Just so y'all know, this question was meant in a totally non-aggressive way...

Quote:You want the serious or obviously mocking one:

A: I'm an atheist because I want a free pass to sin.

B: I'm an atheist because I don't believe in a god or many gods.

Wich one is it?

The serious one- (which I don't think is given in any of your options).
A: if that's your 'serious' answer, okay. - EDIT- I hid this because it might be seen as going against what I said in my OP- in effect, I take this part back.
B: I know you're an atheist because you don't believe in god (i'm guessing that's the obvious one)...

Quote:What other reason is there other than there is no evidence?

e.g. the posts that follow...
If that is the central and consistent reason- then I guess I've learned by lesson- but the reason I guess there's more to it than that is suggested by this post:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-17470-page-2.html

'simon moo Wrote:...Way too many Christians come here claiming to know why we are atheists without asking us first.

well here I am, asking you.

there are so many threads here in which people explain that very thing.


why didnt you read through those?

I lost my belief in god because the Bible had glaring problems. Contradictions, significant inconsistencies, and numerous areas where I simply couldn't stretch logic far enough to cover them. I tried my best to talk myself into believing, but I finally had to face it; the Bible is a real mess. Only after I'd realized that I did not believe in god, did I start to look for more information.

Theist theories and explanations and rationalizations don't sway me because I spent a very large part of my life (including my formative years) clinging to them and deliberately avoiding any contrary information. Being biased in favor of religion and god wasn't enough to keep me from finding it wanting. The alternatives have held up very well, so far. I'm still reading and learning, but I no longer feel like I'm trying to twist and stretch logic in order to understand. As Dawkins says, "science works." God doesn't.

That's why I am an atheist.

(March 27, 2013 at 10:10 am)The Germans are coming Wrote: there are so many threads here in which people explain that very thing.


why didnt you read through those?

The central reason- I guess. All the threads I've seen are about specific things which I'd find surprising if they are the central reason they don't believe.
But if the central reason is 'there's no evidence'- Okay- I've learned my lesson. Like I said in my OP, i'm not rejecting that reason, I'm just assuming it as the most common one. EDIT- but, it doesn't appear to be the case given some of the posts that others have made.

Ok, I guess my main reason for why I reject religion is that religions are inmoral and undemocratic.

Because there is probably no god.

(March 27, 2013 at 10:08 am)jap23 Wrote: B: I know you're an atheist because you don't believe in god (i'm guessing that's the obvious one)...

The correct one is B, you asked us to be brief. When I say I'm an atheist, all that it means is that I don't believe in god(s), nothing else can be inferred by that. It isn't hard to understand...

Honestly, it's all because my family (Jewish) thought pork was bad and I was all like OMFZG BACON, so...atheist.

Actually.... why would I not be an atheist?
When I was 10... some 20 years ago, I remember thinking, about some news story in some remote village in China or something like that, "boy, these reporters have cameras everywhere!!... you know what else people claim is everywhere? god!.... how come no one has filmed the guy??"
And that was the start of doubt.
Then I learned about evolution.... goodbye Adam&Eve.
And if that is wrong... what else is wrong?....

Holy crap, the flood is also on other far older Mesopotamic mythology? One more point to the christian crap-o-meter.

Around this time, I was 12.

So, why should I believe people who tell me these things as truth.... but they're not.... what credibility do these people have?

NOTE: I'm talking about believing in people, not in the story.... first, you have to believe the people, only then you accept the story.

(March 27, 2013 at 11:48 am)pocaracas Wrote: "boy, these reporters have cameras everywhere!!... you know what else people claim is everywhere? god!.... how come no one has filmed the guy??"

He's in the same witness protection program as Bigfoot.