I wonder the reason for having soo many athiests is that they are AFRAID of believing in the truth-God!!!?

Question

hmmm. i do wonder lol !

Answer 1

The reason there are so many atheists is that they are unable to have the faith that believers in God have. Think of an atheist as someone seeking proof that God exists. Since the primary proof is the Bible (or Koran, or whatever), and faith is the basic requirement of most religions, and since an atheist is seeking a physical proof of the existence of God, and since that physical proof appears non-existent to them, they do not believe.

Answer 2

If they were truly afraid, why would they come here? That doesn't make any sense.

Maybe the reason why so many Christians hang out on Pagan forums is because they're afraid of believing in Odin. (I am not saying this is a Pagan forum... but I'm on enough Pagan forums to know that Christians go there quite often). Just showing what your reasoning looks like.

If you don't believe in Pagan Gods are you truly afraid of believing in them? Are you afraid of them? Afraid of what they might do? Of course not, not if you really DON'T Believe in them. But if Pagans were the majority in the US and trying to pass laws according to our religions and pretty much telling Christians that they can't have the same rights we do... wouldn't you be a little ticked off and do what you could to show other Pagans that what they are doing is wrong? Something tells me most Christians would be screaming from the rooftops.

Answer 3

I wonder if you have opened your mind to the potential possibility of a different god? maybe multiple gods? why were the greeks wrong... Almighty Zeus may feel a little scorn your not believing in him and all...

The presence of Agnostics and Atheists is for two reasons.
1> The lack of evidence regarding a God or even which religion is correct.
2> They have been brought up in a family where one or both parents are either Agnostic or Atheist (This is true for people of faith too. Again why do you believe in the god you believe in and not some other?)

Deep thought into the likelyhood of a God often comes up lacking. Charles Darwin (a name feared by most creationists) was himself originally a strongly religious man but his exploits into flora and fauna and his enevitable conclusions regarding the theory of evolution led his faith to be shaken. A thought that drove him a little crazy.

I have placed my reasons for being Agnostic / Atheist on another question "religion ?" look it up if your curious.

Hope this helps demystify the wonder.

Answer 4

Actually, when I was still a believer, I was afraid of NOT believing in a god. When I eventually realized I was an atheist, there were some truths that were difficult to swallow...never seeing deceased loved ones again, no prayers answered, etc. Me against the world with no divine safety net.

So...I was afraid of BEING an atheist, but eventually came to terms with the fact that that's exactly what I am.

Nice try though.

Answer 5

This American atheist is here because I fear the persistent and willful ignorance of modern believers will drag humanity back into the Dark Ages.

Just as the ancients erroneously believed the Sun revolved around the Earth, so too did they believe that their own subjective mental experiences formed the basis of reality. Our Solipsistic ancestors even believed that the physical realm was the imaginary creation of the human mind.

Ever since Isaac Newton's physics essentially proved that the physical realm is objectively real, educated people have understood that reality does not revolve around the human nervous system. Believers who persist in imagining that their subjective mental experiences have spiritual meaning are as hopelessly backwards as the fools who once believed the Sun revolves around the Earth. Objective (physical) reality exists outside of direct human experience and operates according to readily understood physical and mathematical rules. Despite thousands of years of dedicated effort, not one person has ever been able to prove that the subjective mental experiences of the human mind have any measurable effect on physical outcomes. God is an abstract concept -- an imaginary creation of the subjective human mind and is utterly incapable of independent physical existence.

Modern people who believe that God is objectively real are as backwards and persistently ignorant as the people who once imagined the Sun revolves around the Earth. Solipsism died four-hundred years ago, when Galileo discovered that most of Aristotle's "wisdom" could be readily disproved with simple physical experiments. These days, only those who remain deliberately ignorant of the true nature of reality still imagine reality revolves around their own mental processes

Answer 6

Is there a question in there somewhere? It's phrased more like a statement...

However, let's address some of your points and some of the underlying assumptions, shall we?

First of all, you seem to think that one can turn belief on and off, that one can choose to believe in something. Try it: could you believe in Zeus--really believe in Him--even for a minute? I doubt it.

Second, why would atheists be afraid to believe? If being part of your faith is so great, they'd *want* to believe. Atheists with whom I've conversed say they simply can't find reason to believe.

Third, there's the question of "In what should one believe?" Given that there are thousands of religions, from Mormonism to Mithraism, from Asatru to Zoroastrianism, from Zen Buddhism to Wicca: how would an atheist choose among them, even if faith were volitional? Certainly there's no objective reason for an atheist to believe one superior to another.

Fourth, since there's no actual scientific evidence for any religion, why would an atheist be moved to believe? Speaking for myself, it was personal spiritual experiences that moved me from what most would call agnosticism to belief, but someone who had not had such experiences would be entirely justified in being an atheist.

Answer 7

I would LOVE to believe in it. I am not an Atheist, more an Agnostic. It's just that a lot of thinking people need real, solid evidence based upon the tools and information that are available to them to decide what is "real" and what isn't. Just being told that the truth is contained in a book - even one written by 40 different men whom God spoke to over a period of centuries, then was printed up in 1452 in the first Gutenberg Bible- is just not enough "proof". We all need a bit MORE than that.

Answer 8

Many people who deeply believe simply cannot understand how someone else cannot and so invent reasons.

Yet for many of us the reason is easy - there is no event for which the existence of a deity is simpler than a natural explanation. And it's reasonable not to believe in the existence of something for which there is no objective evidence and whose existence would appear to violate established scientific principles.

Answer 9

So what do you believe? That the dinosaur fossil records are some sort of cosmic joke? Or that we should worship a god that demands that we should kill our own children should he require an exhibition of our loyalty?
It is not that I don't believe in god (and certainly I don't) it is more the case that even if he were demonstratively real I would still have nothing but the greatest contempt for him, and upon death should I meet him I shall take great pride in spitting in his jealous, murderous and arrogant eyes!!!

Answer 10

I actually think the opposite. Its my opinion that people who believe in religion do so because they are afraid to admit to themselves that when they die - like every other animal on the planet - thats it. Game over.

If, on the other hand, people can believe that there is an afterlife/reincarnation etc. it softens the impact of the thought of death. Its also a nice thought for anyone whos ever lost someone they love and believe that one day they will be re-united with them.

Answer 11

No, sorry, sweetie. I think xians are afraid of not believing in god.You're afraid to even think such a thought. The reason for so many Atheists is people are waking up and realizing that religion brainwashed them into service. Now they are free and at their best.