What are your arguments against atheists or religious people?

Question

Religious people: Why are you religious? Were you brought up that way, or did you chose to become religious?

Atheists: Why are you an atheist? Were you brought up that way?

I am actually an atheist, but I find religions interesting.

Answer 1

I have no argument against atheists. They are free to believe as they wish.

Answer 2

I find religions interesting too, but it's all just fiction. Sure, some stories have lessons or morals, some don't.



I am an atheist, I wasn't exactly brought up that way. I was brought up semi-religious when I was younger, though even if I wasn't I know myself well enough of how I always have evaluated things to believe what I currently believe.



My big argument about religious people is things they consider to be evidence is not evidence at all, and it being purely the product of their brain or subconscious. Then also all the evidence that directly contradicts things like creation is a big thing. Each person has their own views to justify their beliefs, and they aren't valid reasons to believe such ever.

Answer 3

It's hard to argue for my beliefs, because most of the evidence I have is personal, so I can't just show it like dinosaur fossils. The rest is common sensical, and either you already believe it or already reject it as valid evidence, therefore there is no need to debate it.



I see it this way: if you pick up a dice off the street and it looks and feels like a normal dice, you'd expect it to be a normal dice. If you roll it across a flat surface three times, and it lands on six each time, you might think it was just a coincidence. If it lands on six 20 times in a row, you'd start to think the dice was rigged.



That's the way it is with this world. The game is clearly rigged, and intelligently so. I'm not referring to the "everything's so perfect, it must have a designer" argument for intelligent design either. I'm talking about hearing your name called just before you cross the street, and you turn to see and no one's there, just as a car zooms past you, and you realize if you hadn't heard the "imaginary" voice, that car would've hit you as you began to cross the street. I'm talking about Beethoven being blind and nearly completely deaf.

Answer 4

I was not raised an atheist, but a Catholic, and at 23 am still mocked and disparaged by family for not attending church. After reading various religious texts and mythology, I came to the conclusion than none are more convincing than another. All religions cannot all be right, but they can all be wrong.



I don't think the majority of Christians have explored their options, so to speak, but Christianity by itself isn't bad or offensive. Like Communism, I don't think it's ever been properly practiced. To each their own.



Adam & Steve, I thumbed you up for your tolerance and username!

Answer 5

I'm an Atheist because I have a basic understanding of science,history,Cosmology and religion in general.



Brought up in a non observing Jewish family

Answer 6

i don't like either of the extremes, cause i think a person can be a logical and skeptical religious believer.

Answer 7

1.) i am religious because of the evidence behind it and i have felt the presence of God in an indescribable way



2.) no i used to be atheist/agnostic and I chose to be after listening to the sermon of Christopher Yuan then looking up Proof for God, also i saw a movie called "The Finger of God" and it was amazing... rocked my world:]]

Answer 8

everyone should be honest and true to themselves ... not believe in a nonexistent impossible sky fairy god thingy for which there is ZERO evidence...