There isn't a church on earth that has a truthful bone in it's body.
It's all faulty. Even the pope measures degrees of sin, as proven by his recent antics.
I don't think it's appropriate to say one has lost faith or is losing faith.
Either one has faith, or one doesn't have faith. That is a decision made within oneself. Personally I think faith is fraud. Faith is wrong. Faith is not something that is lost, but something that is not consistent...
After reading many of the replies, it seems that when I say "what gives you trouble about others belief in God". No one here seems to say "which one". From my point of view, that proves that believers here are very narrow minded and can't conceive of other God beliefs but their own.
What always...
Which God?
We are all atheists.
How many concepts of God are there?
Do you believe in all of them?
Therefore you admit your an atheist with respect to the Gods you disagree, ahem I mean don't believe in.
There are as many Gods as there have been persons that thought about this...
Explain why it is important for you to believe or have a relationship with God.
What do you think is gained by that experience be it real or fantasy?
When others say they are an Atheist, what goes through your mind?
What troubles you most about belief in God?
Many of us go through life asking that question, and many never get the answer they expect. I don't think whether or not God exists is the appropriate question to ask, but rather why is this question so important to us.
Obviously many of us believe and many of us don't believe God exists in...