To All Atheists: What led you to atheism?

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M*W: I've told you the story of my conversion to atheism, and I would like to know yours. If you could answer some of the following questions, I'm sure we'd all like to hear your answers:

What did you believe before you came to atheism?

How long of a process was your conversion to atheism?

What influenced you mostly about atheism?

When did an atheist philosophy become clear to you?

How has atheism changed your life or belief systems?

How have people treated you since you became atheist?

Thanks, I look forward to hearing from all the atheists.

~ M*W

 

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Whats an atheist philosophy?

Atheism usually claims no philosophy.

 

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I never needed to be led to it. I never felt the need to believe in a God in the first place.

The real world is magnificent enough. I don't need the concept of a God to make it complete.

 

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I was born that way.

 

God led me to atheism.

 

I can remember the first time I started to question my Christian education. One of my older brothers asked me..."who do you think wrote the bible?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8PQ6_0gJUE

 

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M*W: Belief is called "religion." Non-belief is a philosophy. That's just MO.

 

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M*W: Thank you for your insightful reply.

 

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M*W: Yes, we all were. Fortunately, you didn't have to go through the beleif-no belief roller coaster.

Thanks for your input.

 

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M*W: You have an interesting god!

 

People can have many beliefs about all kinds of things that have nothing to do with religion.

 

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M*W: I didn't realize you were an atheist. How have you managed to keep it under wraps?

 

I'm agnostic...about a number of things.

 

'logic' led me to atheism. but later it led me to some kind of... theism.

The Christian God probably leads many people to Atheism because many people think that the Christian God is illogical, cruel, strange, or whatever.

 

Dr. Francis Collins (Director of the Human Genome Project) wrote a whole book on the logic of theism.

Its called...The Language of God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjJAWuzno9Y

Or perhaps what you had in mind was something more like the writings of Thomas Aquinas.

 

and it was as easy as that. My son figured it all out a lot quicker than I did. My daughter is only 10. She still believes.

 

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M*W: Thank you for your story. I understand your position.

 

I remember in school when I was about 10 the teacher asked us what we believe in. I think most people said God or Jesus (which seems a little strange) but I said that I believe in "Big Bang", lol. everyone was like "wtf? big bang, that's wierd"

 

I'm probably not supposed to be here, but I'll throw my two-cents in anyway. Lack of answers led me all the way to atheism. The rest of the story belongs in another thread.

 

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M*W: You think?