Why are you atheists/agnostic?

[Darth Atlas]

Dinosaurs did exist.

 

[Selendrile]

• There is no proof of anything.
• Completely illogical.
• Plenty of people before Jesus claim the same feats.

What do we have to lose? We dont want to believe in a religion, because we dont need to? I wouldnt join an organization that is pro-life, because I don't believe that pro-life is correct.

I really dont care if a religion requires something from me. I am free anyway, no one should "feel" like their religion takes away their freedom. That is sad, i'd feel sorry for those people that feel that way.

 

[chilidogbizkut]

I don't believe in god because I am 100% sure that god does not exist.... Just as i'm sure people with faith are 100% sure god does exist.

I think the place we go after we die is.... No where, I know some people have a hard time accepting the concept but why is it easy to think of yourself as nothing before you were ever born but not after you die?

Somebody has no idea what 100 percent means.

 

[Hard2bringdown]

is in my nature to be open minded, so i can never be an extremist.
I won't say theres a god or gods, and i won't say there isn't or aren't any either.
If im only aware(this applies to all as well)of my life, and the things that i see, hear, touch, feel, smell and sense in it, and at no point have any of these senses come into contact with a superior being, and even if they did( which they havne't), without any hard solid proof that it was infact a higher power, then i have no right WHAT SO EVER to say anything and take a position from which i'll ignorantly not move(in the eyes of others).

When people choose a faith, and/or follow a religion, 1)they do so because they seek answers to question they know they can't answer 2)think that others have the answer 3)do so because they hate to think life is just-->you live, you die, you nothing, lol 4)they think that theres more to the life and existence that surrounds them of which they are aware of 5) they're afraid of thinking theres no higher purpose to living( not the same as thinking you live and die and then nothing, more like fear that even if theres no afterlife, the idea of accepting an idea that says there was nothing special about your life, nothing behind it, no purpose 6) and more reasons that i can't think of right now.

BUT ALL I KNOW IS THIS, we live in a universe full of mystery and questions, and with a vast history that we know only a small fraction of, and among the things that we know is our understaning that a thing we call life exists, and that such a thing is amazing, weird even, how detailed it is(when we apply science), how complex, enourmous and small at the same time, that comes in differnet shapes and sizes, filled with living and no-living things or beings, that we are in a space we call the universe and is so vast that we can't even begin to comprehend its sheer size, that there are events in our lives that we say are toooo coincidential and make us go even more wild and come up with other theories about supernatural forces at work, like when we find the relation between our personalities and zodiac signs(as an ex.) and no matter what, we will have to accept the fact that as of now, we may only gain the answers to only a few of these questions and concepts.
I MYSELF just think that life in itself is too vast and interesting and wild to think you just die in the end and thats all there is to it, there has to be more, i believe(or more like i would like to believe and want to, and ill keep on doing so and see what happens, not because i expect something) that there might be beings out there, just like humans are beings or the species of mountain lions are beings, that are just more epically evolved or with better technology and they might have altered in some way life on this planet(watch it not the planet itself)-> because we cant deny theories like asteroids colliding and forming planets and yada yada yada, I mean ANYTHING GOES, those beings might actually be somehow connected to today's world religions and we dont even know it, EVEN the most craziest shit you can imagine can happen, I also believe that theres such a thing as the spirit, as in every living thing has a spirit, because ive had my own stuff happen to me that so far as well with scientific data, that are leading me to that conclusion,--> like the idea of spiritual energy(chi) and chakra, i believe that science is man kinds way of explaining things and EVERYTHING through rational, logical, and factual information can be explained and that just because theres something science cant explain, it doesnt mean that it will remain so, its just that the same way we couldnt see atoms until the microscope, we cant see or see(metaphorically) certain things until we develope the knowledge to do so, BUT IN ALL THERES SO MUCH OUT THERE, SO MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED, that all we do is find a way to understand(solely based on belief), wait for things to develop on their own, or find a way to understand by pulling in bits and pieces of what we truly know to be true, MY POINT is that we may all be right on our believes, some of might be, all of us might not, or theres a mix of half-truths, either way, we wont know until we know, so theres no point on feeling 100% sure on a single belief, solely follow one religion, when in fact you should leave yourself open to many or at least question daily that sole one you have followed, or not follow anything at all and just go with the flow like most aethiests.

 

[nagato9]

i am and atheist and I'm an one because i really don't believe there is a god. for example,no one believes in greek mythology, but why? because everyone knows its fake. is christianity really that much different from it?

 

[LikeItMuch]

is in my nature to be open minded, so i can never be an extremist.
I won't say theres a god or gods, and i won't say there isn't or aren't any either.
If im only aware(this applies to all as well)of my life, and the things that i see, hear, touch, feel, smell and sense in it, and at no point have any of these senses come into contact with a superior being, and even if they did( which they havne't), without any hard solid proof that it was infact a higher power, then i have no right WHAT SO EVER to say anything and take a position from which i'll ignorantly not move(in the eyes of others).

When people choose a faith, and/or follow a religion, 1)they do so because they seek answers to question they know they can't answer 2)think that others have the answer 3)do so because they hate to think life is just-->you live, you die, you nothing, lol 4)they think that theres more to the life and existence that surrounds them of which they are aware of 5) they're afraid of thinking theres no higher purpose to living( not the same as thinking you live and die and then nothing, more like fear that even if theres no afterlife, the idea of accepting an idea that says there was nothing special about your life, nothing behind it, no purpose 6) and more reasons that i can't think of right now.

BUT ALL I KNOW IS THIS, we live in a universe full of mystery and questions, and with a vast history that we know only a small fraction of, and among the things that we know is our understaning that a thing we call life exists, and that such a thing is amazing, weird even, how detailed it is(when we apply science), how complex, enourmous and small at the same time, that comes in differnet shapes and sizes, filled with living and no-living things or beings, that we are in a space we call the universe and is so vast that we can't even begin to comprehend its sheer size, that there are events in our lives that we say are toooo coincidential and make us go even more wild and come up with other theories about supernatural forces at work, like when we find the relation between our personalities and zodiac signs(as an ex.) and no matter what, we will have to accept the fact that as of now, we may only gain the answers to only a few of these questions and concepts.
I MYSELF just think that life in itself is too vast and interesting and wild to think you just die in the end and thats all there is to it, there has to be more, i believe(or more like i would like to believe and want to, and ill keep on doing so and see what happens, not because i expect something) that there might be beings out there, just like humans are beings or the species of mountain lions are beings, that are just more epically evolved or with better technology and they might have altered in some way life on this planet(watch it not the planet itself)-> because we cant deny theories like asteroids colliding and forming planets and yada yada yada, I mean ANYTHING GOES, those beings might actually be somehow connected to today's world religions and we dont even know it, EVEN the most craziest shit you can imagine can happen, I also believe that theres such a thing as the spirit, as in every living thing has a spirit, because ive had my own stuff happen to me that so far as well with scientific data, that are leading me to that conclusion,--> like the idea of spiritual energy(chi) and chakra, i believe that science is man kinds way of explaining things and EVERYTHING through rational, logical, and factual information can be explained and that just because theres something science cant explain, it doesnt mean that it will remain so, its just that the same way we couldnt see atoms until the microscope, we cant see or see(metaphorically) certain things until we develope the knowledge to do so, BUT IN ALL THERES SO MUCH OUT THERE, SO MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED, that all we do is find a way to understand(solely based on belief), wait for things to develop on their own, or find a way to understand by pulling in bits and pieces of what we truly know to be true, MY POINT is that we may all be right on our believes, some of might be, all of us might not, or theres a mix of half-truths, either way, we wont know until we know, so theres no point on feeling 100% sure on a single belief, solely follow one religion, when in fact you should leave yourself open to many or at least question daily that sole one you have followed, or not follow anything at all and just go with the flow like most aethiests.

Too long did not read lmao I wonder how many others thought that haha

 

[Hard2bringdown]

i am and atheist and I'm an one because i really don't believe there is a god. for example,no one believes in greek mythology, but why? because everyone knows its fake. is christianity really that much different from it?

and heres the thing, have you ever thought that the idea of the cyclops could have come from birth defects of people borned with a single eye(and thats 100% true), but anyways read my post above,either way im with you..ps:cyclops=small portion of that mythology i know, just saying that there might be some truth to it

 

[nagato9]

Too long did not read lmao I wonder how many others thought that haha

i did lol

 

[Narubro]

wow the catholic church is portrayed in the media as such, of course there are extremists but there are most catholics such as myself that are accepting

 

[nagato9]

and heres the thing, have you ever thought that the idea of the cyclops could have come from birth defects of people borned with a single eye(and thats 100% true), but anyways read my post above,either way im with you

i don't get how the cyclops thing had to do with me comment though. other then the fact i said greek mythology

 

[Hard2bringdown]

i did lol

aw come on!, it gets good in the middle and specially the end, its some deep stuff

 

[nagato9]

aw come on!, it gets good in the middle and specially the end, its some deep stuff

okay ill read it.

 

[Hard2bringdown]

i don't get how the cyclops thing had to do with me comment though. other then the fact i said greek mythology

yea i edited later, the cyclops is a small part of greek mythology, its just the idea there might have been some truth behind it thats all

 

[nagato9]

i read it

 

[nagato9]

yea i edited later, the cyclops is a small part of greek mythology, its just the idea there might have been some truth behind it thats all

but i strongly believe there is no god

 

[Hard2bringdown]

i read it

so do you agrre or disagree with my "belief" of being open minded

 

[nagato9]

so do you agrre or disagree with my "belief" of being open minded

i disagree because the idea of there being an all powerful person that has magical powers that no one (not one single person) has seen, exists. i believe we are alive today because of trillions of years of coincidences.

 

[LikeItMuch]

i did lol

lol I knew I wasn't the only one

aw come on!, it gets good in the middle and specially the end, its some deep stuff

Hmm it isn't as deep as you may think although you do make good points but in your 3rd paragraph it sounds like a template from a pastor lol you could of made it shorter but I give you props since I interpret the length of it as you being passionate.

 

[Thatoneguy]

Exactly I tried to tell a friend it's over 2 billion and he was so arragont he even went as far as to try and correct our science teacher on how old the earth was! I was like:flaw: And I agree with both science and the bible but I do not for a minute think that man could hav lived with the dinosaurs hah that's we're I'm an expertiece comes in at dinosaurs

Yea no way man and dinosaurs were EVER together. And lol nice! There are a lot of apostolic christian where I live, and they are all just as ignorant.:rofl:

 

[Malebolgia]

The bible shouldn't be taken so literally, it is man-made. This means the bible's text is based off an opinion and therefore isn't fact. The bible is just a way to encourage good morals, which it has succeeded in doing. Imagine a world where people didn't consider killing a bad thing, it would be chaotic. But if the bible has influenced your decision to become an atheist then you might want to re-think that decision, or at least come up with a better reason.

Many atheist have a skewed image of God based on misguided beliefs. Such as thinking of God as some sort of genie that exists to cure all of their problems, then quickly turning atheist when their prayers go unanswered, leading them to think he must not be exist. Or the fact that close-minded individuals deem that because they've never seen God physically, he must not be real.

As taught in a Physics course, things such as force of gravity, force of tension, normal force or even the wind are as real as the chair you're sitting on, but never seen. Therefore, why is it so hard to believe in something you can't see? If there isn't a God so be it, but if there is, what do you lose by believing in him?

The truth of the matter is, no one has concrete evidence of God's existence. Each side can and will argue for centuries, but it is all a matter of opinion, which means neither side can be considered as fact. It is best to be open-minded to all possibilities.