[Serious] Why are you an Atheist?

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I never said you had a misunderstanding. I was just trying to clarify your position.


So, if you interpret the Bible one way, and other theists interpret it another (over 30K Christian sects, and counting...), how do you know yours is the correct interpretation, and others that interpreted differently, got it wrong?

It the Bible is not infallible, then how do you know any of it is correct? How do you know you understand the correct parts, and other misunderstand them?

In short.  We as human beings see the world in different ways.  We interpret what we perceive in varied ways and even our language is imperfect in totally accurate communication.  I would say that Biblical text just as any writing can be interpreted along many different lines of thought.  If we both read the same novel you may come up with a very different interpretation of the text than I would based on your experience and the fact that all human being are unique from one another.


I except that I am wrong and have misunderstandings.  That’s why I am interested in learning from other peoples perspectives when they will allow understanding.  I would not say that I am typical in theist circles.  It's prefer to understand than be understood.  This is why I don’t particularly care whether or not my conclusions are perceived as right I would prefer to be right.

Lastly, Ipse dixit doesn’t cut it.  Just because most of the Christian world believes in hell, I have yet to have someone support is properly with scriptural proof.

You would say the same to me regarding the existence of God.  However, I’m not trying to prove his existence to you.  I’m here to know more about your why.

You came here with the questions as to why people here are atheists. However at the same time you seem more interested in debate over the existence of God. It's fine if you want to have something to believe in, it really is. I take no issue with it. But it seems the common consensus here is that people who do not believe in God do not believe in God do not see enough evidence to support that claim. I am not sure what more you want or what you think you are accomplishing my continuing to debate. If you really were here to find out why people are atheist you would not bother debating his existence.

When I was getting my undergrad I took a Sociology of Religion course. Our mid term project was to basically learn about a new religion we were not familiar with. I chose Judaism. I interviewed a Rabbi and a few members. The goal was to find out more about their beliefs and how they practice those beliefs as well as what they mean to them. Never once did I think to challenge those beliefs. Why? Because that was not my goal. My goal was to understand their beliefs better.