religion help: Are there any atheists here? - Help.com

had to be forced with a gun to me head like?

interesting question, all that religion is, by definition, is the path you choose in life to help you through it (more or less) so one can argue that atheism is a religion

I’m not an atheist but I think those who are have already made that choice. No amount of force can change what a person believes.

and yes I am an atheist

Natty wrote:
ANSWER MY QUESTION!!!

Dude, that is what we’re doing, just not in the manner you expected I think.

of course there are. Atheists are everywhere

I did, atheism :D

let’s see, its atheist and what the other one?

just like catholics, people from every other belief and religion

If I absolutely had to choose a religion, I’d probably go Rastafari. But then I’d have to quit drinking.

But I don’t see that happening. I’m quite content with my atheism.

*and people

taoist, now that’s a great religion

hell yeah, there’s my answer taoism, lol (no, really)

lol, you’re funny

Well there’s an interesting question. Buddism probably, I wouldn’t mind chilling in the mountains and leading a real simple life, I dunno if I could do that now, but you know if I’d been exsposed to it earlier….or oh oh! Hinduism, their stories always fascinated me when I was a kid!

look up the definition, then get back to me, know what you are talking about if you are going to say something

a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, this is from dictionary.com an atheist has all of these

Taoism gets you into the same trouble as Buddhism, since you’ve got religious (or theistic) versions of both, along with the more reasonable philosophical versions.

Theism - With Belief
Atheism - Without Belief
Gnostic - With Knowledge
Agnostic - Without Knowledge

I’ve never met an atheist who wasn’t also an agnostic, though they could exist in principle. But there are plenty of gnostic theistic sects in addition to the normal agnostic ones.

can’t i just be here and not have a label

GiggiDyGiGgiDy wrote:
can’t i just be here and not have a label

Isn’t that kind of like asking if you can avoid having a description?

religion…. that means just a bunch of customs to me. If I had to be in a “religion”, I would want to be in one that believed in a God who loved me. I am religious by definition… I go to church, but that is much different that what I have with God.

I’m an Atheist. BUT if I HAVE to choose, am I allowed to make up my own religion?

To me religion is a personal thing. I’m an atheist since you asked in the main question. But being that I feel religion is a personal thing in life I would have
to start my own religion I suppose.

You can make up what ever you want. I know that there are many beliefs out there. I know I can’t talk anyone into believing what I believe because it is there choice. However it doesn’t make any sense at all for everyone to be right.

lismarie wrote:
You can make up what ever you want. I know that there are many beliefs out there. I know I can’t talk anyone into believing what I believe because it is there choice. However it doesn’t make any sense at all for everyone to be right.

Why doesn’t it make sense? Especially when it comes to religion, people are going to believe what they want. You can think about it as everyone’s view on religion being correct for themselves or the only other way to see it is that no one is right, I myself prefer the former.

welll… I believe in God and you don’t… We can’t both be right.. We can’t both be wrong

Why is it called ‘God’? That’s such a strange name. GOD *thinking face*

Thus why I find it safe to say that it’s right for people to believe in whatever they want to believe in. It’s a personal choice, in whose eyes but your own does it matter if it’s right or wrong?

I see your point. Since you don’t believe the way I do it doesn’t matter if it is right or wrong, but yes to me it matters

by the way just because it matters to me doesn’t mean that I’m knocking you in anyway. I appreciate your heart felt honesty.

Oh I didn’t take it the wrong way trust me I enjoy talking to people about religion. It amazes me when people are passionate and firmly believe in a higher power. It’s not for me, but people who truly believe…that kind of faith, floors me. Anyways I’d like to know what it is you believe in exactly, just a strong relationship with God?

Just something to ponder on… why call you red_ sky??? I want to call you AWESOME. Just because I called you something different doesn’t change who you are…. on the other hand if I believed that you always wanted to be a rockstar doesn’t mean that you always wanted to be a rockstar. I guess I am saying that just because I call God a name doesn’t change who He is. On the flip side I can’t make up who God is. by the way.. I was typing this before your last reply. I will tell you what i believe.

Yes. I believe in a strong relationship with God. I believe that He created everything. There are a lot of mysteries that I will never understand in this lifetime. I believe that when God created us, He saw that it was good. I believe that He still loves us no matter what we have done. I believe man chose to disobey Him. I believe He wants us to be ‘good’ because if not it leads to bad things. I believe because man disobeyed it created ’sin.’ I also believe that God is holy and what kind of God would he be if he didn’t deal with sin. I mean if someone kills someone there is a penalty. I believe in Jesus who hung out with sinners and was hated by religious people. I believe that Jesus is God and He died because there had to be a penalty for sin. He made a way so that He suffered the consequences. I believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven. I believe God lives in me. That is a HUGE chunk of what I believe. I also believe that He did all of this for EVERYONE.

Most of all I believe that I am a sinner saved by the grace of God and not because of anything that I have done. It really has been a joy talking to you… my sleep is all messed up. I was on here last night because my heart has been broken. I didn’t know that it would take me here. I was just being sarcastic with myself. I used a different account. I am gonna get off of here.. any last quick thoughts?

Yeah, I’ve got plenty of thoughts. And lots of questions, sleep though, I’ll send you a shout out and you can answer me when you have time.

oh ok… how does that work??? a shout out??

haha look at the upper right hand corner of you screen. there’s a little icon that say shout out, I’ll send one now. and when you want to reply just click on my name, and start typing me a message!

oh okay… i see it. Last night I used an old email address that doesn’t work so when I tried to log on it wouldn’t let me. So tonight I used my email that works… when I log on i’m guessing it will probably take me to that same page.. thanks!
good night. GET SOME REST… I’m used to going to bed at 9.