how can someone not believe in atheists?
445362
I believe there are atheists.I don`t believe in their theology.
621969
maybe you dint find a real believer in God, who is to have an argument with!\n\ni mean believing in something is a symbol of emotional dependancy or some sort of confidence over the 'unknown' that it would help their .. watever! so, people should know whether they really believe or whether they think that they believe or whether they are testing their faith. a person who selflessly believes in god will argue with you better than a person who is a believer for his own reasons. so it depends on the mentality of the person you are arguing with.\n\nLastly i am not contending with your opinion and neither am i condemning it. I am also not trying to argue with you. I am not an atheist. I am not a christian either. you have your right to believe whatever you want.. and so have I. Loosing an argument doesn't prove that gods dont exist and winning an argument doesnt prove either. stop taking things personally and find people who you really want to contend with, the 'arguable' people.
202698
a very genius people can divided into two. one are them who see how amazing this world is and then they realize that nobody can make such things and then they believe in God.\ntwo, them who think that science is everything. that they can do anything about everything with science, so they think that believe in God is one silly thing.\n\nidiot people can be divided into two as well. one them who are angry with they condition and blame God to the situation, and then they refuse to believe in God. two who are want to change and they realize that nobody can do such magic at least God.\n\nis impossible to believe in God if you refuse to believe in God and close yourself.
1027779
Sounds good, an atheist is someone that doesn't believe in God, has nothing to do with religion. Your outlook on God is a refreshing change from the usual dyed-in-the-wool pew sitter.
530180
I'm an atheist, but I never try to force my beliefs on anyone because I now how mad and frusterated I get when people tell me that I'm wrong and try to convert me...everyone should have thier own beliefs.
549039
Don't confuse not believing in a god with being for or against a god.\nIf you don't believe in a god, you can't believe in a heaven or a hell.
89036
dear ash,\n\nIf you say that you believe in a supreme being then technically you are not an atheist.\n\nTo be an Atheist means that one do not believe in the idea of a supreme being (God); hence, the word A-theist (A="without" theist="Theos" = "God")\n\nIf you say that you are not sure of God's existence, but still open with the idea of the supreme being then you are an Agnostic.\n\nIf you believe in God, then you are a "Theist"
597105
In my experience it is far more likely that a religious organisation will try to persuade an atheist that they should believe in God than vice versa.\n\nAs an atheist myself I have no problem with you believing in your God. I cannot prove that your God does not exist so I have no right to deny you your right to believe.
900717
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.
201302
Atheists want to convince people there is no God because Atheism is a religion too... a belief system that they think (hope) is right.
41363
"Atheism, in its broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of any deities."\n=> Wikipedia\n\nI suppose it's because atheists disbelieve in the concept of a god in any sense, so people think they are deluding themselves or something.\n\nAlso, as atheists do not have a comprehensive value system like Christianity or Buddhism, they are automatically deemed by some to be immoral - although this is an unfair accusation.
648386
There are a couple steps of atheism:  Mild atheism; where a person just doesn't believe in religion because there isn't any proof. If proof were offered, then they'd believe. Or perhaps they just think that there's too much to be known by people, which is technically called Agnostistism. \n\nThen there's true atheism, which denies the existance of everything non-tangable. When you die, you decay in the ground. Your soul disapears. And that's that.
643458
I surely am not trying to convert you. I am an atheist as well and proud of it. You do not have to be a christian to be able to treat people well, with honesty and respect.There is such stigma attached to atheists, that people believe we are devil worshipers etc. This is a myth. I just do not subscribe to the myth and folly of organized religion.
1146720
I have yet to meet an atheist who had a logical reason not to believe.  Excuses - yes.  Arguments - yes. Reasons - no.  All lack of faith is an issue of the heart, not the head.  God never asked for people heads, but for their heart.  He's get the heart and the head is no longer an issue.\n\nThose who reject do so from fear, hurt, habit, ignorance, rebellion.  That's not meant to be an insult.  Most are intelligent, reasonable and even decent people.  But because of wounds and abuses in their past, they find it hard to believe.\n\nSomeone who claimed to be a Christian did something abuse, or they prayed and did not get an answer (or at least not one they wanted or recognized), or they have been wounded so many times that they can't fully trust anyone or anything.  Often, even growing up around the Christian faith the way most Americans do, they don't really know or understand what it means.  So too often God pays the price.\n\nGod never called Christians to debate for him, argue about him , or defend him.  He called us to love him and to live the kind of life that honors him, so that others will see it and want to know about him.  When they ask, that's when we are to be ready to give them an answer about the hope that is in us.
1086239
Actually, my child, atheists SHOULD be in this category. The believe in nothing, which is still a belief. They provide a negative view to the views of the Christians and other believers of God. They have freedom of speech and within that is the freedom to disagree. I don't always approve of the language they use, but that goes the same for some of the Holier-than-Thou Bible Thumpers. For an accurate look, you need more than one view.
343855
People are closed minded.  I am an atheist with one atheist friend and one pagan friend, and the rest of the people I associate are Christians, and I know how people must react when you say you are pagan, many people freak out when they find out I am an atheist.  They do because you are different, because you challenge their beliefs and make them wonder "hmm, is it really true?"  And so they resent you and I for that.
1147770
An atheist does not believe in a higher power.  An agnostic isn't sure if there is one or not, and typically an agnostic doesn't go seeking for spirituality or answers to that question.