I know what Atheist means so no need to tell me, I am one.
Is it the actual religions/beliefs, or the power hungry church's that put you off, or both?
2007-12-02 23:10:42 · 31 answers · asked by always right 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Its the whack job stories and reasons to "be good" that put me off when i was young, and as i got older i started to realize how corrupt and money hungry the church was, and how often it used scare tactics to make the young children believe that if they weren't good and did EXACTLY what their parents (and the church) said, that they would burn in hell for eternity.
The stories don't make sense if taken in the literal term, but there's no way you can get the real story, because who knows what it originally said. It's been edited so much over the last few centuries that its probably less than 40% of the originial.
Thats what turned me off the whole religion thing, they all lie too much.
2007-12-02 23:18:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Churches have little to do with whether one is a believer or not. I'd no more be put off the notion that mathematics works by having had a poor teacher, even though in both cases it might put me off taking the subject further.
If God is, as some say, omnipotent, then there is no logical point to human existence. If God is, as some say, infinitely just and merciful, then there is no explanation for evil.
2007-12-02 23:20:45 · answer #2 · answered by kinning_park 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think I would consider the lack of acceptance for alternative viewpoints one big negative for organised religion. Also the idea spread about by many religions that that science can be rendered worthless by a failure to accurately explain every aspect of the world with total accuracy, is something with I find intellectually and ideologically offensive, especially when it comes from people who believe something without any basis in empirical eviedence. The assertion that man is flawed beyond redemption and yet can work as a priest for a religion worries me a bit about the general level of quality control in those faiths. The idea that you need to subscribe to something for which there is little or no empirical or tangible evidence and be condemned to eternal hellfire if you find yourself unable to do this. The idea that you need to chose a faith or format of belief and then should inflict damage or kill member of another group who have differing views is the point where the hypocrisy becomes impossible for me to tolerate. If there is a God his nature is unfathomable to man so to pretend you can speak for him or carry out his wishes, or to accept you have the right to kill based on a belief in the superiority of your faith over that of another faithful person is nonsense.
2007-12-02 23:26:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd be an atheist even if the churches were more moral, and even if believers were well-behaved, but yes, the rampant immorality in religion is a turn-off.
The bottom line, of course, is the complete lack of evidence for any gods.
2007-12-02 23:17:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Both, mainly the belief that we couldn't be where we are without some god pushing the buttons, we have evolved into an amazing animal, we should be seen for what we are.
i also don't like the way religion stumps human development.
2007-12-02 23:17:33 · answer #5 · answered by Ste B 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Both! I do not believe in god (any god) and consequently find that the purpose of churches/temples/mosques or any other manifestation of religion organisation and belief is fundamentally flawed.
2007-12-02 23:26:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The idea that one being could create all that we see,all that we are, all that could be and all that will ever be Is just a load of rubbish. The planet came from the beginning of the universe and life just evolved here. PURE SCIENCE..
2007-12-03 01:59:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. It's being scaredasshit that a religious nut runs one of the largest nations in the world!!!
2007-12-03 00:18:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have my own beliefs about the spiritual nature of the world...but I cant follow a code of rules of daily behaviour written several thousand years ago. I personally believe Mother Nature is the only God, and she doesnt require that you belong to a set faith
2007-12-02 23:17:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The whole lot just seems to make no sense to me. In fact, many things that are justified by religion seem completely wrong and even evil.
Science and reason on the other hand seem clear and logical.
2007-12-02 23:16:42 · answer #10 · answered by dlm 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋