Axe wrote I am an atheist, my family wasn't really religious growing up, and when I got older and actually thought about god, it doesn't really add up.

Thats just me though.

That's kinda how it was for me. My family wasn't too religious except my mom who was very religious then when I was 16 without knowing much about facts or even the bible I was almost pushed into becoming christian and getting baptized and then I started hearing more about the bible and the ridiculous things in it then found out there was no facts or proof behind it and called everything off and became Atheist and learned the facts and came out as one when I was 18

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Grossman wrote Not trying to start an argument or be ignorant or anything in that such matter but what do you believe in then? Just curious and all and like to see everyones side of things to expand my views and such. and one more do you celebrate Christmas as it is the day that Jesus was born and all...just curious on this all thanks I mean no hate at all just curious

And to ansswer your question I am not but I am christian

I believe the earth is roughly 4.5 billion years old, I believe in evolution and the big bang and all that because there are facts and proof backing it. if good proof came up tomorrow that disproved all of that and proved there's a god I would look into that and wait for some more and go to whatever religion that god is from. I do celebrate Christmas and I'm not meaning any disrespect here but this is just how I put it. I Kept the merry and dumped the myth

I believe in some of that as well and I'm a Christian. Scientists have stated the earth is a couple billion years old. God said he "created the earth in 7 days," but you also have to understand that time is irrelevant to Him. Thus "a day" in the Bible could really be a few million years or so. I also believe in evolution. I believe we are capable of evolving over time. Everyone should believe in atleast evolution. It makes perfect sense that humans and other organisms are capable of evolving. I do not believe in the Big Bang Theory however. I do not believe you can create something out of nothing. What caused the Big Bang? Maybe it was God commanding it. Who knows? We don't. And I take a slight offense in your statement about Christmas. I do not believe the story behind Christmas is a myth. And I as well am not trying to be disrespectful. I respect Atheism and would never try to put you down.

My bad. I'm not trying to offend anybody I was just saying that that's how I put it. I respect you not believing in the big bang BUT if the bible is in fact true god would have had to come from nothing

Yeah it's ok. I know you were just trying to have a civilized discussion. And about being God made from nothing... The thing I was always taught was that God was never born nor will he ever die. So God is like a number line. He can go all the way back to negative infinite, and he will be here for infinite. If you get what I'm saying. It sounds crazy, I know. But it's just one of those things you have to believe in and not question. I believe when I die and go to Heaven, all will be clear to me. If you think about it, it could be just as crazy as saying nothing created something.

That's another thing. You should always be able to question everything. That's how you learn and become a thinker. I'm a thinker because I always question things because I always want to know answers because I like to learn. You shouldn't ask somebody a question and them tell you that you shouldn't think about that. Get into deep thought and conversations. That's how you get answers

I totally agree! I just think sometimes God doesn't reveal everything because we can't fully comprehend it. It's hard to wrap your head around the thought of God or a deity that has always existed and never was created and will never die. That's because in our physical world, it's impossible! Probably much like thousands of years ago, we never would have thought of flying or being able to message somebody halfway across the world.

See when I was forced to go to church I wasn't really supposed to ask questions (Which they never had answers for). Anytime I did they just said god did it or its in gods plan or something and that wasn't good enough for me so I started learning on my own

Im_Larry wrote I am an atheist. I respect people who do believe in god though. It's just that if god were real ( Not saying he's not ) we would have found evidence by now don't ya think! Anyways, i can't prove he's fake but i can't prove he's real either. In other words, i don't believe in god.

I know what you're talking about, but sadly God doesn't choose to reveal himself so openly. It's more about faith. Whenever I was down and was about to give up on God, I prayed just for a sign to know he was real. Something only I would know that would be a true sign. My prayer came true and ever since I've been a Christian. He won't always prove Himself right there and right then. God is a bit tricky to understand sometimes. But it's all about faith. Much like everyone puts faith in science. Even Christians put faith in science. How do we know what scientists are saying is really true or not? Through faith. The average person doesn't know a whole lot about science and can't fully explain how the world works and why it works that way. So we put our faith in scientists to figure out the hard questions in life. But as you said I can't prove God is real and I can't prove He's fake. It's all about faith.

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Im_Larry wrote I am an atheist. I respect people who do believe in god though. It's just that if god were real ( Not saying he's not ) we would have found evidence by now don't ya think! Anyways, i can't prove he's fake but i can't prove he's real either. In other words, i don't believe in god.

I know what you're talking about, but sadly God doesn't choose to reveal himself so openly. It's more about faith. Whenever I was down and was about to give up on God, I prayed just for a sign to know he was real. Something only I would know that would be a true sign. My prayer came true and ever since I've been a Christian. He won't always prove Himself right there and right then. God is a bit tricky to understand sometimes. But it's all about faith. Much like everyone puts faith in science. Even Christians put faith in science. How do we know what scientists are saying is really true or not? Through faith. The average person doesn't know a whole lot about science and can't fully explain how the world works and why it works that way. So we put our faith in scientists to figure out the hard questions in life. But as you said I can't prove God is real and I can't prove He's fake. It's all about faith.

Scientists show proof of their claims. It doesn't take faith. Maybe you can help me understand something: Faith by definition is believing without proof and You and other Christians see faith as a good thing. Why do you see believing without proof as a good thing? why would people be proud to have faith?

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Im_Larry wrote I am an atheist. I respect people who do believe in god though. It's just that if god were real ( Not saying he's not ) we would have found evidence by now don't ya think! Anyways, i can't prove he's fake but i can't prove he's real either. In other words, i don't believe in god.

I know what you're talking about, but sadly God doesn't choose to reveal himself so openly. It's more about faith. Whenever I was down and was about to give up on God, I prayed just for a sign to know he was real. Something only I would know that would be a true sign. My prayer came true and ever since I've been a Christian. He won't always prove Himself right there and right then. God is a bit tricky to understand sometimes. But it's all about faith. Much like everyone puts faith in science. Even Christians put faith in science. How do we know what scientists are saying is really true or not? Through faith. The average person doesn't know a whole lot about science and can't fully explain how the world works and why it works that way. So we put our faith in scientists to figure out the hard questions in life. But as you said I can't prove God is real and I can't prove He's fake. It's all about faith.

Scientists show proof of their claims. It doesn't take faith. Maybe you can help me understand something: Faith by definition is believing without proof and You and other Christians see faith as a good thing. Why do you see believing without proof as a good thing? why would people be proud to have faith?

You didn't get my first part of what I was saying. I probably didn't word it right. This might be a really bad example but "Doctors come out with an Ebola vaccination. People have faith in these scientists that they work and that they won't have any horrible side effects." Again it wasn't the greatest example. And for your question about faith. In my mind faith may or may not be a positive or a negative. And not only Christians have faith. Atheists can have faith. Faith doesn't always have to tie back to religion. Much like the common "trust fall". I have faith that you will catch me. I also don't always need proof to believe in something.

Yes, I am an atheist. I don't criticize people if they are religious, everyone has a choice and I choose to be an atheist.

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Im_Larry wrote I am an atheist. I respect people who do believe in god though. It's just that if god were real ( Not saying he's not ) we would have found evidence by now don't ya think! Anyways, i can't prove he's fake but i can't prove he's real either. In other words, i don't believe in god.

I know what you're talking about, but sadly God doesn't choose to reveal himself so openly. It's more about faith. Whenever I was down and was about to give up on God, I prayed just for a sign to know he was real. Something only I would know that would be a true sign. My prayer came true and ever since I've been a Christian. He won't always prove Himself right there and right then. God is a bit tricky to understand sometimes. But it's all about faith. Much like everyone puts faith in science. Even Christians put faith in science. How do we know what scientists are saying is really true or not? Through faith. The average person doesn't know a whole lot about science and can't fully explain how the world works and why it works that way. So we put our faith in scientists to figure out the hard questions in life. But as you said I can't prove God is real and I can't prove He's fake. It's all about faith.

Scientists show proof of their claims. It doesn't take faith. Maybe you can help me understand something: Faith by definition is believing without proof and You and other Christians see faith as a good thing. Why do you see believing without proof as a good thing? why would people be proud to have faith?

You didn't get my first part of what I was saying. I probably didn't word it right. This might be a really bad example but "Doctors come out with an Ebola vaccination. People have faith in these scientists that they work and that they won't have any horrible side effects." Again it wasn't the greatest example. And for your question about faith. In my mind faith may or may not be a positive or a negative. And not only Christians have faith. Atheists can have faith. Faith doesn't always have to tie back to religion. Much like the common "trust fall". I have faith that you will catch me. I also don't always need proof to believe in something.

You don't really need proof if somebody tells you they bought gum or something but you'd think for something as profound as what's in the bible people would want proof instead of just amusing its probably true. That's like some random person coming up to you and saying they just teleported from space and just believing it

Now a days its quite common for people to be Atheists, most people i know are Atheist

holk wrote Now a days its quite common for people to be Atheists, most people i know are Atheist

Your lucky. Its not too common where I live and almost everybody I know believes so I can't really crack a joke

I'm an Atheist but honestly I'm usually way too busy to believe in anything.