Why do some people think there is no GOD?

ClausVisum, your reasoning skills are really impeccable. I did not know that atheism is spreading so rapidly.This info really gives me hope for the world. Freethinkingagent, it's good to know that you have discovered the atheist way of life.But you should realize that conversion from a theist to an atheist is a painful process. I was never a firm believer of god, but even so , turning into a atheist took days for me. Belief is not something you can just throw away. So please don't think too low of all theists.I know that there are a lot of theists out there pointing the finger at us, but we should not stoop that low.

Dude you need to chill. Berating people because they do believe in a god, or the god, or whoever is totally not cool. You can't prove that a god does not exist more than you can prove that he does.

What a hypocrite. See how you have no complaint about response #3, in which atheists are called fools, yet you tell me that I "need to chill". "Berating people because they do believe in a god, or the god, or whoever is totally not cool." I treat all baseless ideas the same. What's not cool is being considered a second-class citizen just because I don't buy into millenia-old superstitions. I made factual statements. No one "knows" that a god or gods exists, by virtue of the obvious fact that proving the existence of a deity is FAR beyond the capability of a human being. It is also a fact that confirmation bias is the main reason that someone, for example, associates any rare event of their choosing with divine intervention. "You can't prove that a god does not exist more than you can prove that he does." Of course, this doesn't matter because it's not my burden of proof. It's the theist's claim, and it's his/her burden of proof. I don't have to "disprove" a god; indeed, it's impossible to prove a universal negative. But the only logical stance to take in light of the total and absolute lack of evidence, is non-belief. In other words, I don't believe in a god or gods for the same reason that I don't believe in unicorns.

Ya..He was a hardcore thinker unlike most of the human race...noone dares to question, anyways theres other literature too that you can find where Einstein talks about his idea of a God...Think i read about it in Richard Dawkin's book, 'The God Delusion'...check it out, its a good read.

I know that I know and I prove Him were I can't trace Him! He is really a GOD OF HIS WORD. He might not come when I wat HIM to come but, HE is always on time for me!!!

Yes you are right . Your every sentence is correct .... Thanks !!!

So true....it seems that people who put so much faith in a God really just dont have faith much in themselves...I am sick of hearing religious people saying "God will take care of it" while thousands of people are dying from starvation and war in the world and all they have is to say is "god will take care of it"...people got to start having faith in temselves and get into action, cause God aint gonna do sh*t to stop what is going on in this world and we dont stop it, it will get out of control....than the fools will realize what they did....my biggest argument with religion is the fact that, and I will use the catholic church as an example, spends tons and tons of money building churches and temples and all these monuments to thier god when THIS MONEY COULD FEED ALL THE STARVING PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!!!! If God really cared and if religion was such a good thing, people would worship in a field without a roof and give that money to those who need it....lots of people have to sleep in open fields, so why not wroship god in a field one day a week.....it makes no sense to me.......and I jsut saw somewhere recently that the Pope is one of the richest men in the world and the Catholic church brings in millions...for what!!!!!! There is constantly churches being built, but still people who have no $$ to eat....what a nice god...

Amen!

You make a big point!!! now what are you going to do about it because, I believe in GOD but, HE never said anything about the big building or living in there. What HE wants to do is live in our hearts and build on the inside of us to love others and look after our nieghbours and brothers. If we as believers focus on living the way GOD want us to live this place can be a better place. What you say!!

Yes the Church is very rich....too rich....all the money they use to build those fancy churches could be used be used to feed many starving people....What a caring god....He would rather have fancy temples built for him instead if helping people.

That is a very simple way to put a story and not complicated I like that story!!!

You're the second person to use this bad analogy. How do you explain the myriad of atheist who have spent years and years seeking without finding anything? Many of them have tried very hard to validate the belief system they were raised with. It's not that they didn't seek, it's that nothing was found.

I am sorry. I was in a hurry to get to my 100th post. So I just saw the question and wrote out the first few lines that popped in my mind. Thanks to your comment (despite how rude it felt) I finally re read the discussion topic. It was not generally a question but rather an opinion. She wrote what she believed. I should have made it clear that I am an atheist too. It is due to the first two reasons I initially gave. I do not need to pray to feel good or safe. I do whatever I do not to secure a place in heaven, or to escape hell. But the reasons I gave about why some people do not believe in god are pretty objective. I did not just make them up.I wrote what I saw. The 'some people' I wrote about aren't fictious, they are real. And where does "if your view is correct then i'll just believe that .... knocked up" fit in? What view are you talking about? I suppose that this has something to do with my last two sentences in my response. My response was directed to the starter of the discussion,not you or anyone else. Our views (mine,yours and hers) might be different, but this does not mean we should disrespect each other.I don't care basically whatever anyone believes as long as they don't want me to believe the same. Everyone has the right to believe whatever he/she wants to.I respect that right.So I shall respect a theist as long as he/she does not try to convert me.

That story is a very bad analogy. Barbers do not attempt to, nor do they claim to, cut everyone's hair on Earth. On the other hand, religious people claim that God created everything. There could be a god despite there being no true peace--it could be a warlike god, it could be a non-intervening god, etc...but regardless of how you define a god, the bottom line is that there is no evidence whatsoever, and therefore no good reason to assume any god exists.

try this bro.. http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html

and this bro.. http://www.existence-of-god.com/index.html