People with NO RELIGION, educate me.

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yotan18 wrote:

- what do you think is your purpose in life?

Honestly, I don't think I have a specific purpose in life. I'm here as a resault of the evolution, and yes, us humans are more advanced than animals, but I don't think a god created me so that I could serve him or her in anyway nor do I believe that I am here to make life good for people around me. Although I try to do my best for other people around me, I have a hard time to believe that I was created merely for this purpose.

yotan18 wrote:

- what are your beliefs after you die?

I don't know until I get there. Maybe I'll have a splendid time in heaven for non-believers or I'll rot in the mud somewhere. Whn it happens, it happens. Why fear what you don't know?

yotan18 wrote:

- do you believe in the evolution theory?

Yes, I do. I believe that all living creatures has evolved and evolves to fit better into their natural environment.

yotan18 wrote:

- do you believe that this planet will still exist, billions of billions of years from now, unless something happens to it, e.g. struck by a meteor, or something?

yes, why wouldn't it?

yotan18 wrote:

- do you think down on religious people, thinking that they are merely blind followers of their religion, and that they have no concrete basis of their beliefs?

no, I don't think down on religious people. I think down of people who cannot respect that I don't believe in anything and tries to change my views to what they think is right. I don't try to make them non-religious, why try to make me religious?

yotan18 wrote:

- do you guys have fun when you mock God?

it's no more fun than when i'm mocking my friends or some guy on tv.

yotan18 wrote:

- can i assume that you believe that you do not commit sin?

i don't commit "sin", but I do things wrong and things I regret. that's too bad, but I'm constantly learning how to do things better, and no one's perfect. I just don't have any God i canblame or apologize to for my misbehaviour.

yotan18 wrote:

- do you believe that the world will be a better place if there were no RELIGION?

To some part yes, but I think religion is great for those who feel it can help them. I believe religion has been misused in many ways of certain leaders so they can gether people around their own views, but religion without leaders misabusing it - go ahead.

ezekiels_oblivion

BeBe wrote:

Here's my ideology:

After my husband became a so called "born" again Christian, He's been acting worse than the so called no religion man. I always considered myself a Christian until my husband changed that. I no longer believe in Jesus and I also doubt God as in the biblical terms.

how bad did it get in my home? I have been slapped, thrown around, spit at, yelled and cursed beyond the norm. Then he will go off to church and act like a righteous proper man. A man that is not a man. Yes, I am still married to him but I am not planning my entire life living with him. It's been horrible living with this so called Christian.

I am not sure anymore what I believe in. Considering I am a highly educated woman (law degree) I still feel STUPID in not leaving this marriage earlier.

Sorry, I hope I have not hijacked this thread by venting. But it is my only outlet.

oh please leave this idiot please a.s.a.p.!!! nobody deserves that kind of life! People with demented minds would do anything in excuse of their religion... C'mon change your life & dump that so-called Christian!!! ... I hope you left him by now...

ezekiels_oblivion

yotan18 wrote:

if you don't believe in life after death, if you don't believe in God, then what are your beliefs?

- what do you think is your purpose in life?

I really don't know...but most of the time I think that I'm here just as a moving part of the nature & that my purpose here is that of a single part of billions of parts that make this world. Oh and while I'm here I wanna see what gives... and do no harm to any other being.

- what are your beliefs after you die?

i presume i'm going to become a passive part of this universe, maybe some kind of energy...or I(that is my molecules) will continue in other (rather small :-) organisms which will use it for their own lifes - anyway it would circle arround 4ever. about my consciousness; well where was it before the moment of our creation?! Our mind are just playin' molecules (i don't know how to explain it; molecules=sth maybe far more complexed than we know it)

- do you believe in the evolution theory?

Why wouldn't I believe!? The question is who doesn't? After all the evolution is a fact with bunch of examples to prove it.

- do you believe that this planet will still exist, billions of billions of years from now, unless something happens to it, e.g. struck by a meteor, or something?

i think that our planet will exist billions of billions of years from now until one point of time when the universe we know, will collapse and disintegrate in small pieces which in time would create the whole different new universe and with it, it would create life...the end would create the beginning, the beginning would create the and and so on...Basically i do believe in a perfect circle...that is in a circling process of all existence.

- do you think down on religious people, thinking that they are merely blind followers of their religion, and that they have no concrete basis of their beliefs?

No!!! I think that every human being should have some sort of his/hers own religion containing God, different forms of divine or not(like mine for example).
Well, do i have concrete basis of my beliefs? The thing is we are always questioning ourselves, constantly wondering, at least most of us, I hope.

- do you guys have fun when you mock God?

Why would I mock God?!: I'm questioning Him/Her but I'm not mocking to any god...Why do you presume that if i am an atheist I must be mocking to (your)god...that's only your prejudice.

- can i assume that you believe that you do not commit sin?

There's no sins, there's only wright and wrong... and my ''moral law'' inside me
is functioning just fine, thank you 4 asking...

- do you believe that the world will be a better place if there were no RELIGION?

I think that the world without religion simply could not exist. However, the religion is not there as a means to kill each other, it's concept is sth quite different- it is LOVE in all its forms, unfortunately many people forgot that concept and replaced it with HATE...

aNiMaL

yotan18 wrote:

if you don't believe in life after death, if you don't believe in God, then what are your beliefs?

To be a good person, kind to your neighbors, friends, and family.

yotan18 wrote:

- what do you think is your purpose in life?

To help people.

yotan18 wrote:

- what are your beliefs after you die?

You cease to exist and your body decomposes.

yotan18 wrote:

- do you believe in the evolution theory

More than the Creation story.

yotan18 wrote:

- do you believe that this planet will still exist, billions of billions of years from now, unless something happens to it, e.g. struck by a meteor, or something?

Yes.

yotan18 wrote:

- do you think down on religious people, thinking that they are merely blind followers of their religion, and that they have no concrete basis of their beliefs?

Not necessarily; I understand that religion today is like Greek mythology of the past in that it is a way to explain the unknown. And we as humans are afraid of the unknown. So, giving people something to “believe” in, with a side of answers to the unknown questions, gives people comfort and inner peace. If that’s what works for you, and you can turn a blind eye to science and rational thinking; then that’s cool.

yotan18 wrote:

- do you guys have fun when you mock God?

For me to admit yes or no would be to admit there is a God. What I think you are referring to is people mocking the idea of God.

yotan18 wrote:

- can i assume that you believe that you do not commit sin?

Are you asking if I have broken the law? Sin……hmmm, seems like a made up religious label.

yotan18 wrote:

- do you believe that the world will be a better place if there were no RELIGION?

Hmm, not a bad question. I’m not sure the answer…because like I already said, I think some people really need to have these perceived answers in their life, and much like Greek mythology did back in the day, modern organized religion does today.

Brisk.

yotan18 wrote:

if you don't believe in life after death, if you don't believe in God, then what are your beliefs?

- what do you think is your purpose in life?
- what are your beliefs after you die?
- do you believe in the evolution theory?
- do you believe that this planet will still exist, billions of billions of years from now, unless something happens to it, e.g. struck by a meteor, or something?
- do you think down on religious people, thinking that they are merely blind followers of their religion, and that they have no concrete basis of their beliefs?
- do you guys have fun when you mock God?
- can i assume that you believe that you do not commit sin?
- do you believe that the world will be a better place if there were no RELIGION?

i just want to know what's on your minds?

I believe in 1-2 billion years the sun will grow so huge and it will engulf us. Or in 5 Billion years another galaxy called andromeda will collide with us. at the centre of every galaxy is a black hole. These two black holes willl join together and we will either be sucked into it or thrown out to the other side of the universe. I have watched many documentaries and yeh it seems realistic.

Hope&Anger

yotan18 wrote:

if you don't believe in life after death, if you don't believe in God, then what are your beliefs?

- what do you think is your purpose in life?
- what are your beliefs after you die?
- do you believe in the evolution theory?
- do you believe that this planet will still exist, billions of billions of years from now, unless something happens to it, e.g. struck by a meteor, or something?
- do you think down on religious people, thinking that they are merely blind followers of their religion, and that they have no concrete basis of their beliefs?
- do you guys have fun when you mock God?
- can i assume that you believe that you do not commit sin?
- do you believe that the world will be a better place if there were no RELIGION?

I'm a recovering Catholic with fundamentalist Christian in-laws.

1) My purpose in life is to make the world a better place for the other people who live here.

2) I don't know what happens after I die, but I hope I get to see my Dad again.

3) Evolution isn't a theory. It has empirical evidence to support it -- new strains of flu that are resistant to vaccines; anti-bacterial soaps making it harder to kill germs. In fact, one of the things that has turned me against religion is its rejection of science and reason. (I guess, in some ways, Reason is my religion.)

4) Our sun will burn out and consume all the planets, including Pluto (which will always be a planet to me).

5) I don't look down on religious people -- just the hypocrites and liars.

6) I never mock God. I *do* mock the hypocrites and liars among his "followers."

7) I believe that sin is purposely (and recklessly) hurting other people. Like IM'ing lurid emails to 16 year old pages. Like making the rich richer at the expense of the poor. Like invading Iraq, killing our troops and innocent people, without any good reason.

8) Sadly, yes, I think the world would be better off without religion. Religion is responsible for so much of the world's violence and intolerance and hatred.

brain of c

- what do you think is your purpose in life?.......life's a joke.
- what are your beliefs after you die?.......i'm planning on rotting away.
- do you believe in the evolution theory?...another joke.
- do you believe that this planet will still exist, billions of billions of years from now, unless something happens to it, e.g. struck by a meteor, or something?..yes
- do you think down on religious people, thinking that they are merely blind followers of their religion, and that they have no concrete basis of their beliefs?.......no, i just think they're nutbags.
- do you guys have fun when you mock God?...i never mock god. she's never mocked me.
- can i assume that you believe that you do not commit sin?...gotta sin to win.
- do you believe that the world will be a better place if there were no RELIGION.......well, there would be a lot less war.......

catefrances

Infinity_Now wrote:

I imagine the purpose of this thread is to catch a better understanding of atheism and its contents... so that's why I have such a long winded response.

And I've one final addition - Since atheists in general are by far the minority. I've noticed you have to have a pretty phenomenal sense of humor to put up with atheism and maybe even encourage it.

i am an atheist and believe me i have zero sense of humour when it comes to religion.
if people want to waste their time thinking about a non existent God and how he is going to save them cause they deserve saving, then go right ahead but DO NOT try to convince me of something that i will NEVER be convinced of.