to me is a scary reason to believe something.

Answer 7

My opinion has always been to believe as you choose, but to leave others to believe as THEY choose. Unless someone specifically ASKS about your religion or how you feel about someone else's, you should mind your own business and they should mind theirs. It's when you try to push your religion (and that is meant in a generic sense)without being asked and without regard to whether there has been an interest expressed, that I see it as a problem.
Everyone is entitled to make up their own minds on the subject of what to believe or disbelieve. Leave it at that.

Answer 8

I rather rely on realism than hope. Of course you don't have to believe atheism, but I do endorse it as the most logical choice. Are Christians the only ones who can advocate and advertise?

Answer 9

You don't HAVE to believe anything atheists are saying. But I don't see where atheists are trying to convert people to their way of thinking. I see most atheists are simply here to discuss, debate, and defend themselves. You can keep believing whatever it is you believe. You should refrain from using words like "always", because nothing in always anything.

Answer 10

I'm not in the business of converting christians or anybody else to atheism. Actually I don't care what you want to believe in, just so you don't try to force me into it.