hey, i'm just curious because i'm an atheist too.
2007-10-15 02:32:33 · 15 answers · asked by DrownTheCity 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God has roughly the same plausibility as Santa Claus. That's what did it for me. And when I was 12 and first uttered a variation on the Problem of Evil, my pastor responded with St. Anselm's Ontological Proof.
2007-10-15 02:38:05 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in God because I see no proof of one. I don't understand how a being so forgiving can allow so much suffering to innocent people. I might be open to the thought that there are many conflicting gods at work, but then wouldn't one eventually get bumped out by the others? I believe in the teachings of the Bible, and don't think there are enough people who follow them. Just the other day on TV a reverend was saying how another pastor was evil because he only talked about the happy and good things in the Bible. How wrong is that? How can he call himself a man of god when he's speaking ill of someone trying to do good in God's name or good in general? So, I don't see God around enough to believe in one. And if there were a God, why would he listen to me and such superficial prayers as "please let my engine be alright because I can't afford a new car" when others pray for food and water during famine and drought?
2007-10-15 09:47:57 · answer #2 · answered by rainbowreggie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It always comes down to "you must have faith", however, examining what exactly "faith" is reveals it to be nothing more then believing for no reason other than someone tells you to. Without evidence, believing in something is just superstition. Thats very plain and simple reasoning. Anyone should be able to follow it, except that most will not examine what faith really is.
2007-10-15 09:52:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was a christian for the first 27 years of my life. I realized that I was following not out of my own beliefs, but because I was told to. I researched religions as a whole, their pasts and thier current forms. In doing so I realized the truth.
2007-10-15 09:46:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lack of physical/tangible evidence, lack of proof of its actions (talking burning bushes, talking lights from the sky, endowing superpowers like Moses), and the problem of evil. The last being my main reason for atheism as the Epicurean Riddle is still the strongest argument for me.
Also the problem with free will, is "given to us" but to be "happy"/ever living we HAVE to do his way.
2007-10-15 09:56:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no evidence for the existence of any gods and there never has been.
It is a human condition that one would like to believe that death can be conquered but that is wishful thinking. Religions base their beliefs around this fallacy.
2007-10-15 09:44:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was never really sure about god(s) when I was young. The people explaining it to me either thought I was stupid, or too young to be given anything but platitudes. Then I grew up and went to school.
Studying mythology and science really puts most religious thought in it's proper place.
2007-10-15 09:39:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I've answered this far too many times in the last 2 days.
2007-10-15 09:42:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not believe in the God of Abrahamic faiths (I used to be Muslim) because there is way too many contradictions in the so-called heavenly books.
2007-10-15 09:51:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are most of the things atheist believe.
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/answers.html
2007-10-15 09:55:25 · answer #10 · answered by Steel Rain 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋