Do Athiests like believing in nothing?
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No, I wish I could believe in something as great as a God.
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As an atheist, I can say no. We make decisions, and can explain things, with fact and common sense. I do not need the faith that defines religion.
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an atheist does not beleive in the concept of a God.\n\nan agnostic thinks there may be a God, and is intelligent enough to admit that no man-made religion knows what God is, nor is he, the agnostic, wise enough to define or understand God.\n\nif only people were intelligent enough to acknowledge that, and not need a crutch like religion to get through life.
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Unfortunately, a lot of people use the word "God" to describe things that are entirely natural, and then assume that when the atheist says "I don't believe," he is including all these things.  Let's clear that up...\n\nI believe in hope, honesty and trust.  I believe in the goodness of mankind, the promise of a better tomorrow, and the continual progression towards something greater than we are now.  I believe in love and compassion.  I believe in taking responsibility for one's actions and acting with integrity 100% of the time.  I believe we've come a long way, but I believe we have a long ways yet to go.  I believe in Justice and Truth that is binding and eternal, but is enforced by us alone.  I believe in morality, in treating people with respect and expecting that respect in return.  I believe in certain inalienable rights, and I believe in protecting those rights.  Above all else, I believe the Sun will rise, the rainclouds will fade, and the cancer will remit...\n\nI believe all these things without believing in God.\n\n\nIf you're confused, it's your prejudices showing.  Explore atheism some more...it is more than meets the eye.
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Your assumption is incorrect. Atheism does *not* mean that you know for a fact that there is no God without a possibility of being mistaken. Atheism is simply a belief that there is no God.
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None.  Everyone believes in a god.  For some it is the god of humanity for others it is the god of sports, for some it is the Divine Being in heaven.
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No, I lack belief in all gods that I've come across so far. It's not possible for me to believe in something if I haven't seen/experienced/perceived anything that makes me think it exists.\n\nTo akpajuju, what if you believed in the wrong god and that god treated idolatry much worse than simply lacking belief? Or what if there is a god that respects honest lack of belief due to never having seen any evidence, but condemns insincere profiteering people who "believe just in case"? You're no "safer" than an atheist. Also it isn't a choice, I can no more choose to believe a god exists than I can choose to believe I'm sat on the back of a unicorn right now.
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I am athiest and it is easy. Just be a good person and don't think that there is some parent finger shaking his finger no at you everytime you do something he says is "wrong." If there is a hell, I will gladly go to it because his so called rules are total bull and if some type of God does exist, then he or she wouldn't have given us free will if they didn't want us to have some fun. Fun is fun, but to a point. Always respect people and such. Is all good then. Easy to be an athiest...Oh, and as for just dying. Well, it is easy. Although it is impossible to know what it is like for you to not be able to think and cease to exist, it can happen. Compare it to turning off a light and it is simple. Not like they ever discovered a "soul" when digging thru a body, so, safe to say that.
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I was going to go with Atheism too. To believe in nothing so strongly that you will not even entertain the possibility of another answer (If you did you would be an agnostic) is frightening. The fact that they actively attempt to convert people is even more disturbing. What is even the point?
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Not necessarily.\n\nAn atheist does not have to disprove anything, its a blank.  He chooses to enter the debate of God/gods but "must" does not apply.  Belief in nothing is not a belief system, but trying to disprove faith becomes an avocation.\n\nAgnostics would seem to me to be more engaged in a inner dialogue of an existence of a higher power.  It isn't really sitting on the fence as one said, but perhaps standing at different times on either side of the fence.
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I won't believe in anything, because belief is just con artistry. A REAL relationship with divinity doesn't require beleif. But it does require sincerely looking and depth searching and getting things ethically resolved inside of your mind and learning to pay attention to whats behind the inner veil and past the inner dialogue.\n\nTruth isn't found in BS created to control peoples minds instead of liberate them, and the Churches version of reality is only just a mental trap to keep you paying for\nsomeobdy to talk to god for you, instead of you doing the work yourself.
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no. thats what people run to when they are afraid, but doesnt have to be real \n\ni dont have a religion, there for i dont believe in god. religion causes so many arguments that its pointless.\n\nand in the end i couldnt keep kidding myself to believe in all that. there is no reason why i sould believe in god, or a particular, youre just believing in what someone is telling you, sometimes its not a good idea to believe everything someone is telling you. there is no real proof. the proof which has been found is based on faith that something did exist, even if it might not have.\n\ni hope that made sense, but i have so many reasons for not believing in God or having a religion
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How much faith do you need to not believe there's an invisible unicorn in your backyard? You can't prove that there isn't. You can only believe that there isn't. An atheists disbelieves in God as much as you disbelieve in magical gnomes in your dresser. They can't be disproved, they're magical, but as a rational person you decide that there are no gnomes in your dresser, but there is a possibility that there are because you cannot monitor your dresser every day all the time. A religious person definitely has more faith than an atheist.
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Sure, why not....unless it is merely out of frustration or to annoy your folks.\nIf you truly believe that there is no God, no Divinity, then you already are an athiest.\nOn the other hand, if you simply reject 98% of what organized religion tells you about God and His plan, then you're an Agnostic.
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How is it rational to say with certainty that something does exist when the possibility will always remain that it does not?\n\nNOT believing is what atheism means.
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atheist are fools!!\n\nthat's what the bible says about them. \n\nThe fool says in his heart, "There is no God." (Psalm 53:1) and this is said again in Psalm 14:1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."\n\nit's not a matter of intelligent design, it's foolish not to believe in God the Lord Almighty.\n\nif you say that atheist believe what they see, then what Paul wrote in Romans is true...\n\nFor although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.(Romans 1:21-23)\n\nindeed, 'Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools'\n\nlook...you atheist, you can not see the air but that does not stop you from breathing. so, stop this foolishness. you perceive the air and you breathe...perceive also that God exists and believe.\n\nTake heed, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise? (Psalm 94:8)\n\nIn the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. (Acts 17:30)
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Atheist like me don't believe in god for our own reasons. People who believe in god believe for their own reasons. There is no evidence to support or deny god.  Just believe in whatever you want and if  someone believes in something different just leave them alone.