Make me an Atheist

[23]

That's right. Make an argument disproving God.

I was raised as a Catholic, but stopped going to church. My mom made a good point when she said something along the lines of, "I don't support organized religion because most of them don't respect women, and I don't think that God would want people kneeling down everytime a bell rings (Catholicism)."

I am on the fence right now. I could be an atheist, knowing that I can be a moral person without having God. But if there is a God, then I am fucked in the afterlife (if there is one).

What say you?

[Obbe]

Be agnostic.

[avivsworld]

Believe what you want. It deosn't really matter what you believe to anyone else (except the religious nuts and extreme atheists, both of which I dislike).

It's your life, you can choose how you want to live it. Asking your answers from an internet forum won't help you in the least, as people will just give you their own personal opinions.

[23]

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I just want some good arguments, for or against atheism. More ideas and knowledge = more power.

[boozehound420]

well The next step one of my friends took was becoming a deist.

Why are you catholic and not muslim, jewish, hindu, sikh, etc. etc. They all believe in god, what made you decide the catholic version of god is the right one and believing in that one will get you into heaven. Christians, muslims and jews all believe your going to hell for being catholic.

So who is right? Well i say nobody is right. Its all a crock of shit attempt to control the masses.

When my religious friend figured that out, he still believed there HAS to be a creator. Something cant come from nothing, we dont understand it through science so it must be god bla bla bla. But soon after he realised well if it was god then where did god come from. And if there is a creator theres no chance 'it' is worried about a few half asses monkeys on a small planet around an average sun.

So after that he said fuck this whole shit, II refuse to believe in something that has no evidence or reasoning too, beyond a play with words and human understanding.

I went through a similer thought trail but i started out neutral. You being worried about being punished in the afterlife is a classic step for religious people. Just goes to show you how traumatizing the idea of hell can be to somebody.

[Pilsu]

You don't choose to believe, the entire notion is ridiculous. If you "believe" just in case there's repercussions for not doing so, you're just trying to bullshit God. Do you think you can bullshit God Tim?

[mvpena]

I can make you an Atheist. I just need these items:

1. knife
2. rope
3. duct tape
4. paper bag with Angelina Jolie's face on it
5. shitty techno music
6. 8 7 foot tall black men

You'll be denying God's existence in no time.

[Rizzo in a box]

You're already an atheist, or at least you think you are. You're just too scared to admit it and want to hide behind something.

[mindovermusic]

arguments against god, good ones I mean are few and far between. There is plenty o' evidence against specific deeds or the like but proof the big guy doesn't exist is about as common as proof he does. So research, look at every religion, I've studied most major religions and still nothing clicks with me. So instead of looking for a cope out of religion, look for one, and you'll be likely not to find it, and then you have your wish of being atheistic.

[AngryFemme]

Originally Posted by 23

But if there is a God, then I am fucked in the afterlife (if there is one).

You're worried about what will become of you in the "afterlife". Seems you're a long, long way from being without God. In fact, it sounds like you're still carrying God around in your knapsack, ready to pull him out at the last minute if it could possibly save your ass.

Take a load off: Stop preceding all your moral decisions with the god-related IF?.