Reasons

[athoughtfulman]

I don't believe in god because I simply asked too many questions and didn't get answers. I used to be a christian, going to church all the time and so on, but when I started critically analysing my beliefs, I found they simply did not hold up. Things like:

- the validity of the bible is god's inspired word. Men wrote it, translated it, preserved it, printed it, and men read it, yet we're told that it's inspired by men. At which point did 'god' jump in and 'inspire' it? His inspiration would have to be present at every point during it's history, including when people read it, for it to be truly inspired. Yet we have millions who disagree on various things throughout the bible, so who's got the right picture? I never heard a good answer to that.
- the obvious incapability of christianity to solve the problems in this world, despite having that aim. Countless verses in the bible describe that one can only be truly satisfied and live life to the full by believing in jesus, but there is a huge amount of christians who aren't satisfied, and aren't living life to the full. And at the same time, there are a huge amount of non-christians who are the exact opposite - they enjoy life, are satisfied and live it to the full. Alongside that is the countless evil things done in the name of god.
- the stupidity of attributing god's power to anything we can't understand. this 'god of the gaps' theory is dangerous to theism because as science gets bigger and learns more about our world, this 'god of the gaps' is going to get smaller and smaller.
- the foolishness of believing in a god who can neither be seen nor proven. If so many millions of people can experience him, then why can't science experience him? If science can't then I must believe he is not real. If evidence was to be found of his existence then I would have to change my beliefs, however I do not think that will ever happen.

By the way, great video!