Why are you atheists/agnostic?

[LigerBomb]

Why are you atheists/agnostics

I am Christian. I hope that this first statement doesn't negate my opinion.
Second, I believe that people are atheists/agnostics for 6 reasons.
1. They have no physical evidence, so they do not care.
2. They see controversy and hypocrisy in the believers, so they reject all beliefs.
3. They don't understand and can't defend their beliefs, so they "leave".
4. They can't abide by moral standards set by their religion, [whether it is possible or by refusal] so they deny the existence of the deity/deities that composed them.
5. They are confused by which God or gods is exclusively the right one, so they hold to what is known as universal-agnosticism. Belief in all gods.
6. They are convinced that the existence of God or gods is impossible.

Personally, I think people are just too lazy or ignorant to study things out and develop strong opinions for themselves. Believing in something doesn't make you the smartest person in the world. The same could be said for the atheist/agnostic. People seem to forget that IF a God exists, then there is purpose and we are called to live by it. I want to know if there was a God or not, regardless of whether or not I would be able to comprehend him and his purpose. There is so much to be discovered about religion and the world, people need to get educated on it. I don't care much for force-feeding an atheist, but I love to talk with my friends and family about this type of stuff.

 

[NarutoVsGoku]

i was really interested to see some athiests and agnostics answer the questions of the OP but i see christians giving reasons why they believe, people debating about God existing or not, and people argueing about homosexuals being normal or natural but not soo much athiests or agnostics answering the questions...

 

[ZK]

If you say that then Normal shouldnt exist as a word, you could say killing people on a daily basis is normal but is it realy? People say they will not judge other people for their beliefs or what they do but everyone knows thats bs cause they do it, they just keep there foughts to them selves.
nor·mal/ˈnôrməl/
Adjective:
Conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.

Going by the definition of Normal being Homosexual is abnormal.

1. Human beings are usualy straight
2. Men typicaly love and fornicate with women and vise versa
3. Humans animals and every otere species are expected to mate with the opposite gender of its species.

I have no problems with homosexuals i just dont think it is natural, im not scared of homosexuals.

Let me give you an example here.
You walk into a room and see a homsexual couple having sexual intercourse. If it's a lesbian couple, you'd probably blush, join, fap, or something down that alley. Now, if it was a gay couple, you'd probably feel very disgusted and disturbed. Why? Because you subconsciously place yourself in their place. It's called empathy, it's the same thing that causes us all to yawn when one person yawns.
Many males are turned on by female homosexuality, but they are against male homosexuality because that's just taking it too far. You could practically translate that into 'I could literally feel the phantom-pain of a large penis being inserted into my rectum.' It's the fright of becoming gay yourself and thereby losing a lot of your social-life, that causes a lot of the gay-bashing. You can easily spot a homophobic person simply by accusing him/her of being gay. Homophobic people will, usually, defend their sexuality to their dying breath.

Now, the definition of homophobia.
If you see a homosexual couple having *** and cries; That's gross because they're gay! That's homophobic. But if you yell; That's gross because one man is putting his penis into another mans rectum. It's no homphobic. Judging someone or something form their sexuality is homophibia, but if you merely judge them for the action, it isn't.
Sadly, many gay people are quick to call you a homophobic, because they're constantly on guard.

Hope that helped ^_^

 

[kaka96]

i was really interested to see some athiests and agnostics answer the questions of the OP but i see christians giving reasons why they believe, people debating about God existing or not, and people argueing about homosexuals being normal or natural but not soo much athiests or agnostics answering the questions...

Yeah :| I wasn't too sure if I understood the questions right

 

[NarutoVsGoku]

Yeah :| I wasn't too sure if I understood the questions right

why are you athiest or agnostic. not a hard question

 

[ZK]

why are you athiest or agnostic. not a hard question

I'm Agnostic. Do you have any idea of how long it would take for me to write my reasoning down? @___@

 

[Revyy]

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I recommend this video, Pretty much explains it.

 

[TheLOLRoller]

Im a satanist, so I only believe in myself.

 

[kaka96]

why are you athiest or agnostic. not a hard question

I know , but such a long development made me doubt if it was really that simple

I follow what my logic accepts as true I guess

Like I said in my first post,

Scientist can't prove the big-bang and the world can't have created itself on it's own as it didn't exist before hand , preventing it from building anything :|

But nor can religious prove gods existence and the same thing applies to him. If god made everything, what is gods origin?

For me it will always remain an answer-less question. Unless there is an afterlife that is, then I guess you would learn once your passage on this world is over....

To me, both sides are full of good, but both are also full of flaws. None seems more plausible or attractive than the other to me. So I just live my life as it is

 

[ZK]

Im a satanist, so I only believe in myself.

Wat?

 

[Ninpou]

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I recommend this video, Pretty much explains it.

lol, was especting something serious and thought provoking.

 

[Mr.Beastie]

Im a satanist, so I only believe in myself.

what?

 

[Nathan]

I'm Agnostic. Do you have any idea of how long it would take for me to write my reasoning down? @___@

Yes so am I. It would take way to reason.

 

[Lankeysob]

I'm an Athiest because there is no such thing as god.

 

[DeViliShChild]

I am Atheist because in my mind, there is more evidence to support the idea that there is no God then the evidence to for there being a god.
In addition, Most religion have the same basic principals and guidelines(be a good person)
So as long as i abide by that what does it matter what i believe?

 

[Forget Me Not]

If you say that then Normal shouldnt exist as a word, you could say killing people on a daily basis is normal but is it realy? People say they will not judge other people for their beliefs or what they do but everyone knows thats bs cause they do it, they just keep there foughts to them selves.
nor·mal/ˈnôrməl/
Adjective:
Conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.

Going by the definition of Normal being Homosexual is abnormal.

1. Human beings are usualy straight
2. Men typicaly love and fornicate with women and vise versa
3. Humans animals and every otere species are expected to mate with the opposite gender of its species.

I have no problems with homosexuals i just dont think it is natural, im not scared of homosexuals.

While I personally don't condone homosexuality, I don't agree with this at all.

• Comparing homosexuality to homicide is flawed; homosexuality is a matter of preference in ***, whilst homocide is simply murder (assuming it's unreasonable murder which in this context I figure it is). The former is justified as it isn't a matter of choice, rather it's a matter of sexual attraction. As opposed to the latter simply being killing other individual(s). Which generally isn't a justifiable action.
  
• Fornication? Fornication isn't "normal" by your logic. Fornicating, which by definition is having sexual intercourse with a female without being courted or otherwise married is frowned upon and isn't acceptable by religious and other general standards.
  
• Scientific fact, yes. Valid argument? No. The reasoning behind this is simply to reproduce. Not to determine who appeals to you, who you love, etc.

 

[arnierulezz]

Don't bite my head off or anything, but I'm going to tread shark infested waters with a sub machine gun and ask a couple of million dollar questions and say...

...what do atheists have to lose to believe in a religion? It's not as if you can say " Ha ha! I told you so!" if by some preposterous fluke that there isn't an afterlife/Lord Almighty.

By being a keen observer, I've also noticed that a huge number of atheists become atheists or agnostic because of one particular denomination:

The Catholic Church: I'm not trying to play the blame game here, but I've heard some wild stuff that goes on in this church. A large number of Catholic extremists scare people off because they say crazy stuff like "homosexuals are going straight to Hell if they don't renounce there ways." Also, a bunch of my friends who are atheists/agnostic said that they were brought up in a strict Catholic family.

Also number 2 question. Is it because you just want freedom in general from practicing any religious beliefs? I know I know, it's a chore and as a Christian myself I don't necessarily follow everything that the Bible says because I guess that's just the way I roll.

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I guess that's all I wanted to say for now.

Thoughts? Discuss. (Keep it clean though so this thread doesn't get closed)

oke, I don't believe in god. I do however like the original idea of religion (like/help your fellow person) and life by that idea.

the reason one would/wouldn't believe in god is his mindset.

if you want to follow a super natural something go ahead and follow it.
it will soften life for you a bit.

if you want to have the full blow of life in your face go ahead and disregard god.
in the end it doesn't matter.

besides all these discussions are useless.
just let a person believe what a person wants to believe.
whether is be himself or god but don't judge people just because they don't believe in your god and don't follow the rules of your god.


and lastly, religion is kinda messed up atm.
the original idea has disappeared


ooh and I see this has been turned into a discussion about gays.
I don't care if someone is gay
why would I??
why would anyone be afraid to admit he/she is gay???
I have to uncles (they are married together) and they are great people, an old boss of mine is gay, amazing person (very caring person, nice to everyone), a friend of mine at the university is gay, an intelligent person, so why judge every gay person just because you don't like that one gay guy down the street??
why be afraid??
and if you say it's a sin then I have this to say:
F*CK YOU, it's only in your religion because people didn't understand.
they were afraid of them and wanted them to be just like them.
homosexuality is actually quite common in nature.

ooh and the persons to fight them the most are most likely not sure of there own sexuality.
I'm not gay myself but I don't dislike a person just because he/she is gay.
I dislike a person because of who he is and how he treads me and the people around him.

 

[Darth Atlas]

I am Atheist because in my mind, there is more evidence to support the idea that there is no God then the evidence to for there being a god.
In addition, Most religion have the same basic principals and guidelines(be a good person)
So as long as i abide by that what does it matter what i believe?

No it does not matter what believe or what faith u r it all depends on what kind of person u r wether u have done good in life, wether u decide to be charitable to others that's what really matters. At least u don't try to be a buthole to others and troll on others belief that shows u are a good person

 

[NarutoVsGoku]

I'm Agnostic. Do you have any idea of how long it would take for me to write my reasoning down? @___@

try to shorten it.. anyways im interested

Im a satanist, so I only believe in myself.

your really a satanist?

I know , but such a long development made me doubt if it was really that simple

I follow what my logic accepts as true I guess

Like I said in my first post,

Scientist can't prove the big-bang and the world can't have created itself on it's own as it didn't exist before hand , preventing it from building anything :|

But nor can religious prove gods existence and the same thing applies to him. If god made everything, what is gods origin?

For me it will always remain an answer-less question. Unless there is an afterlife that is, then I guess you would learn once your passage on this world is over....

To me, both sides are full of good, but both are also full of flaws. None seems more plausible or attractive than the other to me. So I just live my life as it is

ok..

 

[TheLOLRoller]

what?

Satanism is beleiving YOU to be the god of you'r self. You can find more info in the webs, because im too lazy to type it all in here.

P.S Satanism should'n be confused with devil worship, that's just dumb.