The question was "Why are you an atheist?"
I see no reason to jump in to explain why you think others are.
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And as you know, the general response to that sort of question (re Santa Claus or the Invisible Pink Unicorn or Quetzalcoatl) is "prove it doesn't exist." You can't. That is no more an argument for their existence than yours is for the existence of God.Because it's lazy thinking.
It takes a bit of work, curiosity, study, understanding things spiritual, to believe
in a Power great than mankind.
Anyone and say "poooie, ain't no such thing. Prove there is!"
To which I respond: Prove there isn't.
I find this really difficult to fathom. Before I was 7 years old, my step father abused me very, very badly -- and twice very nearly killed me. It is recorded in court records at the time that I asked if I could die so that I could "be in heaven with [my grandmother]...", who had died a couple of years before. That would have felt safer to me.If an atheist doesn't believe in a deity then that atheist has never
been in a fox hole, shot at, been attacked with a knife with murderous intent,
held a child while it died, escaped certain death, or.....................................
Just my usual bigoted opinion.
I just don't. I live my life as if gods don't exist because I have no reason to believe they do. When some gods show up and start messing with my life I'll start believing in them.Just curious as to why atheists do not believe in any deity. Please post why you don't.
Just curious as to why atheists do not believe in any deity. Please post why you don't.
Just curious as to why atheists do not believe in any deity. Please post why you don't.
There's nothing there to even start to think there is one in the first place.Just curious as to why atheists do not believe in any deity. Please post why you don't.
I disbelieve in god because the image of god is not god. God has no image, no form. It is my belief that most people who believe in god believe in nothing more than the image of god, and the exceptions would have no objection to my calling myself atheist.Just curious as to why atheists do not believe in any deity. Please post why you don't.
I disbelieve in god because the image of god is not god. God has no image, no form. It is my belief that most people who believe in god believe in nothing more than the image of god, and the exceptions would have no objection to my calling myself atheist.
Or a fine copy. Yes.Yes, I think similarly of the Universe/Reality -- we never have a direct apprehension, only an image or a bad copy.
Just curious as to why atheists do not believe in any deity. Please post why you don't.
Just curious as to why atheists do not believe in any deity. Please post why you don't.
Just curious as to why atheists do not believe in any deity. Please post why you don't.