Atheists, how many of you wanted to be believers?

Question

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Answer 1

Right here... I still have my moments although they are becoming fewer and farther between...

Answer 2

I tried. Somewhere inside I knew it for not. I could not bring myself to worship something that did not make any sense. I watched everyone around me, family, friends, relatives and could not understand what they were so excited about. I could never bow my head and pretend to pray - it always seemed ridiculous. Once I started to take courses, read about and learn about the cultures and religions of the world I understood why. It was an innate feeling I always had. No reason - but, no reason to believe either. Being created from star dust makes more sense to me than a deity. If anything I so appreciate this planet and its oneness within the universe.

Answer 3

Loaded question.

At one time I did believe, thus was a believer, not "wanted to be a believer". Then came some doubt, then came a lot of doubt. During this transition, I sat on the fence sharing Wanting To and Not Wanting To in terms of belief. When the dopey canned answers did nothing but generate more unanswerable questions, I be came a non-believer.

I have been a happy atheist ever since.

Answer 4

I have to admit I searched everywhere for the elusive god y'all speak of - there was just no evidence of such a critter ever existing outside of Myth, Superstition and Wishful Thinking.
I'm just no good at faking stuff like y'all.
I'd love the security of all that dreamy stuff after death BUT in my search I became much less ignorant so that 'Ignorance is Bliss' thingy always eluded me.

Answer 5

I wanted the Heaven part to be true, sure! Nice idea isn't it?
It's the Hell part that makes the whole idea less inviting. (Well, that and a whole lot of other stuff -- to be left out here -- as that wasn't part of the question)

However, thinking the "good stuff" would be nice, isn't the same thing as wanting to be a believer. So, for me, that'd be a big ole' NO!

Answer 6

Wow... that's a good question. I think there have been a few times in my life when I've been envious of others' ability to believe. It just seems like it would be much easier to feel like there's some celestial father figure looking out for your best interests (so long as they coincide with his). But I honestly can't say I've ever "wanted" to trade reason and truth for some comforting illusion.

Answer 7

No, I'm very happy being an Atheist. Believing is pointless, there's no proof that God exists. He's just made up to explain things that we can't figure out.

Answer 8

Not me. Although I might not really be quite as apart from religion if I were brought into a religion with culture. I totally understand why Jews, Catholics, Episcopalians, etc hold on to their cultural identities even if they don't believe. But since I was raised in a church without really any cultural value, I saw no point in religion generally.

Answer 9

I don't know. I think life would be a lot more exciting if I really believed in that sort of stuff...so I suppose a prt of me would like to believe, but I wouldn;t want to focus a fundamental belief on evidence that isn' sold enough. I wouldn't want it to dictate my life either like it does some people...so after all that no, I suppose I wouldn't want to believe.

Answer 10

Tried religion for years. Always ran up against the same barrier. In the end it boils down to "just have faith and believe" - no explanation given, no evidence furnished, no logic and no reasoning forthcoming. I eventually decided it is custom tailored for people who do not want to think for themselves.

Answer 11

I didn't want to believe or not to believe. I wanted to learn about the world. As I learned, I saw no reason to believe in God. As I learned more, it seemed logical that modern God was invented by man, just like Greek Gods, as a way to explain unknowns and give morality.