So, what do atheists believe?
Don't tell me you never had this question asked to you, subsequently to your, usually politely, explaining to whoever asks about your religion, that you're an atheist and do not believe in any god; you're an atheist and do not believe that a god exists; or whatever combination of words you choose.
That's pretty much how it goes.
Even people who know that atheists do not believe in a god will sometimes still assume they share a common set of beliefs or principles, and have common political tendencies.
"So, what do atheists believe?", is their question.
If you ask me, I've had a wide variety of comebacks, depending on my mood at the moment, most of them facetious, but most likely, after explaining that atheists (as a group) do not have a common set of beliefs, I say that *I* believe in love, in humanity and our good faith... just to keep it simple... because, quite frankly, we don't "believe" in science - we find it verifiable. We don't "believe" in the universe and its wonders, we have seen them through amazing telescopes. I guess you get my point.
So what do you, fellow atheist, believe in, or what do you think is the best answer to this question?
Side note: This discussion is focused rather on the best comeback to the question in it, which in this specific context, is always asked as "opposed to your non-belief in god, what do atheists believe?"
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Permalink Reply by Angelo on -
Atheists don't believe any of the above are possible.
One more. It gets boring. How about answering the question of this topic ????
difficult ? nothing really on hand to make a case for atheism ??????
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Permalink Reply by Steve on
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You have crossed the border from asking questions to infantile trolling several pages ago
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Permalink Reply by Angelo on
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yep. nothing substantial on hand, so next step is starting with personal attacks....
nothing new under the sun......
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Permalink Reply by Akshay Bist on -
Case for atheism? How about religions are just fairy tales and that it's rather stupid to believe in fairy tales. That good enough?
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Permalink Reply by Unseen on -
Hahaha. I agree. One reason for believing in atheism and objective reality is that, otherwise, we'd be left with superstition and reassuring, but false, fairy tales.
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Permalink Reply by Monica Salcedo (Monicks) on -
Hello everyone!
Dear Angelo: we all appreciate your insight if you really do have one. However, calling other people's assertions "boring" is not really insightful.
Having said that, I'm gonna paraphrase one of my tweets: I don't have to prove god doesn't exist. However, show me how you would prove Zeus and Ra don't exist, and I'll use your method.
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Permalink Reply by Unseen on
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People who truly find an assertion boring should simply not respond at all. Otherwise, they are trolling. If a person has a reasonable assertion to make, they should make it. If not, there are always other posts to respond to.
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Permalink Reply by Angelo on
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hello Monica
its neither, that i am called infantile, and that i am trolling. But that does not disturb you, isnt it ?
How about to answer the question you made : What do YOU believe in ? Do you have evidence, strong atheism is true ? Some answer on hand, how our universe , and life, could have arised and evolved without a intelligent creator ?
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Permalink Reply by Steve on
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STOP IT
Asking "what you believe in" has NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with whether atheism or anything else is true. The origins of the universe is at most a tiny part of it. That so isn't what the question was about.
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Permalink Reply by Angelo on
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Well, thats actually what its all about. You tell me , what you believe, in regard of the relevant questions of our existence, as a more valuable alternative to a creator God, and i will examine it, and see if there is something substantial about it.......hard to answer that question ???
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Permalink Reply by Unseen on
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A creator God really is a ridiculous explanation for all of reality. "the universe was created by some really big and important guy"...this doesn't sound silly to you? To me, it's far easier to believe that the reality we know is simply a particular reality in a larger reality whose existence is probably beyond our ability to understand. Science is starting to show that are perceptions of time and space are far from the truth.
And if God were going to reveal himself, why would He do so through some obscure tribe in the Middle East and not in a more general fashion?
The way one frames the question frames the answer to a great extent. When one asks "who or what created the universe" you are already limiting answers to just those explanations which involve a creator. It's kind of like the famed "have you stopped beating your wife? question, where the only way to answer it yes or no involves admitting to beating one's wife.
"How did the universe come about?" doesn't imply a creator, but instead a process.
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