The Reason I'm Atheist

[MarcusA]

The reason that I am an atheist is because I hate God, according to the religious righteous.

[Lek]

If you don't believe in God, I get it. But if you hate him, then you believe in him. Hating a concept has no bearing on whether or not God exists.

[The Architect Of Fate]

1. He said according to other people, not himself 

2. You can hate a fictional character

[Lek]

1. He said according to other people, not himself 

2. You can hate a fictional character

But it's not a reason to not believe. That's like saying you don't believe elephants exist because someone thinks they are zebras.

[The Architect Of Fate]

But it's not a reason to not believe. That's like saying you don't believe elephants exist because someone thinks they are zebras.

Neither MarcusA or I said it was

[Ravenshire]

If you don't believe in God, I get it. But if you hate him, then you believe in him. Hating a concept has no bearing on whether or not God exists.

You took one of @MarcusA's brain dropping seriously? For real?!?

Damn, dude!

[Once]

Can someone please tell Matt Dillahunty that - If god was real he made all things, this includes; Death Disease Tyranny Hatred War And All Unacceptable behaviours, and called it free will. Therefore ultimately God is a Tyrant and "Doesn't reply because of he would be to blame for God's death game" (The reason it's a game is because it was created this way. For instance a great way to convert is to say; Where was God's intervention in Corona we all feared the end of the Human race, and then we had the genocidal warmongers how could it possibly be made this way.

Also if you look up why God created War it says; "Will of Survival" (That is the most disgusting thing i think ive actually ever heard.

[LinuxGal]

If you don't believe in God, I get it. But if you hate him, then you believe in him. Hating a concept has no bearing on whether or not God exists.

When I watched the Lord of the Rings I was rootin' for Gandalf and yelling 'boo!' at Saruman and Sauron and shit.  Same thing with the Bible stories.

[Bucky Ball]

If you don't believe in God, I get it. But if you hate him, then you believe in him. Hating a concept has no bearing on whether or not God exists.

False. 
Hating a concept does have no bearing on whether it exists. No shit Sherlock. Duh. 
There are any number of reasons to hate the god concept as portrayed in the Bible. 
The ridiculous being named as one of the gods is hateful, jealous, capricious etc. 
As such, it's not believable as a god.  
You don't get to (arrogantly) tell people what they do or do not believe. 
Does your seminary have Mind Reading 101 and 102 ?

[Eleandor]

When I was a boy, my christian mother used to tell my that god knows me. In fact he knew me before he crated me. He knew me already when I was only a cell in my mothers uterus and even before. He will always know me up to my death and beyond.
God being God, he knows everything past and future. He therefor knows how I become and if I will choose to believe in him. He knows if I will follow his rule and will go up to heaven when I die or if I will burn in hell for all eternity because I stopped believing.
He created me knowing this.
How can a loving god be so cruel to create me knowing that I will suffer for eternity?
That made me question the existence of god.