A Theism - Without belief in a God or gods.
Ello, ello. My name's Chris. I'm 23yo and I've been an atheist for most of my life. All of my adult life. (I feel like I'm in an AA meeting.) Anyway, I ran a little search for Atheism on these forums and found little to nothing. So I'm startin' my own God damn it.... My goal for this thread is really to have a place for the Theist and the Atheist to mingle. Share thoughts and views. Voice opinions. Etc. etc. I'll begin....
When you tell people that you do not believe in a creator one of the first questions you'll hear is, 'Well, how do you think everything came to be?' My answer, of course is Big Bang, Evolution. Evolution on a cosmological sense as well as a biological one. There seems to be a lot of confusion concerning the Theory of Evolution. For many people of faith I think the word 'evolution' immedialtely brings up a defensive wall. Firstly, I would like to say that I know MANY theists who believe very much in a God and still manage to accept the Theory of Evolution. Evolution really only starts to become a problem when you believe the literal interpretation of your holy book. People who believe that the stories of the Bible (Insert holy book of your choice) actually happened will tend to have the hardest time accepting evolution. Apparently believing that God fashioned women from Adam's rib. Or that snakes talk, or that Janoah lived in the belly of a large fish for a few days is easier to buy into than evolution for some people. I don't get it.
I commonly hear people say 'But it's just a theory! There's no proof!' Well, yes. You are correct, theories don't have proof. But to say that something is 'JUST a theory' is being a bit deceptive. A theory is something that ALL current scientific evidence points to. You are correct to state that Evolution has no proof. Neither does God. But what Evolution DOES have is evidence. Shit loads of it. And God of course has none.
Another question I get is 'What do you live for? What's your purpose?' All I can say is that I live for myself, my family and my friends. That's all I need. Not believing in a God or an afterlife forces me to focus on the now. Life is special because it's for a limited time only. I don't get a second one.
Umm... I'm going to stop talking now. I hope this thread doesn't sink.
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Ello, ello. My name's Chris. I'm 23yo and I've been an atheist for most of my life. All of my adult life. (I feel like I'm in an AA meeting.) Anyway, I ran a little search for Atheism on these forums and found little to nothing. So I'm startin' my own God damn it.... My goal for this thread is really to have a place for the Theist and the Atheist to mingle. Share thoughts and views. Voice opinions. Etc. etc. I'll begin....
When you tell people that you do not believe in a creator one of the first questions you'll hear is, 'Well, how do you think everything came to be?' My answer, of course is Big Bang, Evolution. Evolution on a cosmological sense as well as a biological one. There seems to be a lot of confusion concerning the Theory of Evolution. For many people of faith I think the word 'evolution' immedialtely brings up a defensive wall. Firstly, I would like to say that I know MANY theists who believe very much in a God and still manage to accept the Theory of Evolution. Evolution really only starts to become a problem when you believe the literal interpretation of your holy book. People who believe that the stories of the Bible (Insert holy book of your choice) actually happened will tend to have the hardest time accepting evolution. Apparently believing that God fashioned women from Adam's rib. Or that snakes talk, or that Janoah lived in the belly of a large fish for a few days is easier to buy into than evolution for some people. I don't get it.
I commonly hear people say 'But it's just a theory! There's no proof!' Well, yes. You are correct, theories don't have proof. But to say that something is 'JUST a theory' is being a bit deceptive. A theory is something that ALL current scientific evidence points to. You are correct to state that Evolution has no proof. Neither does God. But what Evolution DOES have is evidence. Shit loads of it. And God of course has none.
Another question I get is 'What do you live for? What's your purpose?' All I can say is that I live for myself, my family and my friends. That's all I need. Not believing in a God or an afterlife forces me to focus on the now. Life is special because it's for a limited time only. I don't get a second one.
Umm... I'm going to stop talking now. I hope this thread doesn't sink.
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