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RE: Atheists, how often do you think about God's existence/non-existence?
February 4, 2013 at 7:49 pm
Not entirely sure. I don't really notice when I start thinking about it. If I were to hazard a guess...well, whenever it is brought up to begin with, of course. When it hasn't been brought up, I usually am more curious about others who might feel the same way as me, to determine where they come from, to see if my circumstances are similar, or how wildly different they are, and everything in between. Ultimately I find myself grinding my teeth in irritation every time I have to see some gaudily-designed church...but I don't think so much about god in those cases, I just think of how much I scorn the organizations involved with the symbols or the structures.
I guess I don't actually think about god all that much. My attention is more focused on the people who irrationally believe in him.
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RE: Atheists, how often do you think about God's existence/non-existence?
February 4, 2013 at 8:00 pm
(February 4, 2013 at 6:03 pm)Rayaan Wrote: Pretty much what the title says.
I ask this because I know that there are many theists who tend to think about God a lot - i.e. God is constantly in their minds - even while doing activities like eating, working, listening to music, walking, sitting, while learning something, before going to sleep, or whatever that they are doing. I am like that myself as well. Most of the time you can't tell if they are actually thinking about God because they look so busy doing something else, but they are. Sometimes they might even be praising or thanking God while remembering Him, but it's not noticeable to any one else around them because, basically, this is something passive and internal.
What about you guys, then? I know that as atheists none of you believe in God, but how often or when do you think about His non-existence?
Rarely. Mainly when I come on here in fact.
In normal life, it just doesn't cross my mind at all unless someone mentions religion and triggers it.
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RE: Atheists, how often do you think about God's existence/non-existence?
February 4, 2013 at 8:03 pm
every day almost
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RE: Atheists, how often do you think about God's existence/non-existence?
February 5, 2013 at 12:23 am
(February 4, 2013 at 6:03 pm)Rayaan Wrote: Pretty much what the title says.
I ask this because I know that there are many theists who tend to think about God a lot - i.e. God is constantly in their minds - even while doing activities like eating, working, listening to music, walking, sitting, while learning something, before going to sleep, or whatever that they are doing. I am like that myself as well. Most of the time you can't tell if they are actually thinking about God because they look so busy doing something else, but they are. Sometimes they might even be praising or thanking God while remembering Him, but it's not noticeable to any one else around them because, basically, this is something passive and internal.
What about you guys, then? I know that as atheists none of you believe in God, but how often or when do you think about His non-existence?
I don't think about the existence or nonexistence of a god very often. Normally, religion doesn't cross my mine unless I have to deal with someone professing his/her religious views and love for the lord.
Otherwise, I am pretty much at peace and no debate at all in my mind. I don't give it a second thought.
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RE: Atheists, how often do you think about God's existence/non-existence?
February 5, 2013 at 7:42 am
I'm regularly forced to. My entire family are dedicated Christians, my wife's family are less extreme about it, but believe none-the-less. When I'm alone I don't really think about God at all as I don't believe non-existence is something that requires reflection. However, in the face of someone who, despite having the same information at their disposal that I do, and yet still believes there Christian God is real, it's bound to cross my mind.
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RE: Atheists, how often do you think about God's existence/non-existence?
February 5, 2013 at 7:45 am
Rarely. About as often as I think of Harry Potter or MacGyver. 
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RE: Atheists, how often do you think about God's existence/non-existence?
February 5, 2013 at 7:46 am
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(February 4, 2013 at 7:38 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Pretty much only when some theist shows up here whining about his/her invisible friend in the sky.
Otherwise, it is a pretty pointless subject.
I pretty much second that.
To be honest I've been thinking way more about the fluid dynamics if my sewage and plumbing of the bathroom. 
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RE: Atheists, how often do you think about God's existence/non-existence?
February 5, 2013 at 9:18 am
Well, I guess I'm the odd man out here, because I think about it nearly every day. I constantly examine what I believe in, because I don't want to become someone that comes to a conclusion and simply accepts it without questioning whether it is the correct conclusion.
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RE: Atheists, how often do you think about God's existence/non-existence?
February 5, 2013 at 9:22 am
I don't tend to think about it unless I'm actively talking about it (such as in debate or when something "godly" annoys me, haha). However, I was pretty much the same way as a theist.
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RE: Atheists, how often do you think about God's existence/non-existence?
February 5, 2013 at 10:24 am
My main interests are comparative religion along with what people believe and why. I'm also into Jungian psychology and follow what I can where neuroscience is concerned. This means that I think about deities a lot and have come to the conclusion that they exist as subjective experiences.
I haven't had a subjective experience involving the monotheistic deity of Judaism, Christianity and Islam but I did meet the Greek god, Apollo in a dream. I don't believe that Apollo has an objective reality, though.
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