What is your first thought when you see the word Atheist?

Mostly I feel good. I feel understanding.Here is a free will. I have been an atheist, and very angry. I symphtise with them. I have only friends who are not believing in God, or who just let it be an open question.Who can know about such things,thy say. They do not seek Him, but we are friends. So it can also mean that somebody doesn't think at all about the eternal questions. There are active atheists who actually believe that there doesn't exist a god. That is their belief. And they can be tough, but still good at heart, on whichyou build friendship.They know many things,which should't be scorned at.They do, like anybody, all sorts of good things. And the best of all is , many a time; that they take the conscious action of unregistrering themselves from the spiritual local or state organisation, because it shows superstitious traits, tends to take over the judging role and speak a harsch language. I believe that "If religion becomes the cause of enmity, if it splits people apart, then to withdraw fom such a religion. it would be better to be without such a religion." And that "to do that is to be considered an at of piety." Even. Quote from Abdu'l-Baha (Bahai scripts) So if you are without religion for this reason, and do not want to seek religion,stay there then. We are free to chose whatever we want. As long as we are here the reewill prevails.There will be a wind in your sails anyway.You choose the direction. As long as you do not long for re uniting with God, you can live a good life. I have seen that all round. Only I myself was longing for Him, and He answered trough Bahai Faith, by Bahaullah, the Manifestation of God who lived 1817 -1892 Be so long Lailamaria

Sorry I messed up the quote:if a religion...splits people apart it would be better to be without religion and to withdraw from such a religion is to be considered as an act of piety.

cogito ergo sum, "I think, therefore I am". In the 16th Century Galelio had just OD'd on hemlock at the instance of the Catholic Church. Descartes examined the concept of free will, the belief that our will is essentially equal to God's will and that we are essentially independent of God's will. Given the nature of his times he was rather restrained in his writings instead focusing on mathematics and physics. His unpublished work Treatise on the World was roughly around the time when he gave up examining and discussing the metaphysical and focused on the what " he could seek in myself or in the great book of the world". Without going into ecstasies about Cartesian coordinates, analytic geometry and the rest of it, I would say that in many ways Rene Descartes laid the foundations of modern aetheism. He did so diplomatically enough - but the profound impact of his reasoning on subsequent thinkers is a matter of record. It might interest you to know that in 1663 Pope Alexander the 7th placed Rene Descartes writings in the Index of Prohibited books. Cheers!

Descartes? Why do you think of him, he was not an atheist all the best urban

Yes, I and most of the atheists I know have children. If you do a search on atheist parenting sites, you'll find lots of others. I do feel helpless when I see children in pain or in life-threatening situations, but I don't end up believing as a result.

I am atheist with 3 kids when my baby have pain I am doing something about it I am not turn to anyting else aren't selfish that you turn on something what makes you feel better?