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An Athiests point of View

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In America and throughout atheism has been looked down upon for many years. In 2005, America only had 2% of atheists and 4% agnostics, while the rest either believed in god or a higher power. As an atheist myself, I don’t disagree with religion what so ever. I come from a catholic family. At 14, I of course know little about the world compared to others. But in my opinion, I believe that religion is a controversial thing. To many, it is a sensitive subject. To me, it is nothing more than talking about the weather. Before I continue, I shall clarify a few things. Some people give atheists a bad name. Okay: I personally do not care how you run your life, nor will I try to conform you to my way of living. This is only my opinion and you may also have yours. It is, of course, a constitutional right (:
In my opinion, I feel religion is an excuse for many to feel comfortable with the afterlife. It gives people an excuse to think on the positive side rather than the negative. There is nothing wrong with that but any religion today, reminds me of the Greeks mythology/ the Aztecs praying towards the sun. Honestly, I don’t believe in any of it, I think it’s ridiculous, actually. And to compare that to Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, it makes no sense. It made me feel (Once I was catholic) as if I was an idiot for believing such a thing. I was as stupid as those who believed in a Greek god named Zeus.
What also brought me to atheism was faith in it’s self. It was hard for me to devote my life to something I only hoped exist. There was no scientific evidence that such a powerful man himself, existed. Although scientists do believe there was a Jewish man a named Jesus. He lived in Jerusalem and was believed to be the messiah. Wither that is true or not, that is what faith relies on. To me Jesus is no more real than Santa Claus.
Another point I’d like to make is; Abraham was the prior god to Jesus. Who created Abraham? If the world was not around how did the prior god create it? Doesn’t god need air and oxygen just like us? All of this is basic science, and people still disprove that he could survive anyways. Seriously? We can go on and on disproving how god doesn’t exist and anybody would add on to: Well god can fly! Me: How? It’s impossible Person: He has wings…
This is only my opinion. Please feel free to leave messages and comments. I most certainly will enjoy them. Thank you for reading.



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TerraAnimusPatronusThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
May 9 at 8:00 am:
I'm not Atheist or anything but I enjoyed your article what i believe in isn't very conventual but I believe in a spiritual power that created life and set everything in motion that prob sounds crazy
 
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AspiringauhorThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Dec. 7, 2011 at 6:08 pm:
I agree. I have an article on atheism, too, if you want to read other articles on atheism. It's called You Can Just Be You: An Atheist's View on Atheism. :) Great job.
 
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silent.,.stargirlThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 7:45 pm:
from a christian with an athiest friend, i really have no problem with athiests, because our country was founded by religious outcasts so why are we forcing call to recite "one nation under God" every morning
 
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E.George said...
Oct. 24, 2011 at 10:34 pm:
It is equally likely that there is a god as there is not. Food for thought little atheist.
 
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paige14This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 19, 2011 at 10:44 pm:

As an athiest, I agree with this exactly. There is scientific proof that evolution did occur (don't even try to deny it). Just by looking at different species and their genes evolution is prooven.

I wasn't raised with any faith. My parents just let me be throughout my childhood and let me figure it all out for myself. I went to church some with my dad but that never really called to me. I found programs on evolution and human history on TV and thought "wow, this makes sense."

I ... (more »)

 
TaphephobiaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Dec. 7, 2011 at 5:57 pm :
Okay, wait a second, you make us sound like helpless children! Being followers of an ultimate, powerful, loving, and TRUE God is the same as being a brave warrior. We fight to save lives and to keep the thing we love more than anything in our hearts.
 
BlueRainThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Mar. 26 at 3:20 pm :
Loving? Have you ever read the Old Testament? I read that and he came across as everything except loving.
 
TaphephobiaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Mar. 26 at 3:33 pm :
Yes, I have read the old testament. I read of Him seeing we were all bad, but sparing a small handful to rebuild. I read of Isreal turning their backs on Him as He gave them chance after chance and loved them anyway. I read about how He gave people strength to do the seemingly impossible and no matter how bad we were, He gave us a chance at forgiveness. There were some towns, cities, and people that were killed, but God would never kill someone if He knew they would someday become a righteous pe... (more »)
 
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toxic.monkey said...
Jul. 30, 2011 at 1:49 am:
now that I'm back here i just wanna say that I dig the idea of a god with wings. Who says he she it doesn't have wings? ^^
 
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jesus_savesThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 28, 2011 at 11:05 am:
Oh and when it comes to science you should read a case for christ. It was written by an athiest.
 
Maddie B. replied...
Dec. 7, 2011 at 5:32 pm :
So are some of the smartest and most intelligent people in the country. What does it matter if it was written by an atheist? Steven Hawking is one of the smartest people in the world and has come up with scientific evidence that there is no God. You're just going to say that he's lying about that or something?
 
TaphephobiaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Mar. 26 at 3:43 pm :
Not everything can be scientifically proven. Can you prove through science that you love someone or that someone loves you? How could he have possibly proved God isn't real?
 
BlueRainThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Mar. 26 at 5:18 pm :
Actually you can prove that. When you are feeling love and compassion, your brain lights up in a certain area.
 
TaphephobiaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Mar. 26 at 6:00 pm :

Only a sorry person bases love--a feeling--on science and math. You still cant prove God isnt real.

 

 
BlueRainThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Mar. 27 at 4:22 pm :

Can I prove that something that never shows itself or gives even the slightest inclination that all the religious dogma is true? Of course not, just like I can't prove that unicorns didn't exist. I mean, I could say that we've never found any fossils.. but the bible says they existed, along with satyrs. So how does it feel to believe in unicorns and half goat people?

There are a number of things that I can't prove don't exist. Like spagetti monsters that eat planets or rainbow f... (more »)

 
BlueRainThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Mar. 27 at 4:29 pm :
I don't not base love on science. If that was true, or if I believed in that, that means that everyone who lived before brain imaging was never in love. What a ludicrous statement. But the act of loving someone can be physically observed, which is what science is. Science is about observations and rationalizations. You perform scientific acts every day. You can prove someone is in love, but you don't have to, it will happen anyways.
 
BlueRainThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Mar. 27 at 4:33 pm :
And for someone who says they don't rely on proof, you're one to talk. Don't you quote the bible every time you want to prove your god? Is the bible not a source of proof that you think is verifiable? It may be a very bad proof, but to you it is proof, and so even you rely on a form of evidence.
 
TaphephobiaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Mar. 27 at 9:32 pm :
It's true that I don't rely on proof. I rely on the fact that there's so much evidence proving God is real that it's unavoidable. But as a matter of fact there is enough evidence to prove God's existence. For one, is it really even plausible that earth just happened through a bunch of matter crashing into each other? Or is it possible that up to two hundred prophecies were prophesied and came true about Jesus being the Messiah, yet people say there is no proof? That he was just a liar? How is it... (more »)
 
BlueRainThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Mar. 28 at 5:22 pm :

Yes, it's completely plausible. You really need to do some research though, because right now your scientific view is skewed.

Jesus can't be a liar if he never existed. And if he did, ask anyone of the Jewish faith, they can give you reasons why Jesus was not the Mesiah. It doesn't make sense that the creator of space and time would have a human son just to sacrifice him to himself.  Secondly, even though Jesus said he had not come to abolish the laws of the Old Testament, he did.... (more »)

 
jesus_savesThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Apr. 1 at 8:43 pm :

Question for Blue Rain:

First of all you should know that I am just posting my opinion and I know that this convwersationw ill probably end in us agreeing to disagree. But i want to make something about my God clear to you, whether he is real or not.

My God is Love. But he is also justice. JUstice makes rules and gives consequences and abided by them. Love does anything for those that eh loves. My God made one law in the beginning. The law not to eat the fruit. The consequence w... (more »)

 
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jesus_savesThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 28, 2011 at 11:04 am:

Aftershock.

I loved your article! You approached it in a very suttle way that makes respect you not only as a writer but as a person. I can't say that I aggree with the content of your writing but it isn't my place to judge you. I am a christian and I don't beleive in him to make me comfortable. To be honest christianity is scary. I know that I will be mocked and persicuted(sp) for Jesus. But Jesus saved my life so I owe it to him.

Thank you for writing!

 
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Sonata16 said...
Jul. 6, 2011 at 1:23 pm:

I rather enjoyed your article, but I'm afraid you haver not done your research entirely. You  say that some scientists believe that there was a man named Jesus, as if he may or may not have existed. But there are many many ancient historians who wrote about Jesus and his life. For instance, there was a Roman and Jewish historian by the name of Josephus who was anti-christian, and who wrote many times of Jesus, calling him a "sorcerer" because of the miracles performed.

I suppose w... (more »)

 
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Aftershock said...
May 23, 2011 at 3:49 pm:
Kept in the closet? As should so many other things...right? It seems that some re.ligious people (such as your self, I'm guessing) like to keep things behind closed doors becuase you don't seem to get the concept of reality. This is the real world and everyone has an opinion. I wrote this almost 2 years ago and, suprisly, a lot of people feel the same as I do. No re.lig.ion nor viewpoint has reign over society. Your opinion, of course, is no better than mine. But, for you to say to someone that ... (more »)
 
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IlluminatusThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
May 1, 2011 at 9:45 pm:

Hey guys dont get me wrong , but i too agree with thyis article and it's author's point of view . 

i strongly believe that religion serves as a pacifier to the ever lasting human hunger for knowledge . Well today most of the questions can be answered by science and logic , but some are still answerable only by religion ,i.e where did we come from ? what is our purpose in life ?, etc .

but soon science will have those answers too .

 
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MadMouse said...
Apr. 9, 2011 at 6:50 pm:

Um, I'm not sure where you are getting the idea the Abraham was a god....I mean, yeah, he was an awesome guy, but not a god. Nowhere in the Bible does it mention that.

Also, here's what I have gathered: God doesn't need air because he is not a human. Don't try to picture him as a mortal human. He's not. He's simply a being. He only became human once, so he could save us.

 

 
jesus_savesThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Jul. 28, 2011 at 11:07 am :
AMEN! God is a whole new concept. a new level of reality. God is not meant to comprehened by man. We will never fully understand God. God just Is.
 
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travelbuff13 said...
Mar. 18, 2011 at 10:21 am:
i  am a proud belever in god, but I respect you opening up and you are entitled to your opinion
 
EmoToboe replied...
Mar. 18, 2011 at 11:11 am :

I feel a lot of the same sentiment that you feel. I've also grown apart from a Christian faith...

A lot of the reason is that, contrary to what I've been told for the majority of my life, is that if you read the bible, you can see quite a bit of contradiction. For example, here is one thing I haven't been able to comprehend. In the Ten Commandments, one of them stated: "Thou shall not kill". Looking a little further in the bible, mentionably in the book of numbers, you see god pro... (more »)

 
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BlackHoleHighAlumniThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Nov. 6, 2010 at 8:23 pm:

Abraham was NOT a god. I don't know where you're getting that but no where in the TRUE Bible does it talk of Abraham as anything more than a faithful man.

And God doesn't need air because God created air. Science goes out the window when it comes to God because He created science. So, why shouldn't He be able to defy it? He wouldn't be God if He had limitations.

 
Sierra379 replied...
Apr. 2, 2011 at 6:47 pm :
I agree with you
 
TeaCat replied...
Jun. 28, 2011 at 6:15 pm :
...But not everyone believes that there is a God. Please take that into consideration, thank you. :) 
 
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earlybird_8 This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Oct. 15, 2010 at 10:11 pm:
It was good, but there was one big thing that has been really bugging me. Your title should be "An Atheist's Point of View" with the apostrophe to make atheist possessive. Aside from that it was an enjoyable read.
 
silent.,.stargirlThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Nov. 4, 2011 at 7:47 pm :
now really? an apostraphe?
 
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Corkyspaniel said...
Oct. 15, 2010 at 11:20 am:
I agree completely. I was raised in church myself, and I also find faith hard to hold onto. I need proof. And as a psychology student, I see the deep-seated need for religion. As a history student, I see its roots and all the many tries to satisfy this need.
I didn't expect to see an atheist's point of view here. It's nice hearing your thoughts. :)
 
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thoughtfulsoulThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Sept. 23, 2010 at 9:30 pm:
i enjoyed reading this because this is the first time i read an article on the athiest point of view. it was an interesting article and it gave me a different perspect.
 
thoughtfulsoulThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Sept. 23, 2010 at 9:31 pm :

sorry i meant to say perspective

 

 
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toxic.monkey said...
Aug. 10, 2010 at 11:31 am:

i can't really call myself an atheist but i'm not sure what religion i am. I'm tend to side with science, earthly justice and history in the modern view rather than religion. but sometimes i think another way.

   just a note, buddhism is more of a philosophy, really. it's not thinking that buddha is the god, but that buddha had the wiseness to know the way to true happiness. plus anyone can become a buddha. wow maybe i'm buddhist? :P good article!

 
jesus_savesThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Jul. 28, 2011 at 11:08 am :
Toxic Monkey. If you like science then read A Case For Christ. It is the science of the bible and was written by an athiest.
 
toxic.monkey replied...
Jul. 30, 2011 at 1:41 am :
I'll read it if you send me a copy via FedEx, and watch The Zeitgeist :)
 
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matt7 said...
Jun. 27, 2010 at 4:43 pm:

"Abraham was the prior god to Jesus" - Christians dont think that at all.

And every belief has its presupposiotions, or ultimate assumptions. That is impossible to prove or disprove without cirular reasoning. It takes a huge leap of faith to believe there is no God.

I have faith in the fact that there is a God that sets the bounds for good and evil

I have faith in the fact there is more to our life; we are not just 'bags of moleulces' that acts according to matter in moti... (more »)

 
SierraGem replied...
Sept. 1, 2010 at 7:22 pm :
Youre awesome :)
 
earlybird_8 This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Oct. 8, 2010 at 10:09 pm :
Your belief is evidence of a pervasive human tendency to search for meaning where none exists. Everyone wants to think that they're special, that the planet they live on is unique. The belief in a benevolent creator is a manifestation of this aspect of the human psyche. 
 
Lilliterra replied...
Mar. 18, 2011 at 12:30 am :
Why would we search for meaning if there is no such thing as meaning? Where would we get the idea of meaning from in the first place?
 
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AnitaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Jun. 23, 2010 at 11:58 am:
i respect your belief, but i'd also like to point out this: the idea of faith is believing in something about which there is no proof. 
 
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Steve H. said...
May 24, 2010 at 3:14 pm:
hello faithful one, if I may make a point, even less can be proved by going, oh god thank you for, insert name here, and sitting in the dark. and it was thanks to our friends in the church, threating scientists, that we got that flat world theory.
 
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HeraclitusDRM said...
May 14, 2010 at 8:52 pm:
Scientists at one time entertained the idea that the earth was flat and the center of the universe. New information brings new perspective to the scientific paradigm. Perhaps man doesn't possess the tools now to detect god, or maybe he/she/it exists in some unexplored portion of space or another reality. It is also very possible that god is unobservable by man altogether; after all, humans can conceal their presence from lower lifeforms, is it not possible that a theoretically higher lifeform co... (more »)
 
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TheFaithfulOne said...
Apr. 22, 2010 at 11:15 pm:
you do make some good points, but I am a strong Catholic, and Abraham is part of the Jewish religion I believe, not Catholic, I have never came across him in my bible, and it's God dude, if he wants to create another earth, he can, and considering the fact God can live forever, and also with the kid below me why is helping others selfish? Isn't that good either way you look at it?  Also the test of Faith.  I have gone through it and I  believe in God.  For reasons i cannot te... (more »)
 
Lilliterra replied...
Mar. 18, 2011 at 12:33 am :
Abraham is in Genesis.
 
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pinkjello1994 said...
Mar. 31, 2010 at 7:38 pm:
I totally agree, im currently in a catholic high school and i cant understand some of the things their teaching us. I too, am an atheist and I dont like the idea of everything we do is to get ourselves to heaven they try to make it seem like they always do things to help other people but its altametly all for selfish reasons. Too many people have died and suffered from religious differences, i also agree on the greek god comparison thats exactly how I see it as well. :)
 
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JackLynn said...
Mar. 29, 2010 at 4:49 pm:

are you 14 right now?

 

 
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