Comments on: Why Atheism?

By: Susie C

Susie C — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:37:46 +0000

I read a book which described medical experiments in which a part of the brain was stimulated by an electrical charge. It said that the charge made 90% of the participants describe the feeling of the presence of God. The last 10% felt nothing.

I came away understanding that there might be a physiological reason for my constant doubt. It helped me finally admit that I didn’t believe in God.

By: Rev. Bob

Rev. Bob — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:16:38 +0000

He went to bible college to become a minister. Sorry, we can’t take him as an atheist. He needs at least a masters degree from a seminary or divinity school. We have *some* standards.

By: hoverFrog

hoverFrog — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:22:21 +0000

This is too good to pass up:

What made you become an atheist or agnostic?

God did, ot maybe he didn’t.

By: EKM

EKM — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:47:02 +0000

On July 24, 2008 at 10:55 am, bipolar2 wrote:

The falsity of ‘intelligent design’ is proved by the existence of those who believe it.

Could you explain this statement? Are you joking that the ID people are not too bright? Or do you mean there is some inherent contradiction in ID that I do not see?

By: bipolar2

bipolar2 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:55:18 +0000

** no self-respecting ape is religious **

The falsity of ‘intelligent design’ is proved by the existence of those who believe it.

All gods are stopgaps introduced to cover for our disfunctional hypertrophied pre-frontal cortex. Ditto morality.

bipolar2

By: gmanicus

gmanicus — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:06:33 +0000

I grew up as a Protestant Christian. My moment of “clarity” came when I took a course on world religions in high school. Looking at religion from a historical/scientific perspective made me see that religion was just an archaic belief system used to explain the unexplainable events of that time. I learned that books such as the Bible were recorded orally for hundreds of years before they were actually written down, and of course, the kicker was that the original orators were uneducated fishermen, and the like. Popular Science magazine also ran a cover story at the time that explained “great” events from the Bible from a scientific perspective (i.e. the burning bush, the flood, and the parting of the red sea). This information, coupled with the education of people at that time really cemented in my mind that it was all a misguided effort to try and explain seemingly supernatural phenomena of the time. It was no different than indigenous tribes of South America who believe in sun gods or that taking a photograph steals your soul. In short, when people ask me why I am an atheist, I reply: “Because I don’t believe in superstitious nonsense. I believe in rational thought and science.”

By: wintremute

wintremute — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:03:30 +0000

I was about seven years old and attending catholic school. I asked my mother something along the lines of “where’s the proof”. Her answer was “you have to believe it first, then you will see proof.” I knew it was all bunk from that point. I begged my parents to put me in public school, which they did to save on tuition, not because I was a budding atheist. I still went with them to church (kicking and screaming) until I was about 11. Have not been back since.

By: CelticBear’s Musings » Blog Archive » Unreasonable Faith

CelticBear’s Musings » Blog Archive » Unreasonable Faith — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:49:37 +0000

[...] Friendly Atheist today posted a link to a blog site of someone who used to be a creationist, fundamental evangelical Christian who realized the fallaciousness of it all after a long path of critical thinking and examining the evidence: [...]

By: TXatheist

TXatheist — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:41:51 +0000

Comparative reading on how xianity is just plagiarized from earlier mythology. Utilize the bible but it’s not history and the supernatural is bunk.

By: EKM

EKM — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:41:31 +0000

For one thing, I never got a decent answer to the question “Why religion?”