10 Reasons Why I’m Atheist

albert einstein was christian…

Are you kidding me? Why not google it, or here are some quotes you can verify:

The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.

If that does not convince you, here is an exact quote from him about people spreading he was a Christian, which was only done so that the Christian church had someone smart to say believed in God. He has NEVER said he believed in AH God. His “God” was nature. Anyways, here is another quote:

It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.
– Albert Einstein, 1954, from Albert Einstein: The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, Princeton University Press

Please don’t come spreading Christian propaganda on this blog.

Albert Einstein’s belief was in Spinoza’s God – more of a systematic creation than an influencer of human behavior.

Spinoza’s God was a basically the belief of Pantheism which is the belief that everything is God or as many call it “mother nature”. Atheist is the opposite of Theism which is the belief of a personal God or gods. For example, Buddhist and Hindus are technically Atheists as they don’t believe in a personal God, and Buddhist do not believe in any specific God.

Interesting post. I just wanted to share some things after reading that if only to get you thinking. I’m just curious about some of your reasoning.

In General:
When looking at the Bible, you must look at the context of the passage as well as it’s historical context. Just because it’s mentioned in the Bible doesn’t mean that the God that Christians believe in says that it’s right to do those things. It’s like saying that a history book that mentions rape and murder occurring also encourages you to do it just because it’s mentioned in the book. On a different note, the customs and culture of various people groups might also need to be interpreted differently. Some of the stuff that you read is written by someone with a different cultural background than you so you may interpret things differently than intended(this can be done with many other types of old literature as well). Don’t make the Bible or Shakespeare(for example) say what you want it/him to.

2. You can choose that choice, it’s your decision, but you can also choose otherwise. That too is your decision.

6. Define the truth. From a Christian standpoint, Jesus said that he was the truth. What is your idea of truth?

7. Yes, there are probably other smart people with different beliefs as well. Are you biased towards them because they are atheist and have ideas similar to yours? I’ll admit I’m probably biased in the same way.

8. I guess you’re a fan of fact. You can believe in fact and still believe in a God. You have just chosen to make it impossible for that statement to be a possibility.

9. “Now faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you can not see.” You can still believe that something “is” through faith, even though you haven’t seen it. Just because you haven’t seen it also doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. Have you ever seen your own liver? Now, do you wish that it were there or know that it is there? If you know that it is there, how do you know for certain?

10. While those things may have been done in the name of religion, they are ultimately done because of sin. Not everyone is perfect nor is every religion correct.

Any comments?

You are absolutely right about the Bible. So why on Earth are we still saying it’s a holy text and you must follow it? Listen, I think the Bible is just a great book. It is, it’s a great book, but nothing more. I think the stuff is out of context, because of the time as well. Here is the problem though. We don’t have a group of 2+ billion people reading the exact same history book and then supposedly being banished to hell if you don’t believe it.

Also, if it’s truly the word of God, it’d never be out of context. If he said that, like he has, the blind are sinners because they are blind, then, no matter what context, they are sinner because they are blind because God said it’s so.

2. I’m not 100% sure what you mean because, in monotheisms you go to hell if you don’t do what is told. I also believe, correct me if I’m wrong, In Christianity, If I were to even THINK that the holy spirit isn’t real, I couldn’t even be forgiven for it and that “choice” will banish me to hell forever. Can you really tell me you have a choice if they are:
A. If you do X you can go to the most perfect place in the world or
B. If you don’t do X you will burn in hell and be tortured.

6. I’m not only talking about Atheism vs. Christianity on this, but I’m thinking about Christianity vs. You. For example, the Pope says that condoms don’t work and, if you are Catholic, you need to do what he says and believe it and not use condoms. First off, condoms ARE proven to work, and also, they ARE proven to fight against AIDS. Or that God created the world in 6,000 years ago and it’s a sin not to believe in the Bible. Those are things hindering people from going out and looking for the truth.

7. Uh huh… I’m talking about science/street smart, and not theology smart. There is a VERY strong correlation with higher IQs and lack of religious belief. This has been proven again and again and once by a Christian science experiment, but said the science experiment was tampered with. If you don’t believe me, just google IQ and Atheism.

8. No, you really can’t. There are no facts to prove the existence of a God. No matter how religious you are, not matter how much evidence you think you have, you can’t prove God is real and you can’t give any facts to back it up. Just like you can’t truly believe in unicorns, but then say “I don’t believe in fairy tales”.

9. How do I know my liver is there for certain? Aside from the fact you would be dead (liver failure) if you didn’t have it, that I’ve seen one before, I’ve seen an x-ray of myself with a large black mass where it should be in the shape of the liver I’ve seen in school, multiple medical books from all places of the world have written about it, and I’ve been on rotten.com and seen pictures of them as well. Well, because there is scientific proof that there is a liver in humans to clean out the poison before it goes deeper into your body. That’s why people die from drinking too much alcohol.

10. Yep, That’s why I don’t like religion. People go crazy because of it, or they use it as a tool to be crazy. But the fact of the matter is that whether these were sins or not they were done in the name of God. There is a reason why less than 1% of the prison population is Atheist+Agnostic while over 76% is Christian.

Any comments?

If your all Science like you say you are, then why are you so up front on attacking people who have faith. In all honesty Science is not something out to prove or disprove anything. Trying to destroy religion is like trying to burn away history, an identy. The first guy you mentioned Richard Dawkins is known more for being an athiest than a scientist. Which to me means hes no smarter than a priest because he is trying to prove something THAT CAN’T BE PROVEN. Most of the other guys were actually legit scientists, I doubt they wanted people to know what religion they were but what work they did. Don’t dare associate science with religion because the two are very different things. And yes you are religious to because you have faith in nothing. God cannot be proven, he is or is not, that’s the end of it. So stop being mean to people who have a religon and giving a science a bad name! And by the way I dont think people really care if your an athiest or not. Everyone’s to smart for senseless and useless jargon as to why God does or doesn’t exist, they just choose base on personality and expericence. So please be nice.

Whether I’m upfront and/or attack people or not, that really has nothing to do with science. Also, yes, science is completely out to prove and disprove something along with to make discoveries, but if it wasn’t out to prove anything than…, well, it’d be philosophy.

And wow, wow, I’m once again clueless on what to say here. Richard Dawkins is no smarter than a priest? You do know he is a biologist right? A very, very smart and well renowned one at that. Even before The God Delusion, so I’m sorry, but that’s ridiculous to say. If you have ever read the book you’d know he isn’t trying to prove anything. That’s actually the entire point of the book… so is the word Atheist as it’s A-Theist as in the Greek “atheos”, or without, so without belief in God. A Theist, someone who says there is a God must prove if his/her God is the right and real one. You’re an Atheist in Allah and Zeus, he just happens to be an Atheist in Christianity as well. Get it? If I say there is an Invisible Pink Unicorn in your room, it’s not up to you to prove there isn’t one, it’s up to me to prove there is. Unless you want to make up some new social and scientific norm…

And actually, nearly every “legit”, scientist has answered what religion they are, and over 95% are atheist. You do know of the scientific fact that the higher your IQ the less likelihood of religious belief, right? I can send you all these sources to you if you want, or you can just Google it and see the thousands of results yourself.

Again, you’re kinda missing the entire point and meaning of the word atheist. Faith in nothing makes no sense. To have faith, you have to have it in a THING or PERSON. Nothing is, nothing. Unless you have your own definition of nothing AND faith, however, the New Oxford American Dictionary says faith is: strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. or complete trust or confidence in someone or something. The thing is, i don’t have it in any religion, so i have no faith. I have yet to decide, N/A, don’t know and I don’t like your God. You wouldn’t ever say someone who hasn’t decided on what President to vote for has faith in no President and you wouldn’t ever say that someone who doesn’t like a President that he has faith he will do a bad job. That makes no sense in the English language, at all. But, they can have faith in President X that he’ll do a good job (and no, it can’t be bad or else that breaks the definition of faith again).

You’re absolutely right, God can not be proven. Hence, I’m an Atheist, and you’re an Atheist in Zeus and Allah. You just think you proved Jesus is God, so you are a Christian Theist.

And apparently they do care, or else I wouldn’t be able to sell advertising on my site and you wouldn’t have been around my 200th comment.

Yeah, I’ll be as nice as I can to people who believe in an invisible man who created everything up in the sky that no one has seen or met or even talked to. What would you say behind the back of someone who truly believed in an invisible pink unicorn, and prayed to it. I’m sorry, but there is NO way you wouldn’t put them down behind their back to your friends, family, or just think they are crazy. It just happens to be that a guy with a big white hat thinks a guy named Jesus is a God and people, for some reason, think the guy with the big hat isn’t any crazier than the guy in the ally talking to ghosts…

The point about “where do your morals come from” is really good. Religious people can’t seem to fathom the fact that morals *can* exist outside of religion. Some of the people I know with the strongest morals and principles in life are non-religious people. It is a fallacy to think that only religion can dictate one’s values.

God bless you…

You are right, maybe not on some of the people that you named, but that there is no God. Because if there was a God, where is he and why does he allow all this pain and suffering to continue in an never cycle.

1) Item 3 is technically incorrect. Agnosticism is a position of knowledge not belief, so it does not lay on the spectrum between theism and atheism. Almost every atheist is also agnostic.

2) Who cares what Einstein believed? What matter is *why* he believed what he did and if those reasons are any good. There are NO good reasons to believe in any god whatsoever, let alone the monster god of the Bible – Yahweh.

1) What definition are you reading? From the dictionary its: “A person who believes that nothing is known about the existence of God or of anything beyond material phenomenon.” in the New Oxford American Dictionary and the A in Agnostic is for not and Gnostic meaning of or relating to knowledge, therefore, Agnostic means NOT relating to knowledge, or, not knowing. It’s a synonym OF Atheism. It has everything to do with belief.

2) Who cares what he believed? Well, I do, along with many, many people. He was a genius, and honestly, you and I wouldnt ever be able to understand “why” he believed most of what he believed or else he wouldn’t be considered a genius.

I would just like to say hello to all the atheist out there! One question… I mean why not try it? Why not try believing? Just asking…

I’m agnostic. Which according to the definition you gave pretty much means, i believe that there may or may not be something out there. OR that there is a God in the christian sense. Thusly, if its SYNONYMOUS with Atheist, meaning comparable or pertaining to, then whats the problem?

As for scientific evidence, what has that proved beyond what is, for the most part, already visible? Evolution is still a theory, for it doesn’t prove anything beyond adaptation. there is no proof of ape hybrid babies being born or humans born from chimps. there is no proof that i came from, as well as everything else, one single organism. There are millions of followers of that too without having substantial evidence of evolution. As well as the ‘big bang’ theory, of everything being created from practically nothing + chance. That is as far fetched as believing in a ‘invisible miracle man’ in the sky, and yet millions of people believe that too without proof.

So to be so dismissive of religion and, ironically, put all of your ‘faith’ in science is pretty humorous. Particularly so when there have been scientist who come out and say that there has to have been some intelligent design in the universe for things to be how they are.

If there are only 2+ billion who worship a God of biblical origin, then what do the other 4+ billion believe in? maybe they aren’t the majority, after all then?

Lastly, Albert Einstein.
Wasn’t he the one who couldn’t tie his own shoes? As well as proposed the atomic bomb to the US with other scientists? Even with his brilliance, he couldn’t see how that may have been a bad idea?

Oh right, Hawkings was agnostic.

1.I don’t believe in Unicorns, Santa Claus, or Werewolves, so why would I believe in a God?

Response: The existence of the universe is not contingent upon Unicorns, Santa Claus, and Werewolves.

2.I’m not someone’s bitch and I live my life for myself. What I choose to believe is no one else’s business but mine

Response: You only live at all because God lets you. Without God upholding the universe there would be no existence, so you wouldn’t be able to have this complaint. It’s essentially the same fallacy as arguing against free will.

3. Without any scientific evidence I can be neither an Agnostic nor a Theist.

Response: This is worded strangely, but it seems like you’re making the ludicrous claim that there is no evidence for God. Do note that your unwillingness to recognize such evidence does not necessitate that such evidence does not exist. It is also important to note that how one interprets evidence is contingent upon their worldview.

4. I will not follow any laws or rules which teach rape, murder, and evil and to follow blindly without questioning

Response: The Bible does not command you to rape, murder, do evil or to follow blindly without questioning.

1 Thessalonians 5:21 — “Test all things; hold fast to what is good.”
1 Peter 3:15 — “…always be prepared to give an answer…”

[Incidentally, what I'm doing now]

5. I’m too busy to care what some invisible, mute, perverted serial killer wants me to supposedly do

Response: Once again, it sounds like you’re arguing against a different god than the Christian God. And making emotional appeals, which are by definition not rational.

6. I always strive for the truth, and anything that hinders me from doing so I cannot put my trust in

Response: It seems that you’ve conflated “something I can’t understand” with “something that hinders me from arriving at truth.” At any rate, you have not logically tied the two together in this list. If I were to retort, I would suggest that you not put your trust in yourself, or any New Atheist.

7. All the smartest people I look up to are Atheist such as Richard Dawkins, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Henry Rollins (yes, that Henry), and Carl Sagan to name a few.

Response: That actually makes sense. This is consistent with your worldview. Also, this entire point is an appeal to authority (fallacy).

8. I’m not much of a fiction or fantasy fan.

Response: Do you believe in extraterrestrial life?

9. I believe in things that are, not things I wish were.

Response: See the above. Also recognize that what you think is not, is not necessarily equivalent to something that >actuallyconsistently< with their beliefs. Dwell on that for a bit.

Enjoy!

~Erik

Hm. Typing error in the last response. That’s for 9 and 10. Pardon me.