Why don't atheists change faiths very often?

[Nakosis]

So you know if all those prayers were answered, and if whether every promise of salvation was carried out. Great, I have God here to tell me all things. But wait a minute that makes you a disbeliever in yourself, me a believer in you. The only that that makes 100% false is your original premise.

I had an original premise? I thought it was just a fondness for beer and a dislike of folks claiming to have knowledge of God.

 

[QuestioningMind]

/from another thread

Assuming atheists don't change to another faith very often, why is this?

Since atheism isn't a faith to begin with, what the heck are you talking about?

 

[Muslim-UK]

Since atheism isn't a faith to begin with, what the heck are you talking about?

Do Atheists have complete trust in Scientists to explain the mysteries of the World and beyond?

 

[ADigitalArtist]

Do Atheists have complete trust in Scientists to explain the mysteries of the World and beyond?

From my perspective, the wiser thing is to admit when there are mysteries and unknowns than fill them with gods.
If we were never able to figure out how electromagnetism worked, lightning still wouldn't have been the product of the gods.

 

[QuestioningMind]

Do Atheists have complete trust in Scientists to explain the mysteries of the World and beyond?

That would depend on the atheist in question. All atheists have in common is a lack of belief in god(s). Personally it's been my experience that the scientific method is the best method human beings have yet found for accurately explaining the physical world. I do not have COMPLETE trust in scientists, but as I said, I find that the scientific method is by far the best means humans have found to accurately explain the physical world.

 

[Muslim-UK]

That would depend on the atheist in question. All atheists have in common is a lack of belief in god(s). Personally it's been my experience that the scientific method is the best method human beings have yet found for accurately explaining the physical world. I do not have COMPLETE trust in scientists, but as I said, I find that the scientific method is by far the best means humans have found to accurately explain the physical world.

So in answer to your question to syncretic, "Since atheism isn't a faith to begin with, what the heck are you talking about?" you as an Atheist have 'faith' in men or do you define 'faith' as being the preserve of the Religious community?

 

[LuisDantas]

Do Atheists have complete trust in Scientists to explain the mysteries of the World and beyond?

No. We never needed that.

 

[QuestioningMind]

So in answer to your question to syncretic, "Since atheism isn't a faith to begin with, what the heck are you talking about?" you as an Atheist have 'faith' in men or do you define 'faith' as being the preserve of the Religious community?

I define faith as belief without evidence, so as an atheist I do not believe in any men for whom there is no evidence. Belief without evidence is not strictly a religious phenomenon. There are plenty of people who believe in ghosts and a wide range of other supernatural occurrences without evidence. There are plenty of conspiracy theory nuts out there that believe in a wide range of fantastical theories for which they have no evidence.

 

[Muslim-UK]

I define faith as belief without evidence, so as an atheist I do not believe in any men for whom there is no evidence. Belief without evidence is not strictly a religious phenomenon. There are plenty of people who believe in ghosts and a wide range of other supernatural occurrences without without evidence. There are plenty of conspiracy theory nuts out there that believe in a wide range of fantastical theories for which they have no evidence.

I've never ever met anyone who believed in something without there being some evidence.

 

[QuestioningMind]

I've never ever met anyone who believed in something without there being some evidence.

There are millions of people who believe that their religious holy book(s) are the infallible word of God without any evidence whatsoever.

 

[LuisDantas]

There are millions of people who believe that their religious holy book(s) are the infallible word of God without any evidence whatsoever.

This.

 

[LuisDantas]

I've never ever met anyone who believed in something without there being some evidence.

I very much doubt it. It is not quite possible if we are talking about actual human beings.

 

[Muslim-UK]

I very much doubt it. It is not quite possible if we are talking about actual human beings.

I'm going by my experiences in life and the people I've encountered.

 

[Muslim-UK]

There are millions of people who believe that their religious holy book(s) are the infallible word of God without any evidence whatsoever.

Which books claim to be the word of God, that actually say, this is from God. Put aside what people claim, let the book speak for itself.

 

[LuisDantas]

Then I feel confident that you do not have much of a background on psychology.

 

[QuestioningMind]

Which books claim to be the word of God, that actually say, this is from God. Put aside what people claim, let the book speak for itself.

I've read the bible (Roman Catholic version and King James), the Hindu Vedas, and the Koran, allowing the 'books to speak for themselves' and in every case they told me that they were all books written by fallible human beings in an attempt to control gullible human beings.

 

[Desert Snake]

Is clear your favorite color?

Clear isn't a color.

Since atheism isn't a faith to begin with, what the heck are you talking about?

You're using some obscure definition of faith, probably.
Your belief is a faith like any other, even if it is towards the non-existant 'god'.
A-theos

 

[QuestioningMind]

Clear isn't a color.



You're using some obscure definition of faith, probably.
Your belief is a faith like any other, even if it is towards the non-existant 'god'.
A-theos

I am? The definition that I'm using is the same one found in Webster's dictionary

b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof

What obscure definition of faith are YOU using?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Considering Christianity requires zero effort and zero works, allows you to eat and drink what you want, do what you want, only requires you accept Jesus pbuh and be granted eternal life, I'm surprised it's not the only religion in the whole World.

The many Muslim countries where there's a death sentence for converting to Christianity probably dulls its popularity a bit.

 

[Desert Snake]

I am? The definition that I'm using is the same one found in Webster's dictionary

b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof

What obscure definition of faith are YOU using?

You have proof that there is no deity/deities?