Too many reason I'm a Strong Athiest (I'd rather you not read if you do not want your faith challenged.)
Read it all... not even a bit was my faith challenged! Guess i'm a Strong Theist!
I was brought up Muslim but I converted to Atheism soon after, then one of my friends brought me into Christianity. Soon after, I'm returned to Atheism.
Then you shouldn't consider yourself anything before knowing what you are getting into.
1. God doesn't show himself and never answers anyone's prayers.
See, this is a problem. What do ppl ask for? Do they move their asses or just sit down watching tv waiting for God to come with whatever they want, like the pizza guy?!
2. It says in the Bible that the only unforgivable sin is to not accept Christ.
- What about all the kids in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, etc, that are raised in countries who are strictly 99% Muslim. Must they be damned to an eternity of torture granted to them by their "all loving" God?
Try to see it as a concept, not a person! I saw thing that way once... now i don't. And i really don't like that burn in hell crap! I found it bogus too!
- Native Americans who didn't even get introduced to Christianity until the 1400's? Do they all have to go and burn in Hell for eternity?
Did you know that the Tupy (native brasilians) had their stories of a messiah and a cross?! And they didn't have contact with Christianity... that was why they trusted the portuguese when they saw the cross on their ships... granted it was a bad idea.
- Does someone who is an incredibly great person but doesn't accept Christ burn in Hell for eternity? By the Christians I've asked, yes, they do.
Again, i rally don't freaking like that! No they don't!
3. God is supposed to be perfect, omniscient, and everything is supposed to be part of his divine plan. Holocaust? Famine? War?
Do you know His plan?! If there is an after life, is it that big of a deal what goes on in this one? I'll answer you: yes it is because you will carry your deeds with you. What goes around comes around, i guess... if your good person, good things will come; if your a bad person... good thing wont come...
4. If God was perfect, his creations would be perfect and we're far from perfect. You can say, "But Adam and Eve ate the Forbidden Fruit so we all sin because of them." But you contradict yourself by saying because in the Bible it says, ""The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father..." -- Ezekiel 18:20"
The perfectness in God's creation is, IMO, evolution... of everything. Just look around you... everything evolves... so do we, so does our understanding of things
5. Religion has been the catalyst of more grief, pain, and death then anything else for humanity.
Really?! Do you know that the 20th century was the most bloodied century of recorded history... and not by religious wars...
6. There are so many contradiction in the Bible.
- ON SEEING GOD
"... I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." -- Genesis 32:30
"No man hath seen God at any time..."-- John 1:18
-ON THE POWER OF GOD
"... with God all things are possible." -- Matthew 19:26
"...The LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron." -- Judges 1:19
There are so many contradictions in life. I haven't read that much of the bible, so i can't really comment on something i'm not that familiar.
7.If you are religious, ask yourself this, what makes your religion so special?
Done that... i feel comfortable in my religion. I feel home! So, for ME, it's better than the others... btw, i'm not of any of the dominant religions.
- Let me guess, you were brought up your religion and you simply took what everyone around you fed you. Being indoctrinated by your family and friends right?
Wrong! i was educated in catholicism... and turn atheist/agnostic, whatever...
- There are hundreds of religions, nothing makes yours special, since most of the people in here are Christian, I'll speak for that one.
- Think the story of Jesus was original? Vishnu, Hindu God, was also born on December 25th to a virgin mother, he was also a carpenter. Hinduism and the story of Vishnu came 2000 years before Christianity.
Isnt it strange that, without internet, phones, fax, they all had the same story?! Really, the same story?!
7.It's simple to see that religion was made by humans to help themselves in different ways.
Yes, you are right here: religions IS made by MEN
- People are scared of dying, so they make up things about an afterlife.
I'm not... but nonetheless you are right! People still fear death! Beats me why!
- Religions banned homosexuality and masturbation because long ago, humanity was having population problems.
Sorry, i don't get this... honestly, you lost me on this one.
- People are so scared they need something to cling to.
Again, you are right on this one.
8. Too many things stand against God's perfection, in the Bible he shows signs of jealousy, anger, and wrath.
You mean the book wrote by men who had a limited understanding of things?! We can't really understand God today, what makes you think they could?! Can you understand all the scientific concepts?! Let me guess, you can't. Maybe it's about understanding.
9. How come none of the Holy Books state anything about scientific breakthrough that we didn't know about yet. If a deity wrote them then he would be all-knowing. How come dinosaurs aren't mentioned? How come atoms and cells aren't mentioned? How come gravity and our solar system being heliocentric isn't mentioned? Because humans wrote it, they didn't know how to answer questions so they made things up.
Did you ever care to REALLY look at mythology? Where did life came from? In a very simple way, we can say from the primordial ocean, so, from water. There's a african myth that says we all came from this lagoon created by the goddess of sea... Men creation are associated with water... The importance of the Sun... Why the main god is almost always associated with the sun?! BEcause without the sun, life on Earth wouldnt be quite the same would it? See, they knew... and there are lots of exemples... Does the bible intend to answer this kind of stuff?
10. Evolution is much more credible and verifiable then Creationism
- We evolved from Homo Habilis (Hairy humans with larger jaws and smaller brains but with larger imaginations then the animals around them.
- From Homo Habilis, we evolved to Homo Erectus, and so on to Homo Sapien.
I know this. I studied when i was in University. And i'm with you on this one! Creationism is defended by those who want to keep ppl in ignorance so they can control the masses... it's a power thing. The same with money!
- Or you can just believe that a old man made a guy and then took his rib and made a girl.
I like the old man part. you know why they said it was an old man? Because back then, the elders were considered the most wise persons. Nowadays we have little respect for what children and old ppl have to say...
If you are going to say something, make sure to reply to every point I made, instead of simply disregarding the rest and concentrating on one small argument.
Guess i'm done...
I'm only 14 years old and all these flaws can be identified easily.
I was 14 once too... xd