Why are people sticking to Atheism?
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Probably because of people like you who are so full of their own convictions that they must shove them down everybody's throat.  I have yet to hear of atheists who have killed, maimed, tortured, stolen, invaded, forcfully converted a people in the name of the Non-God as has been done for hundred of years by the so called faithful who were spreading the truth! Oh, and no thanks on the info.  As Madonna recently sang "...i've heard it all before...."
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I agree completely; I hate when people ask questions not for the answers, but to make a point (although, that means I don't really like your question either, but hey).\n\nIt's also a logical fallacy. As a Christian, I'm called to spread my beliefs to others in hopes that they might receive eternal life. An Atheist, however, has no such obligation. What's the point of spreading Atheism? All you're doing is wasting your breath. What does it matter if I'm religious and you're not, if you're truly holding true to your Atheist beliefs?\n\nBut you see, they don't hold true to their Atheist beliefs. They spread their beliefs out of pride, pride being a recognition of an absolute better and worse between two people and the spreading being an attempt to gain the upperhand in this absolute struggle. Thus, by admitting the existence of the absolute comparison, they're admitting that there is, in fact, that there's a greater measure of equality. But why would an Atheist believe in anything greater? That would defy the definition of Atheism.\n\nThe truth? As a Christian, I find a source of self-worth in that God, the God of the entire universe, desires to know me personally. An Atheist has no such sense of self-worth, so they have to manufacture it; but in manufacturing it, they're admitting the existence of a greater feeling of self-worth... meaning that we get into the above spiral.
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atheism is not a religion. Yes, atheists receive negative comments and attitudes because we do not follow any religion. I don't want to change anyone's mind, I feel comfortable knowing what I know.
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No.  That is rather a rude thing to ask.  They are atheists because they believe that to be true.\n\nAlso, it takes more work to believe something that is not "mainstream" than it does to follow the crowd.  So, if you are an atheist in any part of the world, you are not lazy because in no part of the world is atheism mainstream.
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I agree with you. Some people have weak minds, and need religion to support them. For some of these people, it's a benefit, for others, a mental parasite. Some people have strong minds yet still hold religious notins dearly. That's the way things are.\n\nI have neither. I am an atheist and a satanist, so I am just giving my outsider's observations.
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Being an atheist means one more thing (or, depending on how you look at it, thousands) you won't have to fool yourself about.  Because now, all you have to do is deal with concrete evidence, and the implications of that evidence.  It takes a lot of effort to maintain an honest religious mindset, and as an atheist, you've got a little more brain energy to devote to making real sense of things.
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I pretty much agree with you. An atheist is sure that God does not exist, and an agnostic isn't willing to commit either way. (Sort of like the dyslexic agnostic who developed insomnia. He kept lying awake at night wondering if there really is a Dog...).
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If somebody wants to believe in God, that's their choice.   I hope you're not trying to impose your atheist views on people.   How about a little tolerance?\n\n.
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Two things - honest answer is that feeling of being able to give yourself completely to a faith.  That even though there isn't a shred of empirical evidence to support religion, people are still able to accept it.  It gives people a reason for the horrible things that happen in life.  It gives people a purpose when they have none.  I think atheists are too logical and too grounded to give themselves over so completely to a faith that has absolutely nothing to back it up; but sometimes I wonder if being able to believe is something without basis so thoroughly brings about some level of peace...\n\nThe other thing that sucks about being an atheist is having to deal with moronic a-holes telling you you're going to hell.  They're too stupid to realize that there is no hell and that their little fantasy is meaningless; but like gnats flying around on a summer evening they won't go away and they are f*cking annoying.
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Atheist like me don't believe in god for our own reasons. People who believe in god believe for their own reasons. There is no evidence to support or deny god.  Just believe in whatever you want and if  someone believes in something different just leave them alone.
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We don't believe in God. Therefore we also don't believe in heaven or hell.\n\nSome of us were brought up in non-religious households, some turned away from religion for whatever personal reason. There are many, many reasons why people are atheist - as many reasons as people are religous. I am atheist because the thought that there is a god who tests peoples faith and judges them on how well they worship him appalls me. I hope other athiests will tell you why they don't believe.\n\nI do, however, respect people's religious beliefs and believe that we each have the right to our own faith. I would not want to deny anyone the right to their beliefs.\n\nSome people think that atheists are ignorant, arrogant or just plain stubborn, that we have no morals - sometimes these are people who claim their religion preaches tolerance and respect. Atheists don't feel that we need God's guidance to tell us what is right or wrong - that comes down to common sense and a desire to protect and continue humanity.\n\nMost of us have reached our belief through a lot of thought, and that decision doesn't come lightly - it takes courage to stand up and say that you don't believe in God. \n\nI hope this has helped.
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The only way I can really tell the difference is because Atheist seem to always start problems, I've been in fights with hundreds of them. \n\nReligious people seem to be able to find a middle ground and go from there. \nAtheist are too dumb to do that, I can't stand them and don't for long. \nTheir the assholes of the world.
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I think some people are confused. They don't really realize that many of the people they think of as "atheists" are actually god-fearing individuals.\n\nThey simply point at Hollywood or scientists and assume that these people are godless. They are largely wrong.\n\nI'm coming from a different frame of view. I think that faith divides people and causes them to do terrible things to one another. Worse than that, it justifies these actions. The idea that atheists are immoral is faulty. The idea that one cannot have morals without god is faulty. \n\nThe people who come down so hard on atheism are missing that it truly is a message of tolerance. It's an acknowlegement that there are no rewards or punishments in some made-up after-life, so it is incumbent upon the individual to do the right thing for no other reason than doing the right thing. It is selfless in that sense.\n\nThere is a man in Florida who is trying to start a town for Catholics where abortion (among other things) would be banned. Is it constitutional? I don't know. However, I think that if I were to try to start a town for atheists, secular-humanists, whatever you want to call yourself and the only rules would be "1. No worship of the supernatural and 2. Tolerate everyone" people would go crazy and decry it as a new Sodom or Gomorrah.\n\nAlso, atheists cannot recruit in the traditional sense. We cannot "show you the light." One must reach their own rational conclusions. The further truth is that most atheists do not fault people simply for believing in god. It's when they use their faith as justification for intolerance or violence that we really get up in arms.\n\nDespite our lack of organization, we have something going for us that no other "faith" does. We will never go away. Whether people worship Zeus, Jehovah, or (maybe in 1000 years) The Star Wars Trilogy, there will always be people who say, "This cannot be right."
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A few reasons ...\n\n1. Faith begins where rational thought ends. I think many people turn away from religion when they get more education.\n\n2. Many (not all) religious people have turned into the Brain Police, persecuting those who don't share their views (particularly on issues like abortion and gay marriage). While this isn't a reason to not believe in God, per se, it is certainly a valid reason to get turned off to the idea of religion.\n\n3. Don't confuse God and religion, because they are different things. I think, for the most part, it is religion that is turning people off, not God. People have their own interpretation of who/what God is, and they don't necessarily agree with your views.\n\n4. Religion/God have been hijacked by evildoers. We bomb other countries, and the President says God is on his side. People fly planes into builidngs because they think God wants them to. Nobody wants to be associated with these people.
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I agree... what is it they believe and what possible good reason could they have for believing?  And why would they stick with it for so long?   Good question... no answer.
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You could argue that some Athiests are actually practising a sort of anti-religion. They've gone beyond simply not believing in God all the way to believing that there is no God, which in many ways is as much a leap of faith as believing in God is. Religious people have always attempted to convert their fellow man and Athiests are no different, they're all just trying to save each other, either from eternal damnation, or from the living of a life based on a lie.  It's hardly surprising that they're going to start arguing with each other, in many ways they've managed to set themselves up as mortal enemies. \n\nI personally think it's wonderful fun to have these arguments with people,I'd say that having these arguments helps people to understand the issues better, the arguments force people to think in order to defend their position and in doing so, they learn more about what their position actually is. It also forces people to learn more about each other, and understand each other, even if it is only so they can argue more effectively.
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Actually, very few atheists exist anyway, or if they do it is in complete inconsistency. A true atheist would also be an anarchist. Thus robbing, pillaging, murdering at will should be no problem for them (i.e. the law of the jungle, eat or be eaten) An animal wouldn't think twice about stealing if it benefited the individual.\n\nMost people that claim to be atheists then, I would say, yes are uncertain that their agnostic beliefs hold real truth, and are at odds with becoming true atheists and denying all sense of morality.\n\nWhy do they hold on to morality that in its origin was derived from God? Usually when you hate something you would tend to distance yourself as far from it as possible, however the atheists, in their walk in society at least, for the most part, seem to live according to the same laws as believers.\n\nIt's a contradiction they can't escape until embracing the only thing they claim to believe....that is that we are nothing more than an animal, a part of the accident called the milky way.....earth and its nearest neighbors.\n\nVery few are willing to do this.....the rest end up on America's most wanted.