I am atheist, but also agnostic. I lack the knowledge to make a proper judgement on my religion and therefore fall back on atheism. I am sceptical that there is a higher power, but I don't have a clue how anything was created and would like to know. In the future I intend to reasearch this and find something to believe in. I agree with a lot of aspects of many religions. PM me if anyone would like to discuss this further.

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I'm atheist for a start. Like a strict one, I believe in logic and science. *Taking that into point I do not believe only in science, we have yet to discover many things we do not know about the universe et cetera. I believe that there is an infinite number of universes (is that the correct plural?) and that space stretches on forever and there are planets/comets/stars right the way up to the edge which doesnt actually exist.* The big questions in science are usually, depending on your own opinion, "if you can't create energy or destroy it then where did it come from". "How did the universe start and how is the singularity possible" and other such things. I believe that thinking that a God or any team of Gods created it all would be taking the easy way out that we humans can comprehend. Someone must have made up religion initially anyway, if they didn't why are there different religions? Why do some passages of the bible contradict each other? There is just nowhere near enough evidence to start assuming there is a God. Debate on the concepts of atheism aside, I think it's wrong for any religion to be discriminated against. Granted it can on occasion if the person is devout enough alter the perceptions of the person but they shouldn't be "below" anyone else. Also I find it pretty retarded that half of americans wouldn't vote for a president because he wasn't a christian. What if it's the wrong religion and everyone ins the USA goes to hell for voting for a blasphemic man D: That would be terrible.

 

 

 

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People one does not become atheist, one is born atheist. That truth is that neither science nor religion can give a solution to the whole dilemma. Where does all come from? Sure the big bang theory is a bit vague... but hey the important one is evolution theory... you can't expect to have miraculously several thousand years ago. What is the church's explanation to the links of human evolution? Guess god is not perfect and those are his prototypes XD

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There is always going to be some sort of bias towards any other religion other than the majority, since the majority look down upon those that don't conform... especially when those deviants deny and proclaim the non-existence of a deity that is the sole foundation of the majority's beliefs.

It's sad to say that the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and those principles that we hold near and dear to our hearts in the good 'ol U.S. of A. are pretty much ignored, side-stepped, worked around, and yet be preached again and again as if our own nation is full of hypocrites. For reference purposes:



The first amendment is a joke now. Look at how we are discussing bias against atheism. Atheism is a religion in its own right. So is science. If you actually define religion, it is a set of beliefs. It doesn't have to deal with a higher power. A religion doesn't have any rules to BE a religion. It's a set of beliefs.

All of you that believe in a God, great. Good for you. All of you that don't believe in a God, that's fine too. Awesome. All of you who denounce each other because of their beliefs... and especially if you live in the United States as an American citizen... well, there's really not much to say on your behalf. You have a right to have an opinion as per the first amendment, but to tread on feet and take away the right of having the basic freedoms of speech and religion is wrong, as per the Bill of Rights.

Funny now that I think of it that the U.S. is a Christian-dominated nation and that it makes prominent the belief of God's existence, when in all reality, our currency should be neutral, our Pledge of Allegiance should be neutral...

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Oh I don't know, maybe it's because it's called the Theory of Evolution?

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There is plenty of evidence. But if your disbelief comes from lack thereof, then my belief can also come from lack thereof: a lack of contradictory evidence. The argument "there is not enough evidence" is not sound enough to be used, especially since it's self contradicting. You're saying "not enough evidence." This implies that there is some evidence to believe in a Higher Being.


People are not born as atheists, people at birth are incapable of thinking for themselves; therefore you're making the decision for them. Atheism is a self-proclamation. Unless you're defining the word "atheist" as "one who cannot think for themselves," then, by this (your) definition, they are atheists. But, surely, you won't agree to this kind of defintion.

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PLEASE PEOPLE
YOUR ALL BIASED
ATHEISM IS NOT A RELIGION, IT IS A LIFESTYLE!


People are treating like a religion, but atheism is a lack of religion. For all of you Americians who think I'm below other religions it's okay, I believe(don't) in what I want- why do religious $&@* care?

Then again America is afraid of change. It needs to be slapped around a bit.

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