Atheism, What Are The "negative" Aspects Of Being An Atheist?

[RATTER15]

Please someone else start the list as I'm a bit stuck to be honest.

[jim360]

The most obvious negative point is that we are all going to spend an eternity burning in the fires of Satan's most hideous torture chambers.

[RATTER15]

Lol Jim, yep, I'm terrified ;-)

[douglas9401]

Jim, are we to believe that atheism is to be lumped in with murdering, child abuse, war crimes and so on by the entity that divides the queue of wandering souls?
There's surely a third option, somewhere between heaven and hell for those who had things to be getting on with in life while others were bobbing up and down or bending the knee to their imagined supreme being and otherwise wasting limited time.

An interdimensional Dundee, maybe.

[jim360]

It might depend on the nature of hell, and the God who puts people there. It seems that in some religions the biggest sin is apostasy...

[tamborine]

An atheist is like a football fan who does not enjoy cricket & no amount of persuasion will change a shut mind.

Dont throw bricks at me for my analogy but calling yourself an athiest is slamming the door.

[naomi24]

Tamborine, What door? As far as I can tell there is no door - but show me this door and I'll believe it exists. Religion requires persuasion - evidence requires none.

[andy-hughes]

tambourine - //Dont throw bricks at me for my analogy but calling yourself an athiest is slamming the door.//

Not at all.

If, as I believe, there is nothing after death, then I won't know anway, and if there is a God, as described by the Christian faith, then having been as good a person as I can, I expect him to accept my repentence for the rest, and allow me to enter his kingdom of heaven.

I can't see any problem with 'doors' there.

[RATTER15]

Tambo, I would love to think there is some kind of God, but not the one Christians currently believe. I am an Atheist simply because religion makes absolutely no sense to me at all!

Why would you think we are so closed minded, we just need something to suggest that a God actually exists, even if the evidence is a bit sketchy it would be worth thinking about, but when there is absolutely no evidence at all, it beggars belief that any intelligent being would believe their is one. I dont mean to sound insulting but why??

[mikey4444]

Ratter....I can't think of any to be honest ! I seem to have more time on a Sunday morning, than I did when I was a child in the 60's, as not going to Mass just wasn't an option at all !

[RATTER15]

How many people have ever been harmed or killed by Atheists in the name of Atheism?

Now compare that number with the amount killed by the religious in the name of religion!

Answers please.....

[naomi24]

//if there is a God, as described by the Christian faith, then having been as good a person as I can, I expect him to accept my repentence for the rest, and allow me to enter his kingdom of heaven.//

Statements like that give Atheism a bad name. That's not Atheism - that's Pascal's Wager.

[RATTER15]

Lol, Mikey, and you think you had it bad!! I had Sunday school in the morning, then the morning service, I had a Sunday afternoon service and an evening service, then junior band practice on a Tuesday evening and senior band practice on a Wednesday evening and Bible classes on a Thursday evening, ok, so I volunteered for Bible classes because it meant I could meet up with my girlfriend who also volunteered. All of my family were a very big part of the local Salvation Army, in fact every member of the Salvation Army was a family member and most of us played in the band, I played the cornet. The Bible classes are what turned me to being an Atheist!!

[sevenOP]

The danger of being a prig.

[tamborine]

Some living ppl have experienced death (Obe). Some have seen religious apparitions, some have unexplained healings etc etc that they credit to their gods. Just because you havent experienced same doesnt mean it never happened.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - // //if there is a God, as described by the Christian faith, then having been as good a person as I can, I expect him to accept my repentence for the rest, and allow me to enter his kingdom of heaven.//

Statements like that give Atheism a bad name. //

Your opinion.

Who cares if atheism has a 'bad name'? I am certainly not bothered.

[beso]

tamborine //Some living ppl have experienced death (Obe). Some have seen religious apparitions, some have unexplained healings etc etc that they credit to their gods. //

The mind does odd things when starved of fuel and oxygen such as during a near death experience. Some chemicals can have similar effects.

Epileptic seizures of the temporal lobes of the brain are well know to induce hyper-religious experiences.

Whatever the cause, the faithful will give credit to their god because they are primed to believe that.

[RATTER15]

tamborine, unfortunately, there is absolutely no evidence to support these claims, and just because we cant explain something does not mean God done it!

[beso]

During my several decades of life I have had plenty of experiences which don't quite fit the scientific outlook.

In my own ways of coming to terms with them I have never resorted to a supernatural supernatural deity for explanation.

Less still would I resort to Abraham's monster.

[tamborine]

If ppl choose to believe in a higher power than themselves, that is theìr preogative.

[beso]

tamborine //If ppl choose to believe in a higher power than themselves, that is theìr preogative.//

Sure, but too many of them expect public policy and law to be enacted to match their superstition.