Why You Should Be Atheist

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To me if God does not exist then this life is nothing.

I've heard this before and am perplexed by it. but lets read on.

One would spend approximately 70 years searching for happiness, trying to accumulate large sums of capital, or trying to better humanity in some way. After which they may leave a legacy, which probably few (compared to the earth's population) would hear of, and as they fade into nothingness would sooner or later be forgotten. This is a fate I do not accept.

Sorry but it appears what you want to reject is reality.

To me, living only to fade into nothingness is worthless, meaning life without a true God is worthless to me. I believe in God and I also believe in Jesus Christ, and that He is God, and I also believe in the Spirit. Now this is what I ponder, if I'm right, and God does exist, if Jesus Christ truly is our Savior, then when I die, I will be in paradise, enjoying the riches of God's kingdom for eternity. If I'm wrong, I lose nothing, because if God does not exist I consider this life nothing.

Translation: you'd rather live your life with a beautiful life than the truth.

Fair enough, who am I to piss on your parade. Believe your lie, just so long as it dosent affect me.

Now if an atheist is right, and there is no God, he gains 70 years (a tiny blip on the radar of humankind) of being right, and will soon fade like other countless generations. And even if he is remembered, and stands the test of time, can bones or ashes taste satisfaction? Now if he is wrong, and God does exist, when he dies he will pay a price beyond what can be imagined, being consigned to a fiery lake of burning sulfur for not accepting the love and forgiveness of his Father in Heaven.

Ah the old Pascals wager, back like an old shitty friend. Which god do you believe in by the way got to be careful not to piss the wrong one off.

To me, accepting God and following Him is well worth it. I've never been an atheist, so it's hard to contemplate the thought of no life after death, and hard to even think of it.

I can't imagine what it would be like to believe in god. God seems like such a stupid idea to me.

And I know it's hard for a lot of people to believe in God

Amen to that.

especially myself at times. There's hypocrisy all around us, and a lot of the time in the Church. It's also hard to explain that if God really loves us, then why would He let such great physical and mental disasters rip through His creation. I can't pretend to understand our God, because if our God could be understood, then He couldn't be God. Because if God is God, then He has all knowledge, all understanding, all wisdom, He's omniscient, knows the future and the past and is beyond our comprehension. I can't answer a lot of questions about God because I don't fully understand Him myself.

No-one has successfully defined god on this site.

For how can a creation fully understand its creator.

Why can't it?

One thing i can say is that this world is full of sinners, of whom i am the worst.

You are the worst sinner in the world! What sort of monster are you!!!!

And though disaster has ripped through my own life and continues to eat at me, i swear to you it has prepared me, prepared me for the hardships i face and continue to face. My life has been far from what some may consider "perfect," i have often drifted away from God. But i have trusted in God throughout it, and my life has been saved many times from death. i have had many second chances, and I've witnessed incidents that this earthly realm just cannot account for.

Really? this is most doubtful and needs proper investigation.

I'll admit, as Jesus' disciples did thousands of years ago, that living for and walking with God is not easy to the slightest extent, but God never said that it would be easy, He said it would be worth it. Accepting God as God is as simple as a sincere prayer, trust in Him, talk to Him, and the rest will come, this i promise you. It seems beyond me that one could accept that this world is all that we have. As a Christian, sometimes I am "ye of little faith," but all slander, all harsh remarks aside, if you listen to nothing else, truly, truly listen to this, be honest with yourself, i believe almost any logical thinker would not fully rule out a Creator.

We don't rule it out, we just have absolutely no evidence for one.
I am convinced there is no god but can be swayed by sufficient evidence.
This position still makes me an atheist. can you see how reasonable my position is.

Even if you believe there's a 1 in 10^70. To me that chance is worth taking, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but I refuse to believe that this is it.

I'd rather be right. fortunately all the evidence is on my side. Yay me.